1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
More than a hundred years ago, some Chinese people went to foreign countries to start a new life. They lived near each other in some places in those countries. Later, these places     1    (become) Chinatowns.
What are Chinatowns like in foreigners' eyes?
LIFESTYLE
Jordon Shinn, 28, the   US
New York City has at     2    (little) 12 Chinatowns. Many people there are still keeping a Chinese lifestyle.
    3     a sunny summer morning in Brooklyn, New York City, a local park is waking up. In the park,     4    (group) of middle­aged Chinese women dance in rows. They play Chinese pop music     5    (loud). There are a few young white men nearby on a basketball court     6    (play) with local Chinese people.
Next to the basketball court, about 10 men are playing music on both western and Chinese instruments(乐器). They have     7     erhu, a guitar, a violin and other instruments. At that time, I feel     8     I am in a park in China.
FOOD
Murray Wenzel, 29, Australia
Almost every big city in Australia has a Chinatown. Chinatown in Brisbane is full of restaurants, just like Beijing.     9     the food is quite different from “real” Chinese meals.
Have you ever heard of fortune cookies(幸运饼干)? Fortune cookies have little pieces of paper inside     10    (they). The pieces of paper give advice about your life. They are in every Chinatown restaurant. But I hardly saw them in Beijing.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。I have

been dreaming of visiting America since I was a little girl.
So when I got on the plane to America     1     January 22, I was very excited.
We first arrived in New York and then Los Angeles with my parents.
Los Angeles is the second     2    (large) city in America.
Our trip began in Disneyland.     3     park has many cartoon characters, such as Snow White, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck made by Walt Disney, a     4    (success) man. The ride on the roller coaster(过山车) was really fantastic! I liked the lovely Ghost House(鬼屋) best     5     it was exciting and it was not scary at all. And workers there organized us some funny     6    (activity). Everyone liked them.
We expected     7    (know) more about their life and culture, so we traveled to many other interesting places. We also     8    (fly) to many cities like San Francisco, visiting Sea World Adventure Park, Stanford University, etc. I made many friends when traveling. We really enjoy     9    (we) in America. So I     10    (true) hope that I can go there again!

3 . Claire is a 27-year-old Chinese girl. She is a teacher in a junior high school. She enjoys     1     (take) trips and has many interesting experiences. She thinks they are special    2     (memory).
Last month, Claire took a trip to Italy     3     her family. This was her first time     4     (go) traveling abroad. Before starting their journey, Claire searched on the Internet for a lot of information. After     5     long flight, they got to Rome on the morning of July 3. She and her family visited beautiful cities like Rome     6     Milan. They are both modern cities with a long history. Venice    7     (like) best by Claire among all the places. In her mind, Venice is       8     (wonderful) place that she has ever visited. There, they visited the famous St Mark’s Basilica and its special    9     (beautiful) impressed them. They also took a lot of beautiful photos with their camera.
On the afternoon of July 18, they got on the plane and flew back to China.     10     she got home, she was tired out. Even so, she still hopes that she can go to Italy again in the future.

4 . 根据对话内容, 在每个空缺处填入一个适当的词,使整段对话意思完整，并将该空缺处的词填写在答题卡相应的位置上。（每空限填一词）(2017贵阳)
A: Dad, how much do you know about China?
B: Just a little. China is a big country that has about 5,000 years of     1    . It attracts
many tourists from all over the world every year.
A: Is that so?     2     there any beautiful mountains?
B: Yes. And many of them are famous, such     3     Mount Tai, Mount Huang and Mount Emei.
A: What about     4    ?
B: There are many rivers in China. Among them the Yangtze River is the longest one and the
second longest one is the Yellow River. They’re the birthplaces of Chinese culture.
A: Anything     5    ?
B: Sorry. That’s alll known. If you want to learn more, you can read Guide to China. It’s a book which introduces China in detail.
A: Thanks. I’ll read it.

