【推荐1】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Today the Statue of Liberty is a beloved landmark. It     1    (tower) above of the harbor of New York and is lovingly cared for by the National Park Service. Many thousands of visitors who visit Liberty Island each year might never suspect that getting the statue     2    (build) was a long slow struggle. More than a century ago, it     3    (be) the celebration of freedom and the commemoration of the friendship between America and France that inspired sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and finally he went forward with designing the potential statue and promoting the idea of building it. However, money was so big a problem     4    was haunting the two governments from the beginning to the end.

Donations for the building of the statue first began coming in throughout France in 1875.Numerous people gave donations. A copper company donated the copper sheets that would be used to fashion the skin of the statue. Various donations were helpful,     5     the cost of the statue kept riding.     6    (face) with a short fall of money, the French-American Union held a lottery. Merchants in Paris donated prizes, and tickets were sold. The lottery was a success, but more money was still needed. The sculptor Bartholdi eventually sold miniature versions of the statue,     7     the name of the buyer engraved on them.Finally, in July 1880 the French-American Union announced that enough money had been raised to complete the building of the statue.

While the French had announced that the funds for the statues were in place in 1880, by late 1882 the American donations, which would be needed to build the pedestal, were sadly lagging. The sculptor Bartholdi had travelled to America in 1871 top romote the idea of the statue. Despite Bartholdi’s efforts, the idea of the statue was difficult     8    (sell). some newspapers, most notably the New York Times, often criticized the statue as folly, and vehemently opposed     9    (spend) any money on it. The newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who had purchased a New York City daily, The World, in the early1880s, took us the cause of the statue’s pedestal. He mounted an energetic fund drive, promising to print the name of each donor,     10     small the donation, Pulitzer’s audacious plan worked, and millions of people around the country began donating whatever they could.

In August1885, that final $100,000 for the statue;s pedestal had been raised.Construction work on the stone structure continued, and the next year the Statue of Liberty, which had arrived from France packed in crated, was erectedon top.

【推荐2】    1    crowd of more than 22,000 people gathered near Las Vegas’ famous Mandalay Bay Hotel    2    the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Without    3    (expect), from the hotel’s 32^nd floor, a gunman opened fire on the people below,       4    (kill)59 people and at least 500 injured. It was the most     5    (dead)shooting in US history. President Donald Trump described     6    as “an act of pure evil”. He ordered US flags to be    7    (fly)at half-staff to honor those     8    died. “In moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one. And it always     9    (have),” Trump said    10     (Politician) around the world offered their support for the United States.

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Anne: Margot, our Daddy and Mom look very upset .Do you know why ?
Margot: I’m afraid that we have got to move again. They find     1     difficult to settle in the hiding place .
Anne : If we move to another place , will you be     2     (concern) about whether we will be discovered ?
Margot: Yes, of course. But     3    ( actual ), I’m frightened (害怕) out of my life .
Anne : Oh ! My God ! Why are we so unlucky ?
Margot : Because     4     the German Nazis . They don’t like us Jews. Last week many more Jews     5     (catch ) and killed .
Anne : The German Nazis are so cruel (残酷的)     6     we have no choice but to hide away in order to live .
Margot : Well , I didn’t dare guess     7     will happen to us .
Anne : I wonder if there are     8     ( curtain ) hanging before the windows in that hiding place .
Margot : I hope so . Besides , I wish it would be a     9     ( safe ) place than here .
Anne : Sister , I’m feeling very cold .
Margot : Be closer to me . Have     10     good rest and we will be blessed (保佑) .

【推荐1】阅读下面短文,在答题卡相应位置处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Sanxingdui Ruins in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, together with the Jinsha Ruins in Chengdu , will apply for World Cultural Heritage Status.

The Sanxingdui Ruins in the city of Guanghan, are thought to be one of the     1     (great) archeological(考古学的) finds of the 20th century. The ruins covering an area of 12 square km are believed     2     ( be) the remnants(遗迹) of the Shu Kingdom, dating back some 4, 800 years. The site was accidentally discovered by a farmer when he was    3     (dig) a ditch in the 1920s.     4     1986, a large number of unique relics were found in the No 1 and No 2 pits ,     5     arouse global interest.

The discovery of Sanxingdui raised an     6     (importance) question about the origin of Chinese civilization( 文明). Before the 1980s, it is thought that the birthplace of Chinese civilization was     7     ( actual) in the Yellow River Basin in north China.

    8    , with the discovery of significant relics in the Yangtze River Basin, including Liangzhu , Shijiahe and Sanxingdui, a new     9     (understand) came into being. The ancient Shu civilization represented by Sanxingdui     10     (consider) as an important part of the origin of Chinese civilization yet.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

Located in Guanghan city of Southwest China’s Sichuan province and covering an area of 12 square kilometers, Sanxingdui Site is the remains of the ancient Shu culture, which dates back     1     4, 800-2600 years ago, and is considered to be one of the     2     (great) archaeological (考古的) discoveries in the 20^th century. This particular discovery is a strong proof of the     3     (exist) of the ancient Shu State and the integrative pattern of the multi-cultures of the Chinese nation.

In fact, as a cultural site, Sanxingdui had come into the notice of archaeologists as early as in the 1930s, and     4     (exploration) were made soon. It all began     5     a farmer called Yan Daocheng dug out a number of treasures     6     (accidental) in the spring of 1929. In the summer of 1986, thousands of rare treasures were unearthed from two large newly-discovered sacrificial pits (祭祀坑). The unearthed objects are unique in shape and superior in techniques,    7     (confirm) the extraordinary creativity of the ancient Shu people and their desires     8     (understand) the universe.

After sleeping for 3, 000 years, their awakening has shocked the world. When our eyes     9     (catch) by the creations of the ancient Shu ancestors, it is     10     encounter with a civilization lost for 3, 000 years.

【推荐3】语法填空

Chinese archaeologists (考古学家) announced Saturday that some new major discoveries have been made at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan Province.

Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits (祭祀坑) and unearthed more than 500 items     1     (date) back about 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins. The new pits sit next to two sacrificial pits     2     (discover) in 1986. Together they form an area in     3     people of the ancient Shu civilization offered sacrifices to heaven, earth and their     4     (ancestor), and prayed for prosperity and peace.

The pits are rectangular (矩形的),     5     areas ranging between 3.5 square meters and 19 square meters. So far, archaeologists have unearthed     6     (variety) cultural items from four of the pits, including pieces of gold masks, gold foil, bronze masks, bronze trees, ivory and jade.     7     rest of the newly discovered pits are still under excavation (挖掘).

The discoveries have shown the distinctiveness of the Shu civilization and the     8     (diverse) of the Chinese civilization.

    9     (literal) meaning “Three-Star Piles”, the Sanxingdui Ruins Site is among China’s top 10 archaeological finds of the 20th century. Covering 12 square kilometers, the relics site, located in the city of Guanghan, about 60 kilometers from Chengdu,     10    (believe) to be the remnants (遗迹) of the Shu Kingdom in ancient China.