1 . 选用方框内合适的单词填空(每个单词限用一次)。

lap, midnight, nowhere, otherwise, property, shelter, sufficient, threat

1. It was almost at ________ that a fire broke out in the neighbourhood.
2. That big tree on the bank of the river might afford us ________ from the strong sunlight.
3. The hotel is not responsible for any loss or damage to guests’ ________.
4. We need to reduce our carbon footprints, ________ global warming will never stop.
5. When I was a child, I always sat on Grandpa’s ________, watching the stars in the sky.
6. All the volunteers have ________ supplies to be able to take care of themselves.
7. As temperatures go up this summer, cities have opened cooling centres for residents who have ________ to escape the heat.
8. World Wildlife Day is marked on March 3 every year since it was declared in 2013 to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s animals under ________.

2 . 根据语境，从方框中选择单词并用其适当形式填空

recycle     otherwise     sufficient     facility     shallow   pattern     monitor regular     current     attach     argue     resource     mystery     limit     globe

1. Despite the poor service of the hotel, the manager is unwilling to invest in _________ training for his staff.
2. You’d better pay attention to your diet, _________ you’ll get fatter and fatter.
3. Students are placed into classes according to their _________ language skills.
4. The area, although poor, has considerable natural _________ of oil and minerals.
5. China is an expanding market, attracting foreign businessmen from around the _________.
6. You must handle these metals and plastics very carefully and try to _________ each of them separately.
7. After a long and heated _________, the two sides finally reached an agreement.
8. To make sure that the plan is carried out successfully, we have meetings _________ to discuss the progress of the project.
9. The hotel has special _________ for welcoming disabled people.
10. This company sets a _________of what a good company should be like.
11. Constantly _________ the patients’ condition, the nurse quickly knew when the drug came into effect.
12. Please _________ your business card and fill in the information sheet.
13. The reason why fish prefer _________ water to deep water is that the former is warmer.
14. The _________ was never solved.
15. According to the latest news, with more applicants in Beijing, only a _________ number of families can get number plates.

3 . Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

argue          determine          independent        limited          muscle          orbit        otherwise          pattern            procedure        sufficient

1. Some satellites can go around Earth in 90 minutes. Others that are much further away can take a whole day to__________ Earth.
2. Crop circles first began appearing in England in 1975. Some people believe these mysterious__________ are created by aliens.
3. The musician hopes that he will have__________ time to make the new album
4. Before you begin exercising, you should spend five or ten minutes warming up your__________.
5. Please write down a list of the things you want to buy. You will forget them__________.
6. If you encourage students to express their thoughts and creative ideas, they will learn to become__________ thinkers.
7. You might be right, but don't try to convince people by__________. Because if they are angry, they will be unable to hear you.
8. The safety video shows the proper__________ for leaving the cinema in case of fire.
9. The direction in which education starts a man will__________ his future life.
—Plato
10. This training is designed for anyone who has__________ knowledge of outdoor survival.