4 . 从方框中选出合适的短语，并用适当形式完成句子。

be about to               result in               seek one’s fortune               go off run out               tend to               in response to             carry through

1. It was my first Chinese New Year. The fireworks ________________ throughout the night were really fantastic and exciting.
2. Due to changeable air current, it even took this experienced pilot 3 hours ________________ the tough rescue operation.
3. In the mid-nineteenth century, one million people left their homes from different areas all over North America and ________________ in the “Gold Rush”.
4. With time ________________, the students had to end their class presentation in a hurry.
5. Humans are the only animals that produce tears ________________ sad emotions.
6. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many factories and stores in European countries had to shut down, ________________ high level of unemployment rates.
7. The train packed with the soldiers ________________ pull out of the station when word came that the war was over.
8. The left brain ________________ deal with words, logic and numbers, while the right one concerns color, shapes and rhythm.

5 . 从框中选择合适的单词或词组，用其正确形式填空，并将答案书写在答题卡相应位置。

base on     on the edge of     run out     breathe in     in turn     survive     the moment     attempt turn one’s back on     fight for     take shelter from     have ... in mind     apart from     admire

1. They were done fighting for others now, they ________ their freedom.
2. “Reward? What did you ________?” the boss shouted angrily to him.
3. Which is more difficult, ________ or breathing out?
4. The film ________ the real story of the hero.
5. ________ singing a song, he told a joke.
6. He ________ to escape but failed.
7. Human beings are infinitely flexible and able to adjust when ________ depends on it.
8. The boy’s heroic behavior is ________.
9. Time was ________, and pressure was mounting.
10. The frog ________ the storm in a nearby cave.

7 . 被困矿工的时间不多了。
Time is ______ ______ for the trapped miners.

9 . 从方框中选择恰当的短语填入句子中，注意使用其正确形式。

ahead of;

break down;

run out (of);

pick up;

on the edge of;

1. Amundsen put a Norwegian flag and returned safely to their starting base ______ their planned schedule.
2. He ______ a beautiful vase when he was in Rome.
3. Over the last 20 to 30 years that once-safe theories ______.
4. We all know that South China Tiger is a species that is ______extinction.
5. I’m afraid I’m going to interrupt you there, as time ______.