1 . 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.

Back then, I was a very nervous new father. I didn’t know     1     to feed my son, how hard to pat his back to burp him, or whether it was okay to let him sleep as long as be wants. I bought myself lots of books about parenting, only     2     (find) that there were so many new things to learn that I inevitably begun to feel overwhelmed.

My friend May, a soon-to-be mother herself,     3     (sense) my anxiety and, to calm me down, texted me one night saying, “No book can be a substitute for your own sensitive contemplation and careful observation. Books can be     4     small additional value, but no more. Just listen to your son and he’ll teach you how to be a father.”

That struck me a lot because I grew up in a time when most of the parents, including my own, believed that children     5     be seen and not heard. Naturally, I thought he was nothing and only grownups were worth something. The idea     6     children do not know anything but will do so, and are not capable of doing anything but will learn, made me live in a permanent state of expectation. For the sake of tomorrow, I failed to respect     7     might amuse, sadden, amaze, anger, and interest him today. For the sake of tomorrow, I stole years of his life.

Things changed for me when I got down on my knees, waiting for my son to open up. Once I came down to his level, I found I didn’t even     8     ask questions. I just listened. He granted me permission to gaze into his pockets to see all his cherished collections: bird’s feathers, colored stones and oddly-shaped leaves. He also discussed with me about his grand plan to travel to the South Pole with the girl in his class     9     happened to want to marry him. We both knew our relationship was built on mutual respect and trust.

Now, seven years later after my son’s birth, I still marvel at May’s simple wisdom. Being there listening to my son has not only rescued     10     from “those best parenting books one cannot afford to miss” but also from over-evaluating and over-obsessing about him. Simply put, my son has taught me to be a father. I have affection for what he is today and respect for what he can become in the future. All I need to do is to listen.

2 . 语法填空

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago, when the Internet industry was growing     1     (rapid). I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew so fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore, one with millions of titles,     2     (excite) me. I told my wife that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing     3     probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure     4     to expect. She told me I should go for it.

I was working at a financial firm for a brilliant boss who     5     (lead) a bunch of very smart people. When I went to him for advice, he listened carefully to my     6     (explain), and finally said. “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be     7     even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job. “    8     (see) in that light, it really was a difficult decision, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot.     9     took much consideration to follow my passion, but I’m proud of that     10     (choose).

3 . 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。

Khamisi Ally Abdi, a 25-year-old African student in Cangzhou Technical College, Hebei province, has practiced tai chi for two years. Having worshiped kung fu stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan as a child, the Tanzanian understood Chinese kung fu to be     1     fast-paced attack and defense art before he     2     (arrive) in China, but now he realizes tai chi is different. It is tai chi moves with balance and deep rhythmic breathing     3     allow him to feel the charm of the exercise. It brings peace and     4     (calm) to his mind while building his muscles.

The college, as one of International Exchange centers,     5     (enroll) (录取) more than 300 international students from over countries since 2016,     6     (main) countries along “the Belt and Road”, providing a tai chi course for all foreign students.     7     (practice) tai chi has led Abdi to acquire a comprehensive appreciation of this Chinese culture and ideology. He now prefers people     8     (call) him by his Chinese name Chen Yanzhi, as the characters of Yanzhi carry the meaning of talented and virtuous. The art has inspired his understanding of China.     9     he is longing for is teaching tai chi in his country and he expresses hope that this magical kung fu can be     10     (benefit) to more people.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I was 5, I had a very serious disease,     1     made me lose my speech. The doctor told my mother that I would never be able to speak well again or learn another language. My mother, however, was a fighter(斗士). She wouldn’t give up     2     (easy). Instead, she sent me to many     3     (teach). Finally, she sent me to Maria. She believed in me and     4     (think) that I would speak again.     5     most amazing thing was that she taught me to read by mouth. I spent hours in front of the mirror(镜子)     6     (repeat) every word that I had learnt. My efforts paid off(得到回报) and I leant     7     (speak) my native language, Spanish. Now，I am studying another language, English.

Mother gave me lots of     8     (encourage) when I was a child. I'll always remember the beautiful words     9     she said to me. "You have done something nobody thought you could do. You have made an impossible dream come true. I will always be proud of you，and you will always be     10     (me) hero(英雄).

5 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Etenesh Diro had almost completed two thirds of the 3000m long-distance running when she was knocked down     1     some other competitors. She fell and her right shoe     2     (start) to come off. One after the other, the runners overtook her. She threw the shoe away to get up     3     (quick). Running the rest of the race with just one shoe on and her right foot bare raised a big cheer for her. Luckily, she     4     (give) a chance to compete in the final. Losing a shoe didn’t keep her from taking part. This is the true spirit of sport.

6 . 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式。

I was on a train in Switzerland. The train came to a stop and the conductor’s voice over the loudspeaker     1     (deliver) a message in German, Italian, and French. I’d made the mistake of not learning any of those languages before my vacation.

Everyone started getting off the train and an old woman saw that I was     2     (confuse). She could speak some English and told me that an accident had happened on the     3     (track). She asked me where I was trying to get to, then went and talked to some workers, and came back to tell me that we’d have to get on trains three or four times to get there.

I was really glad she was heading     4     same way because it would have been impossible for me to figure it     5     on my own. So we went from one train station to the next, getting to know each other along the way.

She was really the     6     (sweet) woman. It was a 2.5-hour journey in total, and     7     we made it to the final destination, we got off and said our goodbyes. I had made it just in time to catch my train to Rome. She told me she had a train to catch as well. I asked her how much farther she had to go and     8     turned out that her home was two hours back the other way.

She had jumped from train to train and traveled the whole way just     9     (make) sure that I made it. I was in shock. A woman spent her whole day sitting on trains and taking her hours away from her home just to help out a confused tourist     10     (visit) her country.