1 . 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.

A new study published today shows that e-learning is more popular than ever. According to researchers at Shanghai University, 57% of students now obtain degrees through e-learning, with only 43%    1    (get)their degrees by attending a traditional university. This year, 18 million students around the world decided to start e-learning courses from the comfort of their own homes.

We spoke to Zheng Tai, an eighteen-year-old student from Sichuan Province    2     started an e-learning course last month.

“After I finished high school, I knew I wanted to continue to study,” Zheng Tai told us. “I worked hard and managed    3    (get)good results in all of my exams. I really wanted to study economics at university, but I wasn’t sure    4    leaving home was a good idea. I felt bad about leaving my parents. My father suffers from a severe illness which    5    (cause)his muscles to stop working properly. He often needs help moving around. He also needs someone to cook his meals and give    6    his medicine at the right time each day. My mother is a teacher, so she cannot help him during the day. We    7    have hired someone to take care of him, but I just didn’t feel right leaving my father with a stranger.

My mum suggested I go to a university nearby and continue to live at home, but none of    8    universities close to my home town offer economics. Then my friend suggested I find out more about e-learning. I soon learnt that I could get a good degree    9     leaving home. I applied to the University of London, and they accepted me. I started an economics course with them four weeks ago.”

However,     10    Zheng Tai is now a student at the University of London, he has never been to the UK. In fact, he has never left Sichuan.

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It used to be impossible to spend a long winter holiday. But now, though the winter vacation has been over, it’s still necessary     1     me to stay at home because of my illness. As people say, being left alone all day can drive a man crazy. A couple of weeks ago my parents invited a teacher     2    (give) me lessons online.

At first, I didn’t know how     3    (take) classes through the Internet. Now I have got used to my teacher and the situation. Before class I go online waiting for my teacher to come, for it is terribly rude     4     a student to come late. In each class, the teacher teaches me     5     to do and how to do it. After class I finish my homework.     6    (be) honest, although I study relatively hard, the result isn’t as good as in school. Yesterday I failed to pass the exam, which made my teacher very disappointed. However,     7    (attend) classes at home is a comfort for me.

    8     to go to school is unknown, as no one knows how long it will be before I completely recover. But I believe, now that the winter is over and the spring has come, the school day is not far away. I believe that I will treasure my time     9    (be) at school and work even harder. I also believe in the future I will become another Zhong Nanshan, who is surely     10    (shoulder) the responsibility of protecting people’s lives and health.

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School districts across the United States have reported the number of students failing classes     1     (rise) many times higher than usual numbers since the pandemic broke out. Erik Jespersen is principal of McNary High School, Oregon. At his school, 38 percent of grades in late October were failing,     2     (compare)with 8 percent in normal times.

    3     (educate) see a number of reasons for the change. Students learning from home often miss assignments     4     (complete). Internet availability is     5     (limit)or not effectively established,     6     (make) it difficult to complete and upload assignments. And teachers    7     do not see their students in person have    8     (few) ways to note who is falling behind. That is especially true with many students keeping their cameras off during online classes.

The increase    9     failing grades has been seen in districts of all sizes throughout the country. Now, many schools have increased efforts to return to in-person learning. Other schools are changing their grading policies and giving students more time to complete assignments. Teachers have been instructed to give less homework     10     urged to find different ways of teaching