1 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

out of reach, take over, in one’s way, be crucial to, figure out, under construction, die from, fit in with, adapt to, crash into

1. ________ of their natural predators, rats in this area have increased several times in number.
2. Without the professor’s guidance, it took them about one hour to ________ how to use the equipment.
3. “Excuse me, sir. You’re standing ________,” she said. “Would you mind moving aside, please?”
4. The life in Australia will be different, and we have to be ready to ________ the change.
5. It is surprising how well the modern buildings ________ the old architecture in Beijing.
6. According to the research, up to half of all smokers ________ a tobacco related disease.
7. A new highway, which is ________ between the two towns, is expected to promote the economic development of the area.
8. A truck went out of control and ________ the back of a bus in the rush hour, causing several people injured.

2 . All I could do at that moment was just to _______________ and grab her hand.
在那一刻,我所能做的就是越过那张桌子抓住她的手。

4 . 将必要的书本、笔、以及其它工具放在可及的地方有利于集中学习。(within reach) （汉译英）

5 . 从方框里选出合适的单词,并用其正确形式填空

hand, master, reach, rescue, tie, treat

1. a. Man is the _______of his own fate.
b. It is by no means easy _______a foreign language.
2. a. Do you know the man wearing a _______over there?
b. When I passed by his house, I saw that the dog _______to a big tree.
3. a. My homework _______in the next morning.
b. The man is always willing to lend me a _______when I get into trouble.
4. a. Judy _______into her handbag and handed me a small card.
b. Don’t leave the medicine within the _______of your kids.
5. a. Fortunately, all the passengers trapped in the bus _______.
b. No one came to his _______when he got lost in the valley.
6. a. Don’t worry about the cost — it’s my _______.
b. The man _______as a hero when he was set free from prison.