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。

Robert Owens felt     1     (defeat) and helpless on Sunday as he waited in Louisiana’s capital city for one of the most     2     (power) hurricanes ever to strike the US.

The 27-year-old man had spent days     3     (anxious) watching long lines of cars leaving for safer locations as Hurricane Ida     4     (approach). He had hoped that his wife and two children would be among them. But leaving would have required money for gas and a hotel room—something they didn’t have.

Out of desperation, Owens went to the bank on Saturday and applied     5     a payday loan. But he     6     (tell) he didn’t have enough credit history.

“Our bank account is empty-we can’t afford     7     (leave),” he said. “A lot of us here in my neighborhood have to stay and wait, not knowing how bad it’s going to get,” he said. “It’s     8     terrifying feeling to think my family is getting left behind.”

“The fact     9     we are not middle class or above just keeps coming back to bite us again and again, in so many different     10     (direction)and ways. A simple payday advance is just one of them,” he said. “It’s like we have to pay for being poor, even though we’re trying not to be poor.”

2 . 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 Pulitzer Prizes are a set of awards honoring excellence in journalism and the arts. The prizes     1    (establish)largely due to the efforts of Joseph Pulitzer,who was deeply     2    (interest)in the progress and elevation of journalism. He left money in his 1904 will     3    (fund)the establishment of the prizes,stating that he wanted four awards in journalism,four in letters and drama,one for     4    (educate),and five traveling scholarships. Since the first prizes were awarded in 1917,there have been many winners and some people have won more than once. Past winners include such famous     5    (name)as Eugene O＇Neill.     6     O＇Neill received the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1957,it was the fourth time he had won it.

There     7    (be)a number of changes to the Pulitzer Prizes over time. Some of these resulted     8     advances in technology. For example,online content from newspaper websites has been allowed in all of the journalism categories since 2006. The Pulitzer Prizes have also expanded to include such categories as photography and music.     9    ,journalism is still what the Pulitzer Prizes are best known for. Today,    10    (win)the Pulitzer Prizes is considered by many to be the highest achievement possible in journalism—just as Pulitzer had intended.

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Are you excited about the new app that you just downloaded to your smart phone? It might be fun now, but be     1     (care): Too much screen time may be harmful     2     your eyes.

The problem, says Sarah Hinkley,     3     is a professor at Ferris State University and the Michigan College of Optometry, comes from the blue light that screens give out. Staring at a smart phone might cause eye strain(劳损)，headaches, and dry eyes. Smartphone and computer screens present greater danger than watching television because the screens     4     (hold) closer to the eyes.

Many doctors and     5     (researcher) agree that you should limit smartphone use to no more than three hours per day. Limiting screen time might seem like a sacrifice (牺牲) now, but it' s worth it. One of my friends found out the hard way. “My eyes were hurting really bad, so I    6     (go) to the doctor,” he sạid. ''I was told that I had an eye strain and was not allowed     7     (look) at my phone for days.

If you eat healthy foods and exercise regularly, there is less of a chance that a medical problem will occur (发生) with your eyes. Taking     8     break every 15 minutes when you’ re working at a computer is also a smart     9     (decide).

Keep in mind: Your eyes are     10     (important) than an incoming text.

4 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

I read this story the other day and I liked it very much. Now I’d like to share it with you.

A man     1     (sudden) felt very terrible one day and was taken to hospital. After he received some examinations, he     2     (tell) he was badly ill and wouldn’t live longer than one year.     3     (hear) that, the man became depressed. He was so worried about himself that he wanted to do nothing. It lasted for about a month. Then one day, he decided to make     4     change and do something that he had dreamed of     5     (do) — to travel around the world. The doctors were shocked when they     6     (learn) about it. They told the man that he might die on the way,     7     the man insisted on doing it. So he began his journey around the world.

He made friends     8     those he met on ships or planes. He enjoyed good food and visited beautiful places. He was in a happy mood every day and even totally forgot his     9     (ill).

He was still alive one year later. When he returned to his home country, he was happy and     10     (health).

When something bad happens to us, we shouldn’t be anxious about it. Instead, we should overcome our anxiety. Things will not be as bad as we expect them to be.

5 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

The name Helen Keller has a special meaning for people in the world. She could not see or hear. Yet Helen Keller was able to do so much with her days and years. Helen Keller was born in     1     small town in northern Alabama. Her father, Arthur Keller, was a captain in the army of the South during the American Civil War. Her mother was his     2     (two) wife. She was much     3     (young) than her husband. Helen was     4     (they) first child.

Helen Keller was just like any other child until she was one and a half years old. She began walking and     5     (talk) early. Then, nineteen months after she was born, Helen became very sick. It was a strange illness that made her     6     (complete) blind and deaf. The doctor could not do anything for her. Her bright, happy world now was filled     7     silence and darkness.

When Helen was six, her parents took her to visit a famous doctor in Baltimore. However, the doctor said he could do nothing     8     (help) Helen. He suggested that the Kellers get a teacher for the blind     9     could teach Helen to communicate. A teacher     10     (arrive) from the Perkins Institution for the blind in Boston.

6 . 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。

China says its push to bring modern communications technology to poor villages is having an effect on standards of living. Over 98 percent of villages once    1     (suffer ) from poverty have gained access to broadband----and the effects are beginning to     2     (see).

