阅读下面短文，在文中空白处填入最适当的词语，使文章完整。（每空限填一词。）
Dear Toby,
Your trip sounds exciting! I can’t wait to hear ___【小题1】___ Africa is like.
Since my last letter to you, I have had a little adventure of my own. Early this morning, my mother and I took ____【小题2】___ flight to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing—I had never seen ___【小题3】____ much sand in my life! While we were there, we arranged with a tour company to ride camels. I was really excited because this was the first time I had seen____【小题4】___ up close. We had hoped that we could see some other wildlife on our trip, ___【小题5】____ sadly we didn’t.
Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice—be sure to bring a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves—you’ll need these ____【小题6】___ protection. The sun can be so brilliant that you’ll need to keep covered, ___【小题7】____ you’ll get burnt—my cheek were red for days after my trip. And another thing, you’ll need to keep a good supply of water with you, since it is so dry and hot.
Looking forward ___【小题8】____ receiving your postcards!
Best wishes
Aihua

请选用所给的单词填空，注意有一个是多余的。每个单词只能用一次。

缺词填空，每空一词
When I think back to all the experiences that I have had around the world since joining MSF, I feel that I have been very lucky to be able to help 1    and do something worthwhile. Now I must think about tomorrow. Hopefully the clinic will be open 2    then I won’t have any time to write my diary. This experience makes me appreciate all 3    things I have and gives 4   the chance to see things 5    another side. I know I can’t change the world completely, 6    I am proud that I can help here and 7   , and makes a difference 8    people’s lives on an individual level.

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
【小题1】The exercises are designed to ________ (增强) your stomach muscle.
【小题2】Don’t be frightened by the television camera. Just speak        (自然地).
【小题3】The boy spoke in a low voice       （承认）that it was his fault.
【小题4】Are you well __________(准备) for the entrance examination?
【小题5】As the storm drew near, black clouds were __________ (聚集) over the sky.
【小题6】However, his __________ (知识) of French remained very weak.
【小题7】     (令人吃惊的是) , some graduates with qualification failed to find jobs.
【小题8】The Bank of China has a lot of __________ (支行) in the world.
【小题9】This kind of tree can only grow in the __________ (北方) parts of China. 
【小题10】Nuclear physics is ________（超出） my understanding.

单词拼写
【小题1】The manager         (管理) his business carefully.
【小题2】I offer you my hearty           (祝贺).
【小题3】I have been a prisoner, so I have a lot of       (同情心)with other people in prison.
【小题4】He has        (低级的) position in the company.
【小题5】This was a story which I       (目睹)it with my own eyes many times.
【小题6】I have some         (购买物) to make in the town.
【小题7】It was my first visit to a         (偏僻的) village.
【小题8】Working here，I can get paid        (每周).
【小题9】Reading           (占用) most of my free time.
【小题10】There was some music playing upstairs.       (否则)the house was silent.

单词拼写
【小题1】He  _________(捐赠)his collection of pictures to the museum.
【小题2】The sailors had to _________（遗弃）the sinking ship .
【小题3】Everybody in the class is expected to _____(参加)in these discussion.
【小题4】The People’s Republic of China was founded on _________(十月)1^st.
【小题5】Is _________(星期六)the last day of the week?
【小题6】This kind of mushroom is _________（有毒的）though it looks beautiful. Don’t eat it!
【小题7】It is _________(方便的)to place the toilets near the entrance to the cinema.
【小题8】You can use the cards for any special occasion—weddings, births, _________（周年纪念日）,etc.
【小题9】He decided to stay there for a _________(两星期)
【小题10】I was nearly scared to _________(死)when I saw a snake yesterday.

根据课文内容填空
1.The reading passage is two   【小题1】  written by an old man called Clancy.
2.It was a time when the killer whales, or “killers” as they were then   【小题2】 ,helped the whalers catch the baleen whales that were on their   【小题3】          【小题4】 .
3.I thought ,at that time, that this was just a story but then I   【小题5】  it with my own eyes many times.
4.There ‘s no   【小题6】  or water and even no   【小题7】  either! I’m still trying to   【小题8】  to these conditions.
5.Science is my most challenging subject as my students have no   【小题9】  of doing experiments.
6. Sometimes I wonder how   【小题10】  chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.

根据句意，选择适当的词并用其恰当的形式填空。

When I was 19，I had got a job in my local bookstore. Living in the large city，I usually saw many strange customers(顾客)，most of  1  were teenagers. They didn’t come often；I forgot all the customers  2  two. One night a 15-year-old girl came in looking for a book with a boy. They seemed to find what they wanted to buy. But  3  they came to the counter（柜台），the girl found she was a dollar or two short to buy the book，and she took
4 all her money to prove it. She looked so disappointed. Just then I remembered my discount card and 5  was still active，so I told the girl   6  to worry. I put in my code（密码），being happy that I could help them with this card. With the book in her hand she gave me  7   thankful smile，and then she and the boy got out of the store happily，leaving me feeling content，too.  8 fact, sometimes a little thing can also make one’s world beautiful.

阅读下列各小题，根据所给的汉语句子，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
【小题1】By the time he was twelve years old, he __________________ a chemistry lab of his own.   (set)
他十二岁时，已经建立了自己的化学实验室。
【小题2】_______________ that China produces one third of the world’s cigarettes. (astonish)
令人震惊的是全世界三分之一的香烟是由中国生产的。
【小题3】____________________ should be no reason for treating one’s neighbors as strangers. （occupy）
工作繁忙不应该成为“对面不相识”的借口。
【小题4】Rosalyn loves sports. She is proud ________________ competitions and to have broken a record by running 800 meters this year. (participate)
罗莎琳热爱运动。她为今年参加比赛并打破800米赛跑的记录而感到骄傲。
【小题5】Not until we watched the Earth Day program on TV ______________________ much about global warming. (learn)
直到我们观看了地球日的电视节目，我们才了解了大量关于全球变暖的问题。
【小题6】The settlement is home to nearly 1,000 people, __________________ their village homes for a better life in the city.   （leave）
近千人在这一小社区居住，他们当中很多都是从农村老家来城市寻求更好的日子的。
【小题7】He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket __________________ that there were boats for South America. （find）
他身无分文的来到新奥尔良时，却发现那里没有开往南美洲的船了。
【小题8】__________________ of over 400km per hour, the train can complete the 30-kilometre journey in eight minutes.  （travel）
以每小时400多公里的速度行驶，所以这辆火车能在8分钟之内可以完成30公里的行程。
【小题9】When the survivor came to himself, he was eager to know _________________that saved him from the burning house. (be)
当生还者醒过来后，他急切的想知道到底是谁把他从燃烧的房子里救出来的。
【小题10】Had he not broken the rules last week, he __________________ this week, which annoyed his mother. (fall)
要是上周他没有违反纪律，这周他就不会掉队，这让他妈妈很懊恼。