2 . 阅读下面材料，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 China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR).     1     (form) in 2001, is now made up of several hundred rescue workers. The team brings help and hope to those     2     lives are changed by the natural disaster. After long and careful training, the team went on     3     first international rescue missions in 2003. That year, the Chinese team helped save lives after earthquakes in Algeria and Iran. It was the first time that a Chinese team had worked outside China, and the team won high praise for their     4     (brave) and skill. Since then, the CISAR     5     (complete) many missions. The list of people     6     whom help has been given is long. The team treated more than 3,000 people who were injured in the 2006 earthquake in Indonesia, devoted several months to     7     (give) aid to over 25,000 victims of the 2010 floods in Pakistan and helped 2.500 wounded people after the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010. Rescue workers are trained     8     (find) people, treat injuries, and hand out food, water, and other supplies. They have to be able to do work that is difficult under conditions which can be very     9     (danger). That means they have to be strong physically and     10     (mental).

4 . 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 unbearable winter chill can’t stop their steps. With curiosity and excitement villagers at the foot of Mount Qomolangma hurry up to open their parcels at a delivery office. At     1     altitude of 4,119 meters, this is the world’s highest delivery service station.

The delivery office,     2     (locate) in the town of Tashi Dzom in Tibet autonomous region,     3     (set) up in 2016. Before that local people had to spend around four hours collecting parcels from the county center. But the delivery office brings great convenience and therefore encourages more people     4     (order) online. The office handled only 17 parcels in     5     (it) first month. But thanks to the fast-growing logistics (物流) industry, the number has grown     6     (steady) to an average of 200 per month. Not only has the number of parcels increased, but the items being delivered have become richer in     7     (various).

Though people in China’s eastern regions may think it     8     granted, the delivery office indeed makes a difference for the local people.

Tsering Dekvi, a 25-year-old primary school teacher in the town     9     (be) a big fan of online shopping since university. She said, “It is out of my expectations     10     we can have a delivery service here.” Now the service can help people in remote areas explore a different world.

5 . 阅读下面材料，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 China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR)     1     (form) in 2001 and is now made up of several hundred rescue workers and about 20 sniffer dogs.     2     team brings help and hope to those whose lives are changed by natural disasters.

After long and     3     (care) training, the team went on its first international rescue missions in 2003. Since then, the CISAR     4     (complete) many missions, including treating 3,000 people who were injured in the 2006 earthquake in Indonesia, and spending several months     5     (give) aids to over 25,000 victims of the 2010 floods in Pakistan.

Rescue workers are trained to find people, treat injuries, and hand out food, water and other supplies. They have to do work that is     6     (usual) difficult under conditions     7     can be very dangerous. After a disaster, there may be diseases and accidents. Rescue     8     (worker) get to save lives, but they must also bury the dead. That means they have to be strong in both body and mind.

Rescue workers must have big hearts, too. It takes a number     9     love and courage to risk one’s own life to save someone else’s. The members of the CISAR are always ready     10     (go) wherever help is needed.

6 . 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 days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone.

Enter the Red Hat Society-a group dedicated to the new concept     1     old ladies should have fun.

"My grandmothers did     2    but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that," said Emils Comette, founder of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society. The group has chapters in all 50 U.S. states and 25 countries.

While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become invisible as they     3    (age). But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers , and the same people who refused their parents' way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.

With a bit of disposable income and     4    (good) health compared with the past generation for most elderly into the mix,the Red Hat Society starts to look almost inevitable.

“This is something for me,” Cornette said.She kept an eagle eye out for guests with empty cups or plates that needed     5    (refill).”There aren’t any rules,really.We are doing     6     can’t be imagined by old-time women.We are just looking for fun.

According to its founder Cooper,she     7    (inspire) when she saw a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins:“When I am an old woman,I shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn’t go."

Cooper gave her friend a copy of the poem,along with a red hat,    8     served as the symbol of the organization. Soon other women wanted red hats,and they     9    (attract) thousands of participants since then.

