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(不超过三个单词)。

Good morning, everyone. This is Chris at the school radio station.

As we all know, psychological health is as important as physical health. However, it’s quite     1     (worry) that many of us are suffering from poor psychological health. We’ve interviewed some psychology teachers at our school, and they’ve given us some advice on how     2     (improve) psychological health.

Firstly, you can share your concerns with people you trust,     3     support and care may help you get     4     the difficulties. Besides, learn to view trouble     5     (wise) as everyone meets with difficulties now and then. Remind     6     (you) that only those who are confident and determined can go far and be more     7     (prepare). Lastly, when     8     (feel) sad for a long time, you’d better go to the mental guide room without     9     (hesitate), where practical advice will     10     (offer) to help ease your pressure.

The world is just what you think it is. Learn to control your own world!

Thank you for listening.

2 . 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 Chinese Culture Center in Paris,     1    (locate) in downtown areas opposite the celebrated historic sites of Grand Palais and Petit Palais across the Seine River,     2    (sit) next to a large number of grand handsome and elegant classical architectures that have witnessed the evolution of Paris at     3     (vary) historical stages. It conforms to(符合) the status of China, a great power with     4     lasting civilization of several thousand years in the East,     5     (set) the Chinese Cultural Center in this exact place.

The amazing progress in     6     (smooth) selecting the site for the Chinese Culture Center and putting it into     7     (operate) in downtown Paris in such a short period was due to high priority of the Chinese government and constructive cooperation of the French party. Wu Jianmin, Chinese ambassador to France,   said     8    excitement, “We have our own cultural center in Paris at last,     9    we have eventually realized the long cherished wish of my predecessor(前任) in the Chinese embassy.” Hou Xianghua, the first director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, said the center will stick to its “non-governmental” nature and greet people from all     10     (walk) of life, in addition to serving the mainstream society.

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。

China's icebreaker Xue Long will set sail from Shanghai to the Antarctic. Its captain Zhu Bing said that the icebreaker would first travel to the to－be－built new station before     1    (make) a short stop at Zhongshan station. One of its main tasks is to build another research station in the Antarctic.

Once     2    (complete), the new station would be the country's third year－round station in the Antarctic and the first to be lying     3     the border of the Pacific Ocean.     4     other two stations, the Great Wall Station and the Zhongshan Station,     5    (build) in the 1980s. “This time around, we will build a 206－square－meter temporary base, which includes rooms for workers and a platform for large engineering     6    (machine), to improve future construction work，” said Zhang Tijun of the Polar Research Institute of China,     7     is the assistant leader of the expedition.

Sun Bo, the deputy director of the institute, was     8    (confidence) to say that the construction of the station, which will     9    (certain) meet international criteria for environmental     10    (protect), will be finished as early as 2022.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

November 11, known as “Singles Day”, has grown into China’s and possibly the world’s     1    (busy) online shopping day. Singles Day     2    (create) by Chinese college students in the 1990s as     3     version of Valentine’s Day for people without romantic partners. On that day, unattached young people would treat each other to dinner or give gifts to chase that special someone     4    (end) their single status. That gift-giving helped to turn     5     into a major shopping event as sellers saw a marketing opportunity and launched Singles Day sales. It is China’s     6    (respond) to Cyber Monday in the US, the day after Thanksgiving weekend,       7     online shopping for Christmas begins.

Last year,     8    (businessman) on Taobao and Tmall.com took in about $3 billion on Singles Day. This figure exceeded the total of $1.25 billion that U.S. online business earned on Cyber Monday,     9    (make) Singles Day the biggest e­commerce sales day on record. China has the biggest population of online users in the world,     10     about 538 million people online. Now, it follows the U.S. and Japan in online spending and is forecasted to rise to first place as early as this year.

5 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.

Steel, concrete（混凝土）and glass are common materials in any skyscrapers. But more high buildings are now using wood. In the last four years, Australia, Norway, England and Canada     1     (build) wooden skyscrapers. The latest one is in Sweden,     2     new, 19-storey wooden hotel called “Sida vid Sida” (side by side).

Why are wooden skyscrapers chosen ahead of concrete     3    ?

Wood     4     (use) in many Chinese buildings for thousands of years, but is it strong enough for skyscrapers?

“There are a whole bunch of new materials made out of wood     5     are structurally able to build big buildings,” material expert Dr. Michael Ramage told CNN.

Architects（建筑师）use woven（编制的）wood to make sure it is. They put layers of wood across one another coated with special glue     6     (create) a very strong material.

