1 . 根据所给10个英语单句的意思，从所给的15个词汇中挑选出10个合适的词或短语分别给每个句子填空。

precious; rejected;   tending;   figures;   gathered; a great deal of ;   commercial ; absolutely;   afterwards;   suit; origins;   harvest;   climate;   appointing;   seek;

1. Festivals are becoming more and more ________, with business taking advantage of the celebrations.
2. ________, I ate some delicious Mexican-Chinese noodles from a food truck.
3. The ________ is mild all year round, meaning it is always a good time to visit.
4. Life is ________. To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired?
5. After ________effort, she finally succeeded in moving it to the side of the street.
6. I ________ enjoyed the archery, too, but the horse races were my favourite part.
7. Festivals are celebrated all around the world. They have a wide range of ________, such as the seasons of the year, religions, famous figures, and important events.
8. She was more interested in ________ patients, publishing medical research on care for women and children, and training the next generation of doctors.
9. This important agricultural festival takes place after all the crops have been ________in.
10. There is Chinese food to ________ everyone’s taste, with traditional dishes from all over China.

2 . 选择并使用所给英语单词的正确形式完成句子，有两个单词为多余词。

lack       fancy       regard       equip       revise       adapt       assume

1. He is working on a screen ________ of his latest novel.
2. ________ is a must if you want to grasp what you have learned.
3. My plans are based on the ________ that house prices would remain steady.
4. Interested in different cultures, the girl always ________ travelling all over the country.
5. ________ with much knowledge, the professor is respected by his students as well as his colleagues.

4 . 选词填空 journal; journalist
1. He kept a ________of his travel across Asia.
2. A ________is a person whose job is to collect news and write about it for newspapers, magazines and so on.

5 . 选词组并用适当形式填空，词组有多余。

live up to                         go for                           trial and error                 be in stitches not by any means               convince sb of               end the deadlock            step in stick by                            get away with                 go to great lengths          expose to

1. The famous stand-up comedian Pong Bo is expert at telling jokes. So hilarious was one told by him that everyone ________________.
2. The residents in Ohio ________________ a potentially deadly situation when the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed(脱轨) and caused 20 railcars carrying hazardous materials to burst into flames.
3. The two political parties have been in negotiations for weeks, but the appointment of a skilled mediator(调停者) has increased hopes of ________________ and reaching a mutually agreeable solution.
4. As the youngest Bennet sister, Lydia fails ________________ the social standards of her time after running off with a man who does not value her, causing scandal and embarrassment for her family in Pride and Prejudice.
5. Recently, people in both China and the USA ________________ to raise people’s awareness of the critical conditions giant panda Yaya is in, and they are appealing to the Memphis Zoo to send Yaya back to China as soon as possible.
6. John Wilkes Booth, the man responsible for killing Abraham Lincoln, fled the scene of the crime but was finally found and killed by Union troops, not ________________ the murder in the end.
7. Zhang Jike, a multiple-time world champion, has been involved in controversy as some netizens claimed he owed several million yuan in debt due to gambling. China’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission ________________ and has urged the department concerned to investigate the issue and make the results public as soon as possible.
8. Harry Potter, a boy wizard, is forced on multiple occasions to battle Voldemort, an evil wizard, but with Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and those who love him and believe in him ________________ him, Harry is able to defeat the evil.
9. If you want to become “senior” fans of Star Trek, why not ________________Klingon. It’s simply a fun way to immerse yourself in the Star Trek universe. Besides, you will enjoy talking to one another using this complexly constructed language.
10. The process of scientific discovery is often characterized by years of ________________, with researchers tirelessly experimenting on their hypotheses until they finally arrive at breakthrough findings, which drive innovation in fields ranging from medicine and technology to renewable energy and space exploration.

8 . 选词填空

A. polishing       B. operations       C. responses       D. impressive       E. possessions

1. Sara consistently seeks out constructive feedback so she can improve her writing skills, which is a rare and __________ quality in a high school student.
2. Computers track farm __________, and even space technology is applied to find the best places to plant crops.
3. The floor needs __________ before we move into the apartment next week.
4. They make a living by robbing visitors of their __________ and then holding those objects until a payment in the form of food is paid.

9 . 选词填空
dine; diner
1. The restaurant is capable of seating 100 _________.
2. We _________with my parents at a restaurant in our city.

10 . 选词填空
competent; competence
1. I’m only worried about his attitude to the job; his________ is not in question.
2. Most adults do not feel________ to deal with a medical emergency involving a child.