【练习】根据句子意思用in，on，to填空。

1). China faces the Pacific ______ the east.

2). China lies ______ the east of Asia and ______ the east of Japan.

3). North Korea is ______ the northeast of China.

4). Taiwan is ______ the southeast of Fujian Province.

5). The little town lies about one hundred miles ______ the west of Guilin.

答案：1). on 2). in; to 3). on 4). to 5). to 4. manage to do sth. / try to do sth. / attempt to do sth. / seek to do sth. 【解释】

manage to do sth.= succeed in doing sth. difficult 设法做成某些困难的事

try to do sth. = seek to do sth. 设法做某事（不一定做成）

attempt to do sth.= try to so sth. difficult设法做某些困难的事（不一定做成） 【练习】根据句子意思用manage，try，attempt，seek的适当形式填空。

1). He was stubborn, but we _______ to persuade him.

2). He _______ to swim across the river, but failed.

答案：1). managed 2). tried/sought/attempted Ⅱ.词性变化（旨在提供语法填空所需材料）

1. Canada n.加拿大 Canadian adj.加拿大的

n.加拿大人 2. multi- (构词成分) 有

很多......的 multicultural adj.多元文化的multiracial adj.多种族的 multicoloured adj.多色的 multimedia n.&adj.多媒体(的) 3. extreme adj.极度(端)的； n.极端，过分 extremely adv.极端地；非常地 distantly adv. 淡然地 4. slightly adv. 轻微地 slight adj.轻微的；纤细的 5. confirm vt. 证实，肯定；确认；批准 confirmation n. 证实 6. wealthy adj. 富有的；丰

富的 wealthily adv.富有地，丰富地 wealth n. 财富 7. distance n. 距离 distant adj. 远方的 8. tradition n. 传统，惯例 traditional adj.传统的，习惯的 traditionally adv传统上的 9. approximately adv. 近似

　地，几乎正确地 approximate adj.大概的vt.接近vi.(to) 近似 【练习】用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空或翻译。

1). When asked, she _________ (confirmation) that she was going to retire.

2). He left as a poor, working class boy and returned as a ________ (wealth) man.

3). Instead of stopping to speak, she passed by with only a ________ (distance) nod.

4). Britain is increasingly a ________ (多元文化的) society.

5). Earthquakes are ________ (extreme) difficult to predict.

6). The ________ ( distant) between his house and school is quite short.

7). The color black is ________ (tradition) associated with mourning.

8). Nowadays many young people still have ________ (tradition) family values.

9). Among my pen pals, two are ________ (Canada).

10). The job will take ________ (approximate) three weeks.

答案：1). confirmed 2). wealthy 3). distant 4). multicultural 5). extremely

6). distance 7). traditionally 8). traditional 9). Canadians 10). approximately