2 . 根据语境，选择下框中的单词或短语，必要时用正确的形式填空。框中有两个为多余的单词或短语。

persuade     conclude     take up     appeal to     on the move      be absent from     slight     prefer     accompany     amuse

1. After repeated experiments, they came to a ___________ in the end.
2. The teacher made funny faces to ___________ the children.
3. The air conditioner can change your room’s temperature automatically according to your ___________.
4. Jack never wanted to stay in one place for very long, so he always found himself ___________.
5. His sense of humor ___________ her enormously the first time they met each other.
6. I am writing to explain to you the reason why I ___________ your lecture last time.
7. The storm is usually ___________ with thunder.
8. He looked around the hall and frowned ___________ because it was so noisy.

3 . 英译汉
1. prohibition   n. ________________
2. rewarding   adj. ___________________
3. appeal   v./n ___________________
4. educator   n. ____________________
5. slightly   adv.___________________
6. imply   vt.________________________
7. convince   vt.__________________
8. reality   n. ______________________

4 . You may thank your good luck that you were just___________ hurt while the others were either killed or seriously injured.

A．extremely

B．slightly

C．safely

D．exactly

8 . 选词填空

1. It was a direct ________ to the president’s authority.
2. The research has done much to ________ our understanding of language learn.
3. We had a(n) ________ couple of weeks waiting for the test result.
4. I believe the doctors have given him a(n) ________ examination.
5. She seemed to have always been under the ________ of his father.
6. Of course, the ________ in the middle of the town are high.
7. There will be ________ more expensive but they last a lot longer.