新高考英语词汇精练 15 (cottage-cycle)
I.单词拼写
1.As children, they are c_____________________ about the things that they don't know about.
2.Winning this contract is c_____________________to the success of the company.
3.In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and c_____________________. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient.
4.My teacher often says that success in making money is not always a good c_____________________of success in life.
5.Our society would be better off but for the fact that the economy is affected by the current global financial c_____________________.
6.We arrived at the restaurant 30 minutes late so, of c_____________________, our reservation had
been cancelled.
7.A truck went out of control and c_____________________into the back of a bus.
8.Much of Manchester United's success can be c_____________________to their manager.
9.Students are encouraged to develop c_____________________thinking instead of accepting opinions without questioning them.
l0.The online word“selfie”is gaining c_____________________and more and more people tend to use it nowadays.
Ⅱ.单句填空
1.To his embarrassment, he_____________________(criticize) by the managing director in front of all his junior colleagues.
2.For hundreds of years, the trained dogs have saved the lives of travellers_____________________(cross)the dangerous tunnel.
3._____________________couple of people objected to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it.
4.You can ask a dealer for a discount whether you pay cash or buy _____________________credit.
5.The explosions took place in shopping centres as_____________________(crowd)of people were shopping for Mother's Day.
6.It's no use_____________________(cry)over spilt milk-he's spent all the money, and there's nothing you can do about it.
III.小语境填空
1.These_____________________were committed largely by professional_____________________who lived by_____________________. All citizens should help the police in tracking the_____________________down.(crime)
2.The old_____________________likes to_____________________some old paintings and his house is said to build up a fine art_____________________.(collect)
3.Children are always_____________________about everything they see and hear. They will ask all kinds of questions_____________________. To meet their_____________________, we'd better answer them.(curious)
4.She_____________________too fast round the corner, lost her balance and fell off. What's worse, she ran into another_____________________.(cycle)
5.George is a_____________________engineer, and he can't put up with a job which is lacking in _____________________(create)
IV.选词填空(用方框中所给词组的适当形式填空)
cut off be crowded with be crazy about
count on to one's credit be curious about
cure...of at a crossroads
1.My house used to_____________________visitors, but now visitors are few and far between(稀少).
2.That's not abnormal for a youngster. Young people all seem to_____________________such things.
3.They_____________________the Chinese lifestyle and culture, willing to know