5．I believe things will________soon.

答案：pick up

4．________，the work has been quite smooth.

答案：Up to now

3．Our junior middle school________for teachers.

答案：is badly off

2．He________the salary at present，so he’s decided to leave the company.

答案：isn’t content with

1．With the electricity________，all the machines had to stop working.

答案：cut off

5．With Jack________(指示)me，I had no difficulty in finding the famous singer’s house.

答案：directing

4．Hawking is one of the________(杰出的)scientists in the world，who puts forward the new theory of the black hole.

答案：outstanding

3．Daniel________(溜走)out of the classroom through the back door when no one was looking，but he was caught by the headmaster outside.

答案：slid

2．In order not to be heard by our English teacher，I had to ________(低语)the good news to my deskmate David.

答案：whisper

1．If you are________(满足于) with such a small success，you won’t make greater progress.

答案：content