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 . 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.
Meet Alexa, Your Digital Roommate

Who is Alexa? She is a digital assistant that is part of the voice-activated Echo Dot “smart speaker” produced by Amazon. This year Saint Louis University in Missouri has placed one of the speakers in every dorm room       1     its campus. Students can ask the virtual assistant anything from “When are the football teams playing?” to “What’s the square root of 1440?”

SLU student Brendan McGuire said: “Instead of searching on the Internet while I     2     (tap) away at my computer, I can just ask Alexa: Hey Alexa, ask SLU what’s the molecular(分子的)weight of water? And I can have the answer without     3    (interrupt) my process.” That’s exactly     4     school officials had in mind when they decided to provide the smart speakers free of charge for students.

“The students we attract     5     (drive) to achieve success in and out of the classroom,” David Hakanson, SLU’s vice president, said. “Every minute we can save our students from having to search for the information online is another minute     6     (commit) to their education.’

Saint Louis University is the first in the U.S.       7     (include) an Echo Dot smart speaker in every campus living space. Other colleges have also found ways to offer the technology to students. This year Northeastern University in Boston installed 60 speakers in public places       8     students could get answers to common questions.

At Arizona State University, engineering students living in the brand-new residence hall have the option of adding an Amazon Echo Dot to their rooms. “Our focus is putting this technology into the hands of our students in a way    9     will build an ecosystem.    10     supports voice technologies throughout the ASU campus,” said Heredia, a director at ASU.

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。

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.

4 . Directions: Read the following passage. 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.

The impact of smoke screen on adolescents

The study began by recruiting over 2,600 US school children aged 10 to 14 who had never smoked. Each child was then asked if they had watched any of 50 movies randomly     1    (select) from 601 box office hits. The number of occurrences of smoking in each film was recorded.

When followed up one to two years later, 10 percent of the children had tried     2    (smoke). The children in the top quarter of exposure to movie smoking were 2.7 times more likely to have tried a cigarette than     3     in the lowest quarter of exposure. This effect was independent of other factors that might influence the child’s smoking behavior, such as friends or family smoking.

“If provides more evidence     4     movies have a strong impact on adolescents,” says Dalton, an expert in cancer risk behavior in children. “Previous studies suggested that smoking in movies     5    (influence) adolescent smoking behavior, but this is the first study to show that viewing smoking in movies predicts     6    will start smoking in the future.”

Dalton says a previous study by the team showed that children were more likely to smoke     7     their favorite actor smoked. “We know from past studies it’s very rare for smoking to be portrayed in a negative light. Smokers in movies tend to be tough guys or sexy, rebellious women, which appeals to adolescents,” she told New Scientist.

Movies which depict smoking     8     be given an adult rating or “R rating” in the US, suggests Glantz, which would mean that children under 17 could not see the film     9     a parent. An R rating for smoking in movies would prevent about 330 adolescents in the US from starting to smoke and ultimately     10    (extend) 170 lives every day,” he writes.

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。

Monkeys do not like it when others get more food     1     they do, according to a new study.

Researchers from Yale and Harvard universities found Capuchin monkeys punish monkeys     2     get more food. "This sort of, 'If I can't have it, no one can' response is because     3     psychological spite (怨恨), and it was    4     (previous) thought unique to humans," said Kristin Leimgruber of Harvard University. She is a co-author of the research study. The researchers watched as some Capuchin monkeys     5     (give) more food than others. They found that monkeys getting the     6     (small) share pulled a rope to fold up a table holding the other monkey's bigger share.

Another lead researcher, Laurie Santas,     7     (explain) over email, "I think what we can conclude about humans is that some of our more embarrassing tendencies have relatively deep     8     (root)." Santos said the spiteful response was not present with another member of the ape species—chimpanzees(黑猩猩).

An earlier study, she said, showed chimpanzees would fold up the table of other chimpanzees     9     (steal) food from them. But they would not punish chimpanzees who just happened     10     (have) more food, Santos said. In other words, it was fine if another chimpanzee had more food as long as they did not steal it.

