1 . 语法填空

Will you eat everything in your lunch box today? If not, will you save it for another time or just throw it away?

A recent study     1     (find) that 17% of all the food     2     (produce) around the world gets wasted each year,     3     reaches about 931 million tons. Believe it     4     not, 61% of the waste happens in our houses!

Food waste in homes     5     (happen) in rich countries like the US and the UK as well as in poor countries for different reasons.

Cultural habits could also lead to waste at home,       6     (include) massive packaging and “buy one, get one free” deals. ‘Use by’ or ‘best by’ dates       7     products could also cause people to throw away food. People could throw out food because they think it is     8     (safe) to eat, when in fact the date only shows when quality might go down.

Food was     9     (much) valued even in richer countries just a few generations ago, because people often couldn’t afford to waste it.     10     (throw) away food is for sure a great waste and we should try to make people know the importance of saving food.

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。

A Long March-5 rocket,     1     (carry) the Chang’e-5 spacecraft, takes off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern island province of Hainan on November 24,2020.

China’s Chang’e-5 probe( 探 测 器 ) decelerated and entered the lunar orbit on Saturday,     2    completed a vital step on its way to collect and return moon samples, the China National Space Administration (CNSA)     3    (announce).

After flying about 112 hours from Earth,     4     engine on the probe ignited (点火) when it was 400 km away from the surface     5     the moon at 8:58 p.m. and shut down after about 17 minutes, the CNSA said.

The probe performed the braking without incident and entered the lunar orbit     6    (successful ) according to the real-time monitoring data.

Chang’e-5 , which     7     (make) up of an orbiter, a lander, an ascender(上升器 ), and a returner, has carried out two orbital     8    (correction) during the Earth-Moon transfer, achieving its     9     (expect) goals.

Afterward, it will adjust the altitude and inclination (倾斜度) of its orbit around the moon. When the time is appropriate, it will land softly on the near side of the moon     10    (collect ) and return samples from the moon as planned.

4 . 课本原文填空。

The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer     1    the fish was coming in on his circle. He straightened himself and began another circle. The old man moved him. He felt faint again now but he held     2     the great fish all the strain that he could. He held up.

Though he put all of his effort on,     3    (pull) with all his strength, the fish swam away. That way nothing     4    ( accomplish ), he thought. This time he must get him alongside. He is not good for many more turns. But he is good for ever. He nearly had him and again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. Never has he seen a    5    (great), or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than him. Now he was getting     6    (confuse) in the head. He must keep his head clear and know how to suffer like a man. He said to himself “Clear     7    , head”. Twice more it was the same on the turns. He had been     8     the point of feeling himself go each time. Trying it once more, he felt himself going. But the fish righted himself and swam off again slowly     9     the great tail weaving in the air. At that time, his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes. He tried it again and it was the same. He felt himself     10    (go) before starting again, but he will try it once again.

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。

Eighty-year-old Li Xinsheng clearly remembered the day her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病). Since then, she     1     (do) everything she can     2     (slow) the illness’s progression (进展). The couple recently attended a dance-therapy program, Time to Dance, which was initiated (发起) by the Scottish Ballet from the UK in 2017 to offer dance classes for people living     3     Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Due to COVID, sessions     4     (hold) both online and in person last year. Both participants and instructors were referred to     5     (simple) as “dancers”. The dancers interacted with one another in a relaxing atmosphere and some started singing along with the songs     6     they danced.

The dance-therapy project proved helpful for the patients. Apart from     7     (help) the participants exercise and express     8     (they), it enabled the dancers to learn to communicate with others and be more open to everyday interpersonal interactions. “I feel moved. They’ve brought     9     (warm) to people with Alzheimer’s, who are often left unnoticed and forgotten in     10     corner,” Li Xinsheng said.

6 . 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.

My decision to leave England and travel around the world was the best decision I’ve made. I     1     (learn) so much from this journey so far, and if I could go back, I wouldn’t do it any differently.

When I lost my job     2     the economic crisis, I decided enough was enough. Within two weeks I had sold all of my furniture, given up the apartment and collected    3     much extra money together as I could from jobs, deposits and so on. With a one-way ticket out of England     4     (book), I took off and never looked back.

