1 . 根据课文内容填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）

Most teenagers tend to s    1     from growing pains during adolescence, during which they go through many   p    2     and psychological changes. For one thing, parents are       3    （严厉的）on their children. They cannot t    4     children’s improper behavior in daily lives.

They often c    5     that their children show too much enthusiasm for social media, which greatly reduces their concentration on study. For another thing, parents attach too much importance to a    6     performance of their children. Once children fail to live up to their expectations, they will get upset. Therefore, teenagers often feel stressed and even c    7     about their future.

To deal with the situation       8    （适当地），teenagers should communicate     9    （定期地）with their parents, which will definitely minimize their growing pains and achieve a b    10     between life and study.

2 . 课文内容填空

John Snow was a famous doctor in London —so    1    , indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal     2    . But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people     3    to cholera.

First there was England. Wales was    4     to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people refer to England you find Wales    5    as well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”. Happily this was accomplished without    6     when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.

At first my new surroundings were difficult to    7    . The air seemed thin, as though its combination of gases had little oxygen     8    . Hit by a    9     of fresh air, my head ached. Just as I tried to make the necessary    10    to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.

3 . 课文填空

The newly invented digital camera is     1    : you can take pictures without film. You can     2     and exhibit your picture globally in a few seconds through the Internet. The images     3     in a hard drive will never wear     4     like traditional photos. Digital cameras also satisfy     5     photographers by allowing them to view their masterpiece in real time.

4 . A

Water had also appeared on other planets like Mars but,     1     the earth, it     2     later. It was not immediately obvious that water was to be     3     to the development of life.     4     many scientists believe is that the continued presence of water allowed the earth to dissolve     5     gases and acids into the oceans and seas.

B

Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget     6     Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. Here in Vancouver, you’re in Canada’s warmest part. People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city,     7     by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Skiing in the Rocky mountains and sailing in the harbor make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities     8     in. Its population is increasing rapidly. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are     9     tall, some     10     over 90 metres.

5 . I had heard of the killers that helped whalers catch huge whales. When I worked at a whaling station, I     1     it many times. One afternoon, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. We ran down to the shore     2     time to see an enormous animal throwing itself out of the water. George, one of the whalers, told me that it was Old Tom, the killer, who was telling us there's a whale. Another whaler     3     out to     4     a whale hunt. We immediately headed out into the bay, with Old Tom     5     us the way. Using a telescope we saw that several killers    6     there were throwing themselves on top of the whale's blow­hole to stop it     7     while others were stopping it diving or     8     out to sea. Then the man in the bow of the boat aimed at the whale and killed it. These killers     9     harmed or attacked people. Once when we were in the bay, the sea was     10     , for which James was carried away by waves. Worse still, there was a shark. Fortunately, Old Tom rescued James.

6 . 根据课文内容补全短文。

Marty Fielding is a fairly positive person who considers he has a good life. He is realistic about his     1     , but doesn't let this stop him doing as much as he     2     . Marty has to deal with many difficult things     3     as missing lots of school, not able to run     4     and play sports like other boys at his age. However, he keeps busy doing things that do not require     5     strength, like computer programming. His fellow students accept people with     6     like Marty. They encourage the disabled to live     7     and full lives. So Marty has friends with     8     he can go to movies and football matches and he has lots of pets. He also studies     9     . He is a psychologically strong,     10     boy.

7 . John Snow was a famous doctor in London-so    1    ,indeed,that he    2    Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became    3    when he thought about helping ordinary people    4    to cholera.This was the deadly disease of its day.Neither its cause nor its    5    was understood.So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak.John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem.

First there was England.Wales was    6    to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people    7    to England you find Wales    8    as well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to "Great Britain".Happily this was accomplished without    9    when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland    10    in the same peaceful way.

8 . In the early evening we always stop to make camp. We put up our tent and then we eat. After supper Wang Wei put her head down on her     1     and went to sleep but I stayed     2    . At     3     the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. It was so quiet. There was almost no wind—only the flames of our fire for     4    . As I lay     5     the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.

All hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. The army     6     teams to dig out those who were trapped and to     7     the dead. To the north of the city, most of the 10,000     8     were rescued from the coal mines there. Workers built     9     for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.     10     water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

9 . There are two main sets of Games — the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are     1     every four years on a     2     basis.
   Only     3     who have reached the agreed standard for their events will be     4     as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world.
   I have even been put into space     5    and sent to     6    . the Moon and Mars.     7     my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with     8     that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race.
   The flying     9    travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned     10     and found that she was being watched by an elephant.
   “ Have you come to take my photo? ” it asked. In     11     Daisy burst into     12    . “ Don’t laugh, ” said the elephant, “we used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without     13    .

So the     14    decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a     15     number of animals.

10 . Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Mr. Smith used to be in prison for three years, which may have you think he is not a good man. But       1     a matter of fact, he is kind-hearted as well as honest. The reason     2     he was put into prison was not that he himself broke the law,     3     that his six-year-old son blew up(使……爆炸) the bridge near his home, imitating what he had seen on TV.     4     this little boy did break the law, he was too young to be put in prison. According to the local law, the boy’s parents had to be punished. As a result, Mr. Smith received the punishment. He was arrested and taken to     5     police station finally. Most of the people in the town showed pity on him, but it was useless. After all, law is law. Everybody is to obey     6    . As the proverb of “When it rains, it pours”, Mrs. Smith was out of work before long. She had to move to a southern state,     7     she was born and grew up. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.     8    the Smiths have experienced does teach us a good lesson.