When Zheng Yaling, 21, received her admission letter (录取通知书) from Hunan University two years ago, she     1     (immediate) started looking up Hunan province on the internet. Born     2     raised in Jiayi, Taiwan, Zheng knew little about the Chinese mainland.

She quickly found that Yuelu Academy, located on the university’s campus,     3     (found) in 976 AD and was one of China’s four major academies. Hunan is also home to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,     4     the movie Avatar was filmed.

Everything she discovered     5     (excite) Zheng about her upcoming college life. She shared the news with her friends.     6     (know) that she was leaving for a mainland province, however, they had many concerns, because neither she nor any of them knew anything about it.

But to everyone’s surprise, Zheng quickly adapted     7     her new life. In her dormitory (宿舍), she and her roommates looked after and motivated one another. For example, her roommates taught her     8     (type) in pinyin and to write simplified Chinese characters. When Zheng returned to the university after vacations, she got to taste local delicacies from nearly every mainland province,     9     her classmates brought from their hometowns.

“My friends are like my family,” Zheng said. “Their love and care quickly ended my     10     (homesick). Whenever I need them, they are always there for me.”

The Chinese began to accept Western medicine as early as the beginning of this century,     1     Chinese medicine is still in doubt among Western people. To them, Chinese medicine, like ancient China, is mysterious and beyond     2    (believe).

Chinese medicines, most of     3    (they) being originally natural herbs, are made through having these materials simmered, roasted, or fried without having specific standards. This is the main reason for     4     they’re not recognized internationally. Chinese medicines usually appear in     5     form of pills, tablets and most commonly herb teas. They are used     6     account of their power in aid of recovery and they tend to produce long-term effects. They might be     7    (slow) in curing the patient of the disease, but they have less serious side effects even if     8    (take) frequently, for each medicinal herb is prescribed (开处方) for the benefit of the patient, causing no harm to the liver or the kidneys.

It is obvious that no matter how strange they may seem to Westerners, Chinese medicines     9    (use) for thousands of years, proving to be extremely effective. It’s simply up to us     10    (promote) the precious heritage.

Prior to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America. America’s most famous popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken,     1     (consist) of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce flavoured with hot red peppers. Later, I had the     2     (please) of experiencing authentic Chinese cuisine in different places of China. We dined in restaurants which were     3     (elegant)decorated and the food really satisfied our appetite. Culture and food go hand in hand and Chinese cuisine is     4     case in point.

Spoken Chinese consisted of a number of Chinese dialects(方言) throughout history. In the Ming Dynasty, standard Mandarin was nationalized. Even so,     1    was not until the Republic of China era in the 1910s that there were some noticeable results in     2    (promote) a common unified language in China.

The ancient written standard was Classical Chinese and it was used for thousands of years. However, it     3    (reserve) mostly for scholars and intellectuals. Only after the May 4th Movement did the push for Vernacular Chinese begin. This allowed common     4     (citizen) to read since it was modeled after the linguistics and phonology of a spoken language.

Despite the difficulty in mastering it, Classical Chinese remains     5    (extreme) important in the world heritage of languages. Classical Chinese’s birth is related     6    the beginning of astronomy(天文学), the connection with higher spirits through divination(占卜) and the formation of several Books of Changes,     7    most famous being the one of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, Chinese is packed with great meaning and     8     (wise). It is not only a code or a tool, but a language     9    gives light and guidance when     10    (receive) in a proper way. Classical Chinese has been the cultural backbone of all the great philosophies, spiritualities, and even arts not just in China but all over Asia.

Jacopo Della Ragione was born and raised in Florence, Italy. While    1    student of Medieval History at Milan University, he also learned graphic design and printing. In 2001, his passion for China's traditional and modern art brought him to Beijing, and he     2    (work) there ever since.

In July 2001, Ragione was in China     3     Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games. He witnessed this historic moment and shared in the    4    (happy) of the Chinese people. He has worked in many companies in China and also married a girl in Beijing,    5     has allowed him to know China better.

When     6    (talk)about how he carries out his work, Ragione said he designs the picture in his mind first, and then follows the instincts (本能) of his body     7    (finish)   the job. “It's a bit like China's calligraphy and Kung Fu, which has brought me much inspiration,” he said.

Ragione is now deeply attached     8     China. He has witnessed the great changes that have taken place here: streets have become more lively, buses are more advanced, and traveling by subway has become more convenient….

“I have visited many cities in China, and Beijing is the one I love     9    (much). I fell in love with it     10    (gradual). Italy is where I was born, and Beijing is my home now,” he said in fluent Chinese.

More than 20,000 individually packaged ready-to-cook fotiaoqiang, a traditional Chinese dish, have recently been boxed up in the coastal county of Lianjiang before departing for the United States and Canada. This is the first time that the signature meal of Juchunyuan     1    (export) to North America.

Fotiaoqiang     2    (date) back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862—1875) of the Qing Dynasty. The recipe was     3    (original) created at Juchunyuan restaurant inFuzhou, capital city of Fujian. In 2008, the recipe of Juchunyuan fotiaoqiang was listed    4    a State-level intangible cultural heritage.

