1 . 选词填空

rise to,make a difference,make the most of,lie in,make efforts to,lead to,last but not least,make advances in,have confidence in,look forward to

1. George studied hard.He wanted to ________his chance to learn.
2. I am a doctor and I love my work because it ________to the lives of others.
3. The chief difficulty ________finding a good opportunity nowadays.
4. The medical community continues to ________the fight against the COVID-19.
5. I would like to thank my publisher,my editor and,________,my husband.
6. Frank is ________attending his sister’s wedding.
7. The children were not able to ________that kind of matter.
8. It is important for you to ________your study.
9. I’m ________deal with matters of this sort.
10. Your carelessness ________so many mistakes in your job last week.

2 . 选词填空

refer to, ups and downs, date back to, relate to, play an important role in, all the way, lead to, point of view, be based on

1. What he said at the meeting didn’t ________ you.
2. Robots are ________ industrial production.
3. We plan to put on a play named Alice in Wonderland, which ________ a movie of the same title.
4. Generally speaking, we will experience ________ before we succeed.
5. As far as I know, most of the Great Wall ________ the Ming Dynasty.
6. Long-term stress (压力) can ________ a variety of serious mental illnesses.
7. Breathing the fresh air, we three talked and laughed ________.
8. This law ________ our daily life.
9. From my ________, we should do some voluntary work in our free time.

3 . 根据下列句子语境，从所给选项中选择合适的选项填空，所给选项中有两个多余。

A. referred to       B. reflected on       C. running out       D. ended up E. worked out       F. attempted to       G. based on

1. To his own surprise, he ________ designing the toy car and putting it into production.
2. Advertisers ________ deliver their messages to higher-income audiences.
3. We are always hoping that a more peaceful solution can be ________.
4. I have been reading a novel ________ real-life events recently.
5. I am afraid I’m going to stop you short there, as time is ________.

4 . 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. disbelief B. perceived C. obvious D. primitive E. functioning F. fearfully G. originally H. territory I. prohibiting J. incredible K. bothered

1. Offer yourself compassion and it’s natural to get panicky about heading off into unknown ________.
2. Volunteering to help the homeless patients can show you that things aren’t quite as challenging as you ________ thought.
3. The pioneers who settled the west had to cope with ________ living conditions.
4. Rather than trying to seem perfect, being honest about your shortcomings in an interview or on the job can be ________ as an advantage.
5. Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton underwent surgery to remove bone spurs (骨刺) and scar tissue in his right ankle that ________ him for most of the season.
6. The signals indicate that the spacecraft bus is ________ normally and ready to begin orbital maneuvers (演习) and operational testing.
7. A law has recently been passed ________ the consumption of alcohol in public places.
8. When the virtual clone of legendary Chinese singer Teresa Teng appeared on the screen, millions of online viewers reportedly dropped their jaws in complete ________ at the likeness.
9. There is a(n) ________ contrast between the cultures of East and West.
10. She showed ________ courage and determination in coming back from her injuries to compete again in the game.

5 . 根据句意，选择短语并以其适当形式填空。
make a difference；lie in；make the most of；last but not least；in time；take advantage of；look forward to；rise to；take an active part in；lead to
1. We should__________the Internet.
2. I don’t know whether my lecture will__________to the girl’s life.
3. Your problem __________lacking efficient methods.
4. He made up his mind to__________the challenge.
5. __________ , more exercise helps us keep healthy and fit.
6. A child ran across the road in front of my car, but I managed to stop my car __________.
7. I would like you to __________speaking English in class.
8. It was his carelessness that__________ the terrible accident.
9. We are __________seeing you again.
10. Please __________ these books if you have any questions or doubts!

6 . Fill in the blanks with a proper form of the words or phrases in the boxes below.

category       witness       precise       visual       generate       originate anticipate       convey       innovator       stimulate       relevant       qualify

1. Nobody knows ________ how many people are still suffering from the epidemic.
2. Now try to ________ in your mind what success will look like, maybe a picture of you holding your admission letter from Peking University and all you friends and family congratulating you.
3. Brainstorming is a good way of ________ ideas.
4. Competitors will be judged in two age ________: 5-10 years and 11-14 years.
5. We are now________ a lot of negative energy due to the spread of COVIID-19.
6. All carbohydrates (碳水化合物)________ from plants.
7. Try ________ what the interviewers will ask in a job interview.
8. The poem ________ his deep love for nature.
9. ________ work experience is required for overseas postings.
10. We know ________ can be remarkably creative with taking technologies in unexpected directions.
11. This training course will ________ you for a better job.
12. I’m very into detective stories, because I find them exciting and ________.

7 . 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.

8 . 用方框中单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每个单词只能使用一次。

admire   shock   suffer   despite   put out     confident   contribute     protect from

1. ________ his full schedule, he signed up for the English speech contest.
2. I’m applying for the volunteer guide in order to build my________ in speaking in public.
3. Some people are wasting food while others are ________ from hunger.
4. He didn’t realize that he was injured until the fire had been________.
5. Inspired by the team, every member of the research group made their ________ to the new project.
6. She was so ________ that she could hardly bring out a word.
7. There are ________ potentialities in every human being.

9 . 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.

10 . 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.