单词拼写（每小题1分，每空一词，共计10分）
小题1:Rich people wanted to p________ their own paintings, so they could decorate their superb palaces and great houses.
小题2:They said that the painters were careless and their paintings were ________ (荒谬的)
小题3:If there had not been an exchange program, he would not have found a s________ to help him study abroad.
小题4:The language is ________ (具体的) but imaginative, and they delight small children because they rhyme.
小题5:As you know, if you do the same thing over and over again, you begin to do it a_______.
小题6:Dr. Foster thinks that the trend which increases the temperature by 5 degrees would be a _________. (大灾难)
小题7:If you develop AIDS, your chances of s____________ are very small.
小题8:Recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags and newspapers if ________ (情况) allow you to.
小题9:I was ________ (任命) as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory twenty years ago.
小题10:The e__________ itself is really exciting to watch and I shall never forget my first sight of one.
小题1:possess
小题2:ridiculous
小题3: sponsor
小题4: concrete
小题5:automatically
小题6:catastrophe
小题7: survival
小题8:circumstances
小题9: appointed
小题10: eruption
题目分析：
小题1: possess 动词拥有possess，要注意其名词形式possession。
小题2:ridiculous 形容词荒谬的ridiculous，因为这个单词比较长，要注意其拼写。
小题3:sponsor 名词赞助着sponsor，因为后面的帮助他出国学习。
小题4: concrete 形容词具体的concrete。
小题5:automatically 根据前半句解释，一次又一次做同样的事情，那么就是自动化了automatically。
小题6:catastrophe 名词灾难catastrophe。注意本词的程度较深。
小题7:urvival 名词幸存survival,注意其动词形式为survive.
小题8:ircumstances 名词情况circumstance，要注意该词常常用复数形式。
小题9:ppointed 动词任命appoint本题为被动语态的形式。
小题10:ruption 名词爆发eruption。注意其动词形式erupt。
题目分析：单词拼写考察实词居多，特别应注意名词单复数的变化，动词时态语态的变化，形容词和副词的变化，以及虚拟语气等具体语法的使用。