汉译英
1电梯；升降机 n. __________ （同义词lift）
2汽油 n. ___________（同义词： gas/ gasoline）
3航行；航海 n. __________
4本国的；本地人adj. n. __________
5公寓住宅 n. ___________（同义词： flat ）
6词汇，词汇量 n. __________
7表达，词语，表达 V.___________（ 名词形式： expression ）
8辨认出；承认 v. __________
9身份；本体；本体 n.___________（身份证： identity card ）
10常常；频繁___________(形容词形式： frequent )
11因为，由于__________
12扮演一个角色；参与__________
13例如；像这样的 __________
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words.
August 18, 2016 (Rio local time) is a date 1. will go down in Chinese sporting history after China beat the Netherlands 3:1 during the women’s volleyball semi-final at the Rio Olympic Games. After 12 years, the Chinese team has finally made 2. once again to the Olympic final.
After the semi-final match, head coach Lang Ping said she could barely3. (breath) as the match progressed. “I kept thinking about how to deal with the opponents. Both of our scores increased alternately (交替地). I have never seen such intensity (紧张),” she remarked.
Lang said she knew it would be 4. (challenge) to play against the Netherlands, since the team is quite 5. (compete). “I always told the players they would come across many difficulties, but all we could do was try our best. The Chinese women’s volleyball team is tough.”
Ding Xia, a player, explained that they 6. (analyze) their experiences being defeated by the Netherlands in group games, and then prepared tactics (战术) based on those experiences. Moreover, the most important thing to the Chinese players was maintaining a positive attitude. Ding explained, “To improve our skills in just a few days is 7. (possible), but we used our confidence and morale to better our performance.” As for the victory, Lang is very 8. (pride) of the team’s performance, boasting that their win was based on “will power.”
9., just two days ago, few people believed the Chinese team would be able to defeat the Brazilians, let alone make it to the finals. Even Lang admitted that the Brazilian team was a tough opponent in terms of both experience and skill. On the subject of that match, Lang said that she didn’t put too much 10. (press) on the Chinese team, “We didn’t think much about success, but just played the best game we could. Our players are really brave.”
Actually, the London Olympic Park is built _____ there used to be a poor area called East London.
A. what B. which
C. when D. where
Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others, _____, of course, made the others envy him.
A. which B. that
C. to which D. when
We were about to set off _____ Tom came to me.
A. while B. when
C. as D. since
—Can’t you stay a little longer?
—It’s getting late. I really _____ go now. My daughter is home alone.
A. may B. can
C. must D. dare
