1 . Reading by the warm fireplace and waiting for her friend, the girl o________(偶然地)looked up from her book to check the time. (根据中英文提示填空)

2 . 我需要制定可行的计划。
I need to make a ________.

3 . 我希望在毕业时能说口流利的汉语。
I hope to be ________Chinese when I graduate.

4 . 我对一切事物都充满好奇。
I’m ________ everything.

5 . In 1924, Lin Yutang________borrowed “youmo” from Ancient Chinese as the translation for the English word “humor”.

A．essentially

B．curly

C．creatively

D．complicated

6 . 同伟大的欧内斯特沙克尔顿爵士去南极探险——这是我梦寐以求的冒险。我已经准备好了。19岁的时候，我身体健康而且精力充沛。然而，当我申请加入探险队时，沙克尔顿拒绝了我，因为他认为我太年轻，不合格。
An expedition to the South Pole with the great Sir Emest Shackleton— this is the adventure that I ________ ________ ________ ________. And I was ready for it. At the age of 19, I am fit and full of vigour. However, when I applied to join the expedition, Shackleton turned me ________ because he thought I was too young and wasn’t ________.

7 . 阅读在语言学习中至关重要。
Reading is ________ ________ ________ in language learning.

8 . 聘用精力充沛、积极向上的年轻人的好处之一是，他们往往表现出对工作的兴趣，他们渴望学习。
One of the advantages of hiring ________ and positive young people is that they________ ________show interest in their work and they are________to learn.

9 . 根据语境，选择下框中的单词替换句中划线部分的词或词块，使之意思一致。

pursue,     spotted,     reject ,     beyond,     mild,     mission,     complain

1. Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only say something that is unhappy and expect others to solve their problems.
2. The climate is not hot or cold all year round, meaning it is always a good time to visit.
3. Sending people to other planets or even far from the solar system is not an easy goal to achieve.
4. I don’t think a man’s main task in life is to earn as much money as possible.
5. I found myself carried out to sea by strong wind. Then I was found by a boat.
6. Lily decided that she would settle in New York and seek her dream of becoming an actress.
7. The highest form of ignorance is when you refuse something you don’t know.

10 . 根据语境，选择下框中的单词替换句中划线部分的单词或短语，使之意思一致。

elegant        present        suspect        tremendous       engage        qualification          characteristic

1. In his speech, he mentioned Pearls Buck, to whose works Chinese farmers are a typical feature.
2. You must show your passport to the customs officers.
3. Actively involve yourself in voluntary work and you will see what a difference it will make to your future life.
4. Studying abroad can cost enormous amounts of money.
5. The police doubted that he had a part in the jewel robbery.
6. She has the competence for teaching English.
7. The seafood restaurant with precise French service will have extra space in its graceful dinning room because of social-distancing rules.