1 . 选词填空

conservation   highlight     declare       quality       employ revise        charitable     guideline     enthusiasm     persuade

1. We use this process only as a __________.
我们只将这个过程作为指导原则。
2. New businesses may___________for tax remission.
新的企业可以有资格享受税收减免。
3. He spoke with typical ___________.
他以其特有的热情讲话。
4. More than 3,000 local workers are ____________in the tourism industry.
超过3000名本地工人受雇于旅游业。
5. We are happy to donate to bona fide _____________causes.
我们很乐意向真正的慈善事业捐赠。
6. The benefits of______________are both financial and aesthetic.
保护自然环境在经济上和美化环境上都有好处。
7. Please ____________any terms that are unfamiliar to you.
请把你们不熟悉的用语都标示出来。
8. He ____________his intention to become the best golfer in the world.
他表明了要成为世界上最佳高尔夫球手的意愿。
9. They realized that some of their prices were higher than their competitors’ and ______prices accordingly.
他们意识到他们的部分价格比竞争对手的高，就相应地调整了价格。
10. We’re trying to __________manufacturers to sell them here.
我们正试图说服制造商们在这里销售它们。

2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. employed             B. stretches             C. vehicle                    D. highlights          E. escaped F. produce                 G. recreation            H. recognition             I. perfect               J. thrived K. decline

1. I’ll have to work really long hours and be away from my family for long________ of time, but, on the flip side, I’ll get the opportunity to travel around the world.
2. One of the best ways to________ your English is to live in a country where it’s spoken because you will be constantly immersed in the language and have ample opportunities to practice in real-life situations.
3. Fresher and more nutritious than imported food, local________ often goes to waste because people mistakenly assume that imported food is of higher quality, which harms local farmers who struggle to make a living.
4. Although the company had made significant investments in new technology, which were expected to increase profits, it reported a small________ in its profits, causing concern among its shareholders.
5. Due to the fierce resistance of the protesters who had occupied the building, the police finally________ force including tear gas to forcefully enter the building and arrest them.
6. The play, with its complex characters and intricate plot, is an ideal________ for her many talents, including her ability to portray a wide range of emotions and capture the audience’s attention with her commanding stage presence.
7. There is increasing________ of the complexity of the causes of poverty, which suggests that addressing poverty requires an approach that takes into account various factors such as economic, social, and political issues.
8. One of the________ of the trip, in addition to trying all the delicious French cuisine, was seeing the Eiffel Tower, which is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world.
9. With the aim of promoting a healthy lifestyle among students, our new campus boasts excellent facilities for sport and________, such as a fully-equipped fitness center, a tennis court, and a running track.
10. Although the typhoon was approaching, Shanghai narrowly________ it this time due to the change of its path, which could have caused severe damage to the city.

3 . 阅读下面小短文，根据上下文语境，选择最佳的选项填入空白处，每个单词只使用一次，方框里有一个是多余的单词。

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian decided to travel across the whole Canada to visit their cousins by rail, which excited them a lot. Before starting out, they stayed in Vancouver to enjoy the views. Despite the rainy season, they took a boat ride into the bay, had a     1    view of the city on the mountains and took a     2    hike in a forest. It took them a     3    of four days to travel from Vancouver to Toronto.

Firstly, the girls headed for Lake Louise. Along the way, while they were impressed with the     4    mountains and forests, the blue lake water was breathtaking.

One     5    of their awesome journey was seeing a variety of creatures. On the way to Toronto, they passed Edmonton, the centre of Canada’s heavy industry and a shopping paradise as well.

5 . 根据句子意思，从下面方框中选择词或词组，并使用其正确形式完成句子。

memorize acquire as a result promote sharp grateful highlight sensitive practical context

1. According to Hermann Ebbinghaus, the ______ loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.
2. I am ______ to my friend, Michael, because he helped me with my studies and it changed my life.
3. Try to use grammar rules in speaking and writing activities, and you will ______ the rules and use them without thinking.
4. My English teacher gives us specific feedback. For example, he often ______ our mistakes and says things like “You need to work on the past tenses some more”.
5. My science teacher made everything interesting. He used to explain things which seemed difficult with lots of   ______ examples and in simple language.
6. Some people find ______ new words very difficult while learning English.
7. Experts suggest that we should learn words in ______ and in chunks.
8. We retell interesting or funny stories from our childhood again and again ______ we remember the events in childhood better.
9. Teachers should do negative feedbacks in a less direct manner, especially to those who are shy or ______.
10. Asking questions is the easiest way to ______ active learning.

