1 . 选出符合题意的词组，并用适当形式填空。

set sb. apart	boil down to	be related to	wipe out	stay in
retire from	drop out	apart from	set out	give away

1. After working in the company for 40 years, Mr. Smith ______ his beloved position last year.
2. It’s raining so heavily outside, let’s ______ and watch a film.
3. Jason Harley decided to ______ this kind of lifestyle and chose to live a more meaningful life.
4. We should take actions before the next extinction comes that may ______ the entire species.
5. It ______ one simply fact: the society rewards efforts rather than results.
6. Some types of cancer ______ traffic pollution.
7. His painting style ______ from most other painters of his era.
8. He decided to ______ all his money to charities.
9. ______ the few living in zoos and conservation centres around the world, pandas are found only in the bamboo forest in southwest China.
10. We ______ to paint the whole house but finished only the front part.

2 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

1. Forgetting her lines, she froze on the stage and blushed with ______.
2. They prefer to ______ friends of their own age.
3. In the past, ______ of water levels was used as an old method to investigate the climate conditions.
4. They want to design a machine that was both attractive and ______.
5. You’ll have to work hard if you want to ______ in life.
6. The government has made a ______ to provide citizens with better community services.
7. Fortunately, firefighters succeeded in ______ the driver out of the burning car.
8. Listening to light music before exams can help relieve stress and ______.
9. I ______ all the furniture to my neighbors before I moved to a new flat last month.
10. The women doctors and women nurses in this hospital ______ two hundred.

3 . 选词填空

grateful, give away, effective, on behalf of,complain, devote, committed, furniture, highlight

1. Tu Youyou ________her life to medicine research, which inspires a lot of people.
2. Jason was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, so he made the choice to ________all his money to charity.
3. He lives in a small room with second-hand ________.
4. Many scientists are totally ________to their studies and they always remain determined and focused.
5. I am writing ________the school's student Union.
6. He used to help us when we were in trouble. We were extremely ________to him for helping us.
7. In his speech, he ________the importance of environment protection.
8. They often ________about the noise upstairs.
9. The government has taken ________measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.