Fred and Jim didn’t like each other at first, but (?) they became friends.

Peace is (?)the absence of war.

Scientists are (?)a cure for the disease.

Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to fill in the sentence. 1) The forests (?)for hundreds of miles.

Static(靜電的) electricity (?)one cloud to another or between clouds and the ground creates lighting.

Man(?), God disposes(處理，解決).

His work (?)occasional(偶爾的) journeys.

Rivers (?)to the sea.

Spell out the words with the help of the given definitions and first letters.
1) e: select by vote for an office
2) c: to join
3) s : to extend
4) p: to put forward
5) i: to contain
6) c : an artificial waterway
7) s : to make strong
8) c: to observe with ceremonies

Complete the following sentences by translating Chinese into English.
1) Jason is ; he is a writer, too. (不只是位演講者)
2) Hibernation(冬眠) is . (不僅僅是睡覺)
3) Bamboo(竹子) is used for . (不只是建筑)
4) His report is . (不只是一份調(diào)查)
5) However, we must consider .(不僅僅是結(jié)果)
6) We need to build our country. (不僅僅是財(cái)富)

Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1) He wanted to discover a waterway that crossed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
2) At that time the United States did not stretch all the way across the continent.
3) Jefferson proposed that a group of explorers travel across North America in search of such a waterway.
4) Many people did not believe train technology would work.

5) In nineteenth-century American culture, railroads were more than just a way to travel.
6) By now, there were new ways to move people and goods between farms, towns and cities.

Translate the following sentences into English.
1) 他當(dāng)選為董事會(huì)主席(chairman of the board)。 (elect):
2) 雪整整下了一夜。 (throughout):
3) 亞洲是最大的洲。 (continent):
4) 我們必須加強(qiáng)我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)建設(shè)。 (strengthen):
5) 他們出發(fā)(set off)尋找失蹤的孩子。 (in search of):
6) 最終他們實(shí)現(xiàn)了夢(mèng)想。 (in time):

Fill in the blanks with the words given below, changing the form if necessary.
elect  connect  exploration  divide  strengthen  involve  work  celebrate  flow   in search of   in time   more than

1) The teacher our class into four groups.
2) Don’t other people in your trouble.
3) Hungry wolves roamed(來回走動(dòng)) the forest the food.
4) We New York with skyscrapers(高樓大廈).
5) The idea would spread(推廣) .
6) Space is still under way(進(jìn)行中).
7) The telephone since the thunderstorm.
8) Modern science is a large amount of(大量) information.  
9) We him monitor.
10) The church bells ring to the wedding.