1 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.

Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in literature

Kazuo Ishiguro has won the Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy announced on October 5, 2017. Awarded     1     1901, the Nobel Prize in literature has become the highest honor of literature.     2     the terms set down by founder Alfred Nobel, the prize recognizes a writer who has produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.

The British novelist, born in Japan, is best known for his novel “The Remains of the Day”(1989). Permanent secretary of the academy Sara Danius said immediately after the announcement, “He’s developed an aesthetic universe all his own. He is exploring what you have to forget     3     (survive) in the first place as an individual or as a society.”

Ishiguro’s win marks the Nobel’s return to a     4     (traditional) literary author. Last year, the prize was awarded to American musician Bob Dylan,     5     surprising decision that sparked criticism from some quarters. In 2015, the Belarusian investigative journalist Svetlana Alexievich won the prize. Ishiguro, on the other hand, is a much     6     (admire) fiction writer who sits comfortably alongside such previous winners as Toni Morrison and Alice Munro.

His work is marked by a sense of painful loneliness. Joyce Carol Oates has called Ishiguro “one of our most eloquent poets of loss.”     7     (review) his most recent novel, “The Buried Giant,” former Washington Post Book World editor Marie Arana wrote, “His sensibility is neither Japanese nor English; it stands apart from any one culture. If these books have     8     in common, it is that an unspoken secret is entombed（埋葬）at each core ‒ an elusive（难以捉摸的） truth that is inferred, but that no one quite understands or can fully articulate.”

Ishiguro     9     (remain) very much a citizen of the world, conscious of the way people suffer alienation （疏远）everywhere. “I love living in London,”he recently told the Guardian, “but     10     I had to write a ‘London novel’, I’d portray the capital as a vampire sucking the blood out of the rest of the country. I’m amazed people in Britain accept so quietly this lack of regional balance.”

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。

Geetha Saleesh was diagnosed with an illness     1     she was young and lost her sight. However, being     2     (visual) damaged never stopped her from reaching her objectives.

In 2020, she and her husband Saleesh Kumar founded a restaurant     3     served meals and drinks,     4     (use) organic products but had to close down due to the     5     (lose) of the rented premises (经营场所). “Why not establish an online business during the lockdown?” she wondered. Since Geetha was familiar     6     running a business, with her     7     (remark) cooking skills, she established her online food business.

Also, it is with her background and ability that she started to sell homemade pickles (泡菜) online. She even created a special meal which is an     8     (adapt) version of curry (咖喱). “I’m glad my hard work paid off.” she says.

Recently, she     9     (develop) a website for food promotion and marketing. “We don’t have many products right now,     10     in the future, we intend to grow herbs and spices on our own,” Geetha says.

3 . 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 Kolahoi Green Heights is a hotel in the Himalayan mountains. With so much ice and snow around from December to March, last year, people at the Kolahoi hotel decided     1    (build) an igloo (冰屋) cafe. Syed Wasim Shah,     2     created the café, got the idea from an igloo village in Switzerland.It could hold about 16 people.

This year, they rebuilt it and created    3     was believed to be a new record — the     4    (big) igloo cafe in the world. They all it the Snoglu, which can hold up to 40 people at a time.The benches and tables    5    (make) out of packed snow and sheep skins cover the icy benches to make    6     (they) more comfortable.

The Snoglu is separated    7     two different parts. One part holds artwork created from snow and ice. The other part is a working cafe,    8    (sell) coffee, hot chocolate,and snacks. Mr. Shah says the cafe focuses on items that can be served    9    (immediate), since it’s so cold inside that most guests don’t want to stay long.

Next year, Mr. Shah plans to rebuild the cafe again. He also wants to create an igloo village, with    10    (room) where people can spend the night.

4 . 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。

About 15 years ago, Andrew McLindon,     1     cycling lover, was riding his bike in Texas when he     2    (think) about a friend’s 12-year-old son. The boy had never known the joy of biking because he suffered from hydrocephalus (脑积水).

When he got home, McLindon, now 60, went online and found a three-wheel bike with a seat belt, perfect for a child with some balance     3    (problem). Soon the boy was riding around the street,     4    (have) fun with his peers. McLindon says, “I’ll never forget the smile on the boy’s face.”

That smile launched the McLindon Family Foundation.     5    (fund) by donations, the group works with clinics to find children     6     can benefit from owning a special bike. A bike may include personalized equipment, from a headrest     7     a seat belt. For kids lucky enough     8    (get) one, it’s a life changer.

So far, the Foundation     9    (donate) 450 bikes, and that’s just a start. “I do a lot of things.” McLindon says, “But getting these kids their bikes is the     10    (important) thing that I do.”

5 . 阅读下面文章,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. And it was changed until     1     Peking Opera came to town.     2    (start) with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, I thought     3    I heard was a violin, but later I learnt that it was an instrument     4    (call) jinghu. Then I saw the main     5     (character) come on stage. The costumes and masks were     6    (amaze). The music, exaggerated movements and mime helped get the meanings     7     to the audience.       8    (use) such techniques, the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe. The performance was so       9    (wonder) that everyone clapped     10    (they) hands. So if you want to see a show with explosive effect, The Revenge of Prince Zidan ticks all the right boxes!

6 . 阅读下面短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式。

Music can be a good form of therapy. It is actually used as a tool to help those with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默氏症) remember very special memories and     1     (event).

Marta C. Gonzalez,     2     was a ballerina (芭蕾舞女演员) in the 1960s, danced to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake hundreds of times during her career. But later in life, Alzheimer’s stole these     3     (beauty) memories from her.

In a popular video     4    (upload) onto YouTube, Marta remembered she was once a dancer. You can see her face light up when the music begins to play. Her hands move     5     (graceful) to the song, and you can see her go into her happy place. As a person with Alzheimer’s, Marta really     6     (struggle) with short-term memory. But through music therapy, she     7     (take), even for a brief moment, to a happier time. The video ended with a photo of Marta in 1967,     8     (wear) her ballerina costume. It was so touching that all the audience clapped for her     9     (perform).

Marta died in 2019. A Spanish music therapy group called Música para Despertar filmed the video before her death but didn’t share it     10     recently. And the incredible video quickly took off!

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    1       (locate) in the center of Spain, the capital city Madrid is famous for its art galleries. The Prado Museum has one of the world’s     2     (big) collections of art works and paintings by Picaso     3     (exhibit) at the Reina Sofia Museum. Many people are attracted to Madrid for its exciting nightlife, but the city appeals to young people because it is home     4     the Real Madrid soccer team with many star players.

9 . 语法填空

In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman ever to be appointed director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC hospital, but just a few months later, the department     1     (close) because of the war.     2     (think) of all the people still in need of help, Dr Lin opened a private clinic. She charged very low fees to treat patients and often reduced costs for poor patients. At times she was even seen riding a donkey to faraway villages     3     (provide) medical care.