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Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.He fled (逃离) to London after an argument with his family.
2.She wanted to laugh and weep (哭泣) all at once.
3.There's no point getting into a panic (惊恐) about the exams.
4.We have a beautiful city and we pray (祈求) it stays that way.
5.He walked out leaving a pile (大量) of debts behind him.
6.The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display (陈列) their works.
7.She liked to be home to greet (迎接) Steve when he came in from school.
8.They had to move into temporary (暂时的) accommodation.
9.The company employs no more than a couple of dozen (一打) people.
10.They expected him to participate in the ceremony (典礼).
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.The car got stuck in the muddy (mud) ground.
2.The new drug will be generally (general) available from January.
3.I had no appreciation (appreciate) of the problems they faced.
4.He tried to even out the distribution (distribute) of work among his employees.
5.The singer is regarded as a representative (represent) of the youth of her generation.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.After waiting for an hour, the clients started to complain.
等了一个小时之后,顾客们开始抱怨了。
2.Being a mother isn't as bad as I thought at first!
做一位母亲并不像我当初想的那样糟!
3.There was no escaping the fact that he was overweight.
他身体超重这一事实是无法回避的。
4.Kate, whose sister I shared a room with when we were at college, has gone to work in Australia.
凯特已经去澳大利亚工作了,在大学时我和她的姐姐同住一个房间。
5.I can't figure out what's wrong with my watch. It was just a month ago that I had it repaired.
我想不出我的表出了什么毛病,一个月之前我刚刚找人修过。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
“Did you hear what happened to Adam last Friday?” Lindsey whispers to Tori.
With her eyes shining, Tori brags, “You bet I did. Sean told me two days ago.”
Who are Lindsey and Tori talking about? It just happens to be yours truly, Adam Freedman. I can tell you that what they are saying is not nice and not even true. Still, Lindsey and Tori aren't very different from most students here at Linton High School, including me. Many of our conversations are gossip. I have noticed three effects of gossip: