1.Complete the following sentences with the proper form of the words given. Pay attention to the part of speech of the word you use.
1 confuse
A I was so ______ in today’s history lesson. I didn’t understand a thing.
B There seems to besome ______ over who is actually giving a talk. 
正确答案:
(1) confused
(2) confusion
2. intelligent
A Compared to monkeys, dogs have a fairly low ______.
B Helen had a few______ things to say on the subject. 
正确答案:
(1) intelligence
(2) intelligent
3.humor
A A rather ______ thing happened yesterday.
B I’ve never known anyone so lacking in ______ as Mary. 
正确答案:
(1) humorous
(2) humor
4.strategy
A He needs to improve his ______ before he can call himself a good tennis player.
B This bridge is of great ______ importance to the enemy and must be destroyed. 
正确答案:
(1) strategy
(2) strategic
5.motivate
A Universities wish to have students who are well ______ and happy in their academic courses and social life.
B His ______ was so strong that we doubted he could fail. 
正确答案:
(1) motivated
(2) motivation
6.combine
A  A ______ of tiredness and boredom caused me to fall asleep in class.
B Sickness, ______ with bad weather, made our trip impossible. 
正确答案:
(1) combination
(2) combined
7.create
A Huge amounts of money have gone into the ______ of a new exam system.
B James Joyce was one of Ireland’s most ______ writers. 
正确答案:
(1) creation
(2) creative
8.pursue
A In ______ of a healthier diet, Americans are eating more fish than they used to.
B She is ______her studies at the university.
正确答案:
(1) pursuit
(2) pursuing
9.multiply
A Emma is learning ______ this year in school.
B If you ______ four by three the answer is 12.
正确答案:
(1)multiplication
(2) multiply
10.employ
A He was intelligent, healthy and active, but did not know how to______ his energy.
B To be a modern farmer means the ______ of modern machinery. 
正确答案:
(1)employ
(2)employment
11.Each of the following words can be used either as a noun or a verb.Complete the following sentences with appropriate words. Each word can be used more than once. Change the form if necessary. 
unfamiliar1 We need to find the best way of ______ this problem.
2 Which do you ______ most, wealth or health?
3 You’ll soon learn how the office ______.
4 Since our research so far has not produced any answers to this problem, we need to adopt a different ______.
5 Children should ______ their father and mother.
6 The main ______ of the kidneys is to purify the blood.
7 It’s a(n) ______ to be asked to speak at this meeting. 
8 For them, the main______ of the house lay in its quiet country location.
正确答案:
(1) approaching
(2) value
(3) functions
(4) approach
(5) honor
(6)function
(7) honor
(8) value
12. Complete the following sentences with appropriate words from the box. Change the form if necessary. 
1 We should not ______ these ideas just because they are unfamiliar.
2 Pain and illness are sometimes thought to be the unavoidable ______ of growing old.
3 The government is committed to ______ the development and use of public transportation.
4 The restriction no longer ______ to him because he’s over 18.
5 Skillful employees are ______ to the success of any company.
6 She ______ their views as old-fashioned.
7 Internet connections through ______ phone lines are fairly slow.
8 I have to buy a wedding present and I want to find something really ______.
正确答案:
(1) dismiss
(2) consequences
(3) promoting
(4) applies
(5) vital
(6) scorned
(7) conventional
(8) original
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13.Complete the passage with appropriate words from the box. Change the form if necessary.
Creativity is not only about finding solutions to problems or thinking up different ways to do things. Creativity is a lifestyle. Creative living is knowing that you 1) ______ create your life each moment. Finding innovative solutions is the by-product of a creative mind

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