1 . 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。

The tomato is a nutrient-dense super-food that offers benefits to a range of bodily systems. Its nutritional content supports    1    (health)skin, weight loss and heart health.

Despite botanically    2    (be)a fruit, it's generally eaten and prepared like a vegetable.

Tomatoes are the major dietary source of the antioxidant lycopene,     3    can reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. They are also a great source of vitamin C, potassium, foliate, and vitamin K.

Usually red when mature, tomatoes come in    4     variety of colors, Including yellow, orange, green, and purple. Generally speaking, cooked tomatoes are     5    convenient to nutrient absorption than raw tomatoes. However, It is not appropriate    6    (heat )tomatoes at high temperatures for a long time. Tomatoes can be prepared in different ways.

In Chinese cuisine, tomatoes are    7    ( frequent)used as a garish (装饰物)， adding a refreshing sour-sweet flavor    8    meaty dishes. One of the most traditional Chinese    9    (example)of home-style cooking, scrambled eggs (炒蛋) with tomatoes,    10    (reflect)how much Chinese people enjoy this juicy, savory fruit.

2 . 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.

Time to fight gaming problem

If you’re a gamer constantly     1     (glue) to your phone, it could be time to ask for medical help. On June 18, the WHO officially listed “gaming disorder”     2     a mental illness, like drug or gambling addiction.

Video gaming is like a non-financial kind of gambling from a psychological point of view. Gamblers use money as a way of keeping score,     3     gamers use points.

However, playing your favorite game every now and then is no reason to be worried. People need to understand this doesn’t mean every child who spends hours playing games     4     (be) an addict, otherwise doctors     5    (flood) with requests for help.

But according to the WHO,     6     you lose control over your gaming habits and put gaming above everything else in life, you should be prepared to face serious problems. According to a study published by China Youth Day in July, about one in five young Chinese play online video games for at least four to five hours per day.

Thankfully, measures have been taken     7     (address) the problem. In April, the Ministry of Education issued a notice asking Chinese schools and parents to prevent students from becoming addicted to the Internet and games.

Other countries have also taken action. In 2011, South Korea passed a “shutdown law” to stop children under the age of 16 from playing video games between the hours of midnight and 6 am. Meanwhile, in Japan, some mobile phones have a special mode for children     8     lets their parents control what games they can download and     9     they can play them for. In the United States, the Entertainment Software Rating Board, a nonprofit organization, puts age restrictions on most games,     10    (mean) the children under a certain age are unable to buy them.

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According to a recent survey, violence did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also expressed their great concern about it. Experts hope the whole     1    (social)pay more attention to the mental health of adolescents.

Nowadays, school violence is     2     hot issue. I think this is a phenomenon, which    3     (call) for our great concern. We should try every effort     4     （prevent）violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school if their    5    (person)safety could not be guaranteed. In fact, violence can     6    （learn）. Children learn violent behavior from adults or from     7     they see on television or on the Internet.

If I meet with school violence, I will    8    (certain) not answer violence with   violence, for it will result     9    more fighting. I will tell my teachers and parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me from the bad guys.

All in all, every student should behave     10     （he） and keep away from violence.

4 . 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。

After eating a diet of bread, hamburgers and spaghetti for three    1    (month), I began to miss Chinese food.Luckily, in    2    international city like New York, I have little difficulty    3    (find) a Chinese restaurant.However, the Chinese food, which the locals consider    4    their favorite, is not exactly the Chinese food I enjoy in Beijing.I can always find such so-called “Chinese food” as honey chicken on the menu,    5    I actually have never even heard of it before.

One day, I went to a Chinese restaurant with my local friends.After the meal, each of us    6    (give) a dumpling-shaped cookie.Once I bit into it, I realized something not quite right.I found a piece of paper with a message that read, “This fortune’s no good, try another.” At first I    7    (think) it must be a trick of the restaurant.When I told this to my friends, they burst into    8    (laugh) and asked, “Are you really from China?”

But it doesn’t mean there is no place in New York where I can satisfy my stomach.I always head to China Town when I    9     (extreme) miss the food of my homeland.Following the hot and spicy smell, I can always find the most typical(典型的) Chinese food    10    excites me in the city.

5 . 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。

It's a touching Christmas story, but not in the     1     (tradition) way. It’s about a seriously ill 5-year-old boy     2       died in Santa’s arms in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States.

Eric Schmitt-Matzen, 60, a part-time Santa, received a call     3     a nurse at a hospital several weeks ago, saying a dying 5-year-old boy wanted to see Santa Claus. Schmitt-Matzen dressed and rushed to the hospital. Walking into the boy’s room, he asked people       4       (leave)   if they couldn’t hold back their       5     (tear). He picked up the boy and held him in his arms.

“They say I’m going to die,” the boy told him       6     (sad). “What can I tell them when I get to where I’m going?”

Schmitt-Matzen said. “When you get there, you tell them you’re Santa’s Number One elf (小精灵), and they will let you in.”

The boy asked, “They will?” Then he     7    (sit) up and gave Schmitt-Matzen a big hug and asked one more question: “Santa, can you help me?” Schmitt-Matzen wrapped his arms around the boy. Before Schmitl-Matzen could say anything, the boy died right there. Santa let the boy stay, hugging and       8     (hold) onto him.

