1 . 根据语境，从方框中选择单词并用其适当形式填空

staff     scare     precious     principle     passive     sharp     decade     tend     insurance replace     reject     majority     complain     respond     illustrate

1. The price of petrol has been reduced ________ since last month.
2. For ________, he has been struggling to rid the world of hunger.
3. The company doesn’t allow the ________ to smoke on any occasion in public.
4. Sofia was in the bedroom ________ her son.
5. ________ claims are expected to soar.
6. When I greeted her at the church, she ________ with a smile.
7. You can use examples and pictures ________ it, which makes its meaning clearer.
8. Nothing in the world can ________ a mother’s love.
9. The ________ of people prefer to pay by Alipay, especially the youth.
10. Some students are ________ to answer questions in class.
11. Though his suggestion ________ at first, he never gave up trying.
12. Listening is an active, not a ________ behavior consisting of hearing, understanding and remembering.
13. Of all the possessions, a friend is the most ________.
14. Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right ________ if it passes by him.
15. I refuse to lie about it; it is against my ________.

2 . Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Then translate the sentences into Chinese.

elsewhere          majority          might          chains        principle          precious          complain          reject

1. Of all possessions a friend is the most__________. —Herodotus
2. The strongest__________ of growth lies in human choice. —George Eliot
3. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the__________, it is time to pause and reflect. —Mark Twain
4. The highest form of ignorance is when you__________ something you don’t know anything about. —Wayne Dyer
5. Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to__________ if it passes by him. —Miguel de Cervantes
6. Man was born free, and everywhere he is in__________. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau
7. Whatever you do, do with all your__________. —Marcus Tullius Gicero
8. When we are unable to find tranquility（宁静）within ourselves, it is useless to seek it__________. —Francois de La Rochefoucauld