2 . 课本原文填空。

An expedition to the South Pole with the great Sir Ernest Shackleton — this is the adventure that I have been d    1     of. And I was ready for it. At the age of 19, I am fit and full of v    2    . However when I a    3     to join the expedition, Shackleton turned me d    4     because he thought I was too young and wasn’t q    5    . But I was so e    6     about the idea of going along with them that secretly went a    7     his ship, the Endurance, and hid in a small cupboard. U    8    , three days after we set off I was discovered. Shackleton did not want to turn back so he offered me a job, but only after he p    9     me, “If anyone has to be eaten, then you will be the first!” He a    10     me to be a steward, and I now serve meals for twenty-eight men three times a day.

3 . 课本原文填空。

Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”,     1     50,000 babies in her lifetime. Dr Lin did not retire until the day she died, 22 April 1983. Since she had no children of her own, she     2     and a fund for new doctor. And     3    , her final thoughts were for others ......

Historically, Chinese immigrants settled in the area during the     4    . What     5     for Chinese immigrants then turned into a centre for Chinese culture ......

4 . 根据课文内容填空

PERU is a country on the Pacific coast of South America with three main areas:     1    , dry, flat land running along the coast, the Andes Mountains and the Amazon rainforest.

In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the     2     ancient Inca Empire. The Inca emperor lived in the now-famous     3     Machu Picchu. Spain took control     4     Peru in the 16th century and ruled until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main     5     language of Peru.

This four-day walking tour will take you on amazing     6     through the Andes Mountains on the way to the city of Machu Picchu. After reaching your     7    , you will have a day to     8     and be amazed by this ancient city. Especially amazing is the Inca’s dry stone method of building. Inca builders cut stones to     9     sizes so that nothing was needed to hold walls together other than the     10     fit of the stones.

5 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用所给词的正确形式填空。

The story of Chinese fashion began in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, both Chinese sneaker brands (品牌), suddenly gained international attention. Their products     1    (see) on models all over the world then. Last year, Chinese sportswear brand LI-NING was at the New York, Fashion Week in September with new designs decorated with Chinese     2    (character). Now the Chinese brands are impressive and ambitious and can go head to head with foreign brands. And this ambition may be due to the fact that China's young people are now more     3     about their own culture.

7 . 根据所学课文，写出正确的单词，每空一词

I     1     understand how you feel. I also had a friend whom I trusted a lot. When I found out that I was     2     by him, I was really hurt and let go of our friendships. I know you value your friendship and want your friend to value it     3     .

8 . 依据课文内容，在空格里填入适当的词（每空1词）或依据所给词填入其正确形式（不超过3个词）

(1) Exploring space has already     1    in the fight against world hunger. It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. A number of the satellites     2     data on land and weather patterns. Then the data     3     (transmit) to scientists on Earth. After careful     4    , the scientists can provide useful     5     and advice for farmers. As a result, space-based science has helped farming in its efforts to grow enough food to feed Earth’s increasing population.

(2) To the public, he was seen as a slightly     6     but kind and funny man. He had a thick moustache and long white hair, which sometimes stood on end     7    he had just received an electric shock. Although he was a     8    , he sometimes forgot things, like his friends’ birthdays. But     9     his peculiarities, he was loved by his friends and neighbours. There is even a story about how he helped a little girl who knocked on his door and asked for help with her homework. In fact, Einstein often     10     people on the street who would stop him and ask him to help explain things.

9 . Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d    1     the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h    2     these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e    3    , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R    4    , that among these are life, L    5    , and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g     6     are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P     7     to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l    8     its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f    9    , as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d     10    , to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（每空的字数不限，要和课文一致）。

I     1     my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really     2    . Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she     3     the trip properly. I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn’t; my sister doesn’t     4     details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a     5     look-- the kind that said she would not     6    . When I told her that our journey would begin at an     7     of more than 5,000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it.