1 . 短语填空

live without,   be interested in,   in general,   every once in a while, turn into, adapt to

1. He comes to our room for a chat ________.
2. I thought that she ________ the job, but she refused it.
3. Soap is something that we wouldn’t want to ________.
4. Human beings will continue to ________ the changing climate in both ordinary and astonishing ways.
5. ________ , a plain carpet makes a room look bigger.
6. When heated, ice can ________ water.

2 . 选词填空

shoot up, mount up, result from, accuse... of, be interested in, due to, a set of, be best known for

1. I didn’t know much about him except I ________ him.
2. The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss ________ Monday’s earthquake.
3. When house prices ________, we can’t afford to buy a house in the big city.
4. In spite of all his efforts, his debts continued to ________.
5. I certainly don’t want to ________ them ________ having bad intentions.
6. His mistake was ________ youth and inexperience.
7. He ________ his novels set in his boyhood world on the river.
8. On his retirement, colleagues presented him with ________ golf clubs.