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I. Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

1.When he heard the news, he was infuriated________.

A.Without words B. beyond words C. speechless D. at a loss for words

2.She________ him to give her another chance.

A.begged B. insisted on C. demanded D. pleaded

3.________all our efforts, students are still not happy with the progress of our teaching reform.

A.With B. For C. Instead of D. In spite

4.Can you break ________ this long sentence into simpler ones?

A.off B. down C. up D. away

5.I just need a good computer. ________ that I really don’t need anything.

A.Besides B. On top of C. In addition to D. Apart from

II. Put in the blanks appropriate prepositions or adverbs.

1.If we decide to build a dam, that will become _________ the people who live in this area? We can’t tell them to go away and let it go that.

2._________ The approximately eighty professors in this university, only a dozen or so are women. It is completely proportion.

3.The newspaper reporter sent to ________ the case was amazed ________ the inside story that the expenses had added ________ _________ almost 2 billion.

4.These parks ________ certain will add greatly to the beauty of the city.

5. ________ All her aches and pains, she walked for hours ________ at a stretch and finally managed to join her comrades.