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Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the correct choice of the words given in the brackets.

1.The school pays for heating and the ________ of the buildings.（maintain, maintenance）

【正确答案】maintenance

【答案解析】分析句子结构知本空要用名词作介词for的宾语。maintain是动词，maintenance意为“维修，维护”，是名词。答案为maintenance。

2.________ progress has been made in finding a cure for the disease.（consider, considerable）

【正确答案】Considerable

【答案解析】本空修饰名词progress，要用形容词。consider意为“考虑”，是动词；considerable意为“相当的，非常的”，是形容词。答案为considerable。

3.It will be more ________ to take public transport than to drive one's own car.（economy, economical）

【正确答案】economical

【答案解析】economy是名词，意为“经济”；economical是形容词，意为“经济实惠的，”显然本句是比较乘坐公共交通工具和开私家车的费用问题。答案为economical。

4.Climate is the ________ of weather over a standard average of 30 years.（accumulate, accumulation）

【正确答案】accumulation

【答案解析】分析句子结构知此处要用名词。accumulate是动词；accumulation是名词。答案为accumulation。

5.The coldness of the place was gradually replaced by light and ________.（warm, warmth）

【正确答案】warmth

【答案解析】本题由and连接两个并列的成分，作by的介词宾语，要用名词。warm是形容词，warmth是名词。答案为warmth。

6.She stared up at him, as if asking for some kind of ________, her eyes not blinking.（assure, assurance）

【正确答案】assurance

【答案解析】Some kind of意为“某种”，其后要用名词作of的介词宾语。assure是动词，assurance是名词，意为“肯定”。答案为assurance。

（二）单词变形（按照要求正确填写单词的适当形式，可借助词典等工具）

1. driver, drove, driven
2. expectation
3. took, taken
4. saw, seen
5. difference, differ, differentiate
6. usually, unusual
7. assurance, assured
8. meaning, meaningful
9. respectful, respectable
10. taught, taught, teacher
11. warmth
12. behavior
13. difficulty
14. truth, truly
15. did, done
16. paid, paid, payment
17. worse, worst
18. environmental, environmentally
19. confidence
20. follower, following
21. contribution.
22. personal, personally, personality
23. disadvantage
24. unreal, really, reality, realize
25. intention, intentional, intentionally
26. pregnancy
27. motorist
28. simply, simplify
29. worried
30. alike, likely, unlike, dislike
31. anxiety
32. consideration, considerate, considerable
33. concerned
34. led, led, leader, leadership, leading
35. inhabitant
36. natural, naturally
37. felt, felt, feeling
38. healthy, unhealthy

寄语：再小的力量，也可以创造大不同，所以不要轻视自己的每点努力，加油！