选词填空(可变换形式,其中有两项是多余的)

【小题1】We _____________ salt, so I must buy some for lunch.
【小题2】The patient _____________ standing and walking because he just had an operation.
【小题3】We should study hard to _____________ the coming examinations.
【小题4】This activity the school decides to hold _________________ improving the students' ability of listening and speaking.
【小题5】You can ______________ in your English grammar if you work hard at it.
【小题6】The two continents were connected ________________ according to the theory.
【小题7】Getting young people together will help to_______________ the barriers between them.
【小题8】The villagers no longer ________________ the farm work practised by their grandfathers.