1 . 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.

If you like to buy imported products, here is a piece of good news. China has cut import tariffs (进口税) on 187 consumer goods.

Goods     1     (benefit) from the cut range from food and health supplements to clothes and recreational products. According to China’s Finance Ministry, their tariffs have dropped from an average of 17.3% to 7.7%. Tariffs on some special infant formulas have been cut from 20% to zero.

The move is thought to be part of an effort     2     (encourage) people to spend more at home. This can help China transform its economy to a consumption-driven one. Also, the cuts     3     (mean) to signal to the world that China is opening up its economy.

Doug Lippoldt, an economist at HSBC, says the cuts in the import tariffs are positive. In China, there is a huge demand     4     foreign brands. People think imported products are safer and are of higher quality. Now, with the reduction on import tariffs, the domestic market,     5     a few retailer giants used to dominate, has to become more competitive.     6    , in the long run, will bring great benefit to consumers and the Chinese economy. Furthermore, consumers     7     (tempt) to buy foreign goods from Chinese retailers will help create jobs.

    8     the move may benefit consumers and the Chinese economy, it’s not good news for daigou, people who resell items they buy abroad to consumers in China. Analysts say the days of     9     many consider to be a booming business may indeed be numbered. “Lower tariffs mean Chinese consumers can buy imported products at a     10     (costly) price at home; daigou traders will lose their price advantage,” says Yu Simin from CECRC, an e-commerce consulting firm.

2 . Archaeologists are scientists who search for clues that help form a clearer picture of the lives people led in the past. Archaeology is a modern science, but it has been________for centuries. More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus described the Egyptian pyramids and other monuments. He may have been the first writer to consider that remains and________could provide information for________generations. For more than a thousand years, however, such________were observers rather than researchers.

In the 1700s, scientists and adventurers from a variety of countries traveled________to explore ancients sites. Digs that are still________began in 1709 at Herculaneum, an Italian city buried in ash during the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in A. D. 79. The Danish scholar The Danish scholar Carsten Niebuhr visited the ruins of Persepolis in the Middle East in 1754to study cuneiform writing (楔形文字).________, archaeology didn’t become a widely recognized science and school didn’t recognize the subject as a scholarly pursuit until the 19^th century. The term itself was________in 1837. It comes from a Latin word meaning “the study of antiques (古物)”. One of the first archaeologists to use a scientific approach to the discipline was Heinrich Schliemann of Germany，who in the late 1800s________the ancient civilization of the city of Troy.

Today，archaeologists uncover the past in many different________, including deserts and jungles，at sites called digs. Ancient sources, folk tales, and landscape features can suggest where archaeologists should look. Surveys of the land help them choose sites________to provide artifacts, the objects that will unlock the story of a particular people—their daily lives, their beliefs, and their ties to other cultures. A site, however, does not have to be old to be interesting to an archaeologist. Some prefer to study more________settlements. One scientist, for instance, studies coal mining camps in California by examining the garbage that miners________. Archaeologists may work for universities, museums or governments, and some of them are involved in educating the public about________ancient sites. Artifact hunters who are________history rob these places and sell what they find for a few dollars to immoral dealers in antiquities.

1.

A．advancing

B．changing

C．digging

D．evolving

2.

A．books

B．history

C．ruins

D．science

3.

A．lost

B．later

C．older

D．several

4.

A．inventors

B．scholars

C．visitors

D．writers

5.

A．extensively

B．nationwide

C．regularly

D．together

6.

A．in progress

B．in good condition

C．on display

D．out of control

7.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Instead

D．Meanwhile

8.

A．coined

B．considered

C．recognized

D．used

9.

A．created

B．developed

C．established

D．investigated

10.

A．countries

B．fields

C．locations

D．ways

11.

A．certain

B．likely

C．ready

D．necessary

12.

A．honorable

B．peaceful

C．rural

D．recent

13.

A．gave away

B．gave off

C．left behind

D．left out

14.

A．choosing

B．examining

C．studying

D．protecting

15.

