1 . 根据语境，选择下框中的词组并以其正确形式填入句中。请注意有两个短语是多余的。

above all；once and for all；contrary to；prior to

subscribe to；be exposed to；consist of；in charge of

regardless of；out of shape；get involved in；take sb’s breath away

1. _____________________ popular belief, many cats dislike milk.
2. I hadn’t been training for months and was really   ______________________.
3. Children can get a lot out of _______________________________voluntary work.
4. She is determined to live a fulfilling life __________________what the future holds.
5. All scientists __________________the view that the increase in the earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil fuels.
6. He received a hero’s welcome from his homeland and was put ____________________developing China’s rocket science.
7. I’d like to buy a house ——modern, comfortable, and _________________in a quiet neighborhood.
8. Scientists worry that________________________ light while sleeping can increase a person’s chances of getting cancer.
9. The main building of the school _____________________ 14 classrooms, a small study center and a computer room which is proved to be very popular.
10. They took a taxi to Lake Louise, where the blue water literally______________ with its exceptional beauty.

2 . 根据语境选择词语，并用其恰当形式填空，每个词仅使用一次。

shape, reward, course, function, channel, highlight, absorb

1. There is no denying that every individual will experience happiness and sorrow in the ________ of their long life.
2. No one can ignore the great influence social media has in ________ the public opinions.
3. Teachers use different methods to help students ________ what they learn.
4. It is of significance to have a balanced diet; otherwise, our body cannot ________ normally.
5. Art and music are great ________ for people to express their ideas and emotions.

3 . 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。

approve of；be consistent with；complain；encounter；end up      be related to；devote oneself to；convince；rely on；pretend to

1. As is known to all, physics ________ math.
2. As we missed the last bus, we ________ taking a taxi home.
3. If you want to take the position, you’ll need to ________ the boss of your enthusiasm for it.
4. You can believe what Tom said. His action ________ his words.
5. My parents need to know exactly where I plan to go before they can ________ my trip.
6. Linda decided to ________ supporting her son in pursuing his dream.
7. All passersby ________ about the stone in the center of the road, but nobody tried to move it.
8. Mark closed his eyes and ________ be asleep.
9. Sherry lost her hearing when she was young and now she ________ hearing aids and lip-reading.
10. Being an explorer means taking risks and ________ various difficulties on the road to the unknown.

4 . 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.

5 . Directions: Filling in the blanks with the proper forms of the phrases given in the box. Each phrase can be used only once. There are three more phrases than you need.

scratch the surface       come across       be better off       the big picture expel from       put up with       appeal to       keep up with

1. In this article, the author will reconstruct __________of economic development in Ukraine in order to understand and outline its economic future.
2. Considering the coming attack by Russia, they __________the world community to come to Ukraine's assistance at present.
3. The investigation of the governor revealed some suspicious dealing. It is thought that so far the investigators haven't done anything but __________.
4. Despite being a bright student, the resourceful William ends up __________school when his parents are no long able to make their payments.
5. Australians seemed __________some pretty restrictive lockdowns and rules from the beginning of the pandemic of COVID-19, while the Americans didn't.

6 . 选词填空

subscribe,       convince,       cast,       boost,       bacterium,       alternative, severe,       decrease,       thanks to,       devote,       in spite of,       estimate,       blame

1. It___________ that one farmer on a cotton-picking machine can harvest as much in a day as 100 people working by hand.
2. The___________ were then examined under a microscope.
3. A great person is someone whose life___________ to helping others.
4. My reason for___________ to Teens every term is that it can help me practice my English.
5. Sunny and Fanny are seeking___________ to riding. They will probably choose to walk as much as possible.
6. The bright moon hung high in the sky and the building___________ its shadow across the street.
7. With the number of animals___________, many people are more concerned about the environment.
8. Peter stood up in defense of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one___________.
9. ___________ the rain, the picnic was canceled.

7 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

die out   check in   make it   turn to   rather than   as if date back to   give way to   be concerned about   ups and downs

1. The history of using chopsticks in China ________ the Shang Dynasty, more than 3,000 years ago.
2. I thought he would be too old to get to the top of the mountain, but he ________ at last.
3. I remember the whole thing ________ it happened yesterday.
4. You should understand your mother, who ________ your future and happiness all the time.
5. We should make every effort to prevent wild plants and animals from ________.
6. When I entered my dream university, I began to realize the fact: I studied hard for myself ________ for anyone else.
7. Every child in my class knows that as winter ________ spring, the days begin to lengthen.
8. As to the problems in studies, he always ________ his teachers for advice and made a plan on how to solve them.
9. We must know that life is all about ________.
10. Dear sir, this room is 117, and we________ already.

8 . 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。

apply for   be made up of   make a difference   work out graduate from   concentrate on   be addicted to

1. I often turn to Mr Li for help in order to ________ the difficult maths problems.
2. Li Feng is one of many examples of young people who are ________ in the world.
3. Unable to have enough sleep, he has much difficulty ________ the classes.
4. Since Joseph ________ college, he has been working on the development of an advanced AI program.
5. Hundreds of people ________ the job, but only three were accepted.

9 . 从方框中选择适当的单词并用其正确形式将句子补充完整。

accompany     attach     opportunity     race     reject     represent     wave     wrap

1. Just as the saying goes: ________ are only for the prepared minds.
2. Granny sat by the window, watching the children ________ around in the garden.
3. ________ goodbye to them on the platform, I felt happy for them and wished them a safe journey.
4. I am so sorry to inform you that your application for this job is ________ due to lack of related information.
5. Zongzi is a kind of traditional Chinese food which is usually ________ in bamboo leaves.
6. Experts suggest that parents should spend much time ________ the children for the sake of their healthy growth.
7. In ancient Egypt, green ________ hope and spring, which was the time when things in nature started to grow after a long winter.
8. China ________ great importance to African countries’ worries about climate change, and is willing to strengthen dialogue and work together with Africa.

10 . 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.