1 . 短语填空

depend on, adapt to , in favour of ,be likely to ,set out ,be relevant to, take up, the instant, pick up, stand up to, switch off

1. He left to ________ a new position in another company.
2. I don’t think your essay ________ the topic.
3. I recognized her ________I saw Mary.
4. We ________ to paint the house but finished only the front part yesterday.
5. Last month local residents voted _________ the plan.
6. I _________ the rubbish and threw it into the trash can.
7. She tried hard to ________ the life of the foreign university.
8. We can _________ it that the developing technology can changer our lives for the better.
9. Is this building going to ________the strongest winds?
10. Please _________ the lights when you leave the office.

2 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

launch               range                 detail               impress                  meet set up                  expand             take over          operate                  properly

1. In order to manage the company well. he pays great attention to ________and works long hours every day.
2. The government has ________an investigation into the disaster.
3. I don’t think Sam is too young to take care of the pet dog________.
4. The survey will cover a wide ________of topics in society.
5. His company ________ in several countries.
6. Thanks to his excellent management, his business ________swiftly in the past few years.
7. McDonald’s prepares more than 2.5 million pounds of French fries every day to________ its customers’ demand worldwide.
8. The speech by the principal at the graduation ceremony ________itself strongly on my memory.
9. More outlets of the famous restaurant ________all over the country during the past five years.
10. John got injured in the football match, so Tom had to ________ from him.

3 . 选词填空

feeling down        varies from          draw out            get through          pick up

1. She found a substance that worked by using a lower temperature to ________ the extract.
2. Since reindeer were always on the move, the Sami would ________ their tents and accompany them.
3. Just like spoken language, body language ________ culture to culture.
4. And if we are ________ or lonely, there is nothing better than seeing the smiling face of a good friend.
5. A smile can help us ________ difficult situations and find friends in a world of strangers.

4 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. scared            B. staffed       C. subject        D. deceptive        E. compulsory F. employed       G. secure        H. sacred       I. review

1. For most of its short history, Wikipedia has been ________ by a group of volunteers, with only a handful actually getting paid.
2. Nupedia didn’t have a massive impact. It ________ the old model’ of experts writing entries.
3. Dig down deep into his essay, and never let the ________ simplicity of his writing style fool you.
4. London was a frequent starting point for Grand Tourists, and Paris a ________ destination; many traveled to the Netherlands, some to Switzerland and Germany, and a very few adventurers to Spain, Greece, or Turkey.
5. The funding is ________ to approval by the Board of Education.
6. A recent ________ of California community colleges found that while a third of the Asian students picked up their degrees, only 15% of African-Americans did so as well.
7. We must prepare our claim and send it to the insurance company to ________ payment.
8. A ________ place of peace, however crude it may be, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need.

5 . Direction: Fill in the blanks with one word from the box.

A. eye-witness   B. mutual   C. underlying   D. restore   E. achieving   F. afford G. penalty   H. implication   I. industrial   J. occasional   K. mixed   L. assessing

1. Our organization is committed to ________ its aims through peaceful means. We totally reject violence as a means of political change.
2. The students in my class are of ________ ability, so I teach them in groups according to their level.
3. The police only believed me after a(n) ________ corroborated my accounts of the accident.
4. Air traffic controllers are threatening to take ________ action if their pay demands aren’t met.
5. Doctors tell us that regular exercise is better than ________ bouts of strenuous activity.
6. The plan is to our ________ advantage. We will all benefit greatly from it.
7. Matt knows what he’s talking about. He has a lot of experience in dealing with this kind of situation so we can’t ________ to ignore his advice.
8. It was not a binding agreement in their view, so they feel they can break it without ________.
9. Although the President is here on an official visit, I think the ________ aim is to promote trade.
10. When the settlers cut down all the trees, they failed to consider the wider ________ of their actions, so the area became a desert.
11. Examinations are not the only means of ________ someone’s ability. There are other ways of measuring potential.
12. The army has been given full powers take whatever action is necessary to ________ order to the streets of the capital.

