1. Two football players were out of the team because of          .
2. It was a severe  _____to her pride.
3. The poor dog was licking(舔, 舐)its           .
4. The waste and poison may do great         to the things around us.

1. If you _____ (按, 壓) the button, the machine will start.
2. I'm trying to _____ (安排) my work so that I can have a couple days off next week.
3. Is there a _____ (聯(lián)系) between your leaving home and my cooking?
4. As we know, it is very difficult to learn _____ (高等的) math well.
5. The air has less _____ (氧氣) in it at high altitudes than it does at low altitudes.
6. It is bad _____ (禮貌) to spit in public places.
7. She is very _____ (挑剔的) about what she eats.
8. A lot of measures have been taken to stop rivers from being _____ (污染).
9. They have been _____ (爭(zhēng)吵) with each other for almost two hours.
10. He tied the bandage _____ (緊緊地) so that it would stay in place.

     There are various reasons   1   people write poetry. Some   2  (詩(shī)歌) give the reader a strong impression.
Others try to   3   (傳達(dá)) certain emotions. In this text, some simple forms of English poems are introduced.
Such   4   nursery thymes, which may seem   5   (concretely),but they are easy to learn and re- cite. List
poems have a   6   (靈活的) line length and repeated phrases. Students can also write the cinquain, a poem 
  7   ( make) up of five lines. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry with 17 syllables. English speakers also   8   
(翻譯) Tang poems into English.   9   so many different forms of poetry to choose from, students may  10   
(eventual)want to write poems of their own.

1.That hat will give p______ against the hot sun.
2. Do you have e______ income besides your regular salary?
3. The clock is a kind of i______ that tells people time.
4. London is the h______ city for the 2012 Olympic Games.
5. Only a few soldiers s______ the battle.
6. Tom ______ (假裝) to be reading when I passed by.
7. She turned her ______ (注意力) to newcomers.
8. I'm told that she is an ______ (有吸引力的) girl.
9. All I get is a busy ______ (信號(hào)) when I dial his number.
10.How many people does the company ______ (雇用)?