The meal is prepared with ingredients from Lianjiang, processed following the standards for ready-to-cook foods,    5     distributed via a cold chain system so that    6     traditional flavor is preserved. It would have been very difficult to make and export Chinese delicacies like fotiaoqiang in large quantities, given the    7    (complex) of the traditional cooking method. The maturing of the ready-to-cook food business has presented new    8    (opportunity) for Chinese catering companies to break into overseas markets.

In June, Fujian province hosted a special event for more than 40 suppliers of ready-to cook foods     9    (connect)both online and offline with representatives of over 10 buyers from the US and Canada. In the future,ready-to-cook Chinese delicacies will speed up their global expansion,    10    (take) the country’s food culture further to the world.

Caius and Laurina could be the world’s thriftiest couple after     1     (tie) the knot in their all expenses spared wedding. The couple had their dream wedding in Scotland complete with flowers, cakes, photographer and even a jazz band without     2     (bare) spending a cent.

The couple,     3     are into recycling and self-sufficiency, couldn’t avoid the 70 pound     4     (marry) fee but everything else was either donated or found for free. The wedding rings were even handcrafted by the bride herself from antlers(鹿角)     5     (find) in her garden while her vintage wedding dress cost ￡1 or $1.50- the couple’s only other expense.

His mother Suzanne, who is     6     church reader, conducted the ceremony in a barn at the couple’s home while the guests were all asked     7     (bring) a plate of food each. The bride, 36, and groom, 39,     8     (pronounce) man and wife by local reverend (牧师) who offered his services for free, while the photographer offered his services in exchange     9     some graphic design work by the bride, and the cakes were made by her aunt. They said they were determined to have the     10     (cheap) wedding possible so they could save money for their dream home and honeymoon.

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.

On January 10, Uganda reopened schools after the longest closure in the world    1     the coronavirus pandemic. For most students, it was their first time back in the classroom in nearly two years.

When the buildings first shuttered, the Ministry ofEducation broadcast lessons on TV and radio stations, and some schools handed out printed materials. But this did not last for lack of funding. So the     2     (estimate) 15 million children affected by this closure put their studies on hold.        

Uganda’s National Planning Authority in August 2021 projected that 4.5 million of them will likely not return to school. The reasons for the dropouts are manifold. The teen pregnancy rate rose significantly. And many poor children in urban and rural areas    3     (force) to start working to help support their families.，“They turned children into laborers and that was a loss, especially for a family that has relied for almost two years on child labor,” says Munir Safieldin, the UNICEF Uganda representative.

Plus, in an economy pinched by the pandemic, many families cannot currently afford the fees,     4     start at about $135 per term for high school, and other costs (including academic materials and uniforms).

Children who are able to return school have been promoted one grade level, a decision made by the Ministry of Education to guarantee spots for newly     5     (enter) students. But many families and experts are concerned. Mary Goretti Nakabugo, the executive director of Uwezo Uganda, a nonprofit organization working    6     (promote) equitable quality education, argues that even before the closure, many of Uganda’s younger students had not yet acquired basic fundamentals, such as reading and understanding a text. “This is the time for us to rethink our curriculum, our teaching and learning,     7    students who are unprepared for classes will only end up even     8     (far) behind.”

Kusemererwa Jonathan Henry, a teenager living in Kamwokya, one of the largest slums in the capital of Kampala, had just started high school and made new friends     9     the lockdown started. “We were used to the short school breaks but this was too long. At first, all I would do is sit at home and sleep;, he says. Fortunately, his dad’s financial help combined with his personal savings allowed Jonathan to open a fruit and vegetable stall. ”Before the lockdown, I never knew how to fend for     10     , but now I don’t even need to ask for money to   buy clothes.“ Still, Jonathan longed to get back to class. ”The day a date was announced for us to resume school, I washed my uniforms, bags and polished my shoes, that’s how excited I was to get back.”

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。

Decorated with Chinese-style red lanterns, the pavilion (展馆) of translated Chinese books saw a big turnout of book lovers at the 54th edition of Cairo International Book Fair, the largest book fair in Egypt.

The pavilion    1    (display) during the fair about 1,000 book titles in Arabic and English on Chinese culture, history, literature, economy, and among many others. Visitors    2    different ages frequented the pavilion of Chinese books. Some parents picked children’s books for their kids and some young people    3    (attract) to books on Chinese culture, history and development.

A high school student,    4    was picking a book on Chinese history, said that China has overcome numerous problems throughout its history while    5    Chinese wisdom is shown in their literature, thoughts and philosophy. Noura Gamal, a junior student of Chinese, said    6     attracted him most was the Chinese culture and people. He wanted     7    (learn)more about China, an ancient civilization with a unique language, history, literature and culture.

The Chinese pavilion participates in the fair with many rich book titles that increase every year in a very successful effort to bring the    8    (culture) of Egypt and China closer. It is    9     (wide) acknowledged that China’s great development is one of the reasons for the     10     (grow) popularity of Chinese books.

Adam, a freshman in senior high, felt quite confused at first. Luckily, his school adviser gave him some suggestions on how to choose     1     (suit) courses. After class, he joined a volunteer club,     2     helped the homeless with food. Though facing lots of challenges, he will try to be well prepared     3     university or whatever else comes in the future.