Official data show that, since 2015 China's central government and basic telecom (电信)operators    3     (give) over 60 billion yuan ($9.28billion) in the construction of fibre-optic (光纤) network in 43,000 villages in the distance and the construction of 4G base stations in more than 9,200 villages once stricken by poverty     4     (extreme).

Thanks to the     5     (introduce ) of a better communications network, Beldron, a 26-year-old villager in Nyingchi city, has been able to promote a stone pot made by the county's factory through a live show. "This is our stone pot. You'll know how great it is when you have     6     taste of our local food cooked with it," Beldron said during a live show held     7    (promote ) the stone pot in a store of the factory. Over 20 stone pots can be sold during one live streaming show, Beldron said.

Now rural areas in China have gained access to the same network and Internet connection speed     8     urban areas, including the remotest regions     9     suffered from extreme poverty. Besides, those once poor areas in the country are seeing     10     (evidence) improvement in communications because of the construction.

7 . 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。

They say opposites attract; you may find that some of your best     1     (friend) are people who challenge you and offer you different views on life. In fact,     2     same can be true for animals! Countless unlikely animal friendships have been recorded in pictures and on the news.

Anjana, a chimpanzee (黑猩猩) who lives at a US animal reserve, has,     3     the help of her caretaker, raised young animals before. You can see     4     special the relationship between Anjana and these baby tigers is. The chimpanzee is gentle, caring, and seems     5     (take) pleasure out of caring for and playing with the baby tigers. Chimpanzees are an intelligent, social species, who are used to     6     (live) in communities and watching out for each other.

When we think of animal relationships, we often think of those between humans and animals, but the     7     (important) relationship in the lives of most animals     8     (be) with other creatures. Not all species get along, but it's     9     (wonder) to see how one species can protect and care for another under certain special conditions. Anjana may not have spent     10     (she) whole life together with the baby tigers, but during her time with them she provided much needed comfort, friendships, and love.

8 . 阅读下面材料，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 international gaming community has welcomed the inclusion of esports as    1     official medal sport at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, where many top club players will be seeking success for their countries. Tian Ye, who plays for EDward Gaming,    2     EDG, said, “If     3     (select), I hope to compete at the Asian Games once again.” The 23-year-old was on the team     4     won the League of Legends 2021 World Championship this month. Esports was included in the Asian Games for the first time as a demonstration sport at the 2018 edition in Indonesia, with China     5     (win) two gold medals and a silver. News that esports had been included as a medal sport for the Asian Games in Hangzhou     6    (announce) this month at the     7     (four) China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Tian said: “It shows that esports has gained wider     8     (recognize). Such tournaments are becoming     9     (increasing) professional, and the gaming industry is now taking place on a much     10     (big) scale than before. ”

9 . 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.

For vanity or medical necessity? To enhance or to correct? Clients or patients? Plastic surgery has traditionally been divided into two separate camps: the cosmetic and the reconstructive.

Cosmetic procedures are broadly about the quest for beauty,    1     reconstructive ones restore functions lost or impaired. The two may share history, expertise and technology, but when it comes to our attitudes toward going under the knife, the dichotomy matters.

Netflix's new reality show "Skin Decision: Before and After" demonstrates, however, the distinction     2     what is considered cosmetic and reconstructive isn't always so clear.

Across the first season's eight episodes, Dr. Sheila Nazarian and nurse Jamie Sherrill consult patients     3     (carry) the scars, irregularities and deformities of personal trauma. Some have suffered violent attacks or road accidents;     4     bear painful reminders of lifelong acne or the physical damage of alcoholism.

But it could be argued that all of the participants stand to gain psychologically from undergoing some form of surgical or non-surgical cosmetic procedure,     5     it isn't strictly necessary. Using their field's latest technologies, Nazarian and Sherrill eliminate scar tissue, smooth damaged skin and restore patients' smiles (quite literally in the case of one man,     6     facial injuries caused pain every time he smiled).

They use tucks, fillers and lasers - treatments that are, on paper, cosmetic rather than reconstructive. Yet, their patients aren't searching for perfection.

Unlike other plastic surgery reality shows, which routinely document wealthy participants' efforts to remove wrinkles, enlarge breasts or lift buttocks, those appearing on "Skin Decision" often just want to return to their former selves. As a patient with large amounts excess skin, following a dramatic weight loss,     7     (explain) in one episode: "I don't have to look like Barbie. I just want to look normal."

Few participants better exemplify surgery's potential to transform people's lives than Katrina Goodwin, who appeared on the show following a horrific 2017 attack in which she was shot nine times by her then-husband, who went on     8     (kill) the pair's two young daughters. Nazarian and Sherrill helped to remove scar tissue on Goodwin's abdomen, reconstruct cavernous bullet wounds and remove a tattoo bearing her ex-husband's name     9    (use) advanced laser equipment.

"Every time I took a shower I was reminded (of the tragedy)," she said. "Now, when I take a shower I'm reminded ... that this is phase two. This is my new beginning.

"Before appearing on the show, I didn't realize how defeated I was - defeated in my whole body language," she added. "Now friends and family say, 'You walk taller, you walk prouder, you seem happier.' So it was a transformation, and a way for me to reclaim     10     and feel complete, like a normal woman."

10 . 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.