一、根据句意及所给中文提示、首字母或英文解释，写出句子所缺单词，每空限填一词。
1. The dishes in this restaurant are better than we _______________（预料）before.
2. The girl joined in the Character Spelling Contest and won first _______________（奖赏）.
3. The twin brothers look very _______________（alike）. Even their parents sometimes can’t tell which the elder son is.
4. The tickets for _______________（a fully grown person）are more expensive.
5. C_______________ belong to those people who are well prepared.

1. expected 2. prize 3. similar 4. adults 5. Chances

二、根据句意或句子的语法要求，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.（2023·甘肃武威）You’re expected _______________（shake）hands when meeting people for the first time in China.
2. After several months’ _______________（train）, these athletes could run faster.
3. Can you guess which team _______________（win）the basketball final tonight?
4. I want to work _______________（close）with you.
5. They should receive training before _______________（work）for the club.
6.（2024·四川成都）For a shy student，it takes _______________（confident）to give a speech in class.
7. Never give up! Pain always comes with _______________（achieve）.
8. It is kind of you to help the _______________（able）people.
9. The text _______________（it）is not easy，but it is interesting and educational.
10. You should give up _______________（smoke）because it’s bad for your health.

1. to shake 2. training 3. will win 4. closely
5. working 6. confidence 7. achievement(s)
8. disabled 9. itself 10. smoking

( )1. —The volunteers really provided the athletes with support.
—Exactly. ________ great success they helped make the event!
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How the

1. B 【点拨】a great success 一件非常成功的事。故选B。

( )2.(2023·江苏连云港期末模拟)—Is this photo taken in Yunnan?
—Yes. You can see beautiful snow mountains in the ________ of the photo.
A. environment
B. background
C. subject
D. introduction

2. B 【点拨】environment 环境；background 背景；subject 科目；introduction 介绍。根据“You can see beautiful snow mountains”可知漂亮的雪山应是照片的背景，“in the background of the photo”表示“在照片的背景中”。故选B。