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。

A 90-year-old has been awarded “Woman Of The Year” for     1    (be) Britain’s oldest full-time employee—still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9am to 5pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield,     2     she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have     3    (final) been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year.

Picking up her “Lifetime Achievement” award, proud Irene     4    (declare) she had no plans     5    (retire) from her 36-year-old business. Irene said, “I don’t see any reason to give up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I     6    (make) over the years. I work not because I have to,     7     because I want to.”

Granddaughter Gayle Parks, 31—who works alongside her in the family business—said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said, “We don’t have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call     8    (say) she was short-listed, we thought it was     9     joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It’s     10    (wonder).”

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。

The British Museum,     1     (locate)   in the Bloomsbury area of London, is the first national public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection numbers some 8 million works, making     2     one of the largest in existence. It has been     3     (wide) sourced, and documenting the story of human culture     4     its beginnings to the present. As with all other national museums in     5     United Kingdom, it charges no admission fee. Its ownership of some of its most famous objects     6     originally came from other countries is controversial, particularly in the case of the Parthenon Marbles. Today the museum no longer houses     7       (collection) of natural history, and the books and manuscripts (手稿)   once it     8     (hold) now form part of the independent British Library,     9     it still keeps its universality in collections of artificial works     10     (represent) the cultures of the world, ancient and modern.

3 . Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words.

As humans, we have five tools     1     help us explore the world around us. The first one is sight. You can watch a movie, see a beautiful sunset, or run and play outside because of your     2     (eye). The second important sense is hearing. Our ears allow us     3       (enjoy) things like talking with our friends and listening to music.     4     (be) able to hear also helps protect us from     5     (dangerous); for example, we can hear if a car is coming when we’re crossing the street. Smell is another important sense.     6       our noses we couldn’t enjoy things like our favourite meal or flowers. Our nose also helps us know     7     we’re eating. The     8     (four) important sense is taste. Our tongues (舌头) can pick out five types of tastes — bitter, sour, sweet, hot and     9       (salt). The last important sense is touch. Our skin is very sensitive (敏感的) to what it touches, allowing us to feel. Our sense of touch can also prevent us     10     (hurt).

4 . There’s no such thing as living alone. Never mind if you’re     1     only person in your house and have no dog, no cat, not even fish. You still have got several billion     2    (roommate) — and so do we all. Some of them are harmless, some are     3    (actual) helpful and some could even kill you. They are, of course, bacteria, fungi(菌类) and viruses, and like it or not, they’re on you, around you, and deeply inside you. The fact that bacteria life is everywhere is not     4    (surprise). It’s something you       5    (learn) from your childhood when your mother told you not to drink water from someone else’s glass. There are lots of bacteria     6     are living in your tea kettle. There are bacteria     7     (sleep) with you on your bed. Scientists are beginning     8     realize) the richness of the microbiome(微生物群系) — which is as complex as the ones     9     (find) in oceans, rainforests, deserts and woodlands. Your house has a microbiome and     10     do you.