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

Xu Lizhen, a 74-year-old lady, has been acting as a tour guide for nearly 20 years in Yang Shuo, Gui Lin,    1    is a city known both in China and abroad for its beautiful landscape.     2     she attended only primary school when she was young, she can now speak approximately 11 foreign languages    3    (fluent).

Since 20 years ago, tourists    4    ( show )affection for Yang Shuo, including a great many foreigners, In order to make a    5    (live), Xu Lizhen began to sell water. However, she could hardly make any money at first because foreigners didn't understand her accent. She tried to imitate the    6    (pronounce) of the foreigners, take notes and learn them    7    heart. If she came across tourists who can speak both Chinese and a foreign language, she would ask them to translate their words many times so that she could remember them    8    (well). It is in this way that the old granny masters 11 languages, such as English, French, Russian, Korean. Now, she has no difficulty at all    9    (communicate) with foreign friends in simple oral English. She is also       10    (refer) to as Mother Moon for her kindness among tourists.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（不多于3个词）或括号内单词正确形式填空。

In recent years, many original Chinese children's novels and picture books, with moving stories and Chinese elements,     1    (reach)great heights in the international markets. Children's books have clocked 7.3 million volumes,     2    (account) for 50.33 percent of all books exported.

Three factors have     3    (great) contributed to the     4    (grow): the depth of the story, traditional Chinese elements and emotions of the characters.

The meaning of children's books lies in conveying the profound connotation (内涵)behind the story. Through the unique interpretation of the humanity and the environment,     5    (write) share the same feelings with Chinese and Western readers.

Mr Cao,     6    is the writer of Bronze and Sunflower, even won Hans Christian Andersen Award. The English version of the book was published in 2015 by a British company,     7    republished in 2017. It was included in "the voice of the world -- the world's     8    (beautiful) novel series".

The book tells the story of the growing relationship     9    a city girl, Sunflower, and a country boy, Bronze. The author displays the extreme struggle of the characters in     10    face of hardship, and describes the true, the good and the beautiful in human nature with vigor(活力) and warmth.

3 . A new football competition, Man v Fat,     1     (organize) recently in England.     2     (judge) from the name, it is easy to guess that players can only join if they are fat. They can only win when they score or lose     3     (pound) after each game. So, the main purpose of this competition is     4     (get) fat men to do regular exercise.

Jay Ali, a bank manager, found     5    a great idea. He said, “I don’t want to go to weight-loss classes in     6    almost all members are women. And I don’t want to play football with my friends who are all     7     (thin) than me, so this gives me the perfect chance to exercise with guys who are the same     8    me. Here, no one judges me, so I don’t have to get embarrassed.” Mr Shanahan from Staffordshire shared the same opinion, “I took part in the competition after getting fed up with weight-loss classes which were     9     (main) filled with women.”

It seems that this football competition has offered fat men     10    effective way to lose weight.

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。
There is a wonderful story about Jimmy Durante, one of great singers.     1    (ask) to be part of a show for some old World War II soldiers, he told them he was very busy and he could afford only a few minutes,     2    he would come if they wouldn’t mind his singing one short song and immediately leaving for his next appointment. Of course, the show’s director agreed    3    (happy).
But when Jimmy got on stage, something surprising happened. He went through     4    short song and then stayed. The applause grew louder and louder and he kept     5    (stay). Pretty soon, he had been on stage    6    fifteen, twenty, and then thirty minutes. One of his     7    (assist) behind the stage stopped him and said, “I thought you had to go after a few minutes. What happened”
Jimmy answered, “I did have to go, but I can show you the reason why I stayed. You can see for     8    (you) if you look at the front row.” In the front row were two men, both of     9    had lost an arm in the war. One had lost his right arm and the other had lost his left. Together, they were able to clap, and that was exactly what they    10    (do) , loudly and cheerfully.