3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Stress: Good or Bad?

Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to talking about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.

In recent years, stress     1     (regard) as a cause of     2     wide range of medical problems, from high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress that does you harm. It is time that you should consider that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are     3    , the better your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though, further stress will only lead to exhaustion,     4     (ill)and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself a number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of you, and yet find     5    impossible to say no? Do you find yourself getting impatient or     6     (annoy) with people     7     (talk) over unimportant things? ... If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better control your stress, as you     8     (probable) are under more stress than is good for you.

To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart,     9     shows how much stress is involved in     10     (variety) events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12, etc. If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely to get ill.

4 . 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once there were two mice, a city mouse and a country mouse. They were distant relatives. One day the city mouse,     1     lived in a big house wrote a letter to the country mouse inviting him for a visit.

Delighted, the country mouse accepted the    2     (invite) and came to the city mouse’s house. He was greeted by the city mouse cheerfully. The country mouse was surprised     3     big the house was. The city mouse was pleased    4     led the country mouse to the kitchen. When     5     climbed up the table, there were a large piece of bread, fruit and cheese     6     it. But just as they began to eat, they heard     7     great noise. The city mouse cried, “Run! Run! The cat     8     (come)!” They ran away quickly and hid.

    9     (breath) heavily after hiding in the mouse­hole, the country mouse said to the city mouse, “I should go back to my house in the country. Even if I eat nothing but beans, I can live     10     (peace). Why don’t you come with me to the country? It is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid”

5 . 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。

A new branch of the Palace Museum is expected to rise on Beijing outskirts over the next few years to better showcase the     1     (museum) cultural relics.

After nearly a decade of preparation,   construction of the new branch began last December.     2     (locate) in Xiyehe, a village in Haidian District, the new branch will cover more than 100, 000 square meters, including     3    exhibition space of over 60, 000 square meters for cultural relics and more than 35,000 square meters for relic     4     (restore).

To date, over 1.86 million cultural relics     5     (house) in the museum. However, only about 10, 000 pieces are able to be displayed every year due to limited exhibition spaces and outdated offices,     6     calls for more space to unveil these precious relics in public.

Du Haijiang, deputy director of the Palace Museum, briefed the public on the project in an interview with CCTV on January 26th,     7     (explain) that calligraphy works and paintings couldn't be put on display.

during rainy seasons, in winter or summer, because of strict temperature and humidity requirements. Some silk and cotton artworks     8     (current) cannot be exhibited at all for lack of the necessary environment.

On completion of the new branch, it will be possible     9     (display) between 20, 000 and 30, 000 individual relics each year. The new venue will be a modern exhibition space     10     multiple functions to provide relic preservation, repair work, and visitor services.

6 . 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。

With the widespread of the Internet, our life is becoming more and more convenient. Moreover, some people’s lives     1     (change) by online communities and social networks.

Jan Tchamani was an English teacher in Birmingham, UK.     2     (unfortunate), she was out of work due to her sudden illness. Stuck at home, she felt lonely and     3     (bore). Thanks to the Internet, she joined an online community, where she     4     (get) support and advice by sharing her problems.

    5     (inspire) by the people she met online, she started     6     IT club to teach older people how to surf the Internet. Many people benefited from the club, of whom a man aged 59 learnt to apply for work online and found a great job. The club helped an old woman who was living alone set up a small online company successfully.

In spite of her achievements, she continues to learn more about how to use the Internet. She holds a strong     7     (believe) that everyone should have access to the Internet and that     8     is highly important to bridge the digital divide.

“When you go     9     tough times, you meet others who are facing similar challenges,” Jan says. “    10     (think) about other people’s situations inspired me to offer help.” Others’ lives have been changed, and so has her life.

7 . 语法填空

I met an artist in the park today. At that moment, a piece of art     1     (make) by her and local schoolchildren. The images on the artwork, of happy families with their pets, were so     2     (inspire)!

She said her next project is     3     (create) a large painting that will cover an entire wall at the Children’s Hospital. Again, she plans to work together     4     children in the neighbourhood. What     5     heartwarming idea! Children who are well will be creating the artwork for children     6     are sick. I can imagine the day when the painting will be shown. The children who work so hard on it will be overjoyed with     7     (excite) to show what they will have     8     (vivid) created. And the children waiting to see the painting will be equally excited to see what is behind the curtain. And finally cheers will be all around!

Children help children to be happy. The artist     9     (wake) me up from my daydream and said, “I will need a lot of     10     (volunteer) to help with this project!” I told her to count me in! I would be happy to help make this dream come true!

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

It was an emotional moment for two women in China     1     the mother of the bridegroom discovered that her daughter -in -law was her biological daughter.

The reunion occurred at the wedding in Suzhou on March 31. According to Sohu News, the discovery     2     (make) after the mother noticed a birthmark on the bride’s hand, which looked strikingly similar     3     that of her long-lost child.

Determined to uncover the     4     (true), the woman gathered the courage     5     (ask)the bride’s parents whether she was adopted (收养). After explaining her story and     6     same birthmark, the bride’s parents     7     (final) confirmed that their child had been adopted.        

Indeed, the bride was the woman’s long-lost biological daughter. It turns out she went     8     (miss) as a child and was picked up by her adoptive parents on the roadside about two     9     (decade) ago.

The wedding would have been called off at this point, but the woman also revealed that her son was also adopted. The wedding proceeded as planned. The story of joys and sorrows     10    (move) all the people present. The ending of the story is, as the idiom goes,“As You Like It.” (皆大欢喜)

Photos of the bride crying and hugging her long-lost mother spread on Chinese social media.