A．aware of

B．fed up with

C．ignorant of

D．familiar with

3 . Directions：After reading the passage and the sentences below，fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

A. seldom       B. urgent 　     C. rare   　 D. cast   　 E. budget 　   F. excelled 　   G. critic 　 H. marks I. peak   　J. smashed 　　K. paved

A film glorifying the heroism of Chinese Soldiers fighting American troops during the Korean War (1950-1953)       1     box office records for China's National Day holiday.

“Based on current box trends and data，the box office of The Battle at Lake Changjin could finally       2    5 billion yuan，and it is expected to topple the 5.69 billioryuan earned by Wolf Warriors 2” Shi Wenxue，a film     3    based in Beijing，said on October5，calling it “a war epic (史诗) that represents the highest level of Chinese film making”.

The film tells the story of how Chines People's Volunteer (CPV) soldiers stood their ground against the fierce cold, and the enemy's more advanced weapons during the Korean War. As the war raged on，the Ninth Corps of the CPV army was sent to the DPRK on an       4    mission to deliver a heavy blow to the U.S. forces.

Wearing only canvas (帆布) shoes and thin cotton uniforms，the CPV soldiers fought bravely in freezing temperatures in Changjin Lake. This battle was a turning point in the war，which       5     the way for the final victory.

This film is a       6     codirectorail effort，one that involves many famous directors，like Chen Kaige. Xu Ke to serve together at. With a production       7    of over 1.3 billion yuan, it is believed to be China's most expensive film ever made.

This action-filled movie also owes much of its popularity to its       8    . It stars two of China’s most currently in-demand actors: Wu Jing and Jackson Yee, a 20-year-old rising star.   

This year       9    the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The country's effective prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the hearts of all Chinese together，pushing their patriotism to a     10     . Based on this，this film is no longer just a film whose mere purpose is to entertain，but rather a call to a more emotional connection among the Chinese people.

4 . Directions: Fill in the blanks. 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.

Love without boundaries

When most people hear the word “holiday”, they picture sunny beaches and mountain top resorts. But for Dr. John Ness, a plastic surgeon based in Minneapolis, USA, “holiday”       1     (consist) of volunteer missions to China,       2     he repairs the cleft lips and palates (唇腭裂) of children at the orphanage or those who could not otherwise afford surgery.

Dr. Ness commits one week of holiday time per year       3     similar service trips. “ I       4    

(raise) to make volunteering part of my life,” he said. “The first time I can remember volunteering was singing songs at the local nursing home when I was young. I was aware of the idea that we all have gifts that we can use         5     (benefit) someone who has less.”

The experience inspired a lifelong passion for Dr. Ness, who has now participated in around 15 surgical missions with a number of organizations. When he entered the “Why I Volunteer Photo Contest.” he earned great respect and support.       6     (receive) over 600 likes online, Dr. Ness’ incredible story easily won the competition.

Although Dr Ness always works 12-14 hours a day on “holiday” to repair the       7     (break) smiles of orphans, he considers       8     worthwhile to give them a new chance to join a forever family. Looking after orphans, he believes, is something anyone can do. “Many people did want to help, but they were worried       9     they didn’t have any special skills for the job”, Dr. Ness recalled,“ if you can hold and love a sick child for a day or two while he is recovering from a serious illness, then you already have a special skill. He truly hopes that others will ask themselves       10     they can do to help the less fortunate around themselves. Everyone can make a difference with love.

5 . The MacArthur Foundation late last month announced its latest crop of “genius grants”, and once again you thought maybe, just maybe, this was your year.

And why not? These days, we’re all geniuses. We might be “marketing geniuses” or “cooking geniuses” or “TV geniuses”. We have so weakened “genius” that it’s fast joining the company of “natural” and “mindful” (留心), words left inactive through overuse and misuse.

Admittedly, the word is tough to nail down. Sometimes we assume genius equivalent to raw intelligence. But many of humanity’s greatest breakthroughs were achieved by those with only modest IQs.

Sometimes we think of the genius as someone extremely knowledgeable, but that definition also falls short. During Albert Einstein’s time, other scientists knew more physics than Einstein did, but history doesn’t remember them. That’s because they didn’t make use of that knowledge the way Einstein did. They weren’t able to, as he put it, “regard old questions from a new angle”.

