一、词汇运用。
1. （亮点原创）______（因为）China's visa-free policy for South Korea came out, many young people are choosing to go to China.
2. The speaker's ______（嗓音）is so loud that everyone can hear him.
3. （2024·南京市秦淮区期末）The wind blew hard last night. I saw the trees ______（摇动）outside the window.
4. The boy stopped playing and went home when he heard his mum's continuous ______（to speak loudly to sb）for dinner.
5. At this time yesterday, everyone, e______ Tom and John, was practising football on the playground.
6. It was hard ______（calm）her down. She just lost her only child.
7. About 10 passengers ______（burn）to death in this traffic accident.

Since
; voice
; shaking
; shouts
; xcept
; to calm
; were burnt

1. The terrible earthquake left ______ people homeless. What's more, ______ them died.
A. thousands of; two hundreds of
B. thousand of; two hundred
C. thousands of; two hundred of
D. thousands of; two hundred

C ;

2.（2023·宿迁市月考）With sudden accidents and disasters, that year was really a hard year for many people to ______.
A. check through
B. look through
C. go through
D. cut through

C

3. (2023·河北)Lisa was busy taking notes ______ Mark was giving a talk.
A. if
B. unless
C. until
D. while

D

4. They waited and waited, and ______ he came back.
A. at once
B. at first
C. at least
D. at last

D

5. (2023·辽宁抚顺)At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, my father ______ for me outside the school gate.
A. waits
B. waited
C. was waiting
D. is waiting

C

6. (2024·南通市期末)—Do the apples on the table taste different from those in the box?
—No. The change in the taste may be very ______. I can't notice it.
A. awful
B. great
C. serious
D. slight

D

7. —Bob, ______ exercise is good for us and makes us healthy. Let's go out to play basketball.
—I'd love to, but I'm ______ busy at the moment.
A. a bit; a bit
B. a bit; a bit of
C. a bit of; a bit
D. a bit of; a bit of

C
;

三、完成句子。
1. 地震停止以后，我被困在一座大楼里。
I ________________________
________ the earthquake stopped.
2. (2025·南京市联合体期末)他们尝试了一次又一次，终于找到了出路。
They tried again and again and ________________________ at last.
3. 幸运的是，刚好有足够的空间让我移动。
Luckily, there was just ________________________.
4. 我将会尽力帮助需要帮助的人。
I will ________________________.
5. 我感到很紧张，我的心跳得更快了。
I ________________________ and my heart was ________________________.

was trapped in a building after
;
; found
; their way out
; enough space
; for me to move
; try (my best) to help people in need
;
; felt very nervous
; beating faster