完成句子(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

1.On hearing that his idol was coming, he __________________. (wait)

一听说偶像要来，他迫不及待地要见他。

2.Many buildings in Turkey _________ because of the recent earthquake. (ruin)

由于最近发生的地震，土耳其的很多建筑都成为了废墟。

3.He was asked___________________________ as it was told to him. (set)

他被要求像被告知的那样记下事实。

4.The boss commanded that the workers________________________. (shut)

老板命令工人关闭所有的大门。

5.What he did ________________________ realizing our goal. (play)

他所做的一切对实现我们的目标起着重要的作用。

6.Usually it’s very hard _______________ the man who has a bad temper. (get)

通常和坏脾气的人很难相处。

7.Since there is a singing contest this afternoon, students of this class ______________________________. (settle)

由于今天下午有个歌唱比赛，这个班的学生们不能安心学习。

8.She said that she ___________________________ to visit me. (come)

她说她会到我的公寓来拜访我。

9.Once she ________________, nothing will make her change her mind. (mind n. )

她一旦下定决心，没有什么会使她改变主意。

10.He talks ___________________________. (as if)

他聊起来好像他知道一切似的。

课文填空：

Epidemics1________history2_________recent press reports 3________(draw) parallels between bird flu and a killer epidemic in the past, Jim smith looks through the history of epidemics for clues about what the future might hold.

4______bird flu first appeared in 1997, it has  5______(take) more than a hundred lives. Many people fear it could be the next global epidemic, especially as scientists who studied tissue  from the bodies of the 1918 Spanish flu proved that bird flu is a modern 6______（adapt） of the same virus.

Bacteria and viruses have been 7_______since the beginning of life on earth and many of today’s diseases have existed as long as humans have. It is important to look 8______the spread of diseases throughout history to discover the causes and effects of 9._____(epidemic), and 10_____(hope),  foresee and prevent them in the future.

1. We all were t_____________ beyond words by the moving story.

2. Smiling is the most universal f______________ expression.

3. SARS broke out and spread t________________ (across) China in 2003, attacking many people.

4. As is known, Fang Bing Bing is one of the most famous Chinese a_________________. 

5.The tanker sank and the oil p_______________ the sea.

6. The little Tramp that Charlie Chaplin played was a social f___________ who is poor ,homeless but positive.

7.Since Japan was d______________, China recovered all the places that had been occupied.

8.The date of the meeting was a________________ from Friday to Monday.

9.The amusement park offers its visitors a v______________ of rides, such as a Ferris wheel, merry- go-round or a roller coaster.

 Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms. There are two extra. (10 points)

1.I tried every possible means to persuade him to give up the plan with little succes, and finally my patience _________.

2. He had no choice but _________ to his wife when a quarrel broke out between them because he is a responsible and gentle man who loves his wife so much.

3. As a science student, I’d like to choose a career which _________ engineering after graduation from college.

4.____________ his mother who was born into a very poor family, the boy also formed a habit of saving.

5.While teaching how to write a formal letter, the teacher _____________ the conventions, content as well as the details including the vocabulary, grammar and accuracy of the language.

6.The Three Gorges Dam was completed in 2002, ___________ the danger of flooding .

7.Since Chairman Xi Jinpin came to power, many local governments in China ___________ the cost of all kinds of meetings greatly.

8.____________the 11th century, the old buildings of Paris including the palaces, castles and churches have attracted masses of visitors.

9.If you ___________ a monster which only existed in fictional novels or movies on the road, would you feel so frightened as to freeze?

10.From my perspective, it is poor air quality that __________ an increasing number of people getting ill.