1. He always fails exams, for he spends little time making enough p ______ for his examinations.
2. Now the girl is in hospital recovering from liver f_______.
3. There were about 300 students from our school a ______the lecture yesterday.
4. He hurried here i_____ he heard the news.
5. Children are often c ______about everything. They will keep asking questions.
6. As far as I know,this scientist has made quite a few important_____(发现)in this field.
7. The company mainly_____(出版)books for children every year.
8. You should give me a clear______(解释)of your conduct.
9. Some of the students had______(体验)hardships before they entered the university.
10. He told me he was much______(羞愧)of having lied to his mother.

     Western art is    1   (影响) by the way of life and   2   ( believe) of people. During the Middle Ages the
main aim of paint- ers was to represent   3   (宗教的) themes. Artists were interest- ed in   4   (create)respect
and love for God. In the Renaissance new ideas and values took the place of those held in the Middle Ages
when people   5   more on humans. One of the most impor- tant   6   ( discover) during this period was how
to draw things in perspective. In the late 19th,Europe changed from a mostly   7   (agriculture)society to a
mostly industrial one.   8   (印象派) dated from the late 19th to the early 20th century. However, at first the
paintings of this period were thought to be   9   (可笑的). Then modern art, the painter does not   10   to paint
objects as we see them with our eyes but concentrates on certain qualities of the object.

1. Failing in the examination again ________ (心烦意乱) her a lot.
2. He looks handsome and gentle, but _________ (实际上) he is a thief.
3. Mr Huang said that he wnted to buy a bigger ________ (公寓) to live in.
4. Look, Tom. Your desk is very ________ (布满灰尘的). Why not clean it right now?
5. Excuse me, Professor Li, can you be ________ (出席) at our meeting tomorrow?
6. She doesn't want to set down a ________ (系列) of facts in a diary as most people do.
7. My uncle suffered from a serious disease. Luckily he has ________ (康复) now.
8. Mrs. Brown always gives me a hand when I am in trouble. I am really ________ (感激) to her.
9. Singapore has a large number of fluent English speakers because its ________ (官方) language is English.
10. Because of the cold, the water _______ (逐渐地) changed into ice.

1. I made my assistant my a____ while I was abroad.
2. Those dead soldiers were buried in the t____.
3. We reached our ____ (目的地), tired and hungry.
4. Who really g____ this country?
5. The country is a____ in natural resources.
6. She and her friends have ____ (类似的 likes and dislikes.

1. The ______(新郎) was dressed in a grey suit.
2. He climbed up the tree and hid among the ______(树枝).
3. Physics deals with the forces acting on ______(实体的) objects.
4. We can be _______(灵活多变的)  about your starting date.
5. The race organizers are trying to attract ______(赞助者).
6. He felt they had ______(滥用) his trust by talking about him to the press.
7. 50 million Americans are thought to be ______(上瘾的) to nicotine.
8. The old wall needs ______(加固).
9. The doors opened ______(自动) as we approached.
10. It is the story of a young ______(化学家) who succeeds in making himself invisible.

1. He offered _________ _____ poor black people on their legal problems.
2. The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our ______ _____ _____,
     until today we have reached _____ ______ ______ we have almost no rights at all.
3. At 3:42 am everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was ___ ___ ____.
4. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left _______ _____.
5.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to____ ___ ____.

1. Having walked for about two hours, the group of travelers stopped to have lunch ___ ___ ___ ___
     the woods.  (在 ……的边缘)
2. Her fans look forward to her newest album ____ ______ in winter. (出版)
3. I didn't know his address ___ _______. Therefore, we had great trouble finding his house.  (确定)
4. India is much smaller than China both ____ ______ ____ size and population. (就……而言)  
5. What made us delighted was that he was able to _____ ______ his anger and avoid a fight. (控制)
6. Living cost is a hot topic among the general public, so most of our meetings _____  _____ ______
    discussing the housing problem.  (专注于)