一、选用方框内的单词或词组填空，其中有一个单词或词组是多余的。
controlling served order flight cut the flight short surface
1. The Belt and Road initiative has ____________ to open up a market for China as well as other countries along since then.
2. (2024·江苏南通海安十三校调研改编)You can never imagine how much difficulty they had ____________ the ship in the storm.
3. The guard got a(n) ____________ from the general that no one should get into the building without his permission.
4. The ____________ of the lake is quite still because there is no wind.
5. Nick took his first ____________ at the age of 6 in his so - called plane.

1. served 2. controlling 3. order 4. surface 5. flight

二、根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
1. I’m lucky to ____________ (choose) to take the task. I’m sure I can do it well.
2. (2023·江苏淮安淮安区一模)This meeting is important, so we’ll have a ____________ (far) discussion later.
3. If you want to be great persons, first of all, you should be good ____________ (city).
4. Yang Liwei is the first Chinese ____________ (fly) in space, and he took his first flight in space in October 2003.
5. Though we had many difficulties, we managed ____________ (finish) it on time at last.

1. be chosen 2. further 3. citizens 4. to fly 5. to finish

( )1. —More and more people come to visit Mount Huangshan.
—That’s true. It has become the ________ of Anhui.
A. pride
B. effort
C. praise
D. courage

1. A [点拨]答句意为“是真的，它已成为安徽的骄傲”，pride 自豪，骄傲。故选 A。

( )2. Lily saw three thieves ________ out of the van just now.
A. steping
B. stepping
C. steps
D. to step

2. B [点拨]see sb. doing sth. 看见某人正在做某事，step 的现在分词为 stepping。故选 B。

( )3. Neil Armstrong ________ with the Medal of Freedom because he was the first man to walk on the Moon.
A. present
B. is presented
C. presented
D. was presented

3. D [点拨]根据原因状语从句“because he was the first man to walk on the Moon”可知此句的时态为一般过去时；句子的主语 Neil Armstrong 和动词 present 之间是被动关系，所以此处应用一般过去时态的被动语态，其构成是：was/were＋过去分词。故选 D。

( )4. (2023·江苏常州实验初级中学一模)Because of the terrible weather, the Greens had to ________ their trip to Yunnan.
A. cut down
B. cut short
C. cut out
D. cut in

4. B [点拨]cut down 砍伐；cut short 缩短；cut out 裁剪；cut in 插队。根据“Because of the terrible weather”可知，因为天气恶劣，所以缩短行程。故选 B。