Quiz 9 Name:______________ Student No.:______________________ Score:_____________ I. Dictation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. II. Fill in the blanks with the proper prepositions or adverbs. 1. I had an interview __________ Mike Jacobs, the prizefight promoter. 2. During the vacation I found myself __________ varied assignments, from ship news to sports reporting. 3. When he spoke _________ prizefights, he was no longer a bland little man. 4. So far as he was concerned, there was no mystery _________ successful promoting. 5. You hire boxing artists who are adroit _______ feinting, parrying, weaving, jabbing and dancing. 6. Recently a young man __________ the name of Benny Paret was killed in the ring. 7. Another question had to do __________ the role of the examining doctors. 8. Nature can protect man ____________ everything except man himself. 9. You can see from her eyes that she takes __________ his father. 10. The company has become a thriving business since this young man took _________. 11. We ought not to take ________ the poor man’s time. He is fully occupied. 12. I have never run _________ such a rude man before. 13. My brother ran ________ his notes about the figures so that he would remember them for the speech. 14. When a friend is in danger, we can’t look __________ with folded arms. 15. Please look _________ it that you take good care of your health. 16. I am afraid you’ve been taken _________. This pound note is a counterfeit. 17. Low grades and severe criticism from the teacher got Tom _________. 18. The teacher tried to explain the problem, but the explanation did not get __________ to the class. 19. Should a man get _________ his feet when a woman comes into the room? 20. The man returned to work after he got ___________ his illness. III. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 中央政府对洪灾地区可能爆发的流行疾病深表关切。 2. 刚苏醒过来，我就伸出双臂，摸索着寻找我的马。 3. 油价的突然上涨对公司的复苏造成了严重打击。