3 . 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。

An advertisement     1     (use) words and pictures to persuade people to buy a product or service, or to believe in an idea. There are two main     2     (type) of advertisements—commercial advertisements and public service advertisements (PSAs). A commercial advertisement is one which someone has paid for to advertise a product or service. PSAs are often run     3     free, and are meant     4     (educate) people about health, safety, or any other problem     5     affects public welfare.

4 . 阅读短文，根据首字母或中文提示在空白处填入1个适当单词的正确形式。

Last week, I attended a lecture on lost     1    (文明). It was about Pompeii and Loulan, both of which were busy and w    2    about 2,000 years ago. F    3    in the 8th century, Pompeii was d    4    by a volcano, a natural     5    (灾难) that buried the whole city alive.    6    (与……不同) Pompeii, Loulan disappeared mainly because of the damage humans did to the environment. Once a     7    (商业的) city on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West, Loulan was covered with huge trees. But the trees were cut down and the city was     8     (逐渐地) covered over by sand. T    9     we ought to a    10    great importance to environment protection.

5 . 阅读短文，根据上下文或者首字母在空白处填入1个适当的单词，或给出括号内单词的正确形式。

We all know it is not healthy to stay up late and poor sleep quality can leave us feeling low. However, many people still cannot get enough sleep, e    1     the young.

Over 60% of Chinese students aged 6 to 17 sleep       2     than eight hours a day, according to a report released by the Chinese Sleep Research Society(CSRS) on Marth 17. The study     3     nearly 70,000 children and teens aged 6 to 17 across the Chinese     4    , Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

According to the study, too much school homework is a major cause for inadequate sleep among young people. For example, from Monday to Thursday, 8.4 percent of them would still be     5    (occupy) in doing their homework after 11 p.m..     6     major cause of young people’s inadequate sleep is the frequent use of electronic devices.

Lack of sleep among children and teenagers has     7     concern in society. To reduce students’     8     burden, the Ministry of Education and eight other departments issued a guideline on Dec 28. It is suggested that local education authorities across China should take more     9     to help students get more sleep, including     10    (delay) the start of morning classes by half an hour.

6 . 课文填空
1. An advertisement uses words and pictures to _________ people to buy a product or service, or to believe in an idea. Newspapers, magazines, the Internet, radio and television are the most common places to find them. There are two main types of advertisements —commercial advertisements and public service advertisements(PSAs). A commercial advertisement is _________ which someone has paid for to advertise a product or service. PSAs are often run for free, and are meant to educate people about health, safety, or any other problem that affects public _________.
2. All through history, people from many different countries and cultures have lived together in Britain. The English language is made up of the grammar and _________ these people brought to Britain. That is _________ English has so many different rules that confuse people.
3. The Chinese language _________from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand _________ ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at _________these characters developed.
4. In 334 BC, he took his army, now with 42,000 men, into the Middle East and then Egypt, _________ every army that stood in his path. Then he turned his eyes east, and marched all the way to India, finding victory _________ he went. It seemed that nothing could stop him from taking control of the entire world.