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。

The 2024 Competition for the Transmission and Promotion of the Beijing Central Axis    1    (host) at the Capital Museum in Beijing on March 31st.

    2    (aim) at promoting the Central Axis, the core structure of Beijing that runs 7.8 kilometers    3    south to north, the annual competition has been hosted since 2021, attracting    4    total of more than 400,000 contestants from home and abroad.

This year’s competition featured six tracks,    5    includes three periodic ones focusing on old town rebuilding, creative expression via the art forms of video, painting and design, and cultural ambassadors who have made    6    (significance) contributions to the protection and promotion of the Central Axis.

    7    (additional), three new tracks have been added, focusing on travel, pattern design, and quality living, encouraging contestants    8    (explore) sightseeing routes, create diverse    9    (pattern) and images, and promote tea and food culture.

The competition, which is scheduled to run until mid-July, will include five stages of registration, review, preliminary, semifinal, and final rounds.

Entry details have been made available on the competition’s official website and WeChat account, seeking creative approaches to    10    (protect) cultural heritage and advancing the Central Axis’s promotion.

2 . Finding yourself in an unfamiliar country is difficult enough, and not being able to read or speak the native language can make the change greatly more difficult. Programs that teach English as a Second Language (ESL) help non-English speaking students acclimate to life in the United States more smoothly.

The ESL Newcomers program at Palmer Elementary in Newport News, Virginia, serves children coming from areas of South America, Afghanistan, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. When members of the Kiwanis Club of Peninsula at Oyster Point-which has a long-standing relationship with the school-learned about the program in 2020, they were eager to help.

To date, the club has donated (捐赠) $1,600 to Palmer Elementary’s ESL Newcomers program. The money has helped the school gain classroom resources (资源), plan virtual (虚拟的) field trips and bring guest speakers into the classroom. Money has also been used to help with the buying of winter clothing, which some children didn’t have when they arrived in the United States.

“In the ESL Newcomers program, the children are taught English, math, history and even some cultural information about their new home,” explains Joseph Slabinski, club president. “The program will also help their families, as students can enter into the programs while they are at home.”

The club also helps the children with gardening. This gives students another chance to learn and practice English, make friends and feel more connected to their new home.

Over the years, the Kiwanians also have taken part in reading programs, bought dictionaries for young students and helped LeapFrog learning stations. The ESL Newcomers program is another chance for members to connect with students and improve education in a meaningful way.

“We have the ability to help these students with their learning and show them that America has people that are concerned and willing to help others in need,” says Slabinski, “We will always be there to help the children of Palmer Elementary.”

1. What does the underlined phrase “acclimate to” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Apply for.	B．Turn down.
C．Look forward to.	D．Get used to.

2. What has the Kiwanis Club’s donation been used for so far?

A．Helping kids get through winter.	B．Teaching parents culture.
C．Buying school buses.	D．Growing healthy foods.

3. What is the ESL Newcomers program mainly about?

A．Making friends.	B．Gardening.
C．Education.	D．Connecting families.

4. Which is the best title for the text?

A．A Forever Relationship	B．America, Newcomers’ Helper
C．New Home, New Working Place	D．A Meaningful Teaching Programme