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练习题（1） Part I Vocabulary Directions: Complete the following sentences with the best words given in the brackets. (8%) Our dreams will sometimes be ______ and our ethereal hopes blasted. A. smashed B. shattered C. crushed D. crashed I would see Shirley tapping her feet, or singing a sailor song, or ______ her lips into a very round O while saying, “Oh, my goodness.” A. poking B. squaring C. pursing D. knitting “By all means,” she urged, _____ her lashes eagerly. A. clapping B. blinking C. batting D. knitting After beating _____ odds to prove himself a classroom genius, Steven has been cruelly snubbed by prospective employers. A. credible B. incredible C. credulous D. incredulous Be careful with that vase - its very_____. A. cracked B. broken C. fragile D. crumbling In a thousand years, archaeologists will be digging through the ______ of what was once San Francisco. A. ruins B. wreckage C. rubble D. wreck Figures produced at a World Energy Conference showed that oil and gas production should reach a ______ between 1985 and 2000. A. peak B. apex C. summit D. high Unfair criticism can ______ employees self-confidence. A. spoil B. underlie C. ruin D. undermine Directions: Complete the following sentences with the words or phrases given below and change their forms if necessary. (17%) befell come up with devoid dire entranced in the throes of sulky wiles No one can deny that the Negro is in _____ need of this kind of legitimate power. This had led Negro Americans in the past to seek their goals through power ______ of love and conscience. She seemed ______ by the music, a little frenzied piano piece with this mesmerizing quality. I looked out over the audience, at my mother’s blank face, my father’s yawn, Waverly’s ______ expression. Today we are ______ a worldwide reformation of cultures, a tectonic shift of habits and dreams. It’s really hard to be original these days, so the easiest way to____