6 . 语法填空

Reading classic literature    1    （write）by native speakers can improve your English language skills in several ways．    2    ，this will not happen by magic：only if you read the book    3    （careful）and think about what you are reading．First，if you concentrate hard，you will not only    4    （large）your vocabulary，but also begin to appreciate slight differences in meaning between words．Second，    5    you examine the language attentively，you can learn to appreciate different English writing    6    （style）．The light and ironic style of Jane Austen is quite different from    7    serious and intense style of Charlotte Bronte though both of them are great writers of English．

Sometimes it is necessary to read a book more than once in order to absorb    8    （it）full benefit．Read it once    9    （understand）the story，once again to appreciate the way the characters are described and the story develops and finally to become really familiar    10    the new vocabulary and expressions．Above all，enjoy the stories．Happy reading!

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。

Now that summer is finally here, families are preparing for     1     they expect to be a great vacation away from the daily routines. While this once     2     (mean) getting outside and enjoying life, more people are remaining indoors thanks to smart phones and many other modern conveniences. Anyway,     3     is time to get outside to experience summer together with fun family activities. For example, hit the bike paths. Statistics consistently show that half of     4     (child) prefer riding bicycles to playing on computers or smart phones.    5     (consider) the fact that kids are being constantly introduced to digital technology at younger ages, this statistic may seem a little surprising.     6     (fortunate), this doesn’t change the fact that bicycle riding is a fun, healthy, and outdoor activity     7     can be enjoyed within the whole family. Another great family activity getting everyone outside and to enjoy nature is gardening. In addition     8     burning hundreds of calories without traditional exercise, it gives both kids and adults a sense of     9     (achieve) when their hard work pays off. After enjoying some of these summer activities, you might just find your family eager     10     (stay) in the great outdoors.

8 . 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 now has the ability    1    (change)the world with its "new four great inventions": high-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping.The four new ways are most appealing    2    youths from countries in the Belt and Road Initiative.

“My wallet is no longer in use.I can buy and eat whatever I want    3    (simple) with a fingertip on my phone, "said Lin Jinlong, an overseas Chinese student from Cambodia."Even, pancake    4    (seller) are using Alipay.We can also order food at home,    5    is super convenient.If I     6    (be) at home in Cambodia, I would have to go outdoors."As    7    huge fan of bicycles, he also expressed his love for China’s shared bicycles, "They are making public transport more    8    (attract).”

Chinese people's lives    9    (become)more and more convenient for the past 10 years, Lin concluded,    10    (add) that he hopes to promote economic development in his mother country like China.

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。

There is a reason why we dream. Dreams aren’t just a product    1    our brain develops while we sleep. There is something more to it than that. It’s from dreams that some of the greatest inventions of man have become a     2    (real).

There     3    (be )a very simple exercise to start recalling your dreams. Before    4    (go) to bed, for at least 24 days, keep telling yourself, "I will remember all my dreams."    5    first, you may not see any results at all, but just insist. After a while you will     6     (probable) notice that vague(模糊的)memories of your dreams will stay in    7     (you)mind when you wake up. As you continue to do this, you will notice that it's not just one dream that comes back to you     8    a number of dreams.

Now the fun doesn't just stop there. Try to understand what your dreams mean, and see if it applies to something that is happening in your everyday life Many of the    9    (problem)we struggle with have already been solved in our    10    (amaze) mind. These answers come to us in the form of dreams.

10 . 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 traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festival, also called Dragon Head Raising Festival,     1     (fall) on the second day of the second lunar month every year,       2     the rain-bringing Dragon King is said to awaken     3     his winter sleep. It's     4     (wide) believed that the second day of the second month on the Chinese lunar calendar means the start of spring and farming.

The festival is a     5     (reflect) of the ancient agrarian (耕作的)culture. Nowadays, although some of the old ways     6     (celebrate) the festival are no longer in practice, some still keep on. Most of them are still identical to those practised in the ancient times,     7     (include) eating Chinese pancakes and noodles. The most famous     8     (tradition) practice on this day is to have a haircut.Some people believe that going to the barber's on the second day of the second month will get rid of bad luck, while     9     believe it is bad luck to get hair cut during the first month of the lunar calendar. Folk     10     (activity)like dragon dance are also held during the Longtaitou Festival across China.