1 . 请用方框中单词或短语的正确形式填空，词数不限。每个单词或短语只用一次，其中有两项是多余的。

explode, integrity, urge, appoint, absurd, fetch, suspend, superior to, pros and cons, turn out

1. It was embarrassing that Sarah’s forecast ______ to be completely wrong.
2. She had an ______ to paint her nails, then she went into an expensive clothes shop.
3. It’s necessary to weigh up the ______ before making an important decision.
4. I’ve personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is ______ the other.
5. By 1853, Mark Twain was tired of Missouri. He got an ______ to see the world and started out with empty pockets.
6. It was very comfortable lying on the hospital bed with my legs ______ in the air.
7. French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they ______ in your mouth like little flavor bombs.

2 . 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.

3 . 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.

4 . 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.

5 . 从方框中选择适当的单词并用其适当形式填空。

urge                 fulfill             reject             participate             handle

1. To tell you the truth, I don’t know if I can______________ the job.
2. Everyone in the class should actively______________ in these discussions.
3. I applied for a job as a mechanic at a local garage, but I was______________
4. I want to______________ my dream of becoming an actor.
5. The report______________ that all children be taught to swim.

6 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

in recognition of     be committed to     to name but a few     urge …to   break into       fall victim to   have no alternative but to     go to great lengths   recognize as   castles in the air

1. Since he refused to repair the damage he had caused, I ________report him to the police.
2. The doctor found that his clinic ________ and some medicine stolen at night.
3. Eventually the writer’s novel ________ a work of genius many years after its publication.
4. Lots of new industries have sprung up, such as pet caring, distance education, big data analysis, ________.
5. All that he described in his speech are hard to realize and can only be seen as ________.
6. The surgeon who performed the operation on him ________ him ________ exercise regularly.
7. People who surf the Internet often should be careful not to ________online banking fraud (诈骗).
8. This award is given to you________ your good performance in the speech competition.
9. The two sides should ________win-win co-operation for our companies to access each other’s market and grow businesses.
10. Girls now are becoming more and more conscious of their looks and are always ________ to enhance them.

7 . 选词填空

pull one’s weight;   mistake...for;   moreover;   in a mess;   establish; break down;   devote;   take into account;   apologise;   affect have a great effect on;   urge;   criticize;   weave;   adopt

1. It was a struggle for him to finish the experiment, with the room ________ after he finished it.
2. Apple has given in to intense pressure from Chinese state media about its customer service practices, ________ to consumers in its second-largest market.
3. Bob has never ________ and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness.
4. I’d ________ his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community, and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
5. What you described is not true. You must ________ your imagination ________ your memory.
6. If George keeps on working so hard, he’ll ________ sooner or later.
7. The company will ________ this safety net to defend the most widespread internet worms.
8. The business manager ________ me just now for not finishing the work in time.
9. I don’t want to go skating and, ________, the ice in the river is too thin.
10. A technology ________ various aspects in our life, ranging from education to medicine, and so on.
11. She will never allow personal problems ________ her performance at work.
12. Parents should actively________ their children to take advantage of the opportunity to join sports teams.
13. China ________ economic relations with other nations since President Xi Jinping visited 22 countries last year.
14. ________ the teacher’s advice, the boy solved the problem easily.
15. ________ himself to his research work, the professor cared little about any other thing.

8 . 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.