一、词汇运用 1. It's not (可能的) to make up for the lost time, so we should make good use of it. 2. Zheng Qinwen's (旅程) from a girl to an Olympic champion (冠军) encourages many people. 3. Cangjie is said to be the (发明者) of Chinese characters (汉字). 4. If you are (好奇的) about Harbin's local culture, you can go to the Central Street. 5. My little brother always (重复) my words like a parrot! 6. The teacher (指导) the students step by step in the science experiment. 7. The kind little boy waited for an hour and (归还) the smartphone to the owner. 8. Tim was (bad) ill and he had to be absent (缺席的) from school for about a month. 9. The children are old enough to look after (they) when their parents are not at home. 10. The little girl had to speak (loud) on the phone as it was noisy around.

二、单项填空
（）1. Her mother is over forty, but she looks ______ her thirties.
A. in her thirties
B. in her thirtieth
C. at her thirties
D. at her thirtieth
（）2. You should walk ______ in snowy weather so that you will not fall over.
A. finally
B. early
C. slowly
D. correctly
（）3. — My father is ______ wasting anything.
— That's why he always says, "Fixing is better than buying new."
A. across
B. against
C. along
D. above
（）4. — How can you be ______? — Work hard. Only hard work can bring us ______.
A. success; successful
B. successful; success
C. successful; successful
D. successfully; successful
（）5. Jane Austen wrote many stories of love. However, she stayed ______ all her life.
A. single
B. simple
C. similar
D. silent
（）6. — You are standing too near the TV, Charlie. Can you move a little ______?
— OK, Mum. Is it all right here?
A. faster
B. slower
C. farther
D. nearer
（）7. Mary works very hard because she doesn't want to ______ in her lessons.
A. fall down
B. fall back
C. fall over
D. fall behind

三、完成句子
1. 许渊冲花了一生的时间将数不尽的文章译成其他语言。
Xu Yuanchong spent his lifetime into other languages.
2. 为了不在考试中落后，凯特向老师寻求了帮助。
______ ______ ______ ______ in the test, Kate asked the teacher for help.
3. 记住，尽可能准确地读出这些单词的发音。
Remember to pronounce these words .
4. 这则新闻对我来说不足为奇。
The news to me.
5. 他精彩的演讲使他有别于其他演讲者。
His wonderful speech from other speakers.

四、语法填空
Bi Sheng lived during the Northern Song Dynasty. He was one of 1. (great) scientists in ancient China. He is best known for inventing movable-type printing.
Bi Sheng was a very smart 2. (invent). He made the movable-type printing all by 3. (he). Before his invention, it took people a lot of time 4. (write) or carve every page of a book by hand. But Bi Sheng's invention changed almost everything.
He carved Chinese characters on small pieces of clay and heated (加热) them till they became hard movable characters. When 5. (print) a book, people arranged (排列) the movable characters in order (顺序) and then pressed (按压) them onto paper 6. (make) a copy (复印件) of the book. This made the printing much faster and 7. (easy). After printing, he separated (分开) the characters for reuse later.
Bi Sheng's movable type printing soon became a great step in the history of printing technology (技术). His invention first 8. (spread) eastward to Korea and Japan, and then westward to Persia and Egypt, and 9. (final) around the world. Because of Bi Sheng, more people in the world could read books and share knowledge (知识) more quickly and 10. (far).