答案:ranged from; to
2. For years she bravely ________ her fears until at last she conquered them.
答案:wrestled with
3. Amazing discoveries were made in medicine, communications and transport,________ our knowledge of the world and space.
答案:not to mention
4. Scientists ________ how to split the atom, previously thought to be the smallest particle of matter in the universe.
答案:figured out
5. If you had to choose the single most important discovery of the 20th century, you would be ________.
答案:in a dilemma
Ⅲ. 完成句子
1. It's impossible to know ________ what the future will be like.
能预知未来会怎样是不可能的。
答案:in advance
2. He's not very good at ________ his ideas.
他不太善于清楚地表达自己的思想。
答案:getting across
3. He ________ a child ________ drowning.
他救起了一名落水儿童。
答案:rescued; from
4. ________________, I had to stop to have a rest.
又累又饿,我只好停下来休息一下。
答案:Hungry and tired
5. He speaks __________ no one can understand him.
他说话太快了,以致于没有人能听懂。
答案:so fast that
Ⅳ.单句语法填空(不多于3个单词)
1. There are 120 students in the small village school, whose ages range ________ 10 to 18.