1 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. dignity B. favored C. endanger D. striking E. peered F. distinctive G. adapted H. wonder I. commitment J. expense K. share

1. Tan Dun ______ music from the original Kun opera and added his own work to these traditional pieces.
2. For a long time, my mother had not understood my ______ to the struggle.
3. It’s difficult to preserve your ______ when you have no job and no home.
4. In South Africa, it is hard for a man to ignore the needs of the people, even at the ______ of his own family.
5. In the 1800s, Beijing opera slowly replaced Kun opera as the ______ form of opera.
6. Families worry that sending children away to study in higher education could ______ the Yupik language and culture.
7. When one doesn’t see one’s family for many years at a time, the transformation can be ______.
8. The ______ features of Kun opera are spoken story-telling, singing and dancing, and each character has their own particular style of movement on stage.
9. When a whale is killed, the houses and school empty as everyone races to the beach to take a ______ of the meat.
10. They ______ out the window fearfully at the ivy vine, and then looked at each other for a moment without speaking.

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

A. installed        B. track               C. cover                      D. enthusiastic        E. impressed               F. circulated G. dumped        H. absorbed        I. consciousness        J. thrill                      K. economic

1. The military use radar satellites to ________ targets through clouds and at night.
2. Having been ________ to all the members, the report was fully discussed and carefully revised.
3. To her surprise, the proposal she put forward at the meeting met with a（n）________ response.
4. The current situation is that toxic chemicals continue to be ________ into the river.
5. Her ________ of the feelings of others was the thing that made her a fantastic doctor.
6. With the help of the security cameras ________ in the city, the police soon located the position of the criminal.
7. Even though he’s been acting for years, he still gets a（n）________ out of going on stage.
8. Evidence has piled up that Vitamin D is ________ by the body after exposure to sunshine.
9. Watson eventually left the harbor, under ________ of fog, and he was later arrested on an ice field where the hunt was taking place.
10. The experts suggested that people should not expand their business in the current ________ climate.