1. Ellen is a devoted friend; you can always count __ her whenever you are in trouble.
2. The other day I came __ a friend when I was walking aimlessly on the street.
3. The woman in red looks so familiar to me; I must have met her __ some occasion.
4. Why didn't you ask him to prepare for the test __ advance? He could have done it better.
5. I will __ no means give up my plan, despite all kinds of challenges and difficulties.
6. Thinking little of other people, the young man is always indifferent __others' sufferings.
7. The girl felt ill at ease ___ the presence of a lot of famous people. 8. Taking little notice __ what people said about her, Ann went on with her own life.
9. I saw Laura sitting by the window in a café across the street, obviously reflecting __ something.
10. As my true friend, Joseph never fails to point __ my mistakes. 11. It was really dangerous that they packed about 80 passengers __ the bus.
12. He never asked anything __ his mother again after she refused to
help him that time.
13. My father is a man of self-control; he never swears __ anybody even when he is very angry.
14. Jane waved goodbye to her friends and sang __: \a nice weekend!\
15. I have been reflecting __ what you said the other day, but my answer is still a big No!
Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
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Bill Johnson's path to Olympic gold was different than that of most. In fact, even though he was the first American man to ever win the downhill skiing event, many __ him as a true Olympic hero. He was a rebellious kid who came from a troubled background, and he boasted too much. Moreover, he only became ___ in skiing because a judge sent him to a ski school after he had stolen a car at age 17. There was no lifelong to the sport. He did not ___ the Olympic spirit. He did not gain distinction by continuously training for his event.
Still, few failed to __ his marvelous race in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo. He was just a natural skier and his technique was __ for the course. And so even before the race began, he was __ victory. \also caused some comments when he talked about the millions of dollars he would be able to make after he won the race. This made many skiers __toward him. That just __ him even more. Then on the day of the event, he turned out the fastest. \a mountain,\United States. \ remarked respect encouraged appreciate benefit involved commitment regarded perfect claiming reluctant
declining hostile rejected exemplify
Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase to fill in each blank.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was what all of the training and pain was about―winning. I watched TV to see the young runner who had been under my (1) for the last few years. I would have been there on the spot (2) the traffic problem. I couldn't (3) even on my bicycle. While I watched the young runner enter to the cheers of thousands of people, I could not help (4) about the pains that he had gone through in his training.
The young runner was hardly considered to be (5) when he first came to me. There were countless training (6) full of pain for him. I had seen fatigue written on his face. I had heard him (7) at me. I had been (8) to his anger and pain. It was clear that only hard work could (9) him success. I had smiled to myself when I found that he had too much (10) to give up. And he would (11) with the training until he reached perfection. I had