5 . 选词填空 (其中两项多余)
of; long; keep; enough; but; for; call; and; when
The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers     1     . Sometimes we also     2     it "Ten-thousand-Li Great Wall". It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world.
The Great Wall is wide     3     for ten men to walk side by side. Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall was made     4     stones and bricks（砖）. There are huge stones on each side and on the highest part.     5     now some sections of it are worn out(受损).
There are tall watchtowers alone the Great Wall. Once upon a time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies（敌人） in the watch-towers day and night. They made fire on the towers to tell each other     6     the enemies came.
Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to     7     away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in the world. Every year thousands of people come to visit it form all over the world

6 . 选词填空
storms;   lives;   rises;   mountain;   top; freezing;   tourists; dangerous; are

Alaska Range(阿拉斯加山脉)is famous for its valleys and glaciers(冰川). It has many thick forests and big glaciers which are over millions of years old. It has more than a million     1     from all over the world. It is also one of the most    2    places on the earth.

Of all the peaks, Mount McKinley    3    the highest. It’s one of the most popular places to go for mountain climbing. It’s very difficult to climb   because the

    4    of the mountain is covered by thick snow all year round, and there are many other difficulties like the    5    weather conditions, avalanches(雪崩), the heavy     6     and so on.

For these climbers it is an extremely dangerous climbing, many people have lost their     7    on this mountain. However, the mountain climbers have never given up climbing it, and they enjoy the great challenges in climbing the mountain.

7 . 语法填空
(1) One of the world’s     1    (danger) sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It’s 8844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous     2    (climb). Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties     3     (include) freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
(2) The first people     4    (reach) the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary     5     May 29, 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to     6    (success) was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Why do so many     7    (climb) risk their lives? One of the main reasons is because people want     8     (challenge) themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up     9    (try) to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be     10    (strong) than the forces of nature.

8 . 语法填空

Have you ever been to Singapore? For     1     (thousand) of tourists from China, this small island in Southeast Asia is a wonderful place     2     (take) a holiday. On the one hand, more than three quarters of the population     3    (be) Chinese, so you can simply speak Putonghua a lot of the time. On the other hand, Singapore is     4     English-speaking country, so it’s also a good place     5    (practice) your English!

Have you ever tried Chinese food outside of China? Maybe you fear that you won’t be able     6    (find) anything good to eat when you travel. In Singapore, however, you’ll find a lot of food from China, you won’t have any problem     7    (get) rice, noodles or dumplings. Singapore is also an excellent place to try new food.

Most large     8    (city) have zoos, but have you ever been to a zoo at night? Singapore has a Night Safari. A lot of animals only wake up at night,     9     this is the best time to watch them. At the Night Safari, you     10    (watch) these animals in a more natural environment than in a normal zoo.

9 . Last year I     1     a trip to Italy(意大利). I visited some places     2     it. I like the city     3     Venice (威尼斯)very much. There is     4     street in Venice. There are some canals(运河)among the     5     .There is       6    water in the canals. People         7     Venice have boats just like we have buses and bikes. They go to work     8     boat. And we go to work by bike or bus. Venice is famous       9     its canals and boats. Venice is beautiful because of this. I hope to       10     it again.

10 . 五、语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于2个单词）。

I’m having a good time in Beijing. Beijing is     1     beautiful city with a lot of parks, new buildings and big stores.

Bill’s family took me to the Great Wall, Tian’anmen Square     2     the Summer Palace. They took me to eat at some famous     3     (restaurant). I had Beijing Duck, hot pot and many kinds of dishes. They     4     (be) delicious. I’d like to learn some Chinese and I can     5     (speak) a little Chinese now. Bill’s dad     6     (buy) me some Chinese storybooks and an English-Chinese dictionary. Now I     7       (read) the books. They are     8     (real) interesting and I love them very much.

Tomorrow I’m going to Bill’s school to meet     9     (he) teachers and classmates. I want     10     (make) more friends in China. I’m sure it’ll be an exciting trip.