1. too much / much too
1.The computer is ____ expensive.
2.Stop, Peter. You talked ____.
3.I’ve got ____ work to do.
4.Father, have a rest. You’ve ____ tired today.
5.Hurry up! You have wasted ___ time.
2. holiday/ vacation/ leave/ off
1.Christmas is a ____ for everybody.
2.The children will take their summer __ in half a month.
3.My father is on _____.
4.The manager gave the worker a day _____.
5.I have to ask you for half a day’s _____.
3. close/ shut off/ turn off
1.You’d better ____the motor. It is making too much noise.
2.All the shops are ____ now.
3.She didn’t __ the door and entered the house.
4.He ____ the lights before he left the lab.
5._____ the television, please.
4. instead/ instead of/ without
1.I don’t like this one; please give me that____.
2.He stayed at home studying English ___ going to the cinema.
3.Tom passed by me ___ saying hello to me.
4.He went to school by bike ____ by car.
5.If Harry is not well enough to go with you, take me _____.
5. mail/ post
1.There is a heavy ____ today.
2.I received much ___ yesterday.
3.The _____ from Beijing have arrived.
4.Is there any ____ for me?
5.The ___ post office is beyond the department store.
6. many/ much / lots of / a lot ( of )
1.____ of the visitors are workers.
7. during / in / within
1.My uncle lives _____ ten minutes’ walk.
2.The president will arrive ____ ten minutes.
3.We’ll be on holiday ___ July.
4.He was killed ____ the war.
5.We made a lot of friends ___ our stay in Beijing.
8. above all / after all / first of all / at all
1.Never waste anything, but ___ never waste time.
2._____, let me introduce myself to you.
3.What are you doing here ___ at all?
4.He is still a child ____. Don’t blame him.
5.I don’t know him _____.
9. passed/ past
1.They hurried ____ the building.
2.Tom _____ by me without greeting just now.
3.The train for the small town leaves at ten __ eight.
4.Two weeks had ____ since Martin had seen him.
5.In the ____ I have had many jobs.
10. agree to / agree with / agree on
1.I ____ what he said.
2.All those who _____ the plan, raise your hands.
3.We _____ leaving there the next day.
4.Finally he _____ get someone to help me.
5.The food doesn’t _____ him.
11. build/ found/ set up/ put up
1.Last year a cinema was _____ near our school.
2.The rich man _____ the hospital and a school in the town where he was born.
3.The nursery was _____ in our school.
4.The newspaper reporter _____ his camera under a tree.
5.They must ____ good relations with the masses.
12. as / like
1.she is a fine girl, ____ her mother used to be.