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。

There is a lovely panda. She lives with her parents and they live     1     happy life in the forest. One day,the panda     2       (pick) a huge pumpkin and wanted to take it home. But the pumpkin was too big for her       3    (take) it home on her own. She could do nothing but sit beside the pumpkin. She thought     4     a minute and determined to wait for someone to help.

Suddenly,she saw a bear     5    (ride) a bike towards her. She watched the bike and suddenly,she jumped and shouted     6     (happy), “I know!I have a good idea—I can roll the pumpkin. It’s just like a wheel!”Therefore, she rolled the pumpkin to     7    (she) house. When her mother saw the big pumpkin,which was     8    (big) than her little daughter, she was     9    (surprise),“Oh,my God!How can you get it home?” The little panda answered proudly,“I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and said, “     10    a clever girl you are!”

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。

Xi (玉玺) is the seals(印章) owned by the Chinese emperors. Dynasty after dynasty the emperors used the seals     1     ( establish) their power and identity. For their unique function, seals reflect Chinese history in     2     special way.

In Zhou Dynasty, emperors     3    (start) to use seals. When it came to Qin Shihuang, the jade(玉制的) seal got     4    (it) name, Xi. Different     5     Yin, the seals were used by officials and ordinary people.

In history, the emperor     6     (own) the most seals is Emperor Qianlong,     7     is said to have more than a thousand seals.

As a royal symbol, the creation of jade seals     8     (consider) a form of art. They are     9    (usual) made from jade and other twenty kinds of materials. And     10    (pattern) on the face are various, including Chinese characters, landscapes, figures, birds, or flowers.

4 . 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。

The war epic The Battle at Lake Changjin, one of the most expensive films ever     1    (make) in China, topped the weeklong National Day holiday box office.

Based on a true story, the film is set     2    the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950 - 1953), which     3     (tell) the story of the Chinese People’s Volunteers soldiers fighting     4     (brave) under freezing temperatures in the key campaign at Lake Changjin.

With     5     number of cast and crew(演职人员) reaching an unprecedented(史无前例的) scale of more than 12,000, the movie recreates the serious conflict on the Korean Peninsula in the extremely cold winter of 1950, when temperatures     6    (fall) to -40°degrees.     7    (it) production involved more than 80 visual-effect companies both at home and abroad, with the script revised 37 times. The film has also gained millions of     8    (review) and clicks on several of the country’s most popular social media platforms, such as Sina Weibo and Douyin, with most netizens praising the heart-wrenching(令人心痛的) tale and saying it brought out a sense of national pride, making them want to show their respect for the CPV(Chinese people’s Volunteers) heroes     9     sacrificed(牺牲) their lives. Some netizens said the film reminded them to value today’s     10     (peace) life.

7 . 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。

Nelson Mandela is a great man. The black people in South Africa are grateful to     1    (he) for what he did.

At one time black people were not treated equally. It was not easy for them to find a good job and many families were too poor to afford their children's     2     (educate). In 1952, Mandela set up a law office to help the poor black people     3     trouble. It was with his guidance that those     4     lost heart in life became     5     (hope) about their future. As     6     matter of fact, it was Mandela's dream to help black people get the same rights     7     white people. However, the government was so angry with him that he     8     (put) into prison for life on Robben Island for being one of the ANC leaders. He was released in 1990 and was voted President of South Africa in 1994. Now black people in his country live a much     9     (good) life than before.

Mandela devoted all his life to     10     (improve) the life of the black in South Africa.

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。

Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said     1    was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.

After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months     2    , but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We     3    (tell) that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week,     4    for the week after. I didn’t understand     5    this would happen and my credit card had already been charged     6    the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been     7    (full) booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was surprisingly helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on     8    top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.

The next day, my brother and I went to the beach     9    we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little     10    (sunburn), but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.

9 . 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。

China is     1    (wide) known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times,     2     the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons why this has been possible, but one of the main     3    (factor) has been the Chinese writing system.

At the beginning,     4    (write) Chinese was a picture-based language. It Dates back several thousand years to the use of Longgu ---- animal bones and shells on which symbols     5    (carve) by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today’s hanzi.

By the Shang Dynasty, these symbols     6    (become) a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, as it was a time when people were divided geographically,     7    (lead) to many varieties of dialects and characters. This, however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty.

Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one unified country     8    the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. That writing system was of great     9     (important) in uniting the Chinese people and culture. Even today,     10     matter where Chinese people live or what dialect they speak, they can all still communicate in writing.

10 . Directions: After reading the passage 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.

Sea Gypsies（吉普赛人）

We had been travelling for a few hours when on the horizon we     1    (spot) the group of small hand-built boats called kabang. The Moken are afraid of strangers, so     2     we approached, I called out some reassuring (安抚的) words in their language. The family elder, Gatcha, was at first unwilling to stop. Outsiders have been making use of the Moken throughout their history so he was used to keep his distance. But after hearing that I had been researching the Moken way of life     3     1982, in the end he accepted us into his “home”.

Home for this nomadic sea people are the kabang, where they live, eat, and sleep for eight months of the year. In these light craft, they travel across 800 islands that     4    (dot) across the Andaman Sea, off Myanmar, collecting what they need to survive and     5    (move) on. They get by only on what they take from the sea and beaches each day: fish, mollusks and sand-worms to eat; shells and oysters to trade with Malay and Chinese merchants. They accumulate little and live on land only during the monsoons (季风). But the world     6    (change) the Moekn way of life.

As divers and beachcombers, they pose no threat to others who share these waters. In spite of this, the authorities are always pressuring them to settle in one place. Ten years ago, 2,500 Moken were still leading a traditional life, but that population is declining slowly and now     7    (stand) at around 1,000. If they cease to be sea gypsies, it     8    (fear) that their unique understanding of the sea will disappear also. Moken people can dive to 20m without breathing equipment, and     9    (develop) extraordinary underwater vision. They are experts at reading changes in the sea, and it is even said they     10     predict a tsunami (海啸).