1. This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their
(nature) course.
答案 natural
That would be a very
(reason) thing to do in a big city，but it could destroy a small village like ours.
解析 考查形容词。此处为a/an＋形容词＋单数名词修饰名词thing当然要用形容词形式。
答案 reasonable
He was a billionaire by the time he was 31 years old.
，there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even younger ages.
解析 考查副词。他31岁成了亿万富翁但有些人年龄更小时就发了财。however然而要用逗号与主
答案 However
And the passengers
(sudden) became friendly to one another.
解析 考查副词。此处是修饰动词became所以应该用副词做状语。
答案 suddenly
Finally，that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is
(clean) than ever.
解析 考查形容词的比较级。现在河里的水比以前更干净了。根据后面的比较连词than可知这里应该用比较级cleaner。
答案 cleaner
That's
(absolute) unbelievable.
解析 考查副词。这确实是难以置信的。修饰形容词unbelievable要用副词形式。
答案 absolutely
I worked
(hard) at my study than most of
my classmates.
解析 考查形容词。根据后面的 than可知要用比较级。
答案 harder
Oh，they don't have dreams.But I have made
my mind to achieve my dream.
解析 考查副词。make up one's mind to do...下定决心做某事。
答案 up
I still feel that all children are the
(great) joy I could ever have.
解析 考查形容词。我依然认为ever可知要用最高级。
答案 greatest
It was my first time to go to the market，and I was
(deep) impressed by what I saw in the market.
解析 考查副词。……我对市场impress要用副词形式。
答案 deeply
Even days after I reported the event to the police，they failed to
(proper) solve this situation or even return my calls.
解析 考查副词。……他们没能合适地处理这种情况。修饰动词solve要用副词形式。
答案 properly
One such hot potato is taxes.Calling for
(high) taxes can mean defeat for a politician.
解析 考查形容词。提高人们的纳税是和现有的税率相比故用比较级形式。
答案 higher
He was upright，loyal and highly respected.
，he was dismissed from office.
答案 However
A little way down the river from Lake Victoria，the water
(actual) gets quite rough.
解析 考查副词。后半句意为“实际上河水会变得很actually实际上。
答案 actually
This new usage of the term took off in September after a widely－shared joke about a rich
(happy) man.
解析 考查形容词。根据前面的a rich, 可知此处表示“一个富裕却不快乐的人”。unhappy不高兴的。
答案 unhappy
Some have lost their jobs and some have
(fail) marriages.
解析 考查形容词。有些人婚姻失败。此处缺少marriages的定语。failed失败的。
答案 failed
Besides，airplane crashes
(typical) occur during takeoff or landing.
解析 考查副词。这里修饰动词occur故前面要用副词修饰。
答案 typically
Compared with other forms of writing，keeping a diary in English is shorter and takes
(little) time.
解析 考查形容词的比较级。写日记用的时间较少。根据and前的shorter可以判断出此处less。
答案 less
But it is full of traps on the Internet，and some people have really
(please) experience about online dating.
答案 unpleasant
(frank) speaking，I'm scared to death about it.
解析 考查副词。frankly speaking坦白地说。
答案 Frankly
The
(rich) of these is Bill Gates，worth at least $ 41 billion.
解析 考查形容词的最高级。这些人中最富有的是比尔·盖茨。
答案 richest
There are more and more cars，buses on the roads，and they give off
(poison) gases.
解析 考查形容词。它们释放有毒的气体。作名词gases的定语要用形容词。poisonous有毒的。
答案 poisonous
The ball is made of a special material...It's lightweight，it's flexible，and—
important—it holds its shape.
解析 考查副词。这种足球是一种特殊的物质制成它轻而又灵活最重要的是它不变形。most important最重要的首要的。
答案 most
It is
important what kind of call we make or letter we send.What is important is that we let others know we care about them.
解析 考查否定副词。打什么样的电话或发送什么的信并不重要重要的是……。根据后面的What is important is...可知这两句话之间的逻辑关系应为否定。
答案 not
It might have made it a little
(hard) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around，but that didn't stop the kids in the class.
解析 考查形容词的比较级。根据句意特别是a little修饰可知此处要用比较级形式表示“更难一点”。
答案 harder