1 . Directions: Read the following passage. 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.

Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity and critical thinking. Imagine that this drug were simple to make, safe     1     ( take) and could be had for free.

The nation’s leading pediatricians (儿科医生) say this miracle compound exists. In a new clinical report, they are urging doctors to prescribe (开处方)    2     to the children in their care.

What is this wonder drug? Play.

“This may seem old-fashioned,     3     there are skills to be learned when kids are not told     4     to do,” said Dr. Michael Yogman, a Harvard Medical School pediatrician.     5     it is physical play, outdoor play, or social or pretend play, kids draw important lessons from the chance to make things up as they go along, he said.

The advice,     6     was issued in August by the American Academy of Pediatrics (美国儿科学会), may come as a shock to some parents. After they spend years     7     (worry) over which toys to buy, which apps to download and which skill-building programs to send their kids to after school, letting them simply play — or better yet, playing with them — may seem like a step backward.

The pediatricians insist that it is not. The academy does not include specific recommendations for the amount of play. Instead, it     8     (ask) doctors to advise parents before their babies turn two     9     play is essential to healthy development.

When parents engage in play with their children, it deepens relationships and offsets (抵消) the bad effects of all kinds of stress, including poverty, the academy says. In the pediatricians’ view, essentially every life skill     10     (value) in adults can be built up with play.

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The virtual choir is    1    global phenomenon, creating a user-generated choir that brings together singers around the world through the use of technology. Singers record and upload their videos from different    2    (location) all over the world. Each video is then combined into one single performance to create the virtual choir.

The virtual choir was the idea of Eric Whitacre, an award-winning composer and conductor. Born on 2 January 1970, in Reno, Nevada, he graduated    3    the University of Nevada. Later, he entered Juilliard School for    4    (far) study and received a master’s degree in musical composition. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s original compositions became    5    (high) popular among singers and choirs,    6    led to the creation of the virtual choir.

The virtual choir began in 2009, when Whitacre received a video of a fan of his music.    7    (inspire), he called on his online fans to join together into one performance. The first virtual choir    8    (create), which had 185 singers from 12 countries.

The first-ever Virtual Youth Choir, launched in 2014 for UNICEF, was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK. Altogether, 2292 young people from 80 countries    9    (join) in to sing his song “What If.” The virtual choir makes it possible for people around the world    10    (sing) with one voice, thus creating a better world.

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Recently, in an attempt to handle a “masculinity crisis (男性气质危机),” the Education Ministry    1    (propose) stressing the “spirit of yang,” by hiring more sports teachers and     2    (redesign) physical education classes in elementary and secondary schools.

Some social media users expressed support for the proposal, with one writing, “It’s hard     3    (imagine) such effeminate (阴柔) boys can defend their country when an outside invasion (侵略) comes.” But others saw evidence of sexual discrimination and the     4     (fix) impression of gender stereotypes.

CCTV, the state broadcaster, wrote on its Weibo account Saturday: “Education is not simply about cultivating ‘men’ and ‘women.’ It’s more important to develop a    5    (willing) to take responsibility.” The broadcaster also offered a loose description of “yang”, “Men show ‘the spirit of yang’ in bearing, spirit and physique,     6     is a kind of beauty, but ‘the spirit of yang’ does not simply mean ‘masculine behavior.’”

While the Education Ministry’s new plan did not    7    (evidence) propose different treatment for boys and girls, educators like Liu Wenli,     8     expert in health at Beijing Normal University see some threats. Ms. Liu said that even the reference    9    “effeminate male youths” could lead to more bullying (欺凌) of students because of    10    (they) womanlike expression and identity .

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A one-legged Chinese woman at the World Professional Beauty Contest caught people's attention as she turned up     1    （graceful）. Gui Yuna, the 36-year-old Chinese woman from Nanning, showed her best form and won the     2    （title）of Miss Qipao and Miss Bikini in Group B.

Gui lost her right leg at     3     age of seven in car accident. At 17, she started training in high jump, long jump and other games.

