1 . 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 Burj A1 Arab is a luxury hotel in Dubai. It stands on a man-made island     1    (locate) just off Dubai’s coast, and is connected to the mainland by means of a private bridge. The amazing building is one of the tallest hotels in the world. It was designed to look like the sail of a “dhow”，     2     type of Arabian boat. Tom Wright, the designer of the hotel, said he wanted the Burj A1 Arab to be a symbolic     3     (construct) for Dubai like the Eiffel Tower is for Paris.

The Burj A1 Arab has 202 rooms as well as six award-winning restaurants. One of these restaurants, the A1 Muntaha,     4     (offer) fantastic views of Dubai, because it is 200 metres above sea level.

Guests     5     decide to stay at the Burj A1 Arab can look forward to     6     (receive) extremely good service. From the moment you check in to the moment you are dropped off at the airport, the hotel’s staff take care of everything.

    7    (fortunate), entry into the Burj A1 Arab is not allowed unless you are a hotel guest. But don’t worry; views of the outside of the hotel are as     8     (impress) as views of its inside. So, if you ever visit Dubai, be sure     9     (take) a photograph of the Burj A1 Arab. It is     10    a doubt one of the most beautiful hotels in the world!

2 . Billions of poor people around the world     1     (depend) on the use of wood for cooking. And as they take more and more firewood from wild areas, they are destroying habitats around the world. Wood collection is one reason why many animals have become endangered.

This is     2     Dr. Metcalf spends each summer in Africa. He wants to teach women and children in villages how to cook with the sun. He helped create Solar Cookers International. It’s an organization that introduces solar cookers to developing countries     3     teaches people how to use them.

3 . World Environment Day is a UN Environment-led global event,     1     takes place on June 5 every year and is celebrated by thousands of communities worldwide. Since it began in 1972, it has grown to become the     2     (large) of all the celebrations of environment each year. China owns half the world’s electric vehicles and 99% of the world’s electric buses. By     3     (host) World Environment Day 2019, the Chinese government will be able to showcase its innovation and progress toward a cleaner environment.

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 World Expo 2020 will be held in Dubai,in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),between October next year and the following April,     1     the design of the China Pavilion （展馆） has been made public in the city.

The blueprint for the China Pavilion     2     (present) at a ceremony last Wednesday.With the design presented,the next step is to speed up construction.         3    (occupy) an area of more than 4,600 square meters,it will be one of the largest at the expo.Its     4    (inspire) was drawn from a Chinese lantern,    5    symbolizes hope and a bright future.It combines Chinese elements with modern technologies and shows China’s latest achievements    6    science and information communication.The China Pavilion will be built with the theme “Building a community with a    7     (share) future for mankind--Innovation and Opportunity.”

The Dubai World Expo is a platform to display the economic and social development of the participating     8    (country).It also showcases the bilateral     9    (friend) exchange between the UAE and other countries.

The UAE plays a big role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative and says it hopes the World Expo will help to improve ties with China . The World Expo has been     10    (irregular) held once every few years since 1851 and each Expo lasts for six months or so.

5 . 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。

Cold Food Festival is a     1       (tradition) Chinese holiday celebrated before Qingming Festival, which usually falls on April 4 or 5.

Legend has     2     that Chong'er, a prince of Jin, experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states. Once, when the prince suffered from     3     (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when Chong'er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie to serve     4     one of his ministers. Contrary to     5    many people might assume, Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to     6     (become) a politician, refused the duke's invitation. Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding.     7     (fortune), Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong'er required that the setting of fire     8     (forbid) on the anniversary of Jie's death. This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is thus named.

Mianshan Mountain,     9    the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this tradition.     10    cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.

6 . 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。

Though he has only two published works, Lu Yao (1949 — 1992) is one of the most celebrated Chinese     1     (write) of the 20th century.

His stories focus     2     every ordinary young person in the great transformation of Chinese society. In his book Life, we read about the life of a young man named Gao Jialin.     3     (graduate) from high school in the 1980s, Gao wants to work hard in the city for a better life. However, due to his identity as a poor and powerless man from a small village, he loses his job and     4     (eventual) has to return to his hometown.

Lu’s     5     (work) not only feature the fates of young people but also “the heartbeat of the time”, CGTN noted. As a realistic piece of work, the story in Ordinary World     6     (span) from early 1975 to 1985. In this book, Lu presents what he saw in that era: the conflict between the new ideas of city life and the     7     (tradition) views of village life as society developed.

Nowadays, young people     8     leave their hometowns to follow their dreams in a big city face similar dilemmas (困境). “His works inspire many     9     (walk) ahead, out of passion for life, with the trends of the time, and provide     10     sense of meaning to their lives.”

7 . 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。

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. Its sound so well known     1     it has often been used in films. The Clock tower was completed in 1859 and the Great Clock started on 31 May，with the Great Bell’s strikes     2       (hear) for the first time on 11 July. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during     3     celebratory events took place. The tower has become one of the most outstanding     4     (symbol) of both London and England.

