()4.—It's everyone's duty to join in the "Clear Your Plate" campaign.
—Yes. We should try to ____ all the food that we have ordered.
A.get up
B.show up
C.eat up
D.turn up

C 【点拨】get up 起床；show up 露面；eat up 吃光；turn up 出现，调高。故选 C。

()5.(2025·江苏徐州市区期中)My cousin is good at all his subjects at school, but he never ____.
A.gets off
B.takes off
C.shows off
D.puts off

C 【点拨】get off 下车；take off 脱下；show off 炫耀；put off 推迟。根据“My cousin is good at all his subjects at school”可知，他从不炫耀。故选 C。

()6.(2023·江苏徐州新城中学期中)—Look at the sign. It ____ "No smoking".
—Oh, sorry. I did not see it.

A.says
B.writes
C.shows
D.tells

A 【点拨】表示标志上写着什么内容，要用动词 say。故选 A。

( )7.The man ____ a new idea of how to work out the problems and made a big difference.

A.kept up with
B.came up with
C.ended up with
D.put up with

B 【点拨】keep up with 跟上；come up with 想出；end up with 以……结束；put up with 容忍。根据“a new idea of how to work out the problems”可知，此处指想出解决问题的新主意。故选 B。

()8.I can't believe you made the lifelike cat out of paper. How ____ you are!
A.loyal
B.creative
C.helpful
D.organized

B 【点拨】loyal 忠诚的；creative 有创造力的；helpful 愿意帮忙的；organized 有条理的。根据前一句句意“我不敢相信你用纸做了这只栩栩如生的猫”可知此句意为“你多么有创造力啊”。故选 B。

()9.My sister is ____ organized and she always keeps her things ____.
A.good; in good order
B.well; in good order
C.well; in a good order
D.good; in a good order

B 【点拨】副词 well 修饰形容词 organized；keep...in (good) order 使……井然有序。故选 B。

()10.(2025·江苏常州溧阳期中)____ my father ____ my mother believes what star signs say, but I do.
A.Neither; nor
B.Either; or
C.Both; and
D.Not only; but also

A 【点拨】neither...nor...既不……也不……；either... or...或者……或者……；both... and...两者都；not only...but also...不但……而且……。根据“but I do”可知，“我”父母都不相信星座。故选 A。

四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。(2024·江苏宿迁宿豫区一模改编)
How can I become a better person? This question ____1____ (be) in my head for many years. As students, we always spend most of our time ____2____ (learn) many things at school. I know they can make us become better persons, but I always dream of doing more.
Last year, I got to know a group of autistic children. We called them the "Snails". It was hard ____3____ (communicate) with them at first, because they wouldn't like to. After the two-week training, I became more skilled and got ____4____ (close) to them day by day. I also received lots of ____5____ (please) when playing with them. What was more, I found ____6____ everyone of the "Snails" had his or her own talent. And their colourful pictures on the wall caught my special attention, although it was difficult to tell what they ____7____ (try) to express.
Deeply moved ____8____ their pictures, I decided to hold a charity sale. We walked on the busy street, selling their creative pictures. Sixty pictures ____9____ (sell) that day. People thought their pictures were full of imagination.
Back to the question about how to become ____10____ better person, I think I'm lucky enough to get my own answer.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

1. has been 2. learning 3. to communicate 4. closer 5. pleasure 6. that 7. were trying 8. by 9. were sold 10. a