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。

It is said     1     a lost Vincent Van Gogh painting has recently appeared. The excitement     2     (generate) by the news proved again that more than 130 years after he died, people’s fascination with and appetite for anything to do with the Dutch artist remains as strong as ever.

The picture has to be authenticated (验证) by the Van Gogh Museum in the Dutch capital Amsterdam. According to the museum website, the news that he only sold one painting in his lifetime, before his    3    (die) at the age of 37, is untrue, but his stature (名声) and the price of his works     4    (increase) sharply in the recent years.

The museum has the     5     (world) biggest Van Gogh collection, with more than 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters, mainly to his brother Theo. And the content of these letters has added    6    (huge) to the understanding of his life and art.

According to The New York Times, 85 percent of museum visitors are    7    overseas and the number of the visitors from China    8    (be) the hugest. The 2016 documentary (纪录片) China’s Van Goghs,    9    is about the artists of Dafen village in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, showed the country’s interest in copies of his works. And its desire to engage with the real thing has forced the museum to make great efforts    10    (cater) for Chinese art lovers.

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。

With a popular online comic strip (连环画), overseas Chinese artist Cao Siyu     1     (enjoyable) sets about deconstructing stereotypes (成见) and cultural misunderstandings between East and West.

After she encountered many misunderstandings and came face to face with stereotypical views about China, Cao     2    (inspire) to create Tiny Eyes Comics, an internet-based cartoon strip. Although     3    (post) in her own Instagram account, so appealing was the strip, which was among her 300 online comics,     4    41, 000 followers were attracted to her Instagram account.

Italian magazine Grazia says, “Her simple sketches have played     5    essential part in making it easier to understand Chinese culture.” One of her comics shows the cultural     6     (difference) behind the debate about usage of masks throughout the pandemic.     7    we wear a mask or not is the question that has led to controversy and,     8    some cases, even physical conflict, in some parts of the world. In the strip she explains that Chinese people wear masks to prevent infection,     9    has proved to be the most effective way to shield off virus.

Many foreign readers say they find her illustrations enlightening, helping them to understand China, while Chinese immigrants have felt understood, according to Cao. This feedback and     10     (connect) with her readers have been “the biggest motivation” for her to keep creating.

4 . From composer, musician, and philanthropist (慈善家) Peter Buffett comes a warm, wise, and inspirational book that asks, “Which will you choose: the path of least resistance or the path of potentially greatest satisfaction?”

You may think that with a last name like this, Buffett has enjoyed a life of endless privilege. But the son of billionaire investor Warrant Buffet says that the only real inheritance handed down from his parents is a philosophy: Build your own path in life. It is a principle that has allowed him to follow his own passions, establish his own identity, and achieve his own successes.

In Life Is What You Made It, Buffett expounds on the strong set of values given to him by his trusting and broadminded mother, his hardworking and talented father, and the many life teachers he has met along the way.

Today’s society, Buffett assumes, has begun to replace a work ethic (准则), which enjoys what you do, with a wealth ethic, which honors the reward instead of the process. We confuse privilege with material wealth, character with external (外在的) recognition. Yet, by focusing more on substance and less on reward, we can open doors of opportunity and work hard toward a greater sense of achievement. In clear and brief terms, Buffett tells us a great truth: Life is random, neither fair nor unfair.

From there it becomes easy to recognize the equal dignity and value of every human life --- our circumstances may vary but our essence does not. We see that our journey in life rarely follows a straight line but is often met with false starts, crises, and mistakes. How we push through and insist on those challenging moments is where we begin to create the life of our dreams --- from discovering our vocations (使命感) to giving back to others.

Personal and instructive, Life Is What You Make It is about challenging your circumstances, taking control of your fate, and living your life to the fullest.

1. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To describe a famous person.	B．To introduce a book.
C．To talk about what life is about.	D．To discuss how to live a meaningful life.

2. What can we infer about Peter Buffett?

A．His mother is a teacher.	B．In his mind, life is unfair.
C．He achieved success by himself.	D．His father wrote the book Life Is What You Make It.

3. What does the underlined phrase “expounds on” mean?

A．explains in detail

B．criticizes

C．argues against

D．disapproves of

4. What is today’s society like according to Peter Buffett?

A．People are following their interests.

B．People are seeking spiritual enjoyment.

C．People pay more attention to the process.

D．People focus more on the results.

5. Which proverb can best express the main idea of the fifth paragraph?

A．Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

B．Life is full of ups and downs.

C．We should treasure every day of our life.

D．Life isn’t about getting, it’s about giving.

5 . 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。

Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father did not want him to become a     1    (music), Strauss Junior studied the violin     2    (secret) as a child. When his father discovered his son practising on a violin one day, he gave him a beating,    3    (say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn’t prevent the boy from becoming one of the     4    (great) composers of all time.

He wrote his first waltz (华尔兹) at the age of six. At nineteen, he decided to devote     5    (he) to music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour of Europe and soon became known     6     the Waltz King. The emperor of Austria was so     7    (please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions     8    he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, among     9    was the well-known favorite The Blue Danube (蓝色多瑙河) in all, the talented Johann Strauss     10    (write) more than 500 masterpieces.