一、根据句意及中、英文提示完成单词。
1. The actor had (服役) as a soldier in the army before he became famous.
2. (2024·江苏南通海安十三校调研改编) You can never imagine how much difficulty they had (控制) the ship in the storm.
3. The guard got an (命令) from the general that no one should get into the building without his permission.
4. The (the outside or top layer of something) of the lake is quite still because there is no wind.
5. It was hot. I (走, 跨步) into a tiny ice cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice cream.

一、1. served 2. controlling 3. order 4. surface 5. stepped

二、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. Nick took his first at the age of 6 in his so - called plane.
2. If you want to be great persons, first of all, you should be good .
3. He received his driver's last week.
4. (2023·江苏淮安淮安区一模) This meeting is important, so we'll have a discussion later.
5. The spacecraft was brought down into the Pacific Ocean.

二、1. flight 2. citizens 3. licence 4. further 5. western

三、单项选择。
()1.—Was Armstrong from European country?
—No. He was from the USA. As a child, he dreamed of going into space one day.

A.a; /
B.an; /
C.a; the
D.an; the

三、1. A 【点拨】第一空泛指“一个”，应用不定冠词，European 以辅音音素开头，应用 a；space 意为“太空”，前面不加任何冠词。故选 A。

()2.(2022·江苏常州金坛区一模) 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

2. 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。

()3.(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

3. B 【点拨】cut down 砍倒；cut short 缩短；cut out 裁剪；cut in 插话。根据“Because of the terrible weather”可知，因为下雨，所以他们缩短了行程。故选 B。

()4.—What's up, Jimmy?
—My kite on top of a tree.

A.played
B.reached
C.flew
D.landed

4. D 【点拨】play 玩耍；reach 到达；fly 飞；land 落，降落。根据语境可知选 D。

()5.—How far is it from Tianjin to Changsha?
—It is a flight from Tianjin to Changsha.

A.2 - hour - long
B.2 - hours - long
C.2 hours' long
D.2 hour long

5. A 【点拨】此处是复合形容词作名词的定语，用“2-hour-long”。故选 A。