Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship     1    (usual) develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends     2     you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence your development, maturity (成熟) and sense of responsibility (责任). A familiar expression is “You can tell a lot about a person by     3    (know) who his friends are.” Friendship     4    (base) on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends     5    (be) likely to be athletic (竞技的). If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do     6     same.

Some people call you their friends for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial (表面的) only “friends” on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if is to their advantage. True friends are there if you are rich or poor.     7     is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By his time you should be able to separate our fiends into the real or the “phoney”.

True fiends are most special. They are also difficult     8    (find). You can consider yourself very     9    (fortune) if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. He or she knows you would do the same for them. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friend have good understanding of each other. True friends give you a great deal of     10    (encourage), take your side, and build up your confidence.

There is     1     lovely panda. She lives with her parents and they lead a happy life in the forest. One day the panda     2     (pick) a huge pumpkin and wanted to take it home. But the pumpkin was too big for her     3     (take) it home on her own. She could do nothing but sit beside the pumpkin. She thought     4     if she waited there, she might turn to a passer­by for help.

Suddenly, she saw a bear     5     (ride) a bike towards her. She watched the bike and suddenly, she jumped and shouted     6     (happy), “I know! I have a good idea—I can roll (滚动) the pumpkin. It’s just like a wheel!” Therefore, she rolled the pumpkin to     7     (she)   house. When her mother saw the big pumpkin, which was     8     (big) than her little daughter, she was     9     (surprise), “Oh, my God! How can you get it home?” The little panda answered proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and said, “    10     a clever girl you are!”

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, people are attempting       1     (find) their favourite mooncakes with different fillings. Some like sweet mooncakes while others prefer savoury ones.

    2     unique kind of mooncake—filled with mature vinegar—recently attracted followers in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. Based on traditional     3     (produce) processes and fillings, including different nuts and dried fruits, mature vinegar    4     (add) , which greatly improves its flavour. The vinegar removes some of the sweetness and greasy taste while leaving no sour flavour.

In recent years,     5     (vary) regions have introduced innovative mooncake flavours based on their local characteristics. Luosifen, a dish of rice noodles       6     (cook) with snails, is a signature street food. Luosifen mooncakes are filled with these local ingredients,     7     (offer) crowds a special festival experience. People in Sichuan Province love hot pot so deeply     8     many businesses have launched hot pot mooncakes. The filling of this mooncake is made up       9     brown sugar, flour, and signature hot pot broth, putting a new twist on this     10     (traditional) sweet desert. Guangzhou and Shenzhen have many milk tea shops. Named “cheese pop milk tea mooncake”, the mooncake is filled with the ingredients of milk tea, which caters to the tastes of young people.

5 . 语法填空

Some inventions happen in strange ways. The potato chip is one of them.

Moon’s Lake House was     1     restaurant in New York in the 1850s. George Crum was the cook there. Many rich people often came to the restaurant     2     (enjoy) his cooking.

The one thing that really upset Crum was     3     a customer complained about the food and sent it back to the kitchen to be done over. He would often return it overcooked. He was happy to see the customer walk out of the restaurant     4     (angry).

On August 24, 1853, a customer returned his fried potatoes to the kitchen,     5     they weren’t crunchy (脆的) enough. Crum reacted in his     6     (usually) way. He cut the potatoes very thin and cooked them in hot oil. They were so crunchy and Crum was sure that the man would refuse     7     (eat) them. Instead, the man loved them. He even asked for more.

Now, do you know     8     invented the potato chip? It’s George Crum! He     9     (late) set up his own restaurant. He named it Crum’s House. He put baskets of his potato chips on all the tables. They made his restaurant a very popular place.

Today, potato chips are one of Americans’     10     (favor) foods!

Chinese characters (汉字) are so     1     (amaze) that even many foreigners are crazy about them. For the past three decades, Richard Sears has been focused on one thing: telling many     2     (story) behind Chinese characters. His interest in Chinese language and characters date s back to (追溯到) 1972, when he was a 22-year-old physics major in the USA.

He built a website     3    2002 and named it Chinese Etymology (词源), where visitors can check the development of Chinese characters in a variety of forms for free. Because of this well-received website, he     4     (become) Uncle Hanzi, a nickname (昵称) which was given by Chinese netizens (网民).

In September, Sears set up     5     (he) studio (工作室) in Nanjing as part of the local government’s plan to promote (促进) Chinese culture. To help both Chinese     6     foreign learners have a better understanding of Chinese characters, the studio concentrates     7     telling stories behind Chinese characters with the aid (帮助) of technology. They have made over 60 videos in English with Chinese subtitles (字幕) for Bilibili, a popular video website among young people.     8     (watch) the videos not only brings fun but also makes people know more about Chinese characters, leaving them a deep     9     (impress).

With the tireless efforts of people like Richard Sears and the government’s support,     10     (many) people will appreciate (欣赏) the beauty of Chinese characters fully.

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。

The Han Dynasty was one of the heydays in ancient China. Han has a history     1     (date) back thousands of years and the traditional clothing of the Han people is called Hanfu,     2     charm has also flourished for centuries.

Hanfu is     3     important carrier of Chinese civilization, with etiquette (礼仪) as its core. Hanfu not only embodies the Chinese aesthetic taste,     4     reflects a unique meaning in etiquette, religion and culture. As long as people put on Hanfu, they should behave in accordance with     5     the “etiquette” system requires.

Hanfu     6     (compose) of yi, chang, headgear, hairstyle, shoes, etc. There are two types of “yi”.     7     is the kind with the separation of the upper and the lower garments, while the other is the one-piece kind that unites the upper and the lower garments together. The decoration on the garments represents the faith and customs in the Han culture. The Yin-Yang and all the subjects on earth     8     (picture) on Hanfu profoundly reflect the Chinese ancients’ understanding of the universe and nature.

In recent years,     9     people’s enthusiasm for traditional culture growing, wearing Hanfu in a trip or in a party has become a new trend among young people. The revival of Hanfu is a new exploration of the beauty of Chinese clothing by contemporary people, and also represents the new     10     (recognize) of the value of traditional culture by the younger generation.