1 . 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。

Jiang Zhirong, 22, is from Yingcheng, Hubei Province. Last year, she passed the examination for upgrading from a junior college student to a university student, and     1     (admit) as an undergraduate at Hubei Minzu University.

As she was the only one in her class     2     succeeded in passing the exam, Jiang’s teacher and classmates advised her not to suspend her schooling, but she was     3     (determine) because she “wanted to give back to society”.

As a member of the Plan of the 2022 College Students Volunteer Service to Western Regions, Jiang has now worked in Hubei’s Laifeng County, at the junction (交界处) of three     4     (province), Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing.

In the     5     (two) year of her junior high school studies, Jiang’s father passed away. Her mother was unable to take care of herself because she suffered from     6     illness and her grandmother later succumbed (被压垮) to Alzheimer’s.

    7     (help) Jiang’s family, the local government helped rebuild their house. A kind-hearted man called Nie Chunhua gave support towards Jiang’s mother living in a welfare home.     8     a heart full of gratitude, Jiang studied very hard in technical secondary school and college, until she passed the undergraduate upgrading exam and suspended her schooling.

Speaking of her     9     (decide), Jiang said, “When I was asked whether I would regret     10     (suspend) school to volunteer in the western regions, I was certain I would never.”

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词(1个单词)或括号内单词的适当形式。

A nearly 300-year-old musical instrument     1    (know) as a violin could soon sell for more than $10 million. The instrument     2    (make) by Italian violin maker Giuseppe Guarneri in 1736.

The violin is owned by Regis Pasquier,    3    bought the violin more than 20 years ago. He gave a concert the following day without even     4    (practise) on the instrument. Perrine, from a French auction house, noted, “For him, this instrument was perfect.”

Pasquier has since played the instrument in     5    (place) like Camegie Hall in New York and the Opera’ Garnier in Paris. Perrine said it could     6    (probable) sell for up to $10 million.

At that price, the violin would not even be the costliest in the world. In 2012,    7     unnamed buyer paid $16 million for a violin that was once owned by 19th -century violinist Henri Vieuxtemps. That violin is     8     loan to American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers for the rest of her life.

The most     9    (value) violin is believed to be the Messiah Stradivarius. The violin is estimated     10    (be) worth $20 million. It can be seen at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.

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。

The first-ever C919, China’s first self-developed passenger jet,    1    (deliver) to China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai on December 9, 2022 and is expected to be put into commercial operation next spring,    2    is a significant milestone in the development of China’s aviation manufacturing (航空制造) industry.

The first C919 has    3    total of 164 seats, including eight seats in business class and 156 seats in economy class.    4    (base) on the initial approval of the CAAC (中国民用航空局), China Eastern also needs to carry out more than 100 hours of test flights    5    (confirm) the operational safety and various operational support capabilities of the aircraft, as the C919 is the first such model    6    (global).

Later, China Eastern plans to put the C919 into commercial service in    7    (city) such as Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an, Kunming and Guangzhou. Over 20 pilots will serve    8    the first group to operate the C919.

The aircraft industry has entered a new journey of development, and it is of great    9    (significant) in promoting cooperation and innovation in the global aviation industry chain.

So far, the C919    10    (get) 1,115 orders from home and abroad. In March 2021, China Eastern officially purchased the first group of five C919s, and other planes it bought are expected to be delivered in 2023 and 2024.

4 . 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。

The history of siheyuan (courtyard house) in Beijing can be traced back to more than 800 years ago     1     Beijing established its status as the capital city. As a kind of traditional Chinese relic, siheyuan represents the     2     (capital) architectural style.

Siheyuan is a closed rectangular space with a courtyard in the center. It     3     (surround) by four houses: the main room, the opposite room, an eastern-wing house and a western-wing house. The housing arrangement is     4     (total) based on the rules of hierarchical system, which aims to keep the order of the family members’ status. The principal house facing the south is inhabited by the head of the family, and his or her     5     (old) son lives in the eastern-wing house, which is believed to be superior     6     the western- wing house. Usually, the opposite house is given to servants and other members. Undoubtedly, siheyuan is a mirror of Chinese culture,     7     (reflect) the sense of belonging in the mind of Chinese people. All the gates are printed red,     8     symbol of luck in China.

Indeed,     9     (know) more about Chinese culture and traditions, visiting siheyuan     10     (be) a smart choice for you. Staying in a siheyuan, learning how to make dumplings and enjoying a local Chinese life, you will get an unforgettable experience here.

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While many people have made videos to cheer on those working on the front lines of the fight since the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, Chien Meishuang     1     (spend) her time in lockdown at home, painting simple heartwarming works.

The paintings are part of her Journal of the Pandemic Lockdown,     2     project she started two years ago. “We are all facing a difficult time     3     we are trapped at home,” Chien tells China Daily. “I     4     (simple) wanted to let others know that there is a silver lining amid the dark clouds.”

The Taiwan native, who lives in Shanghai, is being on the receiving end of her neighbors’ kindness.     5     (document) her experience, the artist created a painting, titled Good Neighbors in China, marking the first new     6     (add) to her project this year. Other     7     (scene) shown in her latest works include delivery men having a quick lunch and her neighbors     8     (welcome) a 70-year-old man who returned from hospital after recovering from COVID-19.

