1. The children are doing well a____________ (学业上).
2. Her abilities are not fully a____________ (欣赏) by her employer.
3. They brought back a few s____________ (纪念品) from their holiday in Greece.
4. Her husband's death left a v____________ (真空) in her life.
5. Kids e____________ (精疲力竭) themselves by running wildly around the park.
6. Crowds poured into the Beijing Worker's S____________ (体育场) to watch the performance.
7. She knew she hadn't done enough r____________ (复习) for tomorrow's exam.
8. With winter a____________ (临近), many animals are storing food.
9. I didn't want to ask her a lot of e____________ (尴尬的) questions in front of her friends.
10. The singer got an e____________ (热情的) reception at the airport.

1. Her name is Alex, _______ (缩写) Alexandra.
2. He gave the speech _______ (不看)his notes.
3. I'm afraid you're not _______ (取得很大进步) in your study.
4. Many people went to countryside at weekends to _______ (逃避摆脱) the city noise.
5. She was _______ (盼望看到) the grandchildren again.
6. He bothered me with _______ (许多) questions.
7. The dresses on sale in this department store are _______ (过时的).
8. They try to avoid _______ (修建) the new school buildings next to the highway.
9. As soon as his head hit the pillow, he _______ (睡着了).
10. After World WarⅡ, Germany _______ (被分成) two separate countries.

1. This means I could get up an hour later than ________ as schools in China begin before 8 a.m.
2. I'm trying to lose weight because I'm so ________ of my body.
3. Since I'm preparing to act in a new TV play, I'm taking weight -loss pills called Fat-Less, which are
    quite _______ among young women here.
4. As teenagers grow, it is _______ for them to become confused with the changing world both inside and
    outside of them.
5. Walking and riding your bike _______, and so do school sports.
6. Things change so quickly! I'm now in hospital ________ from liver failure.
7. Anyhow, they didn't trust me. They don't ________ an explanation. Let them think what they want.
8. When parents come to visit the school and talk to the teacher, we often play songs sung by students, and
    we also give messages to ________ the parents of events such as outings and school plays.
9. In our class there were 28 students. This is about the _______ size for British schools.
10. If you eat ______ and exercise regularly, you will lose weight, keep fit and feel great.

1. I have no idea of the ________ (平均) size of classes in the UK.
2. Great changes have taken place in our country ________ (近来).
3. Good ________ (准备) should be made before we have the important meeting.
4. Don't feel e_________ about being different from others.
5. I would p________ playing outdoors to watching TV at home.
6. ________ (注意力集中) more on your work or you will be fired.
7. I found it difficult to keep my b________ on the icy road.
8. She performed the most c________ task without a mistake.
9. I'm learning German, but I still can't speak it p________.
10. Children should be encouraged to be i________ thinkers.

1. We were c______ about him when we heard of the accident.
2. They talked about it for hours. F_______, they decided not to go.
3. Here are Daphne and David; the _______ (后者) is my brother.
4. She's gardening _______ (在户外)now.
5. Steve p______ walking to driving,for he thinks it's a better way to exercise.

A. How many
B. How much
C. How long
D. How often

    WangKun and his sister dreamed about 1_____ a great trip since middle school. After 2_____ from college,
they finally got a chance to make their dream come 3_____. His sister thought of the idea to cycle 4_____ the
Mekong River. They both bought expensive bikes. They also got their cousins 5_____ in cycling. WangWei
6_____ (stick) to organizing the trip properly. When she heard that the 7_____ of Mekong River is in Qinghai
Province, she wouldn't change her mind. She even felt e 8_____ when she knew that their journey would begin
at an 9_____ of more than 5,000 meters. Before the trip they found a large atlas in the library. F 10_____ the
atlas they knew clearly about the Mekong River.

1. My father always gives me some a______ on some important choices.
2. I stayed awake last night because I was very c______ about my mother's illness.
3. There are 11 players in a football team, i______a goal keeper.
4. He is a stubborn person who is not easily p______ to change his mind.
5. The school was completely d______ by fire. Luckily, no one was killed in the disaster.
6. My fever is gone, but unluckily I'm s______ from an even worse cough.
7. All the small town l______ in ruins when the war was at an end.
8. Judging by his a______ he must come from the southern part of China.
9. He left his home angrily, d______ never to come back.
10. Both French and English are o______ languages in Canada.

    My sister and I like taking bike trips. I am very (1) f______ of her. Last year she (2) p______ me
to buy a mountain bike. After (3) g______ from college, we got the chance to achieve our dreams. So
we began to plan our (4) s_______ for the trip. She insisted that we should cycle along the entire Mekong
River and that she (5) o_______ the trip, though she didn't (6) c______ about details. The (7) j______
would be long and full of great unexpected difficulties, but she didn't mind. She only thought it was an exciting
and interesting (8) e______. I knew she was really (9) s______. Once she has made her mind, nothing can
change it. Finally, I had to give in to him.
    In order to know more information about the river, we went to the library. We were (10) d______ to
finish the trip successfully.