1 . It was a(n) ________ if you had a washing machine in those days. (great comfort, especially as provided by expensive and beautiful things) （根据英文提示单词拼写）

2 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need and please note that verbs should be used in proper tenses and voices.

attraction   vast   overcome   relevant   decoration   maintain luxury   analyze   prevent   determine   breathtaking

1. ________ good posture can benefit a person’s body and mind.
2. There are several ways you can adopt to help you ________ the problem of waste.
3. The gene does not ________ everything, and your hard work also matters in the learning process.
4. We headed for the National Park, which is famous for its ________ scenery, by school bus at 8 a.m.
5. The Great Wall is such a well-known tourist ________ that millions of people visit it every year.
6. The Napoleonic Wars ________ foreign travel for a number of years, but in 1819, Turner was able to make his first trip to Italy.
7. To stop cheating, the administrator tried to have her typing style ________ during the exam to make sure she was exactly the right person.
8. Mary was raised by parents who considered education a(n)________ for girls, so she has fought for everything since she was admitted to a key university.
9. Millions of barrels of oil are used in the production and transportation, which creates ________ amounts of greenhouse gases.
10. Reasonable evaluation includes knowing how to find ________ information, how to separate facts from opinions and how to recognize poor reasoning.

3 . After reading the sentences below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. analyzed   B. maintaining   C. valuable   D. quality   E. processed F. luxury   G. vast   H. attractions   I. fascinating   J. stuck   K. practical

1. I find good novels really ________ as the plots are well-designed to engage readers’ attention.
2. Many people book cheap hotels and visit typical tourist ________ in the city to enjoy their holidays.
3. Researchers ________ the data and compared them with those of the control group.
4. He treated the painting that survived the war as his most ________ property and put it in the drawer with great care.
5. Environmentalists who call air-conditioning a（an）________ we cannot afford as air-conditioning contributes much to global warming.
6. Sometimes I would play with some bands. But I never really ________ to it, though I did keep playing the guitar and end up getting pretty good at it.
7. When the scientists studied scans of the brains of pet dogs, they found that theirs, like ours, ________ the sounds of spoken words in a multi-step manner.
8. Imagine living on the edge of a（an）________ desert, which is moving quietly closer to your village every day and covering your fields. How terrible!
9. In Western cultures, ________ eye contact in conversations is necessary. A westerner might, in fact, consider a lack of eye contact as a lack of interest.
10. It was because of a strong sense of responsibility and much ________ experience that the teacher who worked in the countryside cultivated a great number of excellent students.

7 . 在这家豪华饭店用餐之后，可用现金或者信用卡支付。（cash）（汉译英）

8 . 随着时代的进步，许多往日被视为奢侈品的电子产品，已成为大众消费得起的日用品。(that) (汉译英）

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

A.fascination   B.luxury   C.adventurers     D. snow-capped   E.significantly   F.accessible G. hopefully   H. vast   I.draw   J.tempted     K.accommodate

Few countries have such a diverse and appealing“ Outdoors” as the USA. The landscape is     1     varied and spectacular. In the west there are Rocky Mountains with their     2     peaks, and in the east the forest-covered Appalachians, whose highest

summit is nearly 7000 feet. There is also an abundance of waterfalls, rivers, lakes that are small and intimate or     3     like the Great Lakes. In winter and spring, tourists are     4     by the clear skies and breathtaking multi-colored rocks of Arizona,Colorado and New Mexico.

Everything worth seeing in the USA is     5     to picnickers and vacationers by highways and unpaved secondary roads, which     6     people to places from where where they can push off onto the wilderness. Once in the wilderness,the chief worry will be, not how to avoid other hikers, but how not to get lost!

Many Americans, young and old, prefer camping in vehicles called"campers”. There exist many different kinds from the extremely extravagant to the cheap convertible pick-up truck. There are monster campers with every imaginable     7    , from deep freezers and microwave ovens, to plush carpets and color television sets.They can     8     four people comfortably.

Horseback riding also holds a     9     for many but it's a more expensive sport.There are ranches in Texas and other border states where you can stay and live the life of a cowboy or cowgirl. Other great outdoor pastimes for     10     can be skiing in the Rockies and hunting in Alaska, surfing, waterskiing in Florida.

10 . Directions: Choose the best word which is suitable for each blank, and each word can be used only once.

A. luxury       B. amazed     C. tear     D. expectation   E. confusion     F. vast G. disgusted     H. genuine   I. decoration

1. To avoid________，please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
2. In the________ majority of cases, cultural differences should not be a very big problem.
3. My grandpa told me that it was really a ________ if you had a washing machine in those days.
4. As a peace-loving lady, the level of violence in the film really________her.
5. It________her that he could be so calm in such a dangerous situation.
6. Unfortunately the new software has failed to meet the ________of the researchers.
7. Although he is just a clerk in the company, he made a ________attempt to improve the difficult conditions.
8. At first sight, he was unable to ________his eyes away from the well-dressed film star.