“It is because of the pandemic     9     I have made friends from all walks of life in the area where I live. These individuals have provided infinite inspiration and stories     10     my works,” she adds. “As long as an artwork can touch people’s hearts, I believe it is good art. It doesn't matter how simple it is.”

6 . 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 week or so ago, I had hot pot with one of my     1     (colleague) after a night class. We were enjoying the delicious food and chatting happily     2     a woman approached our table.     3     (feel) bothered and interrupted by a seemingly beggar I didn’t intend to offer her a response at first, because she was so young that I believed she should work to make     4     living instead of begging.

To my surprise, she showed me a box of native incense (焚香), and was very enthusiastic     5     persuading me to buy     6    . I felt she was truly     7     (respectable) than before. She charged 50 yuan and we bargained with each other. Finally we reached an agreement     8     I could buy the incense at the price of 45 yuan.

At the instant of paying the bill on We-chat, I     9     (hesitate) and eventually typed 5 and 0 in the blank. The lady gave the incense to me politely and left. Several seconds later, she came back and thanked me     10     (constant) with a smile lightening her face. “It’s your self-dependence that matters.” I responded to her sincerely.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Tibet was a region I was desperate to see,     1     its remoteness and my inability to go delayed my journey. Last summer, my brother and I finally decided to take the trip.

We set off at the Guangzhou train station and three days later, we arrived in Lhasa. The trip certainly took a while; however, we     2     (reward) with the most beautiful views and made friends along the way, all at a     3     (low) cost than flying.

We started our tour of Lhasa watching pilgrims(朝圣者)doing their morning prayers,     4    (comprehensive) exploring the palace. We had an incredible lunch at one of the best restaurants in Lhasa,     5     offered a beautiful view overlooking the Jokhang Temple.

Then we started our journey to the Qomolangma base camp    6     road from Lhasa. Along the way we stopped     7     (admire) the Yamdrok Lake. Its beauty was beyond     8    (describe).

About a week later, we arrived. We stayed in a guesthouse just next to the base camp and after dropping off our luggage,     9     (head) straight outside to see the Mt. Qomolangma. The tip of the mountain emerged through the clouds,     10     (astonish) us with its unbelievable height. The clouds parted and we watched the sunset over the peak.

8 . 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。

It’s one of the longest train journeys in the world —2,910 miles across China. And when photographer Mathieu Paley was looking for ways     1     (get) his wife and two sons from Hong Kong to northwest China, it looked like the perfect choice. “I thought it would be     2     (wonder),” he says. “We will get to see China!” Even better, the train’s 52-hour journey from Guangdong, near Hong Kong, to Xinjiang was much simpler and far less expensive     3     flying.”

Paley and his family saw China change with every mile. The train’s last stop is a city     4     (call) Urumqi. The comfort of the train and the beauty of the landscapes (风景) attracted the Paleys. Paley remembers, “We were all looking at each other the last day,     5     (wish) it would last another 24 hours!”

After a few     6     (day) in Urumqi, the Paleys set out for Pakistan. They     7    (take) a bus southwest to the city of Hotan, and then to the city of Kanshigar, where most of the people were Uygur, a Chinese minority (少数民族)     8     live mostly in the west.

“It was     9    short trip, just six hours,” Paley says. “The journey let     10    (I) see the vastness (辽阔) and beauty of China. ”

9 . 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。

Thanks to an online facial recognition system, a    1    (China) man who was separated from his parents as a child has found his family.

Fu Gui, 33, was re-connected with his birth parents on April 1, 2018 after    2    (use) “Baby Come Home”, a website that is     3     (special) used to help people find their missing relatives.

The website uses a facial recognition system,     4     matches the portraits offered by parents who are looking for their missing    5    (child)with people who are trying to find their parents.

This is the first time in China missing children and their parents    6    (be)re-connected with-the help of facial recognition technology.

As his father recalled, Fu Gui     7    (bear)in Chongqing, south-west China, in 1984 and went missing in 1990.     8    (find)his son, the man uploaded Fu Gui’s information to the website “Baby Come Home” and attached a picture of Fu Gui    9    he was little.

The re-connection of Fu Gui and his parents marked    10    first case in China for missing children and their families to be matched with the help of facial recognition technology.

10 . 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。
Booking clerk: Hello, can I help you ?
Customer : Yes, you know, I’d like to fly to Berlin, Germany,    1    the 13th of this month.
Booking clerk : Well, a moment please. I’ll check the    2    (flight). And What time will you come    3    ?
Customer: Let me see. I will attend a book fair    4    (hold) in Berlin, and the next two days a conference about education. Well, I haven’t decided when I’m going to return. Oh, I hope I will have the     5    (cheap) flight. By the way, how much does it cost to go there ?
Booking clerk: Oh, it’s only $870. This is the cheapest.
Customer : It’s fine. Would you like to tell me    6    the flight leaves and arrives?
Booking clerk: No problem. That’s Flight BA975. It    7    (leave) Los Angeles at 11:00 in the morning, and arrives in Boston at 2:35 in the afternoon. Then, you’ll have to change     8    Flight 301 at 4:10, and arrive in Berlin at 7:14 a.m. the next day.
Customer: I think I’ll take    9    . One more thing, I prefer to have a seat in the front and by the window, because I suffer from    10    (airsick) sometimes.