Schmitt-Matzen was       9       sad that he wanted to cry.

The story was printed, and people were       10     (move) when they read it.

6 . 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.

Steel, concrete（混凝土）and glass are common materials in any skyscrapers. But more high buildings are now using wood. In the last four years, Australia, Norway, England and Canada     1     (build) wooden skyscrapers. The latest one is in Sweden,     2     new, 19-storey wooden hotel called “Sida vid Sida” (side by side).

Why are wooden skyscrapers chosen ahead of concrete     3    ?

Wood     4     (use) in many Chinese buildings for thousands of years, but is it strong enough for skyscrapers?

“There are a whole bunch of new materials made out of wood     5     are structurally able to build big buildings,” material expert Dr. Michael Ramage told CNN.

Architects（建筑师）use woven（编制的）wood to make sure it is. They put layers of wood across one another coated with special glue     6     (create) a very strong material.

Wood also lasts a long time and doesn’t rot（腐烂的）    7     it is well looked after. Many examples can be found, one of     8     is the rooftops of Beijing’s Forbidden City.

Ramage also said bamboo     9     be cut in special ways to make it far     10     (strong).

7 . 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。

Have you ever seen a painting destroy     1     (it)? This strange event happened during a recent auction (拍卖) in London.

Girl With Balloon is one of the most well-known works of British artist Banksy. It     2     (sell) for £1.04 million (about 9.49 million yuan) at the Sotheby auction house on Oct 5. However, shortly     3     the hammer (锤子) went down, the painting began to slide down its frame (画框) and half of the painting was cut into     4     (piece)!

In fact, there     5     (be) a shredder (碎纸机) in the frame. More surprisingly, the artist might have set the shredder in the frame himself years ago, Yahoo News reported.

Banksy is known     6     being mysterious and unpredictable. No one knows his real name,     7     his paintings are everywhere across the UK. He always plays hoaxes (恶作剧) on the art world.

People believe this is just another example of Banksy     8     (play) a trick. They think he is against the commercialization (商品化) of art.

However, the     9     (fun) part is that this hoax might have made the painting more valuable. “(The price is) possibly as high as being worth £2 million (about 18.2 million yuan) plus,” Joey Syer,     10     (found) of art website MyArtBroker.com, told the Guardian.

8 . 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。

Last week, our school     1    (hold) a basketball match against another school. Near the end of the match, they only had an advantage over us. When our captain got the ball, one of them pretended     2    (knock) into by him. Upon seeing that, our captain tried to help him up, but the match was over and they won. We lost the game.     3    , we were all satisfied with the result because we went all out.

From this match,I learn that being     4    winner doesn’t mean gaining while a loser doesn’t mean     5    (lose) everything. What really counts     6    (be) the spirit, not the result. As long as we try    7    (we) best, there is no need in regretting. In reality, a true loser is even more precious than a false winner. Without that match, I    8     have learned the importance of spirit.

To sum up,a true winner is to a match what water is to a fish. It is not the result but the process     9     matters. Life without spirit Is like sailing without a compass, so be a true winner and you will find its     10    (important).

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。

So far, China Eastern Airlines    1    (receive) approval(批准)fiom the Ministry oflndustry and Information Technology to offer in- flight Wi-Fi service on 21 airplanes.

The carrier becomes China's first airline company    2    （provide) Wi-Fi service for both domestic and international flights. Passengers    3    (leave) for New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Beijing and Guangzhou will have access    4    me Wi-Fi service through a telecommunication satellite.

The flights will begin to provide the service in one month after operational    5    （prepare). The Wi-Fi service will be free in the 21 airplanes at the beginning,    6    a charge list is now under discussion.

The company plans to put in Wi-Fi service    7    (equip) in all airplanes by 2019-2020. Other carriers in China, such as Air China and Hainan Airlines also have been following this attempt in some oftheir flights during the past few years.

Industry experts note that    8    approval for the Wi-Fi service on 21 airplanes.is a trial for commercial in-flight Internet service operations in China. Aviation(航空)business staff say that China has the potential to become the world's     9    (large) aviation market,    10    is likely to create tens of billions of yuan in profit in the aviation Internet business.

10 . 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 has once again proved its     1     (able) to change the world with the “new four great inventions”: high-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping. They’re related to China’s high-tech innovation (创新),     2     has improved the quality of people’s lives, according to a survey     3     (make) by the Belt and Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University.

“My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want simply with a fingertip on my phone,” said     4     university student, adding that “even pancake sellers are using mobile payment”.

The bikes     5     (them) are not new, but the operating model of bike-sharing     6     (base) on satellite navigation system, mobile payment, big data and other high technologies.

China has entered a new innovative era, thanks to the large amounts of capital China has invested in     7     (encourage) innovation, said Bernhard Schwartlander, WHO Representative in China.

It is increasingly clear that China is innovating and no longer copying Western ideas. This is especially true in mobile, where China is leading     8     many ways such as…social messaging app WeChat, she said. This is partly     9     China skipped over the PC era and went directly to mobile. China has a     10     (large) mobile use than any other country in the world.