1 . My adviser recommended that____________(我选修高级文学) because I like English and I’m good at it. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

2 . The number of people infected with HIV may reach 50 million by 2020 ________________ to prevent the spread of the disease. (measure)
除非采取有效措施来遏制传播，否则到2020年，感染HIV病毒的人数可能达到五千万。

3 . This grand theater, part of ________________ a field hospital for 3 years during the war, is expected to be restored to its original splendor. (serve)
这座大剧院有望得以修复，重塑昔日风华。它的一部分在战争期间还曾作过三年的战地医院呢。

4 . You can hardly imagine ________________ he has made in such a short time! (progress)
你简直难以想象他在这么短的时间内取得了多么大的进步！

5 . 正如你能想到的那样，没有高薪的工作很难在大城市生活地舒服。
________________, it is very difficult to live in comfort in a big city without a well-paid job. ( imagine )

6 . 我想知道他是什么时候告诉你真相的。
I wonder                          he told you about the truth. ( it )

7 . 史密斯先生在青岛这座城市投资了一大笔钱，将来他会因此受益颇多。
Mr. Smith invested a large amount of money in the city of Qingdao, _________________ a lot in the future. ( benefit )

8 . 从下面的方框中选择合适的词，将其正确的形式填入句子中。

1. It is reported that a famous film-star was fined for breaking the traffic ____________.
2. Bending themselves to online classes for several months ____________ most students some weight.
3. Artificial rainmaking technology is widely used by many countries of the world in an attempt to _________ control over nature.
4. Some people wandered anxiously outside the box-office. ____________, the tickets for Swan Lake by the White Russian Ballet National Theater had been sold out.
5. My friend is so gifted in classic music that he is able to tell who the ____________ is by simply listening to any of the New Year's Concerts from the CD.
6. He is a successful businessman; he ____________ his success more to his friends’ help than to ability
7. In the conference, ____________ the representatives voiced to tearing down the ancient buildings are that they have both commercial and historical value.
8. Nowadays more and more rural people flood into the city to find their fortune on the _________ that there are more job opportunities.
9. What matters most for us now is to build up (a) __________ to infectious disease but not just waiting for a vaccine.
10. __________ by her youth and enthusiasm, I immediately accepted her application as my assistant.
11. Storytelling was the most _________ activity for her, for it brought out her language disability.
12. My initial concern was soon replaced by delight when I was told the __________ of my new house would be finished ahead of time.
13. The motto of an outstanding HR director should always be: a career open to all talents, without _______ of birth.
14. When the novel coronavirus broke out, we _________ to go out freely for safety problems.
15. The new laboratories will be constructed this year, and local firms are said _________ the work.
16. Little Tom was terribly spoiled by his grandparents. Whenever Mum criticized him, they rushed to his ____________.
17. I was so __________ pressed between two fat women and their shopping bags that it was difficult for me to get up and leave the bus.
18. While in Yale, he was _________ to a fellow law student called Hillary Rodman, who later became his wife and lifetime political partner.
19. On the day when Valentine’s Day met the Lantern Festival, it really _________ Rose that Jack forgot to send her a bunch of flowers.
20. If a young man wants the _________ to move to a different city in future years, he should keep renting instead of buying a house.