1 . 选词填空

tear down; weigh on; account for; at the mercy of; approve of; broaden one’s mind; swing into action

1. Higher public debts and an increase of retirees will push up taxes and ________ companies and consumers.
2. The kite was up and down overhead ________ the wind.
3. The reasons ________ this phenomenon are as follows.
4. In recent years, many enterprises ________, trying to share a piece of cake in the online shopping market.
5. Among the biggest achievements was the ________ a European Union plan to negotiate a future legal deal to fight against climate change.

2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. categorise B. creation C. good D. innovative E. maximum F. packed G. pedestrianise H. processing I. shape J. short-lived K. transformation

All Change in Curitiba!

Like many other major world cities, Curitiba in southern Brazil has had to deal with issues such as pollution, poverty, and limited public funding. However, the architect and three-times mayor of the city, Jaime Lerner, has introduced some     1     solutions.

As part of his ‘Master Plan’, Lerner hoped to make the city more environmentally friendly. He initiated a recycling scheme. In return for delivering recyclable rubbish to specified     2     points, residents receive a bag of vegetables or bus tickets. As a result, Curitiba now has one of the highest recycling rates in the world. Lerner also ordered the     3     of 26 urban parks. As well as preventing pollution, these control flooding.

Lerner did not win over all the city’s residents immediately, however. When his plans to     4     part of the centre were passed, local businesses were up in arms, fearing a reduction in profits. Realising he needed to act quickly, Lerner had the     5     of six blocks completed within three days. When a group of motorists attempted to drive through the new pedestrian area, Lerner arranged for local primary schools to hold a painting workshop on the streets. The drivers were forced to turn back. Luckily for Lerner, this rebellion was     6    . The increase in profit rapidly persuaded shop owners to change their minds.

Lerner’s determination helped     7     the Curitiba of today. The average income per capita has risen from a level that was below the Brazilian average in the 1970s to 66% above the average, and surveys indicate high levels of resident satisfaction.

So, is it all just one big success story? In some respects, Curitiba may have been too successful for its own    8    . People and businesses have come to the city, which now has more than 1.8 million residents. This has put the city under enormous stress. Forty years ago, buses transported 54,000 passengers a day. Now the number is 2.3 million. According to some experts, the transport system has reached its     9     efficiency capacity. Following a rise in complaints about the noisy and     10     buses, the service is in decline.

3 . After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. messing            B. similar             C. rush          D. exhausted       E. forcing       F. resume G. consistency       H. productivity       I. develop       J. correlation       K. claim

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best time to wake up?

The answers to this question will vary depending on whom you ask. A lot of CEOs and gurus(领袖)will tell you 5 a. m. However, the medical community generally agrees that the best time to wake up is at sunrise. The most important thing to keep in mind is     1    . Set a time that you plan to wake up and stick to it.

What are the effects of waking up late?

Besides having to     2     around and feel like you’re playing catch up all day, the harmful effects of waking up late include having a hard time falling asleep when it’s time for bed and     3     up your internal clock.

If you woke up each day of the week at 6 a. m. and then slept in until 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. on Saturday, you’ve completely thrown off your clock, and you’ll feel effects     4     to jet lag. When Sunday rolls around, and you try to     5     your normal sleep schedule, you’re not likely to feel tired at bedtime, and in turn, you’ll be       6     when the alarm goes off on Monday morning.

What’s the importance of a morning routine?

A morning routine sets the tone for your entire day. This is especially helpful if you’re     7     yourself to get up early and you’re not naturally an early riser.

Having a set routine each morning will help you stay focused and productive. Countless     8     experts agree that the first thing you do in the morning is to make your bed. It gives you a small win and you can     9     completing that task as your first accomplishment of the day!

Why do students need to get up early?

There’s a strong     10     between waking up early and scoring higher on tests. Texas University found in a recent study that the students who got up earlier got higher grades and performed better on tests than students who slept in.

