1 . If you have lived in New York City for many years, like I have, the skyline becomes part of you and your daily life.

When I was invited to visit the recently completed Summit One Vanderbilt, New York’s fourth-highest tower, I wasn’t expecting much. I felt like I’d seen it all and I thought that this observation deck (观测台) would be another space for a view of the city, but nothing else.

Let me tell you something: I have never seen one like this before. It sits on top of a building on 42nd street and Vanderbilt, right next to Grand Central Station. Once you have ascended to the top floor, you step into air, which makes you feel like being at l,000 feet above ground level with its mirrored floors. Once you make your way throughout the space, you feel like New York is part of a body, and your sense of space is challenged by the reflections of the light. The reflections create endless possibilities for photos and videos, and the light changes throughout the day. I took out my camera and began to take photos, feeling a connection with the city that no other observatory has been able to give me.

Summit is something unique, an art work with architecture. It will be an observatory that will change with the city. I personally can’t wait to take photos at sunset, or when winter arrives.

1. How did the author feel when invited to visit Summit One Vanderbilt?

A．Curious.

B．Happy.

C．Amazed.

D．Uninterested.

2. What does the underlined word “ascended” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Risen.

B．Turned.

C．Referred.

D．Adapted.

3. What can be learned about Summit One Vanderbilt?

A．It is the only tower in New York.

B．It lies far from Grand Central Station.

C．It provides a good place for taking photos.

D．It is exactly 1, 000 feet high from the ground.

4. What’s the purpose of the text?

A．To stress a point.

B．To introduce a site.

C．To raise awareness.

D．To promote tourism.

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Lying under waters across the globe are an estimated three million shipwrecks. All of them represent attempts over the centuries     1    （explore）Earth's furthest corners. Given our limited knowledge, it is perhaps no surprise that exploration of the oceans continues to lead to discoveries in various     2    （science）fields. Many archaeological finds     3    （make）in shallow waters near the coast. Amazing biological discoveries are also being made. These discoveries all help us understand     4     capacity for life on our planet, even in the most extreme circumstances.

Furthermore, the oceans are a valuable source of natural resources, some of     5     are completely new to us. The research     6    （conduct）by underwater vessels is giving scientists a greater understanding of how the sea bed was formed, as well as helping identify areas for deep-sea drilling,     7    （take）deep-sea exploration into a whole new era.

Being a tough environment of complete     8    （dark）, enormous pressure and intense cold, the ocean depths have long been beyond the reach of human exploration. Humankind     9    （enter）a new age of oceanic discovery, and the world beneath the waves may one day be almost as familiar     10     us as the land we walk upon today.

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The Panjiakou section of the Great Wall in Tangshan city, Hebei province, was built in the 1380s during the Ming Dynasty. In the 1970s, part of it     1     (flood) during the construction of the Panjiakou Reservoir, which resulted in the unique sight of a section of the Great Wall underwater.

Changing water levels caused by seasonal changes have led to the submerged section becoming     2     (severe) eroded (腐蚀). “Our workload increases as the water level falls,” said Meng Qi, an expert at the Hebei Ancient Architecture Conservation and Research Institute. He together with a team of workers     3     (begin) repairing a section of the fallen wall since June.

Zhang Yong, a senior engineer at the institute,    4     is responsible for the repair project, said the repair team follows a principle of minimum intervention and uses traditional methods and materials,    5     the aim of making the repaired sections match the rest of the Great Wall.

The underwater section stands in the middle of the reservoir, so bricks and other building materials have to be taken to a dock,    6     (load) onto a boat and unloaded at the repair site, without any     7     (assist) of modern machinery.

“After several rounds of carrying bricks, our backs were beginning to blister, and after working for several days, our clothes were becoming     8     (wear),” a worker named Liang Wenfu said.

Engineers and workers live at the site in the middle of the reservoir. A boat delivers     9     (supply) of food, water and daily necessities once a week. One of the engineers, Cao Huibin, once stayed on site for 45 days in     10     row.

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The most famous, most traveled to, and most popular city in all of Australia is the city of Sydney. Sydney sits on the shores of Sydney Harbour and is an     1     (excite) city that offers an incredible experience to those travelers who come     2     (it) way.

Sydney is also blessed with being very near to a number of natural areas in the surrounding region     3     are also popular with visitors from outside the country. It doesn’t matter where someone is from, but they have probably already seen     4     (photo) of the famous Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Both of those are worth visiting and are     5     (extreme) interesting, but Sydney is much more     6     that.

Sydney also offers attractions like Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Tower, and Taronga Zoo. There are also a wide variety of fun things to do in and around the Sydney area. Swimming and spending time at the beach     7     (be) popular activities and there are plenty of inviting coastal areas to choose     8     both within and just outside of Sydney.

Sydney is also very bicycle friendly and it is possible     9     (rent) bicycles and ride them all about the city. So much can be done during a visit to this     10     (wonder) international city that it is nearly impossible to see it all in one trip.

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This is one of the most beautiful highways in China. It passes through     1    (thousand) of islands in the West Sea of Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province. There are more than 1,600 islands in this area of water,     2     (create)a "lake of a thousand islands". The lake is vast and tranquil（安静）, with an average    3    (deep) of 45 meters. On a good day, the visibility in the lake can reach up to 11 meters. 60 kilometers to the northeast of the West Sea, there's     4     mountainous area. This is the famous Lushan Mountain.

Lushan Mountain is not one single mountain,     5    rather a large upland(高地) area consisting of 90 continuous peaks, in which the highest one is 1,474 meters above sea level. Over tens of thousands of years, tectonic movements, glacier erosion, flowing water and other geological processes have created the diverse landscapes of Lushan Mountain. Running to the north of Lushan Mountain is the Yangtze, the     6    (long) river in China. The intense humidity endows(天生赋予) Lushan with abundant water resources. There are 22 waterfalls within the mountain. Lushan Mountain    7    (cover) in mist for nearly 200 days of the year. The average temperature here is 5-6 degrees Celsius lower than that in the plains at the same latitude. It     8    (be) a famous summer resort since ancient times. There's a "City in the Clouds" some 1,100 meters above sea level in the mountains. More than 100 years ago, a missionary from the UK built villas(别墅) here. The average temperature in summer is only 22 degree Celsius, so it's named Kuling, a name which comes     9     the English "cooling". Today, these ancient villas are still serving tourists     10     come here to spend the summer.

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Jiuzhaigou,     1     scenic area on the UNESCO World Heritage list, fully reopened on Tuesday after sustaining serious damage     2    (cause)by the earthquake. Jiuzhaigou was closed     3    (temporary) following the earthquake    4     killed 25 people and injured 493.

In the aftermath(后果) of the quake, the Nuorilang Waterfall collapsed. Standing 24.5 meters tall, it is China's     5    (wide) waterfall at 270 meters width and has been chosen by netizens     6     one of the country's most spectacular natural sights.

After two years of reconstruction, 85 percent of the scenic     7    (area) of Jiuzhaigou were reopened in 2019, with entrance ticket costing 169 yuan ($26), down from its normal price of 220 yuan. After     8    (it) full reopening on Tuesday, the 169-yuan entrance fee would remain for some time. There     9    (be)a big crowd of visitors on Tuesday. After     10    (view) the landmark sights, many visitors felt Jiuzhaigou looked as beautiful as ever. "The Nuorilang Waterfall and the Sparkling Lake look the same," said Hong Shuang, a middle-aged visitor from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan.