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在下列句子的空格处填上一个恰当的英语单词。

1. I would die a very ___ person if I could stay in music my whole life.如果能终生从事音乐事业，我会死而无憾。

2. Every working day I ___ people who are dying from lung diseases caused by smoking.每天上班我都要医治那些因吸烟患上肺病的垂危患者。

3. He watched helplessly as his mother died an ___ death.他无助地看着母亲痛苦地死去。

4. I’m no expert, but I don’t think Tracy died a ___ death.我不是什么专家，但我不认为特雷西是自然死亡。

5. The firing finally began to die ___ in the late afternoon.到了临近傍晚时枪炮声终于渐渐停息。

6. They often take a long time to die ___ after flowering.花期过后，他们的枝叶常常过很长一段时间才会枯萎。

7. The rain remained steady though the wind had died ___.尽管风势已经减弱，但雨还是下个不停。

8. Once the fire has died ___, the salvage team will move.一旦大火熄灭，救援小组就会马上进入。

9. He died in 1985 ___ the age of 76.他1985年去世，终年76岁。

10. Her father died suddenly in an ___ when she was only ten.她年仅10岁时父亲突然死于一场意外事故。

11. The animals died of ___ in the snow.这些动物在雪中饿死了。

12. Many patients are dying ___ COVID-19 in the U.S.在美国有许多垂危的新冠病人。

13. She died ___ in her sleep at the age of 98.她在睡眠中安然辞世，享年98岁。

14. Do you believe in anything enough to die ___ it?你有什么信仰足以让你为之献出生命吗？

15. She died ___, at the age of 27.她27岁就英年早逝。

16. The bullet went ___ through his head, and he died instantly.子弹穿过他的头部，他当场死亡。

17. It must ___ a secret until the day I die.这事我到死也不能说。

18. It was his ___ wish that the house be opened to the public.把这幢房子向公众开放是他的临终遗愿。

19. Did she die a natural ___?她是自然死亡吗？

20. Our love will ___ die.我们的爱始终不渝。

21. The family name will die ___ him.他去世后，家族的姓氏也将随之消失。

22. He’s one of a dying ___.他这样的人已经快要绝种了。

23. The engine ___ and died.引擎噼啪响了几声就熄火了。

24. The ___ just died on me.我用着用着割草机就坏了。

25. I’m ___ for a cup of tea.我很想喝杯茶。

26. She was dying to ask where he’d ___ it.她很想去问他是从哪里弄到的。

27. I’m dying to see ___ it is.我很想去看看这究竟是什么。

28. Do you fancy a cup of tea? I’m dying of ___.你想喝杯茶吗？我都快渴死了。

29. I nearly died when I saw it was my ___-husband.当看清楚那原来是我前夫时，我尴尬死了。

30. The room was such a ___, I just died of embarrassment.房间里这么乱，我真是尴尬得要命。

31. I’d rather die ___ work for him!我死也不替他工作。

32. United scored an ___ in the dying minutes of the game.连队在比赛的最后时刻射入一球，将比分扳平。

33. Old customs die ___.习俗很难改变。

34. Never ___ die.别放弃。

35. The rumor gradually died a ___.谣言慢慢平息了。

36. We nearly died ___ when he told us.他跟我们说的时候我们都快笑死了。

37. She had hair to ___ for.她的头发好看极了。

38. I want to see Ireland again before I ___.我想在死之前再去爱尔兰看看。

39. No wonder your plants always die – you don’t ___ them enough.难怪你种得植物总会死掉 – 你水浇得不够。

40. Her voice died ___ as she saw the look on David’s face.看到戴维脸上的表情，她越说声音越小，最后没音儿。

41. She waited until the ___ had died away. 她一直等到脚步声渐渐消失。

42. Don’t worry, the gossip will soon die ___.别担心，流言蜚语不久就会平息的。

43. He felt very disappointed when the excitement had died ___.当兴奋过去后，他感到非常失望。

44. The wild population of koalas is in danger of dying ___.野生袋熊濒临灭绝的危险。

45. There will be ___ of rain, gradually dying out later.先是有阵雨，稍后会逐渐停止。

46. The die is ___.事情已成定局。

47. My wife had just ___ away, and I didn’t want to be around people.我妻子刚去世，我想一个人静一静。

48. Hundreds of people ___ their lives when the ship overturned in a storm.轮船在暴风雨中倾覆，数百人失去了生命。

49. Five children ___ before firefighters could put out the blaze.五名儿童在消防员扑灭大火之前遇难。

50. We ___ the men and women who have given their lives in service of their country.我们向为国捐躯的英雄儿女致敬。

51. One day, he came home from work and dropped ___ of a heart attack.一天，他下班回到家，因心脏病猝然去世。

52. The death of his mother ___ as a tremendous shock.他母亲的去世是个巨大的打击。