The Clock Tower you see today is not the first tower to be built in Parliament’s ground. The     5     (origin) tower was built in 1288- 1290 during the reign of King Edward I. Unfortunately     6     big fire destroyed most of the Palace of Westminster. Architects     7     ( invite) to submit their designs and Sir Charles Barry’s was successful. Reconstruction of the Clock Tower began in September 1843.    8     was designed in the Victorian Gothic style.

With time passing by, the top of the clock tower is leaning one-and-a-half fee off a level positionand     9     (get) worse each year now, partly as a result     10     decades of underground excavation.

8 . 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.

Many Bird Populations Are in Trouble

A new report warns that many bird populations in the United States are in trouble. The report says about 200 kinds of birds are    1    decreasing in number, have restricted environments or are facing other threats. That represents about one-fourth of America's bird populations.

The report uses information    2    (gather) by scientists in the United States and other countries. This year, it includes birds of Hawaii and Puerto Rico.    3    the birds of mainland North America.

The National Audubon Society says the report confirms some unwelcome changes. It shows that many songbird populations    4    (decrease) by as much as fifty percent or more since 1970. For example, in the central United States, the Henslow's sparrow population has dropped by eighty percent.    5    number of Hawaiian Akikiki has dropped from 6,800 birds thirty years ago to only 1,000 birds today.

The National Audubon Society says these decreases come at a time    6    bird watching in the United States is more popular than ever. One study found that about 70,000,000 Americans took part in bird watching last year. That. is up 250 percent from the number    7    (report) twenty years ago.

Mr. Gill, an official with the National Audubon Society, says that birds are a good way    8    (test) the health of Earth's environment, He adds that the things that harm birds also harm people    9    share the same space. He says people should think about    10     decreasing bird populations are telling us about the environment we share.

9 . Grammar and Vocabulary

Universities Show “ Red Card” to English Majors

An increasing number of Chinese universities are showing English the “red card” and sending it off the academic playing field. Just last month, five more universities announced that they would no longer offer English as a major,     1     CET-4 (大学英语四级考试) will still be required for graduation.

At first sight, it may appear that these universities are downgrading the importance of learning English. In actual fact, they are responding to the economic reality     2    English majors do not have good job prospects after graduation. And the same holds true for graduates in other Arts majors.

According to MyCOS, the Beijing-based education research group, English graduates, along with those in history, literature and law, have     3    (low) starting salaries and lowest employment rate. Engineering, economics and science graduates have better job prospects and make twice as much money, with IT graduates     4     (make) the most.

In     5     1980s, the Chinese government made the study of English a priority as part of its reform and opening-up policy. English majors were in high demand in business and in government because people with good English-language skills were so rare. Today, about 350 million Chinese have studied, or are studying, English. Ten million of them     6     (consider) functionally bilingual. So, when an employer looks at a graduate’s résumé , it is assumed that he or she has good English skills.

However, for those of you who truly love English, you should not be discouraged. The demand for English teachers is still high at all levels of education,     7    in public schools and in private institutions.

Zhang Lu   is probably familiar to most of you as the elegant young woman     8       (see)   standing or sitting slightly behind top government officials when they meet leaders from English-speaking countries. Zhang is a translator. In 2015, she made 54 overseas trips accompanying various leaders such as Li Keqiang. Over the years, she has been the official Chinese/English translator     9    major international conferences.

Zhang studied English and law at university. She     10    (plan) to be a teacher, but her skills attracted the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . They offered her a job in the diplomatic service . It is not the career she had planned, but her abilities enabled her to grasp the opportunity.

So, if English is really your passion, let Zhang be your model and just choose a university that has not shown it the “red card.”

10 . 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填空。

Now there are 32 million deaf   children   around   the   world   and   they   often   have    1     (difficult) learning to read. Smartphone maker Huawei wants to help them out through its new app called StorySign.

    2     (power) by a Huawei Artificial Intelligence engine, the app helps deaf children to read    3    turning written text to a display of sign language. Users can also choose a book from the app’s library that is then displayed in sign language    4     (use) animated ( 栩栩如生的) characters.

The developers aim to make the app’s main character called Star popular with both boys and girls by making her an elder sister or friend, who will help them read and understand the book.   Star wears a hearing aid,     5    facial       6     (express) and hands are able to fully communicate the perfect sign language. This way, not only     7       (be) the deaf children learning to read, but also they are entertained.

“Many   deaf children struggle    8       (learn) to read, often due to lack of resources that       bridge the gap between sign language and written text. The app     9       (perfect) gives them this   tool to make it much    10     (easy) for them to read.” said Andrew Garrihy, Huawei’s CMO for Western Europe.

The app can be downloaded from app stores in 10 different languages including English, French, German and Italian.