1 . 填写课文背诵段落中所缺的词语，每空一词或多词。

Neither its cause     1     was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time     2    .

He knew that cholera    3     until its cause was found.

Now when people     4    England you will find Wales     5     as well.

2 . 原文填空(每空只写一词)

Adolescence is a time of growth and development     1     you change from a child to an adult. It is also a time of     2    , as you     3     more responsibility     4     your decisions and actions. If you look around, you may find some of your friends have a     5     favorable view of themselves - they see themselves clearly and are fully     6     of their     7     and weaknesses while others     8     to focus too heavily on their faults,     9     their good points. Actually the very way you feel about yourself is called your     10    .

3 . 根据课文内容填写相应的单词或短语

a. At that time people would     1     if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Today’s festivals have many     2     some are religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.

b. His cola was    3     and cold, and his ice cream was made of milk, cream and delicious fruit. “Nothing could be     4    ” he thought.

c. —And it was the ship that brought you to England.

—Yes. The fact is     5     I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which     6     my appearance. I went to the American embassy to seek help, but…

d. Water had also appeared on other planets like Mars but,     7     the earth, it had disappeared later. It was not immediately obvious that water was to be     8     to the development of life.

e. Going eastward, you will pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests,     9    wide rivers and large cities. Some people have the idea     10     you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5500 kilometers from coast to coast.

4 . 从课文 When Hamlet Meets Peking Opera中选出合适的单词,用其正确形式补全短文,一空一词。

When I went to see The Revenge of Prince Zidan, which is the Peking Opera version of Hamlet,I was impressed by the strong and mixed     1    of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance. I enjoyed it so much that I was on the     2     of my seat.

The opera started with an     3    playing jinghu, a traditional Chinese instrument, whose sound was completely new to my Western ears. Then I was surprised to see the     4    come on stage.Their costumes and masks were amazing. Although the stage was simple, the     5    could get meanings from the music,     6    movements and mime. By using some     7    ,a small stage had been    8    into the whole     9    .

The most incredible part of the show was how     10     the performers were. I highly recommend this show to you because it    11     all the right boxes with a    12    of music,singing, drama, poetry, costume design and explosive effect.

5 . 课文填空

At the ancient Olympics,by    1     the athlete were all men and they had to compete     2     no clothes.Single women were allowed to take part in their own     3    ,at a separate festival in honour of Hera,the wife of the Greek god Zeus.Today,both male and female athletes from around the world can take part,no matter what nation they come from. The     4    Olympic were first held in 1896,in Athens.It was a Frenchman,pieere de Coubertin,who brought the Olympics back to life.He dreamt that the Olympics would make it possible for people of all countries to live side by side in     5    Now people all over the world are helping to realize this dream.Among them are many well-known athletes.

6 . 课文填空

Contrary to what many people might     1    ,evidence shows that sharks seldom attack humans.There are three types of shark attacks.In the main type,the shark attacks you because it     2    you for a fish,but when it tastes human flesh it decides to give up and swims away.In the second type,the shark pushes you with its nose to find out if you are     3     to be eaten,and then     4    you if it thinks you are.In the third type,the shark waits for you to swim by,and then attacks you suddenly.The last two types of attack more often       5    in the death of humans.

7 . 根据短文内容填空。

Yang Liwei was born in an ordinary family in Liaoning Province in 1965. He became a pilot of the Chinese Air Force in 1987. He     1     (spend) 1350 hours in the air. It took him five years to     2    (become) a spaceman. Yang Liwei was     3    (send up) into space by China’s ShenzhouⅤat 9 a.m.     4     October 15th, 2003. It moved around the earth fourteen times. He came back     5     (safe) at 6:23 a.m. the next day, making China the third country to successfully send a person into space after the former Soviet Union (前苏联)     6    the USA. Yang Liwei returned to the earth after a     7    (21小时) trip to space. In space, Yang not only recorded     8     (thing) he saw, but also showed China’s national flag and the United Nation's flag to the people who watch on TV     9     home.

All of the Chinese people are     10     of our first spaceman — Yang Liwei.

8 . 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.

“Melting pot” means a place where people from many different ethnic groups or cultures form a united society. The idea comes from     1     (heat) metals in a container. When they melt, the metals unite and become       2     new and stronger. This term has been used to describe the United States as a nation created from people who came here from many different countries.

A Frenchman who was living in America expressed the idea more than 200 years ago. J. Hector de Crevecoeur     3     (publish) a book called Letters From an American Farmer in 1782. He wrote that America had people from many different countries. He said that they would become a new people     4     work would one day change the world.

For many years, Americans generally accept the idea     5     their country is a melting pot. They welcome immigrants from many nations. Yet some of those immigrants criticize the melting pot idea. They feel they are forced to lose their culture and language     6     (accept) in America. Other people also criticize the idea. They say the aim of the melting pot is to make different cultures disappear into the one     7     (represent) the largest group.

New groups of immigrants from Asia and Latin America are changing the United States today. Some are resisting learning American culture and language. Reports say some Americans fear that the nation is separating into many groups that have no     8     (share) purpose. Others say the melting pot is no longer changing the nation’s immigrants, but the immigrants are changing America.

Some experts who study immigration say they now compare American society     9     a salad bowl. A salad is made of many different foods. They each keep their own taste     10    being part of a successful product. In this way, cultural groups keep their customs and language and are still part of American society.

9 . 阅读下面课文原文，在空白处填入课文原文内容。

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since     1     times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and     2    in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would     3     if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Today’s festivals have many     4    , some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.

The most     5     and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.     6    the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and     7    celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,     8    take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might     9     parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important     10     and social festival for Christians around the world.

10 . 课文填空

Yuan Longping,    1    is one of China's most famous scientists, considers himself as a farmer. Yuan Longping grows    2    is called super hybrid rice. In 1973, he became the first    3    (agriculture) pioneer in the world    4    (grow) rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice make    5    possible to produce 20% more of the crop in    6    same fields.

    7    (bear) in 1930, Yuan Longping graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then he has devoted his life to     8    (find) ways to grow more rice. Thanks    9    his research, farmers are producing harvests' twice    10    large as before.