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。

Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, who     1     ( come) to China many times when young, it should be Qingming Shanghe Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This    2    ( create) dates back to the Northern Song dynasty.

This painting is important    3     several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese     4     ( painting) were landscapes, which did not feature people at all or had only a few people.     5    ( two) , this is the first scroll (卷轴)painting to describe both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing ( now Kaifeng, in Henan province). Third, the painting is highly detailed,     6    ( feature ) shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them     7    great deal in understanding     8    the Chinese lived.

The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the    9    ( origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies—the Qing version     10    ( hold) in the M National Palace Museum” in Taipei.

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。

The British have been drinking tea for over 350 years. But in fact, the history of tea goes much     1    (far) back.

The story of tea begins in China. According to the legend, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting     2    a tree while his servant boiled drinking water, when some leaves from the tree blew into the water. Shen Nung,     3     expert in herbal medicine, decided to try the water his servant created. As a result, it tasted so good that later the drink was     4     we now call tea.

It is     5    (possible) to know whether there is any truth in this story.     6    , tea drinking certainly was established in China many centuries before it had even been heard of in the west. Containers of tea     7    (find) in tombs dating from the Han dynasty (206BC-220AD) before tea was firmly established as the national drink of China in the Tang dynasty (618-906AD). It became     8     a favorite thing that during the late eighth century, a writer     9    (call) Lu Yu wrote the first book entirely about tea, the Ch’a Ching, or Tea Classic. It was shortly after this that tea was first introduced to Japan, by Japanese Buddhist monks who had travelled to China to study before. Tea drinking has become a vital part of Japanese culture,     10    may be rooted in the sprit described in the Ch’a Ching.

3 . I’d love to go with you, but something unexpected has come ________.（用适当的词填空）

4 . This kind of forest exists _______ (无处) else in the world. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

5 . The news may be unexpected; ________ it is true.

A．furthermore

B．therefore

C．otherwise

D．nevertheless

6 . It was a r_____ difficult question for us.

7 . We do not own the building. _________(因此), it would be impossible for us to make any major changes to it. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）

8 . My father has cut back on smoking，though he hasn't given it up_________（彻底）.

9 . It’s p_________ cold this morning.you’d better put on your coat.

10 . 单句语法填空
1. The supermarket, __________ we bought goods last week, is the biggest in our city.
2. She has the same golden hair and blue eyes __________ her mother has.
3. He told us that it was the most interesting film __________ he had ever seen in his life.
4. The owner of the cinema needed to employ more people to keep it running, __________ meant spending a lot of money.
5. Next month, __________ you’ll spend your summer holidays in your hometown, is drawing near.
6. His sister has become a lawyer, __________ she wanted to be.
7. They seldom take part in the competition, __________ they?
8. __________(interest) in Chinese, Mike bought many Chinese classic novels.
9. At Mary’s birthday party, I saw her classmates, some of __________ looked familiar.
10. He had worked very hard. He failed in the test, __________.