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。
passenger float in the form of challenging planet specially
1. The development of 5G has been a ____________ problem for Africa.
2. The Earth is a ____________ that circles around the Sun.
3. Would you please ask the ____________ over there not to smoke?
4. The desk is ____________ designed for disabled people.
5. (2023·江苏连云港新海初级中学一模)We are aware of the fact that all kinds of criminals ____________ text messages should be guarded against.

1. challenging 2. planet 3. passenger 4. specially 5. in the form of

二、根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
1. The badly ____________ (pollute) river looks dark and smelly. Something must be done!
2. I couldn’t fall asleep because the bed was so ____________ (comfortable).
3. The teacher asked us ____________ (compare) the first report with the second to find their similarities and differences.
4. With the development of information technology, the mobile Internet grows up ____________ (rapid) like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
5. These pancakes made by my mother are really ____________ (taste).

1. polluted 2. uncomfortable 3. to compare 4. rapidly 5. tasty

( )1. (2023·江苏南通海门二模)—If you always ________ yourself with others, you may have tons of stress.
—I agree. But sometimes stress can pay off.
A. compare
B. complain
C. connect
D. consider

1. A 【点拨】compare 比较；complain 抱怨；connect 连接；consider 考虑。根据“you may have tons of stress”可知，compare yourself with others(拿自己和别人比较)符合语境。故选 A。

( )2. If you don’t wear special boots, you may ________ into space while walking outside.
A. float off
B. take off
C. leave off
D. put off

2. A 【点拨】句意：如果你不穿特殊的靴子，你可能会在外面行走时飘到太空中。float off 飘浮；take off 脱掉，起飞；leave off 停止；put off 延期。故选 A。

( )3. We all know that plants can ________ oxygen.
A. produce
B. do
C. need
D. develop

3. A 【点拨】根据常识可知，植物可以制造氧气。故选 A。

( )4. —How do you like the book?
—Very useful. Community safety is ________ introduced in it.
A. probably
B. hardly
C. usually
D. specially

4. D 【点拨】表示“专门地”要用 specially。故选 D。

( )5. (2023·黑龙江龙东改编)Nowadays, ________ people like HUAWEI phones better, and about ________ of them are adults.
A. the number of; four fifths
B. a number of; four fifths
C. a number of; four fifth
D. the number of; four fifth

5. B 【点拨】a number of 意为“一些……”；the number of 意为“……的数量”。英语中表示分数时，分子用基数词，分母用序数词，当分子大于 1 时，分母要用复数形式。故选 B。

( )6. —Where are you going, Lily?
—I need to go to the bookshop ________ the bank.
A. as good as
B. as well as
C. as long as
D. as far as

6. B 【点拨】句意：——你要去哪里，莉莉？——我需要去书店和银行。as good as 和……一样好；as well as 既……又……；as long as 只要；as far as 与……一样远。故选 B。