"The point of this is that we women could have fun for ourselves instead of doing things just for others," Cooper said in a telephone interview. “We are forming a little society     10     we can feel relaxed and delighted along with our peers.”

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。

Formed in 2002, the China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) brings help and hope to those     1     lives are changed by natural disasters.

The team carried out     2     (it) first international rescue mission in 2003. It was the first time that a Chinese team had worked outside China, and the team won high praise for their     3     (brave) and skill. The list of people     4     whom help has been given ever since is long. The team     5     (treat) more than 3,000 people who were injured in the 2006 earthquake in Indonesia, and spent several months     6     (give) aid to over 25,000 victims of the 2010 floods in Pakistan.

Rescue workers are trained to find people, treat injuries, and hand out food, water, and other supplies. There is     7     (usual) no electricity or water after a disaster and diseases and accidents may appear.     8     (save) lives, rescue workers have to work day and night, and sadly they must also bury     9     dead, which means they have to be strong in both body and mind. And they’ll have to take     10     (effect) measures in action. The members of the CISAR are always ready to go wherever help is needed.

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。

The United Nations is not only committed to     1     (protect) people. It looks after places, too. One of the aims of UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization—which was founded in 1946, was to protect places     2     great cultural importance.

Its first major task was in the 1950s,    3     it launched a campaign to protect two ancient Egyptian temples which were going to be     4     (complete) flooded with the     5     (construct) of the huge Aswan Dam. The temples     6     (take) to pieces and rebuilt on dry ground.50 countries donated money to the project. Its success led to other projects to protect Venice, in Italy,    7     unique city built on water, and Moenjodaro, in Pakistan, one of the cradles of civilization.

If a site is put on the List of World Heritage in Danger, it means that it will receive money from the World Heritage Fund to help protect it. However, countries must make as much effort as they can     8     (look) after their special places and preserve the world’s     9     (remain) cultural and     10     (nature) heritages for the future.

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。

No one is sure how many Americans belong to reading groups called book clubs.Yet    1    (publisher) and bookstores report that more and more people throughout the United States are joining    2    (they)．

Most of the clubs work the same way.Members read the same book at the same time.Then they meet to talk about the book.Members may be friends or people    3    live near each other.Some Americans belong to reading groups on    4    Internet.These groups include people around the world who communicate about books they read.They send electronic mails instead of gathering    5    (discuss) books.

Most reading groups study books by    6    (variety) writers.However，some groups read the work of a single writer，    7    (usual) one that has been famous for a while.Other groups may    8    (name) after an important person in the work of the writer，    9    a Sherlock Holmes Club.Members of these book clubs often are experts about their    10    (choose) reading materials.One member of a Holmes reading group，for example，can identify almost every person in every Sherlock Holmes story.

10 . Directions: After reading the passage 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.

Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better “encompass” what it does, as it broadens its reach beyond social media into areas like virtual reality (VR). The change does not apply to its individual platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, only the parent company     1     owns them.

The   move follows a   series   of   negative   stories about Facebook,     2     (base) on documents leaked by an ex-employee, Frances Haugen, who has accused the company of putting “profits     3     safety.”

In 2015, Google restructured its company calling its parent firm Alphabet, however, the name has not caught on. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg announced the new name as he unveiled plans to build a “metaverse” — an online world     4     people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets. He said the existing brand could not “possibly represent     5     that we're doing today, let alone in the future”, and needed to change. “Over time, I hope that we are seen as a metaverse company and I want to anchor our work and our identity on     6     we're building towards,” he told a virtual conference.

The company also unveiled a new sign at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Thursday,     7     (replace) its thumbs-up “Like” logo with a blue infinity shape. Mr Zuckerberg said the new name reflects that over time, users will not need to use Facebook to use the company's other services.

The word “meta” comes from the Greek word meaning “beyond”. To an outsider, a metaverse may now look like a version of VR,     8     some people believe it could be the future of the internet. Instead of being on a computer, people in a metaverse might use a headset to enter a virtual world connecting all sorts of digital environments.

It     9     (hope) the virtual world could be used for practically anything from work, play and concerts, to     10     (socialize) with friends and family.