4 . 选词填空

A. poisoned     B. destruction     C. survived     D. increased     E. especially F. chemicals     G. concern     H. decline     I. occasionally     J. sensitive     K.extinction

More recent research has shown that many kinds of amphibians(两栖动物) are declining or have become extinct. Amphibians are animals, such as frogs, that live partly in water and partly on land. And they have been around for over 350 million years. They have     1     three mass extinctions, including the     2     of the dinosaurs. Why are they dying out now?

The most serious aspect of amphibian loss, however, goes beyond the amphibians themselves. Scientists are beginning to think about what amphibian     3     means for the planet as a whole. If the earth is becoming unlivable for amphibians, is it also becoming unlivable for other kinds of animals and human beings as well?

Scientists now believe that amphibian decline is due to several environmental factors. One of these factors is the     4     of habitat, the natural area where an animal lives. Amphibians are very     5     to changes in their habitat. If they cannot find the right conditions, they will not lay their eggs. These days, as wild areas are covered with houses, roads, farms, or factories, many kinds of amphibians are no longer laying eggs.

There are a number of other factors in amphibian decline. Pollution is one of them. In many industrial areas, air pollution has     6     the rain, which then falls on ponds and kills the frogs that live there. In farming areas, the heavy use of     7     on crops has also killed off amphibians. Another factor is that air pollution has led to    8     levels of ultraviolet (UV) light. This endangers amphibians, which seem to be     9     sensitive to UV light.

All these reasons for the disappearance of amphibians are also good reasons for more general     10     . These factors affect human beings, too.

5 . 运用表格中的必备单词/高级词块，把下面的语篇补充完整。

pulled them into his arms，   rubbing his hands together fiercely，   stroked their heads gently，   grabbed， put，   removed，   poured，   lifted/held a finger to their lips，   gathered her kids into her arms

As the twins looked around them in disappointment, their father appeared. He approached them and     1     (把他们拉进怀里). “What’s up?” father gently inquired. Jeff stammered out their failed plan,     2     (使劲搓着双手). Hearing their plan, he     3     (温柔地抚摸着他们的头), comforting “I will do you a favor”. He     4     (抓起) the handle of the pan and     5     (放) a bar of butter to melt . Then he swiftly    6     (移除) the burnt porridge away, and    7     (倒掉) another cup of rice, starting to cook it all over again. Soon came the delicious smell of French toast and chicken porridge. Before the twins carried the breakfast upstairs and woke their mother up, they     8     (伸出一根手指按在嘴上) to ask their father to keep secret. Staring at the carefully prepared food, mother    9     (把孩子抱在怀里),tears running down her face.

7 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. luckily   B. alerts C. established   D. entrances   E. contact   F. habitat G. measures     H. wandered     I. studying     J. rewards     K. enjoy

Fifteen wild Asian elephants that left their     1     in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve(保护区)in Yunnan province have so far not caused any trouble in the provincial capital(省会), Kunming, thanks to local authorities’ effective measures. By Thursday afternoon, the herd(兽群)had moved to Shuanghe county, Jinning district in Kunming’s outskirts, according to the Yunnan Forestry and Grassland Administration, which has     2     a special work team under the guidance of the provincial government.

Provincial forestry police have followed the elephants’ movements round the clock, using drones(无人机)and cameras. Experts from both the national and provincial forestry departments are advising on     3     to control the elephants. Police and firefighters in Kunming are working to prevent the elephants from coming into     4     with residents. Trucks(卡车)and digging equipment have been put in place at the     5     of villages to try to stop the pachyderms’(厚皮动物)entry.

A woman from Ganhe village, where the elephants     6     around for several hours on Thursday, told local media that they had received     7     from the village committee. “All my family members moved to the second floor of our house on Wednesday. We were very nervous last night, but     8     no one was hurt,” she said.

Although it’s not known when the elephants left the Xishuangbanna reserve, experts believe they may have started roaming(徜徉)last year and are now about 500 kilometers away from the reserve.

