一、首字母填空。
1. He always wants to be rich o______. I must say he is just daydreaming.
2. Keep r______ what we've learned, or we'll forget it easily.
3. We can get lots of k______ from our textbooks.
4. C______ people are usually full of new ideas and not afraid to break old rules.
5. He r______ his answer just now because his teacher didn't hear him at first.

二、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. You don't need ______ anything anymore. The ______ on your face tells us your thoughts clearly. (express)
2. He has a good ______. He can spell the words in the whole unit right without spending too much time ______ them. (memory)
3. As the number of people paying no attention to the importance of sleep ______, sleep problems are becoming ______ common. (increase)
4. To improve my ______ English, I need more ______ practice. (write)
5. After enjoying his paintings on show, all people think he is a ______ artist. (bear)
6. He is a ______ boy and he always makes decisions ______. (wise)
7. I feel a strong ______ between us. Maybe we ______ by the common interest in volunteering. (connect)
8. Although we've made lots of ______ for the party, we don't think we're ______. (prepare)

三、选词块填空。
A. bit by bit B. from time to time C. looked up D. on his own E. paid attention to
Leo wanted to learn the guitar. At first, he knew he couldn't learn a lot 1. ______. He practiced just one string each day and then one chord (和弦) each week. He tried to do it 2. ______. It was much harder than he had expected. His fingers hurt and the sounds weren't good. But he still 3. ______ the practice. What's more, he 4. ______ ways to make changes to his learning on the Internet. Leo still found things difficult 5. ______, but he didn't give up. Slowly, he made improvements and could play simple songs well.