一、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
day, encourage, become, mean,
finish, pronounce, advice, slow
1. (2025·无锡市江阴期中)I keep writing in English about my ______ life.
2. Although the spelling is the same, the ______ of some words in American and British English is different.
3. You should be able to guess the ______ of the word from the context.
4. A recent health study shows that eating ______ can reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome(代谢综合征).
5. The manager tried ______ the project before midnight but failed.
6. The movie Wonder sends an ______ message about kindness and accepting differences.
7. Our teacher often gives us some useful ______ on studying.
8. If people reduce the use of plastic, the oceans ______ cleaner.

daily
; pronunciation
; meaning
; slowly
; to finish
; encouraging
; advice
; will become

1. (2025·盐城市东台实验中学期中)—Who taught ______ skiing?
—Nobody. They learnt all by ______.
A. their; themselves B. their; them
C. them; themselves D. them; theirs

C
;

2. (2025·无锡市江阴期中改编)—What do you think of the film Ne Zha 2?
—Amazing. You can't find a ______ film this year.
A. most popular
B. less popular
C. more popular
D. least popular

C

3.（2025·苏州市草桥中学期中改编）To get a good result for the coming English competition, Andy spends as much time as he can ______ English.
A. practising speaking
B. to practise speaking
C. practising to speak
D. to practise to speak

A

4. When studying for exams, students should ______ summarizing(总结) the key knowledge instead of memorizing everything in the textbook.
A. believe in
B. focus on
C. worry about
D. look after

B

5. 亮点原创·As new technologies like cloud computing and AI are emerging(兴起), ______ learning some related knowledge to keep up with the trend?
A. let's
B. how about
C. why not
D. why don't

B

6.（2025·无锡市江阴期中改编）What is the secret of your excellent spoken English? — ______.
A. Practice makes perfect
B. Many hands make light work
C. It never rains but it pours
D. Don't put all your eggs in one basket

A