1 . 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。

Fairy-tale ice sculptures attract hundreds of thousands of tourists into China’s Harbin.China’s annual Ice and Snow Festival, with     1     (it) fairy-tale ice sculptures, opened on Friday, drawing large crowds of tourists who walked carefully over the     2     (slip) ice and snow. This year the ice park covers 810, 000 square meters with 250, 000 cubic meters of sculptured ice     3     (harvest) from the nearby frozen Songhua River, and lit up at night with colourful lights.

The sculptures, some of     4     were a-few-storey-high, featured Chinese style buildings and bridges, fairy-tale castles, towers and one modeled after Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. All of them left a deep     5     (impress) on the visitors.

The festival’s marketing vice director Sun Zemin told Reuters the average number of people visiting the park daily has increased     6     (significant) to around 30,000 this year. Over the past few days, the festival park     7     (receive) more than 163, 200 people,     8    (generate) 46. 18 million yuan ($6 45 million) in income, nearly six times higher     9     a year ago. That helped draw some 3.05 million tourists to the city during the same period, and Heilongjiang’s Culture and Tourism Department called the tourist boom     10     “ice and snow miracle” in Harbin this winter.

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。

When it     1     (announce) in 2018 that the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai had created the world’s first cloned monkeys, Zhongzhong and Huahua,     2     (heat) discussions followed online.

In fact, cloning has always been with us. It is a way of making     3     exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants     4     (make) new ones. It also happens in animals when identical twins are produced from the same egg. These are both     5     (example) of natural clones.

Cloning has two major uses. First, gardeners use     6     to produce large quantities of plants for sale. Second, it’s valuable for research on new plant species     7     for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is     8     (fair) straightforward, while cloning animals is much more complicated and difficult,     9     (require) lots of hard work. Over the years, many scientists failed in their attempts to clone animals, but their determination and patience paid     10     in 1996 with a breakthrough — the cloning of Dolly the sheep.

4 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Stop Asian Hate

During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City saw a sharp increase in harassment and violence against Asian people and communities, especially Asian elders. Discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, age, and disability, including having or     1     (perceive) to be exposed to COVID-19, is illegal under the Human Rights Law.    2    the start of the pandemic, there has been a significant, troubling increase in anti-Asian hate crimes and bias incidents. These have been verbal attacks, physical and even things like the tragic shooting of eight Asian-American spa technicians in Atlanta, Georgia. Beginning in February of 2020, we received a sevenfold increase in reports of anti-Asian harassment, discrimination, and violence. It is crucial to note that hate crimes and bias incidents have been found to be vastly under-reported     3    these numbers reflect just a fraction.

We all want to live in a world that is free from prejudice and    4    everyone has the right to be proud of who they are. Unfortunately, this is a pretty tough ask. We’ve joined forces with other establishments to bring you some resources of the movement of Stop Asian Hate,     5    the aim is to an end to the rising tide of racism against east and south east asian (ESEA) people.

Since the pandemic, something has been made nasty in the media by comments from Donald Trump calling it “the China virus”, and ESEA people all over the world have found that their lives have been turned upside down. In the wake of the tragic deaths in the US and several studies     6    (reveal) the real increase of racism against this minority, the Stop Asian Hate movement started a conversation about what is going on. You can find out all about it on this website, and get resources and support to help you if you are dealing with the impacts     7    racism.

Working towards a world where no racism exists is always important to us, and will always be something     8    need to strive towards. The thing is, a lot of conversations around racism fail to distinguish between the multiple groups of people who are affected, and the issues     9     (face) by ESEA people will be completely different to other people of colour.

    10    the growth of attacks and hate crimes still on the rise, we want to give you the tools to be able to understand the value and necessity of our voice, and how to stand up and fight back.

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。

Sustainable tourism, which is becoming increasingly popular nowadays, is not just about seeing the sights — it is also about connecting with people and their cultures,     1     (make) a positive impact on the places we visit and enhancing opportunities for the future. So,     2     can we be sustainable tourists?

It is important to travel in     3     environmentally friendly manner. Getting to a tourist destination by airplane, which greatly     4     (increase) our carbon footprint, has a huge impact on the global environment. While avoiding flying is not always     5     (practice), we can help improve the environment by travelling on local public transport or even on foot wherever possible. When at the hotel, we can reduce our impact by cutting back on water consumption and not having our bedding and towels     6     (wash) every day. We also need to protect the local culture. When visiting temples or churches,     7     a strict dress code may     8     (require), we should dress appropriately. While travelling, we should respect the right to privacy. We must ask for     9     (permit) before taking pictures of the local people, who are human beings and not     10     display.

In summary, being a sustainable tourist comes down to respect — for nature, culture and people.

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。

Since the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology     1     (design) uniforms (制服) for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it has taken on the task of costume design for many international sports events. It took two years     2     (complete) the design work for the Chinese Olympic delegation's entry uniform in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After several     3     (round) of selections and evaluations, final uniform designs with the theme of “making a good start” were     4     (official) confirmed in March, 2021.

Since the appearance of the athletes is     5     focus of the opening ceremony, an eye-catching red is a top choice,    6    is the primary color in China's national flag and also symbolizes energy, passion and joy in traditional Chinese culture. White     7     (represent) brightness and purity plays a buffering (缓冲) role in the costume design. The     8     (combine) of red and white means “making a good start.”

The white dress for female athletes features China's national flower, the peony, and the source is from a Ming Dynasty peony bowl,    9     the design of the men's shirts is inspired by the five-star pattern of China's national flag. It reflects the spirit of the Chinese Olympic team to fight together     10     national honor.