【1】Scientists have many theories about how the universe first came into __________(exist).

【2】The _________(surround) villages have been absorbed by the growing city.

【3】Even so, she impressed the world _______ her courage and strong desire to succeed.

【4】The car's quite full, but we could manage _________ (squeeze) another couple of people in.

【5】Many patients have benefited a lot ______ the new treatment then.

【6】Many parents feel a sense of ________(lose) when their children leave home.

【7】The _________(puzzle) look on his face suggested that what the monitor said was beyond her understanding.

【8】People in the west make it a rule _______(buy) Christmas presents for their relatives and friends.

【9】They sold their house at the right time and made ____ fortune on it.

【10】Domestic coal supplies _________(run) out. The country will have to import it from abroad.

【答案】

【1】existence

【2】surrounding

【3】with

【4】to squeeze

【5】from

【6】loss

【7】puzzled

【8】to buy

【9】a

【10】are running

【解析】

【1】考查名词。句意：关于宇宙最初是如何形成的，科学家们有很多理论。come into existence 形成，存在，故填existence。

【2】考查形容词。句意：周围的村庄已经被日益增长的城市所吞并。Villages前应该填形容词作定语，surrounding为周围的，故填surrounding。

【3】考查介词。句意：尽管如此，她以她的勇气和对成功的强烈渴望给世界留下了深刻的印象。分析句子可知，此处应填介词，表示伴随，故填with。

【4】考查固定搭配。句意：车里相当满了，但是我们还能设法再挤进两三个人。manage to do sth. 设法做某事，故填to squeeze。

【5】考查介词。句意：许多病人受益于新的治疗方案。benefit from… 受益于……，故填from。

【6】考查名词。句意：当孩子离家之后许多父母感到一种失落感。介词of之后要加名词，a sense of loss 失落感，故填loss。

【7】考查非谓语动词。句意：他脸上迷惑的表情暗示了班长说的话超出了他的理解范围。Puzzled作形容词，感到困惑的，修饰look，故填puzzled。

【8】考查非谓语动词。句意：西方人将圣诞节时为亲友买礼物视为规矩。此句中it为形式宾语，真正的宾语是to buy Christmas presents。故填to buy。

【9】考查冠词。句意：他们在关键时刻卖掉了房子，赚了一大笔钱。fortune表示财富，为可数名词，故填a。

【10】考查动词时态。句意：国内的煤炭供应快用完了，这国家将从别国进口。根据下句will have的将来时可判断，目前国内的供应正在耗尽，故用现在进行时，故填are running。