1 . Directions: 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.diversifying       B.depressed        C.shifted       D.breaking       E.hammer   F.controversial G.initially     H.converting       I.wholly       J.dump          K.circulations

Soaring newsprint costs make life even harder

The cost of paper around the world is rising to record highs, pushing up expenses for newspapers from Mumbai to Sydney. When times were good, before ads     1     online, newspapers had a supportive partnership with paper mills. As ads departed and     2     fell, they are now at the shouting stage.

Paper mills had the worst of it for years as newspapers went     3     digital or shut for good. The papers were able to     4     down the cost of newsprint from firms fighting for business as demand declined. Many hesitated to shut massive machines costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

That hesitance has disappeared; mills are taking out newsprint capacity and     5    . Norske Skog, a Norwegian paper firm, said in June it would close its 66-year-old Tasman Mill in New Zealand, for example. Many mills are     6     machines to make packaging for e-commerce.UPM, a Finnish firm, announced this year the sale of its Shotton newsprint mill in Wales to a Turkish maker of container board and packaging. For JCS Volga, a Russian mill, newsprint used to account for 70% of production; now half of what it makes is packaging. The pandemic, with people working from home, meant even fewer newspaper purchases, which     7     demand for newsprint again and increased the pain for paper suppliers. In the past 24 months European mills have responded by shutting almost a fifth of their newsprint capacity, says a buyer for a large British newspaper group.

Then economies reopened. Newsprint demand shot up. That, combined with much reduced capacity and coupled with soaring energy prices, has resulted in a price shock. Particularly     8     are energy surcharges that some paper suppliers are seeking to pass on.

Newspaper firms reckon this amounts to     9    contracts. European newspapers will have to pay newsprint prices that are 50-70% higher in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year before.

Germany’s print and media industry association has warned that mills are going to force newspapers to     10     paper editions, hurting each other in the process. “It’s about the famous branch that both of them are sitting on,” it said recently. But mills can sell packaging instead. “We’re not going to save the publishing industry by being unprofitable ourselves,”says a mill executive in North America.

2 . 选词填空

open up,       take risks,       figure out,       bring...into focus,       good money, succeed in,       focus...on,       refer to,       take one's life,       human nature

1. We often _________these books in our work.
2. Thousands of people paid _________to watch the band perform.
3. Her kindness has restored my faith in _________.
4. We must_________ how to solve the problem.
5. If we have no knowledge, we cannot _________doing any work.
6. The terrible accident eventually _________as she failed to get out of the room.
7. People have recently_________ these issues_________.
8. As the market _________, people are going to spend more money on consumer goods.
9. You are_________ driving so fast.
10. The audience_________ their attention_________ the speaker and no one noticed the cat.

3 . 选词填空

in addition to; recommend; participation; apply for; make up one’s mind; pass up; put off; achieve

1. He ________ me to change my way of life.
2. I’m continuing to ________ jobs.
3. Once she ________, nothing can change it.
4. He keeps ________ going to the dentist.
5. ________ giving me some advice, he gave me some money.
6. I’d like to express my thanks for your ________.
7. Even as a teenager, you can ________ success in your life.
8. Young people should never ________ the opportunity to go to university.

4 . 从下列短语中选择恰当的短语并用其正确的形式填空（每个短语只能用一次）。

refer to                 take it for granted          without equal fall apart               cry out for                    throw oneself into

1. Jessie’s skill in painting portraits is ________ in our class.
2. The company is________ fresh new talent.
3. Since she stopped working as an actress, she ________ charity work.
4. She gave the speech without________ her notes.
5. He________ that he would be given the job as a managing director.

5 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

have trouble with, refer to, live a happy life, out of gratitude, carry out, sweep away, run...to safety

1. ________, everyone wants to have good health and a long life.
2. ________, he told me that he would invite me to dinner in the evening.
3. He feels unhappy because he is ________his classmates at the moment.
4. I should give my own opinion and explain it by ________other authors.
5. They are going to have a meeting to determine who will ________the plan.
6. When fire broke out in the house, she ________as fast as she could ________.
7. We haven’t cleaned the house for a few days, because we don’t want to ________good luck.

6 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

anything but; in the air; be caught up in; pass down; fall on; take shape; in honour of; set off

1. I can feel his love________ ．
2. Many citizens________in the local events.
3. Customers who come in say it is________ordinary.
4. How does such a relationship________   ?
5. The idea of________the good traditions from generation to generation is important to us.
6. It is well­known that the Mid­Autumn Festival ________ August 15.
7. Opening this door will ________the alarm.
8. Many people attended the party ________the new manager.

7 . 用所给短语的恰当形式填入下列句子，使其意义完整。有两个短语多余。

turn out；in hand；attend to；turn down；on behalf of；in response to；be made up of

1. Life________ ups and downs, so it is essential for us to put ourselves in a good mood.
2. Our monitor gave a speech________ all the athletes at the school sports meeting.
3. The university________ Albert Einstein due to his low scores in the general part of the entrance exam.
4. People donated food and money actively________ the appeal by the local government.
5. A great number of nurses spent much time________ the patients during the COVID-19 epidemic.

8 . 选词填空

adjust to， be concerned with，compare.… to，engage in，in any case, in pursuit of，regardless of，sentence... to death, take on，out of mercy

1. After a thorough cleaning before the New Year Eve，my house ________ a new look.
2. I wonder how you could have ________ college life abroad.
3. Either he escaped, or he ended up being killed. ________ he was never seen again.
4. It is the environment protection that we should ________.
5. She was ________ independence and knowledge when she was very young.
6. Whoever has killed someone else on purpose shall ________ as a result.
7. We will continue the match, ________ the terrible weather.
8. He has been looking forward to ________ some social activities，adding to experience.
9. ________ British English, American English is easier to master.
10. He didn't expect such a cruel master would spare him ________.

9 . 根据句意，选择短语并以其适当形式填空。

1. My mother is coming back today. My father will ______________ her ______________at the airport.
2. The doctors think he’s going to ______________,which gives us a big relief.
3. ______________, I will go to the ceremony and say hello to them.
4. You’d better ______________hate and walk on in the path of your life.
5. Her son’s marriage was______________, which made her anxious.
6. The two have never met ______________ before—this is the first time.
7. The situation got worse and she was ______________ as to what to do next.
8. I waved goodbye to my mother till the train was ______________.
9. The boy likes ______________ with some naughty children after school.
10. From her expression, I could tell that she knew that she was ______________.

10 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

have an opportunity to...     subscribe to     win an award     graduate in... from     in view of

1. I always dream of ________ in the national photography competition.
2. Students then ________ improve their products.
3. Which journals does the library ________?
4. ________ the fact that the journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she changed her mind at last.
5. He ________ law ________ Oxford University.