1 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

During the Middle Ages, the     1     of Western art was to teach people about Christianity. Thus, artists were not interested in painting     2     scenes. Their works were often     3     and two-dimensional, and the main characters were often made much     4     than everyone else to show their     5    .

3 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

A committee was established to     1     damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for     2     from different departments and raised funds     3     the international community. Experts investigated the issue,     4     several tests, and then made a proposal for     5     the buildings could be saved.

4 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词

China is widely known     1     its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, despite the many ups and     2     in its history. There are many reasons     3     this has been possible, but one of the main     4     has been the Chinese writing system.

5 . 根据首字母提示和课文内容填空

One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually a    1     a higher yield than c    2     crops. However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great d    3    . The common a    4     then was that it could not be done. Through i    5     effort, Yuan o    6     enormous technical d    7     to develop the first hybrid rice that could be used for f    8     in 1974. This hybrid e    9     farmers to e    10     their output greatly.

6 . 根据课文内容填空。
In general, doctors in those days had two     1     theories to explain how cholera spread. One theory was that bad air caused the   disease. Another was that cholera was caused by an     2     from germs in food or water. Snow     3     to the second theory. It was correct, but he still needed     4    . Consequently, when an outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854, Snow began to investigate. He discovered that in two particular streets the cholera outbreak was so severe     5     more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why.

7 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

Through Snow’s     1     efforts, water companies began to sell clean water and the threat of cholera around the world saw a     2     decrease. However, cholera is still a problem. Each year, millions of people around the world get cholera and many die from it.     3    , we now know how to prevent cholera,     4     to the work of John Snow. Moreover, in his use of maps and statistics, Snow     5     the way scientists study diseases. For this reason, Snow is considered the father of modern epidemiology.

8 . 下列文段直接来自所学的课文。请根据英文首字母提示，填入符合课文含义的词，使文段意思完整，通顺，符合课文原意。

Just like spoken language, body language v    1     from culture to culture. The c    2     thing is using body language in a way that is a    3     to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact — looking into someone’s eyes — in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by c    4    , eye contact is not always approved of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially permitted to make eye contact. In Japan, it may demonstrate r    5     to look down when talking to an older person.

The gesture for “OK” has different meanings in different c    6    . In Japan, someone who w    7     another person employing the gesture might think it means money. In France, a person encountering an i    8     gesture may interpret it as meaning zero. H    9    , you should avoid making this gesture in Brazil and Germany, as it is not considered p    10    .

9 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词

From Edmonton, the train    1     southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. At school, Daiyu and Liu Qian had leant that Canada’s population is only slightly     2    thirty-seven million. However, they did not     3    seeing such an open country, and were truly amazed. They went through two wheat-growing provinces,     4     they saw a     5    of farms that covered a very large area.

10 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词

Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the sights. During their first day, as is     1     of Vancouver, it rained. Despite the weather, they were able to take a boat ride out into the     2    , and later visit an island that had wonderful shops selling crafts and     3    . The next day was clear and mild, they were pleased to see the beautiful mountains     4     out over the city. Later, they took a    5     hike in a forest just a short distance away.