The genius is not a know-it-all but a see-it-all, someone who, working with the material available to all of us, is able to make surprising and useful connections. True genius involves not merely an extra advance, but a conceptual leap. As philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer put it: Talent hits the target no one else can hit; genius hits the target no one else can see.

We’ve lost sight of this truth, and too often grant the title of genius on talented people hitting visible targets. A good example is the much-boasted announcement earlier this year that scientists had, for the first time, recorded the sound of two black holes bumping, a billion light-years away. It was a remarkable discovery, no doubt, but it did not represent a dramatic shift in how we understand the universe. It merely confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

As Plato observed, “What is honored in a country is cultivated there.” What do we honor? Digital technology, and the convenience it represents, so naturally we get a Steve Jobs or a Mark Zuckerberg as our “geniuses”, which, in point of fact, they aren’t.

The iPhone and Facebook are wonderful inventions. In many ways, they make our lives a bit easier, a bit more convenient. If anything, though, a true genius makes our lives more difficult, more unsettled. William Shakespeare’s words provide more anxiety than relief, and the world felt a bit more secure before Charles Darwin came along. Zuckerberg and Jobs may have changed our world, but they haven’t yet changed our worldview.

We need to recover genius, and a good place to start is by putting the brakes on Genius Flooding.

1. The key factor that sets geniuses and talents apart is that ________.

A．geniuses have a larger range of knowledge	B．geniuses have access to far more resources
C．geniuses can see visible targets	D．geniuses approach things differently

2. The reasons why people naturally regard Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg as geniuses include all the following EXCEPT that ________.

A．their achievements bring people convenience

B．they have extraordinary intelligence

C．they are native to the country where digital technology is highly valued

D．they satisfy people’s needs in the age of high technology

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．We should stop the improper use of “natural” and “mindful”.

B．The first recording of two black holes bumping each other is a genius breakthrough.

C．Charles Darwin is hardly a genius.

D．More geniuses remain to be found in our life.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Get a new word, genius	B．Learn from a new model, genius
C．Join in a new group, genius	D．Make a new friend, genius

6 . Eating a handful of walnuts each day might help keep the doctor away, at least for some people who are at risk of developing diabetes, a U.S. study suggests. When people in the study added 56 grams of walnuts to their daily diet for six months, they had improvements in blood vessel function and reductions in “bad” LDL cholesterol, which builds up in blood vessels and can lead to blood clots (堵塞) and heart attacks.

Walnuts, which are rich in fatty acids and other nutrients like vitamin E, weren’t linked to weight gain in the study even though they are a high-calorie food. “ Adding walnuts tk your diet will improve your diet quality and health, and you can add walnuts without fear of weight gain because they are very satiating (有饱腹感的) and appear to bump our other calories quite reliably and make room for themselves.” said study author Dr.David L. Katz of the Yale University Prevention Research Center in Derby, Connecticut.

For the study, the researchers randomly assigned 31 men and 81 women at high risk of diabetes to follow a reduced calorie diet with or without nutrition counseling. Within these groups, half of the participants were assigned at random to add walnuts to their diet for six months. After a three-month break from the experiment, researchers then switched the groups and assigned walnuts to the participants who were previously asked to stop from eating them. After taking into account factors such as age, exercise habits, calorie consumption add fatty acid intake, the study found walnuts were linked to improved diet quality.

One limitation of the researchers is that participants weren’t given specific foods to consume and diets were assessed based on self-reported surveys asking people at several points to recall what they ate in the previous 24 hours, the authors acknowledge. The study also wasn’t designed to show whether walnuts could prevent diabetes, which makes the results less reliable. Even though the data from the study suggest that adding walnuts to the diet can help maintain overall healthy eating habits, more research from larger and longer-term studies is still needed to fully understand the potential benefits of walnuts, said Roberta Holt, a nutrition researcher at the University of California, Davis, who wasn’t involved in the study. Results from the periodic diet   surveys aren’t enough to prove walnuts caused the changes in LDL cholesterol or blood vessel function, Holt added by email.

