用所给词的适当形式填空
He spent a lot of money buying the(value) painting. He put it into his safe box.
本题考查 value 的派生词valuable，valuable为形容词，意为“宝贵的，贵重的”。此处所缺的词是用来修饰名词 painting的，再根据句意“他花了很多钱买那副珍贵的画”可知，所缺的词是 valuable。
_____ the early bus,he got up very early this morning.
句意：为了赶上早班公交车，他今天早上起得很早。本题考查动词不定式作目的状语时的用法。故答案为 C。
The government encourages farmers _____ for jobs in their hometown.
根据 encourage sb. to do sth. “鼓励某人做某事”的固定搭配可知答案为A。