1 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How to make museums and their lifeless collections more attractive     1    (be) a tough question worth attaching importance to. National Treasure, a TV program     2     began to air on Dec.3, 2017, throws light on ways to inspire interest in museums and their collections.

Aiming to make ancient relics (遗迹) to come alive, the program presents treasures through different artistic methods     3    (include) lots of dramatic performances and storytelling. They explain the history behind each cultural relic     4    (complete), so that audiences can not only understand how to appreciate the     5    (beautiful) of cultural relics, but also know the civilization and the spirit of Chinese culture. In fact, such programs that promote traditional ancient relics     6    (become) popular in recent years.

For example,     7     2016 documentary (纪录片), featuring the Forbidden City’s cultural relics and their restorers strongly advised lots of college students     8    (apply) to work as volunteers there.     9     is universally accepted that National Treasure has been successful     10     encouraging more people to visit museums by touching their hearts.

3 . 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.

    1    most TV stations and video-streaming platforms try to attract viewers by producing star-studded(明星荟萃的)reality shows, Henan TV has gone viral(走红)by promoting traditional culture through Chinese dance.

This year, Henan TV produced seven dance pieces    2    (highlight)traditional culture, such as Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess(《洛神水赋》), a two-minute underwater dance, and Dragon Boat Festival and Guardian Warriors of Longmen(《龙门金刚》), a dance piece    3    (support)by AR technology against the backdrop of the Longmen Grottoes.

Last month, Yao Wei, director of the TV station’s Innovation Center, was invited to talk about how the TV station     4    (produce)the hit dance pieces at a three-day forum centering on the research of Chinese dance.

The pieces made an emotional impact on audiences, most of    5    are members of Gen Z(people born between 1995 and 2009), Yao said.

“It    6    (be)over forty years since the country’s reform and opening-up and the younger generations have grown up with a more open mindset. With plenty of resources and opportunities, they embrace Chinese culture and are proud of it,” said Yao. “    7    we need to do is present Chinese culture and tradition in interesting ways for those young people.”

Yao added that Henan TV has been producing shows highlighting traditional culture, such as traditional operas and kung fu, for nearly 30 years.

“    8    (appeal)to younger audiences, we are also changing our shows. One of the keys is to produce content with strong visual creativity,” Yao said. “For example, the latest technology and unconventional stage settings, like underwater scenes, have become our new ways of telling stories about traditional Chinese culture, rather than simply narrating history with traditional video content.”

Another key to successfully    9    (reach)younger audiences is using social media platforms to promote their shows.

“Social media    10    (shape)and driven by young people. It’s a powerful form of communication. When they take a quick scroll through their phones, they easily become interested in an eye-catching video,” Yao said.

4 . 语法填空

LiZiqi has made a name for    1    (her)in her videos that highlight a traditional Chinese way of life in the rural area of Sichuan Province. Her videos cover    2     (vary) crafts   related   to traditional culture,     3     (range) from making paper and ink to building her own bread kiln (窑) with blocks. Nothing seems impossible with Li’s hands as they work their magic to bring these things into existence.

Li,     4     was born in 1990, has lived with her grandparents in Mianyang, Sichuan, since the age of 6 after her father died. Life was difficult for her during her youth as she and her grandparents had little to live on. Li herself said that she was     5     (financial) supported to continue schooling. She started to work in the city at 14 and would not have returned to her childhood home but for her grandmother falling ill in 2012. After returning home, Li opened    6     online shop to   sell mostly food   products. To increase sales, she began making short films in 2016 about how these products    7     (create).

A Weibo user remarked, “ Li’s success lies    8     her passion for life.” Another one wrote, “Thank you for giving me an opportunity    9     (appreciate) the landscape in the countryside.” Li is not without criticism. Some people have expressed skepticism because it is unbelievable    10     she looks so perfect after a long day of work in the fields.

5 . 语法填空

Since China’s TV series Nirvana in Fire was on show in Argentina, the viewers there have been excited about the story.

    1    (base) on a historical novel of the same name, it tells the tale of a young man who sets out to fight for     2    (he) family’s honor in sixth-century China.

It is the first time that Argentina     3    (show) a program that is “so different” from the common content of the network, and it has been so well-received by     4     public. Nirvana in Fire has got hundreds     5     comments (评论) on social networks, not only from members of the Chinese community,     6     from many Argentineans. The series offers a window into Chinese customs, lifestyles and ways of thinking.

Angie Behrmann, an Argentine painter     7     specializes (专门从事) in Chinese calligraphy (书法), said she watched the series     8    (practice) her Chinese, but was attracted by the story and the way it was told. “The story is    9    (real) well-written. Everything that takes place is so exciting,” she said. The painter added she has learned more about Chinese culture and got to know different    10    (place) in China thanks to the series.

6 . 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。

Nuseir Yassin was a Harvard graduate in economics and was once an IT expert in Venmo, earning thousands of dollars a year. However, he     1    (prefer) doing something outdoors to staying in the office. Soon after saving enough money, he quit the job and started touring the world and was greatly attracted     2    the beauty of the nature.    3    (record) his travels, he set up a Facebook page called Nas Daily. It was     4    (amaze) that over 12 million people follow and pay close attention to his vlogs. He went to remote places, and made videos about people’s stories. It was for this reason     5    his videos made a strong     6    (impress) on the viewers. In 2019 Nas Daily set up its TikTok channel (频道)     7    (official) and grew to 40 million followers. Since 2019, two companies     8    (found) by Yassin in order to reach more people with     9    same interest. He said he was lucky to make     10    (he) dream come true while making money from it.

8 . 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。

When it seemed that social networks could no longer surprise us, China gave birth to     1     new application, TikTok. It is a social network in     2     you can create and share fun music videos with your friends and followers.

TikTok     3     (release) in September 2016 by ByteDance. With people of all ages     4     (love) it in 2019, the short-form video app is becoming     5     (rapid) popular around the country.

In order to use the application, we will need to create a user account, a process that will only take a few     6     (second). On TikTok, the key is the music videos. When creating your music videos, you will be able to choose from hundreds of songs.     7     addition to being able to choose the most popular songs of the moment, users have a simple video editor to make     8     (they) videos more surprising. TikTok aims to provide video editing service for mobile users, so all operation on this app is easy and clear     9     (master).

Creating videos with TikTok     10     (be) fun. Besides, we can “like” any other user’ videos, leave comments, share them with friends and so on.

10 . 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。

In English,there is a popular saying — All good things must come to     1     end. This, however, might not always be true. For the six friends in Friends, the “good things” — the     2     (friend) between them have never really ended.

Perhaps you haven’t seen Friends. The TV series tells the story of six young people, Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey     3     came to New York City to find love, success and fun. Each of them had a different     4    (personal). However, they were able to put their differences aside and became good friends.

Seventeen years     5     (pass) since the last episode of Friends was on. Fans have been looking forward to     6     (approach) the six friends’ reunion on the screen. That wish finally came true. A special episode, Friends: The Reunion, was broadcast(播放) online on May 27.

Your English teacher once probably advised you to watch Friends. For sure, watching the series will help you learn English. But you can learn a little     7     (much) from Friends than the others. One thing it can teach us all is how     8     (gain) lasting friendships. As Rachel once said,“     9    (obvious), there were no cellphones back in the 1990s. It was just friends sitting around     10    chatting together.” If you want to have lifelong friends, don’t just chat online. Make sure to always be there — for your friends!