Even so, there is plenty of previous research linking consumption of walnuts to improved markets of heart health and lower risks of diabetes and heat disease, noted Deirdre Tobias, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

1. According to the passage, what is responsible for the occurrence of blockage in blood vessel?

A．an increase in in LDL cholesterol	B．heat attacks
C．diabetes	D．increased walnuts in the diets

2. It can be learned from the passage that________.

A．walnuts are not linked to weight gain because they are rich in vitamin C.

B．eating walnuts will not result in weight gain because they burn calories effectively.

C．fatty acids are similar to vitamin E in that they are only found in high-calorie food.

D．adding walnuts to your diet will not fuel your weight problem.

3. The following are the limitations of the study EXCEPT________.

A．The study was not meant to prove whether walnuts have an effect on preventing diabetes.

B．The study was conducted in a relatively short period of time.

C．The participants could freely choose the food they wanted to consume.

D．All participants were at high rick of diabetes.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the results from the study?

A．Supportive

B．Indifferent

C．Neutral

D．Opposed

7 . Nipponex Eletuics
Tokyo， Japan
27 December 1996
Amperlite Ltd
146 O'Leary St
Dublin， Ireland
Dear Sirs，

Improved ways of production make us able to offer you our change of Drilite batteries at a reduced price for large quantities.

Further information of the new prices for your market are sent to you together with the letter， and you will see that the price has already reduced 5 per cent. As c.i.f (成本，保险加 运费)to Dublin is included in our prices， you will agree that they are clearly lower than those of producers of the same batteries， both here in Japan and elsewhere. The quality of our producers remains the same —— only the finest chemicals are used. The new prices are for the least orders of 1，000 pounds and will begin from January 1. Immediate sending off is guaranteed because enough can be made whenever you require it.

We appreciate your past dealing and co-operstion (合作) with us， and look forward to supplying you in the new year at the new prices.

Yours Truly

Nipponex Electrics

1. The underlined word “guaranteed” in the passage. Probably means ________.

A．in our charge

B．of a little problem

C．difficulty

D．quite sure

2. From the passage we know the quality of the products ________.

A．is as high as before

B．is lower

C．is improved

D．is reduced

3. If the Irish expect to enjoy the 5% of reduction at prices， they should ________.

A．pay the Japanese at least ￡1，000

B．order 1，000 pounds of batteries in weight

C．order￡1，000 worth batteries at least

D．pay the Japanese ￡1，000 ahead

8 . Direction: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. sign     B. expands     C. sustainability     D. investigate     E. flexible     F. admitted       G. costly     H. passed       I. extends     J. submit     K. revelations

The Japan that can’t keep up

The spotlight has cost losses of Kobe Steel, Japan’s largest steelmaker, whose customers include Ford Motor and Boeing. Its market of $ 2.7 billion is about $ 1.7 billion less than before it admitted to the fake data. As the criticism over Kobe’s behavior     1    , Japan’s reputation for excellence may be the biggest loser.

Japanese manufactures were once held in awe (敬畏) for their mastery of     2     manufacturing and continuous improvement, which revolutionized business practices the world over. But an increasing number of companies in China, South Korea, and elsewhere are now capable of competing with — and often beating — Japan’s long-established enterprises, forcing them to scramble (争抢).

The latest     3     of just how desperate many Japanese companies have become to stay ahead of foreign rivals: Kobe Steel Ltd.     4     this month that for years it had faked data on the quality of its aluminum, copper, and steel products. Now Kobe Chief Executive Officer Hiroya Kawasaki is leading an internal committee to     5     quality issues. And the U.S. Department of Justice has requested Kobe Steel     6     documents related to the data, the company said, adding that it will cooperate.

Unfortunately for Japan Inc.’s reputation as a trusted supplier, such     7     have repeatedly commanded headlines. Japan obviously doesn’t have a monopoly on corporate shenanigans (诡计), but fraud is particularly     8     for the nation because its flagship manufactures have banked for years on a reputation for quality. “Japanese manufactures are very aware that their brand, their reputation, the     9     of their business rest on quality,” an expert says.

Two major factors seem to be pushing the nation’s manufactures to cross the line. First, Japanese companies face enormous pressure from upstart Chinese rivals. Secondly, a whistle blower protection law     10     in Japan in 2006 has increased the chance of wrongdoing coming to light — and the digitization of records and internal conversations has made it easier for incriminating data to be passed along to regulations or authorities.