6 . 阅读下面句子，根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的词或词组并用其正确形式填空。

boost                  in terms of        consist of        deserve            strike consequence        figure out        appeal to        participate in       come up with

1. I don’t know the answer, but I might be able to ___________ a good guess.
2. Overfishing in the seas has had several serious ___________, like the fish population decline and extinction.
3. The new team need a big win to ___________ their confidence.
4. I have a life insurance policy that will take care of my family if disaster ___________.
5. As a senior student, you need top grades to ___________ a place at the best universities.
6. By the end of the survey, over 300 local firms ___________ the survey, which contributed a lot to the final report.
7. The water company ___________ everyone to reduce the amount of water we use.
8. Lina’s parents moved to live with her, so she bought a bigger house ___________ three bedrooms.
9. If they know the cause of the problem, they might be able to ___________ how to prevent it happening again.
10. The modern world-system has features which can be described ___________ space and time.

8 . 选词填空

A. accessible     B. dedicated     C. supervised     D. implemented       E. processed F. extensively   G. investigate     H. elastic       I. narrowly       J. alternative     K. appealing

1. The 10 groups with the highest scores will then be invited to the Cyber First competition final in London to ________ a complex cyber threat.
2. HandEnergy proved ________ successfully raising over $71,000 in one month from people hoping to get their hands on one.
3. Despite being based in non-English-speaking countries, Yokohma, Japan head quartered Nissan ________ an English-first strategy in the late 1990s.
4. Micro bags are a very canny move by fashion brands as they made designer label more ________ to a younger customer who might not be able to afford a full-size bag for more than $1,500, but could just save up and buy a mini one that’s a few hundred pounds.
5. Only Apple’s Siri offers a male voice as a(an) ________ to the female-dominated line-up.
6. This exercise was inspired by the work of Shelly Gable, a social psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who has ________ studied marriages and other close relationships.
7. Along with its parent organization, Robohand, these groups are ________ to making mechanical hands for people who may have been born without them, or who lost hands or fingers to accidents.
8. Meanwhile, he adds that the right side of the brain plays a crucial role in music. Language, such as English and Mandarin, are mostly ________ on the left side of the brain.
9. As a teenager, Wilma joined the girls’ basketball team at Burt High School. C. C. Gray was the coach who ________ the team.
10. It is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot air balloon or helicopter, with a(an) ________ rope tied to your ankles.

9 . 从方框内所给短语选择最佳选项

A. is obsessed with        B. highlight the importance of          C. barrier to D. put aside             E. vary from             F. is of great value G. wander around        H. at a glance        I. at hand        J. at some point

1. She wants to ________ her pocket money for holidays.
2. A lack of education is a ________ many good jobs.
3. Weddings may be a universal celebration, but wedding traditions ________ one country to another.
4. He________ so ________ the football game that he can’t focus on what his father is saying.
5. The government has made various attempts lately to ________ protecting the environment.
6. I don’t want to ________ downtown at this time of night.
7. It is very convenient to have a dictionary ________ when reading.
8. The policeman saw ________ what had happened.

10 . Direction: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. justify B. correspondingly C. rigid D. tackle E. consequence F. channel G. ultimately H. interpretation I. substantial J. tendency K. relevant

1. Authorities have a responsibility to promote initiatives to ________ the energy of young people towards more worthwhile ends such as the acquisition of a basic skill.
2. Education is supposed to be ________ to the real world and the challenges students are facing.
3. There is a growing ________ among young people to search for balance in life through daily tai chi practice.
4. Contrary to our expectation, the well-established pianist’s ________ of the music was rather too literal.
5. Despite the Yupik people’s preservation of their independence and heritage, the process of globalization will ________ lead to the changes in their traditional way of life.
6. Many countries are exploring ways to ease the financial problem as a(n) ________ of the rising medical costs of their ageing populations.
7. Teenagers need to be motivated to ________ their academic stress by setting realistic goals and dividing their work into reasonable daily targets.
8. The Japanese have a ________ code of etiquette, which may seem artificial to people from other cultures.
9. The “sentimental value” of the stuff in our lives cannot ________ the behaviour of those compulsive hoarders.
10. A ________ number of Aboriginal songlines were lost due to the destruction of their ancient way of life.