1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1词）或括号内所给单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。

My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong    1     August 15, 2015. He had dreamed about     2    (visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he    3    (be) there. The following was what he had seen.

Arriving there, he was     4    (surprise) by its beautiful scenery and tall     5    (building). As we all know, Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Wherever he     6    (go), he saw many smiling faces. People in Hong Kong were kind, generous, easy-going and ready to help others. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places.     7    a great number of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such     8     low voice as not to bother others.

Chinese and English are the official languages of Hong Kong. English is     9    (wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.

Staying there for a week was a good experience for him,     10     he would never forget.

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 . 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。

When I was a kid, Mom used to cook food for us. One night after     1     (spend) a long hard day at work, Mom placed a plate of bread jam and     2     (extreme) burnt toast（烤面包） in front of my dad, I was waiting     3     (see) if he noticed it. However, while eating his toast. Dad just asked me     4     my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night,    5     I do remember I heard Mom apologizing to Dad for burning the toast. I’ll never forget what Dad said, “Honey, I love burnt toast.”

Later that night, I     6     (go) to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He gave me     7     big hug and said, “Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today, really     8     (tire). Besides, a burnt toast never hurts but cold words do!”

What I’ve learned over the years     9     (be) that learning to accept each other’s faults is one of the most important     10     (key) to creating a healthy, growing and lasting relationship.

4 . Britney Spears is a hot     1     (sing)．Every girl wants to be her because Britney     2     (have) sweet voice and perfect outlook and everyone likes her.When I was very young，she was popular around     3     world.As she got famous at an early age，she got     4     (marry) when she was 24.But the marriage turned out to be bad，and Britney and her husband had many     5     (problem)，so they divorced(离婚) two year     6     (late)．After the divorce，Britney was like a crazy girl and was out of control.Some people even saw her     7     (cry) on the street.People thought she would be lost forever.     8     Britney came back.She focused on her new album，and she     9     (become) popular again.Many of her new songs won some awards，which were the best gifts for her.Britney is a great person     10    continues to surprise the world.

5 . Since a university education in the United States     1    (be) very expensive, most students work in addition to studying. Students     2    (usual) work part-time, but some students take full-time jobs.

A typical job for a students would be working     3    a waiter or waitress. Other typical off-campus jobs would include being a clerk in a store or delivering pizza. Sometimes students also find jobs on campus such as cleaning, working in a cafeteria or library or answering     4    (telephone). Most student jobs are entry-level and low paying, but have flexible schedule    5    (allow) students to attend classes.

Sometimes students also hold more responsible positions such as managers, or if they are lucky, positions in their area of study,     6    they hope will help them find employment after they graduate.

    7    double responsibilities of working and studying result in a very busy,     8    (stress) life for some students.     9    , it is the only way for many people to finance their college educations. Some Americans believe that the work experience is good for the students     10    (they) since it gives them a taste of “the real world” outside the school.

6 . Samuel Langhorne Clemens, more commonly     1     (know) as Mark Twain, was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida. Twain is considered     2     greatest author and humorist of the 19th-century American literature (文学).

In 1839 the Clemens family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River where he was brought     3    . Like many authors of his day he had little formal education. His education came from the print shops and newspaper offices     4     he worked as a youth. In 1853 Twain left Hannibal to travel. On a trip to New Orleans he persuaded a riverboat pilot     5     (teach) him his skill. By the spring of 1859 Twain was a licensed riverboat pilot.

After a(n)     6     (success) attempt at gold and silver mining he joined the staff of a newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada. He first wrote under the pen name Mark Twain in 1863.

He continued to travel as a reporter for various newspapers, and in 1869 his travel letters from Europe     7     (collect) into the popular book The Innocents Abroad. Between 1873 and 1889 he wrote seven novels     8     (include) his Mississippi River books.

    9     Twain’s life and career progressed he lost much of the humorous style of his earlier years. What was expressed more and more in his later works was     10     human beings are selfish. Even so Twain is best remembered as a great humorist.

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A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway    1     (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so    2    (absorb) in his Smartphone that he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him,    3    (throw) him to the ground. This should serve    4    a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially    5    crossing roads.    6    (lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver     7    (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident,    8    led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

The Smartphone    9    (addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even    10    (bad),some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends. Some people blame the Smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.

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适当形式。

Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?

The answer depends largely     1    cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color     2     represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children     3     (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect    4    against evils（灾祸）.

People’s     5     (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be     6     most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally    7    physically. People     8    (work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches.

Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that     9    (easy) catches a person’s eye.

Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. So     10     you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.