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.

How TV impacts children

Dr. Heinrich Applebaum recently completed a study on the effects of television on children. In his case, though, he wasn’t concerned     1     violence , but how television gives children a false sense of reality.

Dr. Applebaum told me,“One of       2     (great) dangers of television is that it presents a world to children that doesn’t exist, and raises expectations that can never be fulfilled. ” “ I don’t understand, Doctor, ”I said. “Well, let me cite one example. Have you ever seen a television show       3       a person in an automobile doesn’t immediately find a parking2 place on the very first try?” “Come to think of it, ”I said,“I haven’t. ”

“Not only is there always a parking spot available but the driver doesn’t even have to back into it. There are two parking spaces available       4       someone in a TV show needs one . Children     5     (lead) to believe that when they grow up they will always be able to find a parking place when and where they want it.     6     you discover in real life is that you can drive around a block for three hours and still not find a place to put your car?”

“ I never thought of it but it’s true . What else do they show on television which gives a       7     (distort) picture of the real world?” “Have you noticed that whenever a character walks out of a restaurant or office building or apartment and says to the doorman,‘Get me a taxi, ’the taxi immediately arrives? Millions of children are under the impression5 that all a doorman has to do is blow his whistle and a taxi will be there. I have never seen a show where the doorman has said, ‘ I’m sorry. I can’t get you a taxi. You better take the bus. ’” “Of course , ”I said.“I never knew before what bothered me about those TV action programs, but now I do. There is always a yellow taxi waiting off screen. ” “Now, ”said Applebaum,“ have you ever said to a taxi driver,‘       8     (follow)   that car and don’t lose him’?”

“Not really. ” “Well, if you had, the driver would have told you to blow it out your ear. No taxi driver is in a mood     9     (do) because that means he ’s going to get involved.

But on TV every cabdriver looks as if he ’d like     10     better to do than to drive 90 miles an hour through a rain-swept street trying to keep up with a car full of hoods. And the worst thing is that the kids believe it. ”

10 . The lack of clean drinking water is a major problem worldwide. The World Health Organization says more than one billion people live in areas where renewable water resources are not available. The problem is especially serious in Asia and the Pacific. A United Nations report says water availability in that area is the second lowest in the world, after Africa.

Nearly 700,000 people in Asia and the Pacific lack safe drinking water. The U.N. report notes that the world’s poorest countries are also the ones that use the most water for agriculture. Agriculture uses about 80% of the water in the Asia-Pacific area. There has also been an increase in water used for industry. China and India more than tripled their industrial water use between 1992 and 2002.

The lack of clean drinking water around the world forces millions of people to drink unsafe water. This leads to an increase in diseases like diarrhea, the second leading cause of death in children under five. Floods, droughts, pollution and climate change have created even more problems.

The Millennium Development Goals for 2015 call for a 50% decrease in the number of people without safe drinking water and basic sanitation (卫生设备).

Scientists, governments and aid organizations around the world are increasing their efforts to meet these goals. Still the U.N. says there is much work to be done. During its yearly World Water Day observance last month it called on the international community to work together to solve the water crisis. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are doing just that.

The American and South Korean researchers are investigating a new technology for turning sea water into drinking water. The new technology is called concentration polarization. The process uses electricity to help separate electrically charged salt particles from water to make it drinkable.

The researchers tested their desalination process on a computer chip the size of a postage stamp. The chip removed 99% of the salt and other harmful substances from water samples. So far the method purifies only small amounts of water. But the researchers say it may someday be available as a personal water purification product.

1. What does “that area” in the first paragraph refer to?

A．Asia.	B．The Pacific.
C．The Asia-Pacific area.	D．The whole world.

2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A．All the Asian countries use the most water for agriculture.

B．Diarrhea may cause the death of children under five.

C．Floods can help solve the drinking water problems.

D．In 2015 safe drinking water will decrease by 50%.

3. What can we conclude from the passage?

A．Only Asian countries pay attention to the water crisis.

B．The new technology has been put into use.

C．A new technology is being tested to turn sea water into drinking water.

D．A personal water purification product is available to us.