One of the highlights of her professional career as an athlete was in the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Greece,     4     she won the seventh place in women’s long jump. She also broke the world record of women’s high jump for amputees in 2007 National Games for Dis abled Persons. Before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, Gui served     5     a torch bearer（火炬手）. She     6     （win）the National Model Worker award in 2015 as well.

Gui retired from professional sports in 2017.     7    （invite）by the World Professional Beauty organizers, Gui attended the beauty contest in a hurry and without much training. But her habit of     8    （keep）a healthy lifestyle and exercising helped her have a good physical shape and shine or stage.

"Sport gives me optimism and makes me look     9    （young）than my peers. I hope more and more people can gain     10    （confident）from my action and join the fitness career," Gui said.

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The custom of celebrating the Spring Festival with fireworks continued every lunar year in cities and villages. People took it for granted though they could     1    (occasion) lead to deaths. In populated downtown areas,     2    (dead) injuries and damage to properties(财物)     3    (be) severe during the holiday season. In 1993, the government banned     4    (they) inside the Fifth Ring Road. In 2005, with public opinion strongly calling for preserving the tradition of fireworks during the Spring Festival, the government gave the green light to fireworks downtown. This situation continued for several years. But from 2011, the public started to have more awareness     5     air quality. The year 2017 saw a decisive result in the battle between fireworks and the public demand for blue skies.     6    (tear) between traditional fun and clear air, the public voted for the latter. After 12 years of being allowed in the downtown areas, fireworks were once again banned.

How fireworks faded out of the festive life in Beijing is a     7     (reflect) of what happened across the nation.     8     China experiences rapid development and people enjoy better lives, tradition changes along with time. The 2019 Spring Festival ended on a note of peace and serenity. Fireworks have stopped being     9    essential part of the celebration and become a fading memory,     10    (give) way to safer streets, cleaner air and better sleep.

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A tiny owl(猫头鹰) that lost    1    (it) home last week when the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down in New York is recovering at a wildlife reserve.

In a Facebook post Tuesday ,the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center said the bird    2    (rescue) after the 75-foot tree was cut down Thursday in Oneonta,    3    (rough) 80 miles southwest of Albany and around 170 miles north of its final stop in New York City.

A worker    4    helped transport and secure the tree discovered the owl and his wife called the center. He got the baby owl in a box fixed in for the long ride. In fact, the owl wasn't a baby — it was    5    adult male Saw-whet, the    6    (small) variety of owl in the Northeast, the center said. He hadn't eaten or drank for several    7    (day), but began to recover after    8    (get) water and food.

The center said a return trip to Oneonta would likely be too traumatic(创伤) to the bird, so it plans    9    (release) it on facility grounds in the town of Saugerties. In honor    10    where the tiny owl was found, the center has called him “Rockefeller.”

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Singapore has announced new measures     1     (design) to quickly increase local food production, including rooftop farming. Officials in the citystate recently set a goal to meet 30 per cent of Singapore's nutritional needs with     2     (local) produced food by 2030. The plan includes $21 million in government money to support local production of eggs, vegetables and fish “in     3     shortest possible time.” The plans     4     (announce) as the worldwide spread of COVID-19 has caused shortages of many products,     5     (include) food in some areas.

Currently, Singapore produces only about 10 per cent of its own food needs. Only 1 per cent of Singapore's 724 square kilometres is currently used for agriculture. And production costs there are     6     (high) than the rest of Southeast Asia.

Singapore's Food Agency says its goal is to raise local food production levels to make up for climate change and population growth     7     could threaten worldwide food supplies. Singapore officials want all its citizens to have a     8     (believe) that the citystate has enough food to get through the COVID-19 crisis. But they have decided to speed up the process of increasing local production to begin     9     the next six months. This plan includes efforts     10     (identity) alternative farming spaces, such as industrial areas and empty building spaces. It also calls for adding new technologies to improve farming methods.