53. Cancer is the leading ___ of death in women.癌症是女性死亡的主要原因。

54. How Danielle ___ her death will probably never be known.丹妮尔的死因可能永远也无法得知。

55. His friend was ___ to death.他的朋友已经生命垂危。

56. His family are still ___ John’s tragic death.约翰的家人仍在为他的不幸去世而哀伤。

57. This year is the ninety-eighth ___ of Lenin’s death.今年是列宁去世98周年。

58. It is shocking to see homeless men who froze to ___ on the street.看到无家可归者冻死在街上真是令人震惊。

59. The 76-year-old pensioner was ___ to death.这位76岁的退休老人被人打死。

60. Legend has it that Sarah was put to death for ___ witchcraft.传说萨拉是因为行巫术被处死的。

61. Members of the family have ___ death threats.这个家庭的成员遭到了死亡威胁。

62. He remained president until his ___ death.他担任总统一职直至英年早逝。

63. Two of the passengers managed to ___ death.乘客中有两位幸免于难。

64. A ___ to reduce the number of traffic death is being conducted.正在开展一场减少交通死亡的宣传运动。

65. The number of deaths from cancer is ___ in recent years.近年来癌症导致的死亡人数一直居高不下。

66. I heard there’d been a ___ in the family.我听说这户人家有人去世了。

67. The latest bombing is the ___ of all our hopes.最近的**爆炸事件使我们的所有希望都化为乌有。

68. These regulations could ___ the death of the American car industry.这些规定可能会毁掉美国的汽车工业。

69. She was ___ to death of what might happen next.她对接下来可能会发生的事怕得要命。

70. I’m absolutely ___ to death of it.我对此厌恶得要命。

71. He drove at a speed which ___ Leonora to death.他的车速让莉奥诺拉吓得要命。

72. She used to ___ me to death.她过去总是让我担心得要命。

73. They just ___ you to death in that place.他们那里就是让你没命地干活。

74. Most of his material has been ___ to death by numerous comedians.他的大部分笑料已经被许多滑稽演员说烂了。

75. They will fight to the death rather than give an inch of ___.他们宁愿战死也不肯让出一寸土地。

76. These soldiers are ___ in a struggle to the death.这些士兵陷入了殊死搏斗中。

77. The leadership election has become a ___ to death.领导人选举变成了一场你死我活的恶斗。

78. He is at death’s ___.他已生命垂危。

79. That boy will be the ___ of me!那孩子真是要了我的命！

80. On her deathbed, Miriam’s mother ___ that she never knew her father.米丽亚姆的母亲临终时吐露，她一直不知道他父亲是谁。

81. The disease allowed no time for a deathbed ___.这种病让人来不及临终忏悔就死去了。

82. His decision to leave the show has delivered a death ___ to the series.他的弃演决定给这部连续剧以致命一击。

83. The loss of Georgia would sound the death ___ of Republican hopes.失去佐治亚州将预示着共和党希望的破灭。

84. She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might ___.她脸色惨白，似乎要晕倒的样子。

85. A deathly ___ fell over the room.屋里一片死寂。

86. Three Britons are facing the death ___ for spying.三名英国人因间谍罪而面临死亡。

87. He received a death ___.他被判处死刑。

88. Premeditated murder ___ the death sentence.谋杀要判死刑。

89. Cancer is no longer a death ___.癌症已不再是不治之症了。

90. In 1987, the government ___ a death sentence on the river by granting permission for the new dam.1987年政府批准修建新的水坝，给这条河判了死刑。

91. The peace ___ seems to be in its death throes.和平条约被撕毁的日子似乎已经不远了。

92. As the unrest continued, the death ___ rose.随着动乱的持续，死亡人数在上升。

93. The official death toll ___ at 53.官方公布的死亡总数为53人。

94. A car with tires in this condition is simply a death ___.车胎的状况这么糟糕的汽车无疑就是个死亡事故。

95. By indulging in casual sex, many teenagers could be signing their own death ___.许多青少年随意与人发生性关系并沉迷于此，这等于在自寻死路。

96. Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death ___.在我跳之前，人们会问我是否有想死的念头。

97. Chandler’s goal was in the ___ minutes of the game.钱德勒的进球是在最后几分钟里打入的。

98. It was her dying wish to have a simple ___.她的临终遗愿是办个简朴的葬礼。

99. He regretted the decision to his ___ day.他至死都后悔做了这个决定。

100. Women who enjoy baking are a dying ___.喜欢做烘烤食品的女人快要绝迹了。

参考文献：

朗文当代高级英语词典[M]. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社， PEARSON. 2014

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