1 . 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’s students have a problem, and it is not the one written on the board. They were born into a world where algorithms(算法)keep them clicking, scrolling(滚屏)and swiping(刷屏)at a rapid pace. Technology, smartphones, social media, and immediate access to the Internet are hurting their ability     1    (focus)and changing the way they think.

Now teachers have a problem too. They find it particularly exhausting to ask students to read complex or long texts     2     taking regular breaks. A teacher says smartphones have clearly affected the younger generation, but how education should evolve for digital-native students was not something     3     was covered when she was getting certified(认证).

There are teachers who begin classes with meditation(冥想)exercises to help their students focus. However,     4     turns out that any sort of “tech break” could counteract(抵消)strong desires to multitask.

Students aged between 10 and 24 tend to stay away from physical books, preferring video as a source of information second only to teachers. Asha Choksi, vice-president of global research at Pearson     5     (give) the example of a teacher who films himself performing a science experiment and posts it to YouTube. When it is time for class, he uses the video to illustrate material in the textbook,     6     can seem boring to students.

Still,     7     those educators are embracing technology in the classroom to meet students’ needs, they are also finding value in traditional methods, and so suggest a “blended(混合的)learning” approach. Direct instruction from them will never be replaced in their classes. Technology     8    (favour)only when it improves a lesson in ways that are impossible offline.

Digital natives will continue to eagerly adopt new media. Teachers have no choice but to evolve. They are making an effort not only to ensure that students can take advantage of new technologies,     9     to teach students valuable skills that can help them succeed in a world constantly trying to distract them. Think of the Zuckerbergs, the Gates, the Jobs and all those pioneers in the tech world. They became successful not because they     10     code(编程); it was because they could think.

2 . Directions: After reading the two passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends.     1     they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections (注射) so that they won’t carry disease afterwards. They have special animal food stores,     2     they can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.     3     you visit people’s houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody     4     (allow) to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law    5     killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by car, people would be very sad about it.

People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as close as     6    . When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

5 . 语法填空

The opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on the evening of Feb 4 was different, yet spectacular（引人入胜的）. The audiences were treated to a pared-down（简约的） ceremony,     1     the large-scale artistic performances that marked the 2008 opening ceremony,     2     it was no less symbolic—symbolic of a shared future for humankind. The final torch（火炬）at the snowflake-themed ceremony was small, yet the flames conveyed significant messages of     3     (green) Olympic Games. The use of     4     (advance) technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine vision, 5G and cloud broadcasting     5     (add) to the novelty of the opening ceremony. The performances, carrying forward the theme of global peace and a shared future for humankind, focused on environmental protection and human health,       6     (highlight) the importance of sports to instill (灌输)new confidence in the international community     7     (contain) the pandemic（瘟疫）. Through the opening ceremony on Feb. 4, people can clearly see China’s pursuit of building a peaceful world, its     8     ( reflect) of the new Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together” and the Beijing Winter Games’ motto of “together for a shared future”.

Today,     9     over 300 million people engaged in winter sports in about 2000 ski resorts and ice rinks, China is becoming a winter sport country.   This extraordinary achievement opens a new era for global winter sport,       10     will raise the global participation to new levels, benefiting the Chinese people as well as winter sport enthusiasts around the world.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A 56-year-old enthusiastic backyard bird watcher named Stuart Dahlquist spent years     1    (leave) out food for a family of crows(乌鸦) and was left     2    (astonish) when he found a gift from them. He first became familiar with the bird family after he rescued two chicks that had come     3     their nest in his front yard five years ago.

Dahlquist had always considered     4     delightful to listen to the baby birds chirp(鸟叫）to their parents during feeding time. When he found the tiny crows     5    (lie) on the ground, he went to help. Despite the squawks of alarm from the adults, Dahlquist managed to pick up the chicks and put them back in the nest. He even left out food and water at the base of the tree in case they fell     6    second time. He then began regularly throwing bird food into his front yard, and the crows     7     (obvious) took notice.

One day Dahlquist was preparing for his daily feeding routine     8     he found a fir sprig （枝）decorated with a soda can tab, which was left in the exact spot       9    he fed the crows. The next day, he     10    (offer) another one and he was amazed by the discovery.

“This isn’t only generous, it’s creative, it’s art," Dahlquist wrote on social media."My mind is blown."

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

China’s Zhurong Mars rover（探测器）touched down on the red planet early Saturday. China has become the third nation in human history to land safely on the surface of Mars-     1     its first attempt.

Like NASA’s Perseverance rover before it, Zhurong     2     （rely）on a heat shield（抗热涂层）and a protective aeroshell     3     （protect）it from the extreme temperatures generated after hitting the atmosphere at nearly three miles per second. Once through the plasma heating zone, a large parachute（降落伞）opened as planned, quickly     4     （slow）the craft to sub-sonic speeds.

    5     （final）, about seven minutes after hitting the atmosphere, the lander was programmed to fall free of its parachute, firing small rocket     6     （engine）for a powered descent（下降）to the surface.

The last 10 months have been for Martian     7     （explore）. Three spacecraft, including Tianwen-1, were launched to Mars in July 2020. The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter,     8     will survey Mars’ atmosphere from space, put     9     （it）into orbit in February. Not long after, NASA’s now-famous rolling rover, Perseverance, and its history-making flying companion Ingenuity, reached     10     surface of Mars, landing in an ancient lakebed that may once have been home to Martian life.