I. Vocabulary : Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions given below, changing the form where necessary.

1. ________ indoors for a few days until your cold is better.
   
2. What we read ________ our thinking.
   
3. He ________ himself lucky to be alive after the plane crash.
   
4. She prefers making her own clothes ________ buying them in the shops.
   
5. If she hasn't ________ by ten o'clock, I'm going without her.
   
6. Who will ________ the house when he dies?
   
7. The dry facts of history ________ flesh and blood under his pen.
   
8. We can't ________ to upset such an important customer.
   
9. I know this job of mine isn't well paid, but ________ I don't have to work long hours.
   
10. I have ________ awake all night thinking of them.
    
11. She was laughing ________. She looked exhausted.
    
12. Scientists say that many factors ________ changes in the weather.
    

II. Structure :

1. Combine each group of the sentences after the model, using -ing forms:
Model: Wealthy people usually had a tan. That became a sign of wealth.
Having a tan became a sign of wealth.
1) He likes fishing. That is one of his hobbies.
2) Tom fell ill. He had eaten too much ice-cream.
3) We had to get enough people to do the job. That is our main problem.
4) She had to look after the baby and cook for the whole family. That is her job.

2. Study the models and put the following Chinese into English by using noun clauses:
Models: Where we live and how we live after we were born are important.
Our genes influence how fat or thin we are.
1) _____________ (他们为什么要离开这个国家) is a secret.
2) _____________ (谁将主持会议) has not yet been decided.
3) I don't remember _______________ (她已经这样说过多少遍了).
4) Do you know _______________ (这是谁的钢笔)?

3. Study the models and fill in the blanks with "that" or "which":
Models: Heredity is not the only thing that influences our color.
Our color comes from the conditions in which we live.
1) These books, ______ you can get at any bookshop, will give you all the information ______ you need.
2) This is one of the rooms ______ were damaged in the fire.
3) He asked for the best book ______ was on the subject.
4) The goals for _____ he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.

III. Translation: Translate the following sentences into English.

1. 大程度上，人们到那里度假是为了享受那里的好天气。
   
2. 一方面我喜欢薪水高的工作，另一方面我又喜欢现在的工作。
   
3. 即使失败了也没关系，只要你尽了力就行。
   
4. 我们不再像过去那样经常去旅游。
   
5. 他们没乘公共汽车而是步行到那里去的。
   
6. 科学已经为我们的生活带来了许多变化。