4 . 短语填空

cut down, be home to, in length, feed on, break down, breathe life into, due to, build up

1. A smile can __________barriers, ask for help or start a conversation.
2. It is the readers who ____________a newspaper with their letters.
3. These trees __________and that led the city to be buried by sand.
4. California __________more than 4,000 species of plants, and nearly half of them are found nowhere else.
5. Ranging from 84 to more than 150 cm __________, longboards look like other skateboards.
6. Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless __________their wrong investment.
7. It is known that tigers belonging to meat-eating animals __________meat.
8. This will help them _________a sense of responsibility since young.

5 . 汉译英
1. ________ prehistoric times 在史前时代
2. ________ addition此外，另外，还有
3. die ________死于
4. head ________ （朝……）前进；（向……）去
5. seek one’s ________寻找成功致富之路，闯世界
6. ________ a living谋生
7. open ________开设，开办
8. join... ________和……接触，与……相连
9. ________ of一系列或一连串（事件）
10. apart/aside ________除了……外（还），此外
11. bring ________导致，引起
12. be home ________是……所在地

7 . 选词填空

up to; carry out; be to blame for; by contrast; in particular be native to; be harmful to; be characteristic of; in decline; be home to

1. The maidenhair tree (银杏树) ________________ China and widely planted for various uses in traditional medicine and as a source of food.
2. Windmills ________________ the island landscape, which make it different from other places.
3. Nowadays some traditional festivals are________________ in the ethnic group.
4. He claims some of the television advertisements ________________ children.
5. It is they that should ________________ their stupid mistake, which was a disgrace to their team.
6. The police haven’t really done anything ________________ about the cybercrime.
7. ________________, we are better off than we used to be.
8. Have you ever heard of the trees that ________________ animals both on the land and in the sea?
9. ________________ 2, 000 employees lost their work overnight.
10. If I were you, I’d refuse ________________   his order because it would cause us to fall behind.

8 . 选词填空

under threat;respond to;up and down;be host/home to;be made up of

1. Receiving a text does not mean you need to ________________it immediately.
2. The Tibetan mountain areas ________________antelopes and other rare animals.
3. Alex walked________________in the room within the hours of waiting for the result,looking worried.
4. Air pollution is what most people are concerned about nowadays,because their health is ________________.
5. We all know the theory that food________________carbohydrates,proteins and fats.

9 . 英汉互译
1. __________流传；使世代相传
2. __________阻止……；制止……
3. __________ 冲走，冲掉，忘却
4. __________ 与……和谐相处；与……协调一致
5. ___________位于；坐落于
6. ___________ 引起，导致
7. in doubt ___________
8. reflect on _____________
9. be home to____________
10. from the bottom to the very top___________
11. go to so much trouble_____________
12. green fingers ___________