1 . 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.

2 . 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. established       B. cultural       C. freely       D. introduce       E. official F. release       G. extremely       H. attraction       I. drew       J. unexpectedly K. mystery

A large-scale cultural exploration program National Treasure made its first show on CCTV on Sunday night. In the first episode, the Palace Museum in Beijing showcased three treasures.

As a     1     variety show, the National Treasure aims to showcase the background stories of national treasures and     2     various art forms. In the show, “national treasure keepers” acted by famous and common people will present treasures, telling their stories with the collections and interpreting the historical     3    . The show aims to inspire the ancient Chinese civilization and make the national treasures “come alive”.

This is not the first time for the Palace Museum in Beijing to be     4     welcomed online in China, thanks to its efforts in cultural products and self-promotion in recent years.

Last year, the museum     5     so much attention because of the huge success of the three-episode TV documentary, Masters in the Forbidden City and a movie with the same name. Over the last few years, the museum has     6     495 signposts and 1,400 new chairs have been provided. In addition, the Palace Museum opened a (an)     7     online store on e-commerce platform Taobao, selling related products. It also started their self-promotion through new media, publishing articles to promote the culture of the museum. It     8     swept the Internet by its humorous style and interesting content. At the same time, the Palace Museum has published several mobile apps, one of which saw over 200,000 downloads just two weeks after its     9     in 2013. Its self-promotion has achieved great results. In 2012, the museum saw 15 million visitors. And it received 16 million visitors last year.

The museum is also a popular     10     among foreign leaders. For example, US President Donald Trump and his wife visited the Palace Museum on Nov 8.

3 . 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. prizes B. program     C. stages       D. contestants     E. seek       F. right G. normally H. asking     I. benefited J. incorrect        K. broadcasted

Honestly speaking, I’m not a huge fan of TV. When I’m at leisure, I’d rather browse some websites or enjoy a nice movie online. Anyhow, I do have a favorite TV     1    —“Happy Dictionary”, which is a quiz show. In this program, a wide range of     2     are offered to the winners. It’s kind of like “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, a famous quiz show in America.

In the beginning, the hostess will introduce the five    3    . Then they will be presented a question. The one who answers the question correctly and quickly will be given an opportunity to take the quiz. The quiz is divided into three or four     4    , I can’t remember exactly how many right now. Anyway, the contestant can get each prize after going through each stage. The prizes are randomly decided by participant himself before the quiz, e.g. a computer, a laptop, a digital camera, a free package holiday, things like that. There are three questions in each stage, The way the hostess asks these questions makes the quiz more difficult. For example, when the contestant has given an answer, the hostess will confuse him by asking whether he is sure or not. Someone might at this time change the     5     answer into a wrong one. I really enjoy this part. The contestant can     6     help for only three times during the whole procedure by calling a friend,     7     the audience to vote for the right answer or letting the computer erase one of the wrong answer. Most of the questions are multiple choices.

This program     8     lasts for an hour and is usually     9     at 9:00 pm. For all these years, I think I have     10     a lot from watching this quiz show. Unlike all the sitcoms (情景剧), this is the kind of program in which I can get to participate and rack my brains (苦思冥想).

5 . 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. allowed        B. broadcast        C. checked            D. complaints          E. degrade F. entertain       G. fictional       H. figures       I. remote       J. series        K. unpleasant

Reality TV began in the early 1980s, when a Japanese television company made a programme, Endurance. Starting with thousands of contestants in the first show, the programme presenters made them do really difficult and     1     things in every episode(集). The presenters made fun of the contestants, too. Viewing     2     in Japan were enormous.

In another reality TV programme, Survivor, sixteen people are taken to a(n)     3     island and made to stay there for more than a month. They have to find their own food or go hungry. The producers let the contestants take one luxury item each. Every three days, one contestant must leave the island and the last person wins £1 million.

It's not just adults who take part in these shows. A television     4     in Britain in 2003, That'll teach 'em, took 30 teenagers and put them in a(n)     5     King's school, where they lived for one month and received 1950s-style tuition. The pupils were made to wear thick 1950s school uniforms (including a school hat) during the hot summer and they had to do a long run every day. "They made us have cold showers and we had to have our hands     6     every day to see if they were clean," says one pupil. "We couldn't take anything from our modern lives into the school." Although there was no prize money in this programme, the teenagers learned a lot from the experience.

In 2004, there was a programme in Britain where contestants were not     7     to sleep for seven days to try to win £ 97,000 prize money. The winner was 19-year-old Clare Southern. However, this programme had many     8     from viewers.

But where will it stop? Programmes like this are     9     all over the world. But there was people who think that these programmes     10     both the contestants and the viewers, and feel that contestants are often made to do dangerous things to make good television.