1 . 从词汇框中选择合适的单词完成句子。

arrested     temporarily     mercy     dismissed     superior     urging violence        political          fetched     appointment       opponent       applauded

1. She quickly ______ a towel to clean up the water on the floor.
2. Jane’s art was clearly ______ to the other competitors in the exhibit.
3. The audience _______ wildly at the end of the concert.
4. She missed her _______ with the hairdresser and had to reschedule.
5. I will be staying at a hotel _______ until I find a permanent place to live in.
6. She begged for ______ and forgiveness from her family after the mistake she made.
7. I received a call from my sister, ______ me to come home and visit our parents.
8. He faced a tough _______ in the final round of the tournament and fought hard to win.
9. The students were _______ early from class due to a power failure in the school building.
10. The report highlighted the link between poverty and ______ in the community.

2 . 短语填空

put forward,in other words,to start with,go against,feel like,urge...to do..., make the assumption,fight for,be beneficial to,go beyond

1. I don’t want to ________your will.
2. Your progress will ________us ________work hard.
3. ________, keep your brain busy and working.
4. Sometimes I ________I’m losing my mind.
5. The club had only six members ________.
6. If he’s not here in five minutes, we’ll ________that he isn’t coming.
7. He was not allowed to ________the limits of the city.
8. She ________some reasons for abandoning the plan but was refused.
9. I take delight in helping others, which ________others as well as myself.
10. A hero is brave enough to ________his country.

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. serving               B. criticized               C. urge               D. track                 E. leading F. wrists                 G. cropped                 H. rebuilt                 I. regulating                 J. worn

1. If you’re tired of wandering around the gym, wasting time and becoming bored, you can attend an upbeat group fitness class that’ll keep your workout on___________.
2. Although the novel boasts a household name now, it used to be___________ for its one-sided values and two-dimensional characters.
3. In economic work, we should pay attention to opening up the source and___________ the flow from time to time.
4. The police twisted the criminal’s arms behind his back and clipped a pair of handcuffs on his___________.
5. Due to a whole day’s heavy workload, he felt extremely drowsy and had to fight off the strong___________ to doze off.
6. After going through a lot of twists and turns, hopefully, now Tom has___________ his life and decided to help more people in need.
7. I hope you don’t mind me leaving, but something has___________ up and Julia and I have had to go off to head office.
8. Even though the cause of Alzheimer’s disease is poorly understood, according to many studies, environmental and genetic risk factors are its___________ drivers.
9. Harrison is so concerned about the results of the examination that he has been tossing and turning all night, and wakes up feeling___________ out.
10. Some evidence suggests that people with depression have very low self-___________bias and they think everything is their fault.

4 . 用方框内短语的适当形式填空

urge...to,speak of,scores of,in particular,cause harm to,be aware of,stand by,alert...to

1. The president said at the conference that he wanted to ________ his earlier statements.
2. The boss ________ the engineer ________ return and continue with the research.
3. He ________ the French and their habit of standing in a queue in the lecture.
4. People around the world should ________ the pollution and climate changes.
5. Which do you like best among ________ modern art styles?
6. Parents and teachers should ________ act as better examples to children.
7. Smoking will ________ your health, so you’d better quit smoking.
8. He wanted to ________ people ________ the activities of the group.