2 . 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。

Researchers at a Canadian Institute suggest how the interaction(交互) between remembering and forgetting in the brain     1    (allow) us to make more intelligent decisions based on memory. They published the review paper in the journal Neuron.

Forgetting makes us much smarter by working with memorizing     2    the following ways, the researchers say. First, letting go of outdated information lets us adapt to new situations. By     3    (forget) the older and potentially misleading information, we can adapt to new environments more     4    (easy). Second, forgetting also makes decision-making easier. We remember the important information which makes it easier for us     5    (make) wise decisions.

What and how much we remember can     6    (decide) by our environments. For example, a lawyer or a designer with a set of clients will likely remember     7    (they) names for a longer period of time. A cashier who has a changing sea of     8    (customer) every day will only remember names for a short amount of time.

The researchers point out that the motto is true: If you don’t use it, you lose it. But as this review paper shows, it can be     9       good thing. Clearing out the information you don’t need can help make room for the important stuff,     10     can make you become more intelligent.

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同的正确形式。

China is pretty much obsessed with QR Codes, which were responsible for $8 trillion worth of business deals last year. No     1     (sign) show that they are slowing down. Businesses should look to China when     2     comes to comprehending just how far QR Code usage can really go.

China had long realized the     3     (convenient) of using QR Codes as a method of payment. WeChat is without a doubt the top App in China, especially     4     (consider) that 93% of the population there uses it. This App includes a function     5     (name) WeChat Wallet, and people in China usually pay through the QR Codes     6     are generated through WeChat Wallet, which needs to be connected     7     users’ bank account and then they can start spending immediately.

Basically every type of vendor is obtaining payments through QR Codes. They     8     (use) for bike-renting, grocery shopping, hotel reservation and many other things.

QR Codes are     9    (simple) so popular that even beggars are using them     10     (collect) donations!

4 . 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。

I have       1     warm story to share with you. A school in San Francisco not only accepted a deaf student, but also       2     (teach) the entire class sign language to allow them to better communicate with him.

The       3     (move) story began in September last year when a woman asked the primary school in her neighborhood       4     (accept) her six－year－old son, James,     5       has a hearing disability. The teacher, Lily, agreed almost immediately, but     6       the first day of school, she noticed James     7     (sit) all by himself, unable to communicate with any of his classmates.

Determined to find a way out, Lily tried developing a few signs of her own. But a parent of another child came up with an even     8     (good) idea—getting the whole class to learn sign language along with James. So they got a sign language teacher on board, and three months later, James was able to communicate     9     (happy) with all his classmates about regular things like homework and     10     (game).

5 . “I’ve always been really loving traveling and sharing that experience     1    others,”says Namita Kulkarni. But as a yoga(瑜伽)teacher,it was       2    (actual) difficult for her to travel on her own money. She decided     3     (enter) a travel race called"Realize Your Dream”.

“They asked us to show our love for travel     4    I showed a picture of me jumping off a waterfall in Mauritius,”she says. The     5     (amaze) picture won her a spot in the finals and after a round of interviews, she was chosen as a       6    (win). Her prize was a 12-day dream vacation to Bolivia.“I     7    (attract) by Bolivia's beauty at that time,” she says. “Too often, I do believe seeing fountains(喷泉), salt flats, and lakes of different colors is a good chance to open up my sense of     8     world.”

This trip encouraged her to start her blog Radically Ever After to record some of her exciting     9     (trip). Now she is living her dream, traveling throughout the globe and teaching yoga.“Winning the travel race made me feel     10     (confidence) to follow what I really love most,”she says.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

At a gymnasium in downtown Beijing, a group of young enthusiasts are training and practicing the     1    (tradition) martial art of shuai jiao, which is native       2    China. The style of close combat fighting, also     3    (know) as Chinese wrestling, dates back thousands of years. It     4    (consider) by some experts as the origin of modern throwing sports such as judo. In recent years it has started to regain popularity with martial arts practitioners in the capital.

Hu Wannian started practicing shuai jiao at the age of 6. In 2016, he founded a wrestling club,     5    helped him promote the martial art at     6     open area in his residential complex in Beijing. At first, the tough conditions stopped many parents from     7    (allow) their children to join Hu's club. So far, the 62-year-old     8    （train) 50 students.

Yang Fan,28,is one of Hu's female     9    （student).“Very few girls practice Chinese-style wrestling," she said."But it has     10    （great) improved my athletic ability."

7 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填在答题卡标号为1~10的相应位置上。
The smiling face of Santa Claus appears all across China. Local governments are decorating trees and lamp posts with lights and ornaments.    1    first glance visitors would think they were in Europe.
Despite the fact     2    most Chinese are not Christians, Christmas season has become increasingly popular.
"If you     3    (walk) around major Chinese cities 15 years ago, you wouldn’t have seen many signs of Christmas. However, if you were to visit those same Chinese cities again today, you`d be surprised to see signs of Christmas almost everywhere," says CaiJiming,     4    professor of Tsinghua University, who has served     5    an expert indeveloping China`s holiday schedule.
    6    Christmas is not a public holiday, many Chinese cities are still getting into the Christmas spirit.
Cai says     7    e-mail inbox and cell phone have been flooded with messages     8    (wish)him a merry Christmas. The greetings have been coming in since the end of November.
In his view, Christmas seems like a "warm-up" for the     9    (true)important month-long Spring Festival,     10    begins on January 1^st of the lunar year.

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 Mother's Day morning last year. My five­year­old son, Tenyson, and I     1     (leave)the supermarket after shopping when an old woman fell over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. Her husband was with her, but the woman was     2       (serious) hurt and shaking with pain.

At the front of the supermarket a charity (慈善) group was selling flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we     3     ( buy) the lady a flower. “It will make     4       feel better，” he said. I was amazed that he'd come up     5       such a sweet idea. So we went to the flower seller to buy a flower for the lady.

By now rescuers had arrived, and were attending the     6     (injure)woman. As we walked up to her, my son became frightened by all the blood and medical     7    (equip). He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

Instead I gave the flower to the woman's husband     8       told him, “ My son was very upset for your wife and bought her this flower to cheer her up.”

At that, the old man was moved and said, “Thank you so much, you have a good son. Happy Mother's Day to you.”

The man then gave his wife the flower,     9     (tell) her who it was from.     10       badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with thanks in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Though Chinese is     1    (old) than English, English is spoken     2     many people around the world every day. English speakers are always     3    (make) new words and we should be able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes, however, no one may     4    (real) know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some     5    (man) went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany     6    (call) Hamburg.

They did not speak good English,     7     they ate good food. When some Americans saw them     8    (eat) round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, ＂We came from Hamburg.＂ One of these Americans owned     9     restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like the man from Hamburg ate and     10    (sell) them in many countries around the world.

10 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about     1     (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop,     2     some of them looked very anxious and     3    (disappoint) . When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next     4     the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike     5     (catch ) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused     6     (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept     7    (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“    8     anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It s     9     (I )”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers         10    (sudden) became friendly to one another.