Wood also lasts a long time and doesn’t rot（腐烂的）    7     it is well looked after. Many examples can be found, one of     8     is the rooftops of Beijing’s Forbidden City.

Ramage also said bamboo     9     be cut in special ways to make it far     10     (strong).

6 . 阅读下列材料，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。

Americans love pets. In America, there are more families with pets     1     those with children. It is common     2     U.S. homes have some sorts of pets, such as monkeys, snakes and even wolves. But Americans' all-time favorites are cats and dogs, because dogs can offer protection from thieves and unwelcome visitors and cats can help get rid     3     the home unwanted pests. For keeping pets, there lies a basic American belief: pets have a right to be treated well. In Houston, Texas, dogs can have their dinner     4    (send) to their homes, just like pizza. Pets can even go with     5     owners on vacation. Besides, there are 75 animal welfare organizations in America     6     provide care and adoption services for     7    (home) and ill-treated animals. To pay for the high-tech health care, people can buy health insurance     8     their pets. Pets are as important to American culture as hot dogs and apple pies. So far researchers     9    (discover) that communicating with animals lowers a person's blood pressure. Pets even encourage social relationships. They give their owners an appearance of friendliness, and they provide     10     good topic of conversation.

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。

Have you ever seen a painting destroy     1     (it)? This strange event happened during a recent auction (拍卖) in London.

Girl With Balloon is one of the most well-known works of British artist Banksy. It     2     (sell) for £1.04 million (about 9.49 million yuan) at the Sotheby auction house on Oct 5. However, shortly     3     the hammer (锤子) went down, the painting began to slide down its frame (画框) and half of the painting was cut into     4     (piece)!

In fact, there     5     (be) a shredder (碎纸机) in the frame. More surprisingly, the artist might have set the shredder in the frame himself years ago, Yahoo News reported.

Banksy is known     6     being mysterious and unpredictable. No one knows his real name,     7     his paintings are everywhere across the UK. He always plays hoaxes (恶作剧) on the art world.

People believe this is just another example of Banksy     8     (play) a trick. They think he is against the commercialization (商品化) of art.

However, the     9     (fun) part is that this hoax might have made the painting more valuable. “(The price is) possibly as high as being worth £2 million (about 18.2 million yuan) plus,” Joey Syer,     10     (found) of art website MyArtBroker.com, told the Guardian.

8 . 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。

Li Hua and Wang Hai are two students of Senior One.     1    of them work hard but they have various learning methods.

Li Hua listens to her teachers    2    (attentive) and asks her teacher    3    help as soon as possible if she has some problems. Because of this, she spends less time     4    (do) her homework, so it is certain     5     she can keep energetic in the day. However, Wang Hai has quite a    6    (difference) way of learning    7    (compare) to Li Hua. He likes to sit up late at night doing his homework, so he often feels sleepy in class. As a result, he misses lots of key points,     8    makes it difficult for him    9    (concentrate) on what he is doing.

In my opinion, Li Hua learns more effectively in class and she    10    be a better learner. So I prefer her learning method.

9 . 语法填空

Moon Day     1     (celebrate) on July 20 every year. Moon Day     2     (mark) the first human landing on the moon that     3    (occur) on July 20, 1969. Ever since 1969, Moon Day     4    (celebrate) in the US to mark one of the greatest achievements in human history.

One way to celebrate Moon Day is to make something about the moon, like cutting paper moons. You can also bake cookies and cut them in the shape of the moon. Also consider learning some facts about the moon on this occasion. Exploring the moon on Google Moon     5    (be) a great idea to get familiar with our natural satellite.

It is especially important that we celebrate Moon Day with children. In this way, children can learn about what     6    (happen) on July 20, 1969, and     7    (understand) the importance of this event in the future.

10 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。

Flying cars may soon become a     1     (real). The ride-share service Uber has asked an   expert from NASA, the American space agency,    2    (help)

the company develop cars that can fly.

Uber plans to use flying vehicles in the future to avoid traffic in and around cities. The company wants to use small,    3     (total) electric aircraft which could take    4     and land like a helicopter on top of parking garages. Uber said its flying vehicles would be much     5    (quiet), cost less to operate and produce less pollution than helicopters.

One person in San Francisco wrote on Twitter, “I used to think that flying cars was a ridiculous idea.    6     I changed my mind this morning when I sat in a heavy traffic.”     7     person added from Mumbai, India: “I’m reading about Uber     8     (hire) a NASA engineer to build flying cars, while I’m     9     (trap) in traffic. There is hope.”

The expert predicts there will be several early models of cars     10     can’t fly themselves but with human pilots within one to three years.