1 Choose the words or the expression in the box to replace the words in brackets. 从方框中选择恰当的单词替换括号中的词或表达。
whispered in my ear encouraged explained chatted
(1) My friends and I (talked) about our favourite cartoons during lunchtime.
(2) Lily (told me quietly) and made me promise to keep the secret.
(3) Peter (told) everything to me until I understood the physics problem.
(4) When I met with difficulties and wanted to give up, Alice (told) me to carry on.
friendly wonderful tasty hard - working
(5) Mary recommended a (good) book to me and it was really interesting to read!
(6) John is considered a (good) student in our eyes. He practises English every day after school to improve his speaking skills.
(7) We met many (good) people on our educational visit to Britain.
(8) Our school held a food festival and we enjoyed a lot of (good) food from different countries.

(1)chatted
(2)whispered in my ear
(3)explained
(4)encouraged
(5)wonderful
(6)hard - working
(7)friendly
(8)tasty

(1) "talked about"表示“谈论”，与"chatted"意思相近。
(2) "told me quietly"表示小声地告诉，与"whispered in my ear"（在我耳边低语）意思相近。
(3) "told everything to me until I understood"表示一直告诉我直到我理解，与"explained"（解释直到我懂）意思相近。
(4) "told me to carry on"表示告诉我继续，与"encouraged"（鼓励）意思相近。
(5) "good"是形容词，表示好的，"wonderful"也是形容词，表示极好的，意思相近，且"wonderful book"为常用搭配。
(6) "good"表示好的，"hard-working"表示努力的，用"hard-working"修饰学生，表示学习刻苦，与原句意思相符。
(7) "good"表示好的，"friendly"表示友好的，用"friendly"修饰人，表示人们很友好，符合句意。
(8) "good"表示食物的好，"tasty"表示美味的，用"tasty"修饰食物，符合语境及句意。

2 Revise the following sentences by using specific words and expressions. 用具体的单词和表达修改下列句子。
(1) My friend Lily studies very hard.

(2) We were so excited when we won the basketball game.

(1) My friend Lily studies very hard, often staying up late to review lessons and actively participating in class discussions.
(2) We were so excited when we won the basketball game, jumping up and down and cheering loudly with joy.