1 . 阅读下面句子，在空白处填入适当的单词或用所给字母的正确形式填空，每空只填一个单词。
1. Fang Lang, one of the few lucky people in Titanic picked up by Lifeboat 14, was found ______________(float) on a door to which he had tied himself.
2. People who don’t have strong social relationships are 50% _________(like) to survive at any given time that those who do. Therefore, make good friends.
3. _________(get) over your fear of speaking English, you should first of all get over your shyness.
4. Have you ever had a task you need to complete but __________ urgent it may be, you just don’t get down to doing it?
5. It was then, however, that I saw something _________ lifted that weight off of my soul, made my face smile and made my heart feel happy again.
6. The desert was once a green land with huge trees, but they were cut down and that resulted in the city ____________(bury) by sand---what a pity!
7. __________ we should do about the increasing number of “borrowed words” in our vocabulary is something that deserves careful thought.
8. In developing countries like China and Brazil, sales of meat ________(double) in the last 20 years.
9. Before I seek advice from you, I had no comprehension _________ a company might try to fool people into buying a product or service.
10. _________ took them just three minutes to steal paintings by two world­famous artists.

2 . --- This book by Tony Garrison is of great use for our course.
--- But I think his latest one is ______ worth reading.

A．better

B．more

C．most

D．very