Verb filling
【小题1】You should see to it that the medicine ______ (keep) under lock and key.
【小题2】Her parents strongly object to her ________ (marry) to a Japanese.
【小题3】The question asked by the students was difficult _________ (handle).
【小题4】He later _________ (admit) that he was guilty when he was charged on the court.
【小题5】He felt ashamed when _________ (refer to) at the meeting.
【小题6】Who would you rather have __________ (copy) the passage, Tom or Alice?
【小题7】He said that he _____________ (wait) for the bus to come for nearly an hour.
【小题8】The baby seems ___________ (enjoy) himself very much when his mother came in.
【小题9】I _____________ (appreciate) it very much if you could post the letter for me.
【小题10】The more books you read, the large vocabulary you ____________ (acquire).
【小题11】__________ (not realize) the problem, he was still at ease.
【小题12】Whoever breaks the law can not ____________ (spare) from punishment.
【小题13】_____________ (jump) the queue is regarded as bad manners.
【小题14】What the government decides to do contributes to __________ (fuel) development of that area.
【小题15】An earthquake struck that area last week, ___________ (cause) many people to be homeless.

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Do you know how【小题1】is when you see someone yawn and you start yawning too? Or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently it’s because we have mirror neurons （神经元）in our brains.

【小题2】(put) simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that 【小题3】 we see someone else do something, our brains imitate it, whether or not we actually perform the same action. This explains a great deal about 【小题4】 we learn to smile, talk, walk, dance or play sports. But the idea goes 【小题5】(far)：mirror neurons not only appear to explain physical actions, they also tell us that there is a biological basis for the way we understand other people.

Mirror neurons can undoubtedly be found all over our brains, but especially in the areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how other people feel. Recently, researchers 【小题6】(find) that mirror neurons relate strongly to language. A group of researchers discovered that 【小题7】 they gave people sentences to listen to (for example: “The hand took hold of the ball”), the same mirror neurons were triggered 【小题8】 when the action was actually performed (in this example, actually taking hold of a ball).

Any problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. Much research suggests that people with social and behavioral problems have mirror neurons which are not fully 【小题9】(function). However, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders．

Research does mirror that neurons seems to provide us with even more information concerning how humans behave and interact. Indeed, it may turn out to be the equivalent for neuroscience of what Einstein’s theory of relativity was for physics. And the next time you feel the urge 【小题10】(cough) in the cinema when someone else does-well, perhaps you’ll understand why．

Translation
【小题1】你应该要像督促他人那样督促自己。（drive）
【小题2】尽管他身体较差，他坚持步行去上班。（insist）
【小题3】在那个仪式上，校长代表所有的老师祝贺他被清华大学录取。（behalf）
【小题4】正是他对于工作的严谨的态度才导致了他被授予了诺贝尔文学奖。（强调句）
【小题5】他冒着生命危险去救那个溺水的男孩，我们都为他而感到骄傲。（risk, pride）

Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given expressions.

【小题1】He likes _________________ his daughter to his relatives and colleagues.
【小题2】He ________________ football, and we can always see him on the playground.
【小题3】The scientists are absorbed in ___________. Don’t interrupt them.
【小题4】When the teacher asked the question, he felt greatly puzzled and __________ how to   answer it.
【小题5】Some actors and actress do 90% of the stunts and the last 10% ______________ stunt  professionals.

Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A drop in the sun’s radiation can cause cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries 【小题1】 for storms.

Scientists have known for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during which radiation from the sun reaches a(n) 【小题2】 then falls. But detecting a clear link of the cycle to the weather has proved much 【小题3】.

“Our research notices a link between solar activities and regional winter climate,” lead author Sarah Ineson of the UK Met Office told the reporters in an email.

Her team focused on the data from the recent minimum solar radiation period during 2008-10, which was a(n) 【小题4】 calm period for the sun but at the same time, 【小题5】 winters in the U.S and Europe were recorded which brought troubles to many businesses and made people’s lives difficult.

The researchers found that a reduction in radiation from the sun can affect wind patterns, 【小题6】 cold winters.

“While radiation levels won’t tell us what the day-to-day weather will be, they provide the exciting 【小题7】 of improved prediction for winter conditions for months and even years ahead. These predictions play an important role in long-term weather planning,” Ineson said.

Ineson’s team used the data in a complex computer to 【小题8】 long-term weather patterns. It successfully reproduced what scientists had observed happening in the upper atmosphere during changes in solar radiation. More study was needed, though. The key 【小题9】 in the experiment lay in the satellite data used, because it spans (跨度) only a few years.” So there are still questions concerning whether the current research results are accurate and whether they can be 【小题10】 to other solar cycles,” she said.