1 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

A. leave out        B. arise from        C. broke down       D. set foot on        E. knock over

1. It was the first time I had ________ African soil.
2. Be careful not to ________ the flower vase.
3. Talks with business leaders ________ last night.
4. Emotional or mental problems can ________ a physical cause.
5. You can ________ the third sentence to make the essay shorter.

2 . 用方框中短语的适当形式填空

take off             to some extent          above all else        at one's fingertips        bring about a huge amount of        no wonder        go on holiday       get in the way             as with

1. It is well known that science has __________ many changes in our lives.
2. Computer technology puts all the information in the world __________ .
3. It is hard to imagine a man who could steal __________ confidential (机密的) information.
4. __________ many young people, the old man likes pop music as well.
5. So long as you are determined, nothing in the world can __________ of your success.
6. He is so busy that he can't get time off work to __________.
7. __________ all children like going to Disneyland, where they can meet their favorite Disney Cartoon characters.
8. If you want to be popular, __________, join in our class activities and make a contribution to our class if possible.
9. __________, the driver should be responsible for the accident
10. Owing to the leading actors' good appearance and acting skills, the new movie __________ over night.

3 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

take off; take over;take down; take in; take back; take on; take up

1. He is ________ my job while I am on holiday.
2. I hope you are ________ what I am saying.
3. The new dictionary has really ________ .
4. I ________ what I said.
5. She made us ________ all the posters.
6. Is the supermarket ________ more shop assistants?
7. The table ________ too much room.

4 . 选词填空：attempt/manage
—Did you     1     to finish the project on time as your leader had required?
—No, I     2     to, but I failed.