The Asian elephants, which are listed as endangered(濒危的)on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species,     9     Class-A protection status in China, the same level afforded(给予)the giant panda. Yunnan is the only home to wild Asian elephants in China and has 300 of the animals. However, more than two-thirds of the population live outside nature reserves, said Chen Mingyong, a life sciences professor at Yunnan University who has been     10     wild elephants for decades.

8 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

A. observe        B. change        C. third-party   D. expected     E. enforce F. international   G. conducted   H. under          I. improved     J. foreign     K. hostile

Korean President Moon Jae-in told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un promised to make open the closedown of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site to the ROK and the United States as well as to the    1    society.

The ROK president asked the UN chief to allow officials to    2    and confirm the shutdown.

During the April 27 summit with Moon at the border village of Panmunjom, Kim said his country will close the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in northeast of the DPRK, where all of six nuclear tests were    3    , by the end of May.

After the summit, Moon and Kim signed and announced the Panmunjom Declaration, agreeing to the complete denuclearization and the    4    of the current armistice agreement into a peace treaty.

The two leaders also agreed to stop all    5    acts, including the propaganda broadcast and the distribution of leaflets, in areas near the military demarcation line dividing the DPRK and the ROK since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War    6    the Declaration.

Local media on Tuesday reported that the DPRK was removing propaganda loudspeakers from the border area, in a bid to    7    the Panmunjom Declaration, and the ROK had also stopped its propaganda broadcasting days ahead of the Kim-Moon summit.

Guterres said he was willing to cooperate in the process in response, noting that though Moon’s calls require the approval from UN Security Council, he will make efforts to help settle peace on the Korean Peninsula. Guterres added that he will appoint a UN official in charge of arms reduction to cooperate with the ROK.

Moon also asked Guterres to issue a statement welcoming and supporting the Panmunjom Declaration by the UN General Assembly or the UN Security Council, saying UN support will be a great help to    8    inter-Korean relations and the success of the upcoming DPRK-US summit.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he has considered the Demilitarized Zone separating the DPRK and the ROK as a possible site for his meeting with Kim,     9    in either May or early June.

“Numerous countries are being considered for the MEETING,” Trump tweeted on Monday morning, “but would Peace House/Freedom House, on the Border of North & South Korea, be a more Representative, Important and Lasting site than a    10    country? Just asking!”

10 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

A. spineless.   B. professional.   C. stripped   D. violence.   E. rushed.   F. disciplinary G. distasteful   H. stormed        I. tearfully     J. offence     K. angrily

Will Smith’s Oscars Controversy

It’s been a week since Will Smith shocked the world by assaulting comedian Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards, and Hollywood still remains divided over the altercation.

A furious Will     1     the stage to slap Chris and shouted, “keep my wife’s name out of your f--king mouth”, after the comedian delivered a(n)    2     joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Chris quipped that the bald actress could star in a G. I. Jane remake, which caused     3     on account of Jada’s hair loss being a result of autoimmune disease, alopecia.

Shortly afterwards, Will was announced as Best Actor. The King Richard star received a standing ovation as he     4     referenced the need to defend his family’s honour and claimed “love will make you do crazy things”—but failed to apologize to Chris, 57.

The next day, Will, 53, took to social media to offer a personal apology to Chris, but the damage had been done.

Many within the industry slammed Will’s violent action, and there were immediate calls for him to be     5     of his Oscar and be banned from any future ceremonies. “Still triggered and traumatized,” said Amy Schumer, one of the ceremony’s three hosts. “I love my friend Chris Rock and believe he handled it like a(n)    6    .” Jim Carrey also blasted Will’s actions as “selfish”, and said the audience was “    7    ” for giving him a standing ovation.

However, there were also a number of allies who are standing by Will. Following the incident, fellow A-listers Denzel Washington and Bradley Cooper     8     to Will’s side to comfort him. Many other celebrities took to social media to say he was right to defend his wife’s honour.

Via a statement, the Academy said they do “not excuse     9     of any form”, and revealed they asked Will to leave the ceremony following his outburst, but he refused. They might yet take     10     action.