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.