1. Sad to say, this s       resort was formerly as beautiful as a painting, but now is overcrowded with
people.
2. The d       of these big forests could have serious ecological consequences.
3. I don't f       going out so far away in such bad weather.
4. Many people claimed they had seen this kind of bird, but in fact it had d       for millions of years.
5. Long skirts have come into f       again this year, so girls dressed in long skirts can be seen everywhere. 6. After three days' marching, we reached our       (目的地) at last, tired and hungry.
7. Last month a new       (地点) for our new school was chosen.
8. This       (人造的) leather feels like the real thing.
9. Schools must try to make science more      (有吸引力的) to youngsters.
10. Television, Internet and radio all give us everyday      (娱乐).

     It was a dark night. When the car driver went
by the railway station, he saw a young man and
asked, “________ do you want to go, sir?” “To the     1.______________
Star Hotel,” the young man _______ . Hearing that,     2.______________
the driver didn’t f_______ happy. The young man        3.______________
would give him only 3 dollars b_______ the hotel         4.______________
was not far from the railway station. But ________      5.______________
(突然), he had an idea. He took the passenger
through many streets and after a long time, the car
finally ____________ (到达) at the hotel. “Fifteen       6.______________
dollars,” the driver said. “What! Fifteen dollars?
Do you think I’m a ______ (傻瓜) ? Only last week    7.______________
I took a car from the railway station to this s______     8.______________
hotel and I only gave the driver 13 dollars. I know
how much I have to pay for the t________. I won’t      9.______________
pay you one dollar _______ than I paid to the other    10.______________
car driver last week.”

1. I am unable to c_____ to school because my bicycle is broken.
2. If it were not for this s_____, he is afairly good teacher.
3. The airliner flew at an a_____ of 20, 000ft.
4. He looks down from the top of the mountain to the v_____ far below.
5. As you get older your a _____ towards death changes.