I contacted a friend    5     worked on a Greek island in the summer seasons, and as it turned out, it was a much     6     (easy) task to find jobs and accommodation out there. With the limited money I had left, I booked a one-way ticket to the island of Zakynthos (扎金索斯岛) in the hope of finding some time to figure out my next move while earning some money.

I had only been on the island for three days and I found my accommodation and had a job offer. From then on, I settled into a “normal routine” for holiday island workers. Every day I went to the beach or pool     7     (share) gossip with my fellow English workers. Then I would be home to change for work at 5 pm. After working from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. with no break, I would finish and head to the closest bar for cocktails and meet the rest of my friends.

To be honest, I find it hard to recall many stories or things I did during this time, but I know I had a fun time     8     (do) it. Zakynthos became a four-month-long party where I had the best and worst time of my life.

7 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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

A birthday is a time when someone celebrates the anniversary of his/her birth. It is the expression of thanking God for your birth and still keeping alive. Birthdays     1     (celebrate)often with parties and gifts and in most parts of the world, it is celebrated in the same ways. But in China, it is completely     2     different and interesting thing.

In Chinese culture, newborn babies are considered to be one year old. A Chinese child’s first birthday party takes place    3     he or she turns two. Parents may surround a child with symbolic items in an attempt     4     (predict) the future.     5     a baby reaches for money, he is believed to be rich as an adult. And a child who grabs a toy airplane may often travel when he/she grows up.

More and more Western-style birthday cakes     6     (make) their way into Chinese birthday celebrations, but the birthday girl or boy traditionally slurps(出声地吃) longevity noodles, which symbolize a long life. An unbroken longevity noodle should fill an entire bowl and    7     (eat) in one continuous line. Family members and close friends    8     cannot attend the party often eat long noodles in honor of the birthday     9     (bring) longevity to the person celebrating. A birthday banquet     10     also include hard-boiled eggs dyed(染色)red to symbolize happiness and dumplings for good fortune.

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。

In October 2017,Margaret called a number that she believed belonged to (属于)her grandson Barry,and when he didn't pick up, she     1    (leave) him a voicemail. The person she had called Callie Hall,called Margaret back to let her know she had the wrong number, but over the next couple of     2     (month),Margaret made the mistake a few more times.

"She called about once every two weeks to check in on Barry-whether he needed his shirt repaired     3     anything else he may need,"Hall said."I would call her back to let her know it was till me and we would chat(聊天）a little each time.”

After trying to wish Barry     4     happy birthday on December 19. 2017, but again calling Hall,Margaret     5     (final) worked it out. However, that didn't stop her continuing to call Hall--this time     6    purpose.

"This time the voicemail said,'Hello,Callie!' " Hall said." I worked out Barry's number.Thank you for being my friend. Love you ,later. "

From that day forward, they began to form a real     7     (friend). Hall still let Margaret's phone calls go to voicemail because she enjoyed     8     (listen) to her messages later when she needed to brighten her day. But she would also be happy     9     (call) Margaret back so the two could chat. Hall was suffering from an illness. and     10    (they) chats began providing her with encouragement during difficult times"

9 . 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。

A new study found that    1    (own) a pet— particularly a dog—is good for the owner’s heart health.

The study looked at 1,768 people from Czech Republic and assessed (评估) them on seven kinds of health    2     (behave). Researchers then    3     (compare) the heart health scores of pet owners with those who didn’t own pets.

“In general, people       4     owned any pet were more likely to do more physical activities, better diet and blood sugar at an ideal (理想的) level,” researcher Andrea Maugeri said.“People who owned a dog can get the greatest     5     (beneficial) from having a pet.”

“Keeping a pet could be a    6     (hope) way of improving heart health,” Maugeri added, “because it would make you have a more    7     (physical) active lifestyle.”

In fact, the study is not the first to suggest that dogs can do good    8     our hearts. In 2013, the AHA said that dog owners have a    9     (low) risk of heart disease than people who don’t keep dogs because people with dogs    10     (be) more physically active.