6 . 用以下词的正确形式填空

wrap       highlight       influential       distraction       sensitive feedback       ashamed       swallow       extinct       occasional

1. She was deeply ________of her rude behaviour at the party.
2. To ________means to make food or drink go down your throat into your stomach.
3. Her skin is very ________ to the sun. So hats and sunscreen cream are very necessary.
4. Jack feels that the constant noise is getting to be a ________from what he is doing now.
5. When you _________ something, you fold paper or cloth tightly around it to cover it completely.
6. As the father of hybrid rice, Yuan Longping is one of the most________ scientists in agriculture.
7. If you say you __________meet your friend, you mean you sometimes meet each other, but not often.
8. When you are reading, it is important to ________the key points with a marker so that it will be helpful for you to review what you have learnt.
9. If you get ________on your work or progress, it means someone tells you how well or badly you are doing, and how you could improve.
10. If you say a species of animal or plant is _________, you mean it no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place.

7 . Directions: Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. There is one extra that you do not need.

A. commonplace       B. conservation        C. bombard        D. highlight E. accuracy             F. calculate               G. stretch          H. soak          I. vary

1. We devote our resources and our skills to presenting the fullest version of the truth we can deliver, and place high value on the________of the gathered information.
2. In the exhibition, artists created various artistic objects to________the capital city's problems, including pollution, poverty, lack of health care and overconsumption.
3. In the summer, fields of grassy frozen ground________from snow-capped mountain ranges to the stony shoreline, but in the winter the sun disappears.
4. The study is a reminder that________isn’t just about protecting a few species, but the relationships they have which branch through an entire ecosystem.
5. Clinical professors are trying to find out how anti-depressants (抗抑郁药), which become more ________ in society, affect mental health.
6. Scientists have come up with a new formula to________a dog’s age in human years, and it is much more complicated than multiplying its real age by seven.
7. At the press conference, journalists________the spokesman with various questions regarding the latest incident.
8. A wave of mass shootings has plagued the U.S. in recent weeks, drawing attention to how gun laws________ from state to state.

8 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. highlighting   B. total     C. enriched     D. urgent E. relief     F. perspective   G. ignoring     H. altered I. filling     J. separate   K. downgraded

Chinese Women Bridging Gap

Zhang Jianli used to employ only male workers on his construction sites throughout Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. Now with large quantities of work but inadequate manpower, Mr. Zhang has     1    his mind. He offers daily wages of roughly 160 yuan for women workers to do such routine work as moving wood and bricks, and up to 200 yuan a day for     2    or complicated jobs.

A labor shortage is pushing employers to hire more women to build high-rises, maintain rail tracks and drive trucks, among other roles. Chinese women are     3     the labor shortage. They are increasingly taking on heavy-labor jobs long dominated by men in construction or transportation,     4     traditional gender roles.

Women’s presence on construction sites has grown a lot. As a consequence, employers have set up     5     living spaces and bathrooms for them. About one-third of the workers on some construction sites in major cities are women, according to estimates by researchers who study China’s labor and gender issues. Just eight years ago, women accounted for just over one-tenth of the     6     , according to a survey of over 6,000 construction workers in nine cities. Over time, the types of jobs performed by women have been     7     —truck driving and machine handling added to their working list.

State media, in recent years, have praised the roles of women working as truck drivers and construction workers,     8    their contribution to the economy. In July, Xinhua News Agency featured Xu Yingying, a kind-hearted woman truck driver, who delivered     9    materials to the virus-stricken Hubei province three times within nine days last year. “Having lived through so much, I feel that the best status of a woman is being self-independent, living to become a beam of light and warming others,” she shared her     10    in the video.

9 . 根据句子意思，选择方框内合适的单词并用其适当形式完成句子。

hatch                      hike               grasp                 hang                    guarantee highlight                      guard             hesitate            harvest             greet habitat                  genuine            herb               guard               gymnastics handkerchief          heaven            guideline          headline            gravity

1. We cannot ________ that our flights will never be delayed.
2. He ________ my hand and shook it warmly.
3. The house ________ by two large dogs five years ago.
4. You can ________ some curtains over the windows to protect your private life from prying eyes.
5. He often goes ________. Hence he is healthy.
6. We're at your service. Don’t ________ to turn to us if you have any further problems.
7. The report exposed how she and her lover ________ a plot to cheat her husband.
8. Your resume should ________ your skills and achievements.
9. The farmer hired extra workers ________ the fruit before the first frost.
10. When he saw me he ________ with a friendly “hello”.
11. When starting a new business, try to follow these general ________.
12. There are two ________ on duty at the gate.
13. Many ________ are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
14. He uses a ________ when he sneezes or coughs.
15. This is a ________ Ming vase, not a fake. Be cautious. It is fragile.
16. Don’t make a noise. I’m listening to the news ________ .
17. The ball falls to the ground because of the force of the ________.
18. With so many areas of woodland being cut down, a lot of wildlife is losing its natural ________ and many species are in danger of extinction.
19. Sang Lan is a famous gymnast. She began learning ________ when she was only six years old.
20. He believed that he and his wife would one day be together again in ________.