阅读下面短文, 根据汉语或首字母提示以及文章内容, 在每条横线上填入一个适当的英语单词, 使短文意思完整。Today is January 26th. Our class have a discussion about w_______ to
stay at home or go out________ a trip as the winter holiday is near. Some of us
are in favor of staying at home. They think it’s ________ convenient and
comfortable. What’s more, they can _________(省) money for other purposes.
_______ they will lose the chance of getting to know the outside world.
However, o prefer to go out for traveling since it can increase
their ________(知识) and broaden their horizons. But they will spend
more money and meet many difficulties while traveling. P ,
I think it would be better to stay home, for I can do what I like, such ______
reading books, watching TV and h my parents with some housework.
单词拼写One of the main d_________to their products is that they tend to waste electricity.
This monument was built in honor of those who s________their lives for the country’s independence.
Peter stood out among the job hunters because of his c________of English, so the company employed him as a translator.
I tried to c________in my speech how grateful we all were for his help.
I believed Mary will turn up at night. I know she is always very ________(准时) for appointments.
I’m going to show you just a few examples of how common these _________(现象) are.
I know that if I start watching a soap opera I immediately become hopelessly ________（上瘾）
There is ___________(大量的) evidence that a person’s character is reflected in their handwriting.
After her father died, the girl ________(不与人交往) from others and often stayed alone。
I have been __________(订阅) to this magazine for years.
单词拼写：（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）I’m sorry, but I didn’t mean to keep you waiting here for a long time. Can you ______________ (原谅) me?
Time is up. So please ______________ (限制) your speech to five minutes or so.
For years people thought the picture was a _________________ (真的) work of Vincent van Gogh, but in fact it’s a fake.
We’d better not leave until the play ends, for the last _______________ (场) of the play is very important.
We have a _________________ (世界性的) network for doing the job.
He has ________________ (咨询) the physician about his health.
The __________________ (大气) is badly polluted with the rapid development of industry.
He doesn’t like me and is always finding f_______________ with the way I do things.
As is known to us, the new minister will be c________________ in office by the Queen.
Antarctica is the c________________ that surrounds the South Pole.
单词拼写（根据所给中文写出下列单词的正确形式；每小题1分，满分12分）They entered the area without __________ (许可）.
He would ____________ (淹死）his sadness in coffee.
Yonghui did not look happy but __________(怒视）at him.
Perhaps we should combine our ideas and provide a _________(均衡的）menu.
Come on, ____________(满足) my curiosity, what happened last night?
We stood for a few moments, _______________(赞美；钦佩) the view.
They see a ___________(一文不名的）young man wandering on the pavement.
The fact is that I earned my ___________（船费）by working as an unpaid hand.
The discovery of __________(重力) is so important for science.
It was not so obvious that water was to be __________ (基本的）to the development of life.
I cheered up immediately and floated _________(失重地） around in our spaceship cabin.
For several ______ (十亿）years after the “Big Bang”, the earth was still just a cloud of dust.
第一节：单词拼写（共10题，每题0.5分，共5分）He is intelligent but he is lack of __________. (抱负)
Doing exercises is b_________ to both the physical and mental health.
The poor child was a__________ by his mother the whole night in hospital.
We should show _________(同情心) to the survivors in the earthquake.
The accident happened at midnight, so there was not a single _______. (目击证人)
The old couples are busy preparing their 50th __________ (annual) of marriage.
Your supporting details must be __________ (切题的) to the topic.
This is an optional course, so the attendance is purely v___________.
You have to attend the meeting by yourself unless you find a ________. (替代者)
He did his best to c________ the unfortunate man.
单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Xiaoshi High School, f______ in 1912, is home to a number of great figures.
Helen Keller lost her sense of sight and h______ before she could learn how to speak.
It isn’t c______ to talk with you at the moment; I’m in the middle of a meeting.
Luckily two passers-by came to her a______ when they saw her trapped in the car.
Mary felt in her bag for the key, but it was n______ to be found.
All her spare time is fully o______ with her three children.
In the past, wood was one of the most important building m______ for houses.
Many people became homeless after the big fire d______ their houses.
By asking questions, Socrates made his students a______ of their own errors.
In the good care of the nurses, the patient is g______ recovering from the heart operation.