选词填空 (15个生词+5个词组): A. correlate B. extravagant C. refrain D. degrade E. adverse F. guage G. dedicated H. coincide I. optimum J. conform K. upcoming L. commonplace M. designate N. fostering O. toxic P. contend with Q. slaving away R. diversion S. sink... teeth into T. counting down 1. I feel very confident about the ______ debate because I believe that I can defeat my opponent. 2. International financial experts committed to ______ from competitive devaluation of our currencies and decided to promote a stable and well-functioning international monetary system. 3. How is she paying for her ______ holiday with her modest income? 4. The newly released variant of the existing cancer drug, scientists have found, is directly ______ to nerve cells. 5. If you want to ______ public opinion about the war, look at the local media coverage concerning the deaths of the soldiers. 6. All classroom practice will be geared to encouraging and ______ not only students’ learning habits but also students’ creativity. 7. Paid vacations of two weeks or longer are a ______ benefit in many companies. 8. Rising temperatures and the associated earlier spring snowmelt ______ with increasing amounts and size of wildfires in the western United States. 9. The newspaper ______ three whole pages to pictures of the princess. 10. Indeed, the State’s interests may not ______ with those of the individual. 11. When residents wanted to ______ the Elk River as a heritage site, the mines killed the proposal. 12. The examination supervisor warned students not to ______ themselves by cheating on the exam. 13. Economists fear that any conflict between the two countries could have ______ effects on global financial markets. 14. The city has a few modern buildings in the central area which do not ______ with the style of the city’s overall character. 15. You should hold the book at a proper distance from your eyes; ______ reading distance is between 15 to 22 inches from your eyes. 16. A magician’s talk creates a ______ of attention so that people do not see how he does his tricks. 17. A giant electronic display is ____ ____ the days to the start of the Pan-American Games here. 18. Euro Disney had to ____ ____ many difficulties when its first financial year came to an end. 19. Playing the part of Queen Victoria is the kind of role that is made for you, the kind of role you can ____ your ____ ____. 20. After ____ ____ at the computer keyboard, you then still have to write notation signs by hand, the old-fashioned way.