She made a(n) ________ excuse for her absence last night, but nobody seemed to believe her.

A. fragile
B. soft
C. sensitive
D. elaborate

The boy was so _______ that he kept asking questions.

A. cruel
B. cynical
C. curious
D. clumsy

________ professional training in driving, he could hardly cope with the work at first.

A. Not receiving
B. Since receiving
C. Not received
D. Receiving

It was requested that passengers ________ smoke during the flight.

A. not
B. need not
C. could not
D. will not

Scholars and gurus re-interpreted them all the time, but one could always go back to the original ________.

A. file
B. version
C. context
D. devotion

There is an illness that can result in total blindness ________ it is left untreated.

A. unless
B. although
C. but
D. if

It sometimes gets no answers, sometimes gets a rude answer, and only occasionally does it lead to a _______ discussion.

A. considerable
B. boring
C. fruitful
D. discouraging

III. Fill in the following blanks with the words given below. Change the forms where necessary.complementconstraintdepressentitlefacultydispensableinstinctprivilegerandom strategy survival urgent1. In a healthy relationship, the partners' strengths and abilities ____________ each other, rather than being identical.2. Millions of dollars and lots of famous actors are not ______________ to the production of a successful film.3. I never felt i had a right to expect any special _________because of my university education.4.The marketing __________ that Edward proposed would be brilliant if only he hadn't forgotten about good business ethics.5. It's true that not having a car imposes some __________, but owning one also complicates life in many ways.6. According to Chinese law, every child is _______ to nine years free education.7. Life should consist of more than just struggle for ________.8. The sight of the helpless child aroused her maternal _________.9. The winners of the contest were chosen ________, no consideration was given to age, gender or income.10.He had lost the use of his limbs but he is still in possession of all his _________.11. Please give the highest priority to this very ________ matter.12. She enjoyed parts of her trip to India, but said she found the poverty she saw there rather __________.

VI. One way that compound adjectives are formed isNow form compound adjectives by matching each noun in the left-hand column with the -ing form of one of the verbs on the right. Then complete each of the following sentences with one of the adjectives you've formed.1. It's a long climb up the hill, but once you've up there the view of the city is ______________.2. He was by nature a gentle and ____________ man? he always did whatever he could to avoid conflict.3. Our holiday on the island was rather spoiled by the presence of __________ sharks just off the beach.4. In the information age, many people consider ___________ skills more important than memorizing and retaining knowledge.5. The Titanic is a ____________ love story. I wept every time I saw it.6. Fewer and fewer females of ______________ age are willing to give up their careers in order to raise a family.7. The film industry has been badly hurt by the sharp decline in the ____________ public caused by the low cost of videos.

IV. Rescue the following sentences! Remember our underachiving students? He's up to his old tricks again: He tried to use an expression form the text in each of the sentences belo, but got all the prepostitions and adverbs mixed up. Correct the sentences below, using expressions from the text, the put the definiations or synonmys of these expressions in spaces provided.1. This report is based on a survey of one thousand readers chosen by random.2. The Titanic hit an iceberg and went under with a loss of more than 1,500 lives.3. Before we start our discussion, I'd like to hand around some extra materials containing background information.4. The explosion was heard by startled citizens in a distance from ten miles.5. As soon as baby birds are able to fend to themselves, their parents lose interest in them.6. The whole country was horrified when a 13-year-old boy gunned at two teachers and seven students.7. I can't find the pictures that were attached with the documents.8. Everyone is entitled by his or her own opinion.