2 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

Melbourne: So lovely. So... livable.

Every year, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) releases a list of 140 cities and ranks them in terms of their “livability”. Melbourne     1     (top) the list for the fifth year running.

The rankings rate “relative comfort” for more than 30 factors across five categories: stability, health care, education, infrastructure (基础设施), and culture and environment. The final scores     2     (calculate) as a percentage ranging from 1 (“intolerable”) to a perfect score of 100 (“ideal”).

Take a look at the top 10 cities, and you will find that half of     3     are in Australia and New Zealand, three in Canada, and two in Europe. They’re all medium-size cities in prosperous countries,     4     relatively low population densities. It's an equation (平衡，制衡局面) that leads to low crime rates and a functional infrastructure.

Does that mean non-Melbournians should all pack up and move to the world’s     5     (livable) metropolis? Not necessarily.

    6     the top 10 cities in the EIU’s rankings may be pleasant to live in, they’re not high on most people’s lists of top cities to visit. After all, they are not cities     7     (describe) as dynamic (充满活力的). Before Melbourne assumed the No. 1 ranking, it was Vancouver     8     came out on top for almost a decade its incredible stability.

“I find Melbourne a really boring town, so more livable means really dull,” said a policeman in Australia. “I live in Sydney because it’s interesting, not because it’s comfortable.”

Raised is the question whether you want to live in a livable city or a dynamic one. Big cities like Tokyo, London and New York suffer in the rankings because of higher crime rates and overburdened infrastructure,     9     drags down the rating of how “comfortable” they are. Yet they’re hard    10     (beat) — when it comes to recreational offerings, including nightlife, culture and entertainment.

4 . 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 iceberg     1     was for a time the biggest in the world is no more. A68, which was known to us,     2    (cover) an area of nearly 6,000 sq km when it broke away     3     Antarctica in 2017. That's like a small country. Satellites show the mega-berg has now virtually gone, broken into countless small fragments(碎片) that the US National Ice Center says are no longer worth     4    (track). Most glaciologists(冰川学家) regard A68     5     the product of a very natural process, and it has nothing to do with human-induced climate change.       British Antarctic Survey also put a couple of robots in the ocean in February     6    (study) up close some of A68's latter-day segments(碎片). One went missing soon after, and the segments    7    (actual) got stuck under the ice for two weeks before managing to free itself and continue its     8    (observe). This robot     9    (recover) in May to pull down(收集) its data. It should reveal information about     10     icebergs affect their surroundings by, for example, dumping fresh water into the ocean as they melt.

8 . 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 1972, UNESCO started a programme to protect the world’s cultural and     1    (nature) heritage. Since then, more than 800 cultural sites     2     (add) to the World Cultural Heritage Site List. The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) in India and the Imperial Tombs of the Qing and Ming Dynasties in China    3     (be) two of the best known examples.

The Taj Mahal built between 1631 and 1648, is a masterpiece of architecture. It took more than 20, 000 workers and 1,000 elephants    4     (complete) the project, and the stones came from as far away as China.

    5    makes the Qing and Ming Tombs unique is that they bring together architecture and philosophy.     6     (build) by several emperors between 1368 and 1915, the Tombs represent Chinese cultural and historical    7     (value) that have been handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

Human life     8     (last) only a short time but art and culture last forever. The programme attempts to protect and preserve     9     best of human history. Masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal and the Imperial Tombs remind us     10    what we can achieve at our finest, and inspire us to live up to our great past in the future.

9 . 语法填空

Xi’an, or Chang’an as it was called for many centuries,     1    (be) a built-up urban area for over 3000 years, and once served as capital for 13 dynasties. It is home     2     which many immovable cultural heritages，three of     3     are on the UNESCO’s world cultural heritage list.

These days，the city has made effective exploration in     4     (build) modernity while preserving historical legacy(遗产). A recent piece of news announced by Shaanxi’s cultural relic authority caused nationwide attention     5     a ruin of ancient capital dating back to Qin Dynasty was unearthed during the construction of the Xi’an MetroLine 5. In order to protect the ruin，the metro line may have to change     6     (it) route.

    7     (face) with the heavy and important，task of protecting cultural relics while promoting urban construction，Xi’an made active     8     (attempt). Rails of the metro system are built 15 to 20 meters underground in order to protect the ancient tombs which are     9     (usual) buried in the layer within 5 meters from the surface level. Besides，the metro constructors have also painted the walls inside the stations with historical stories，presenting     10     visual feast for citizens.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(不多于3个词汇)或括号中词汇的正确形式。

If you live in northeastern China, you expect long, cold winters. People     1    (live) in Harbin don’t just stand the cold, however, they welcome it. The city is home to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival,    2    is considered to be the largest ice festival in the world. Even with temperatures usually close to zero, thousands of people head to city parks     3    (see) great ice sculptures, many bathed in colored lights.

The festival includes several thousand ice sculptures. Some of these works are the recreations of castles, historic landmarks and famous people, lit up at night in bright colors. There     4    (visitor) can climb ice stairways and go down ice slides (滑坡). They can also take part    5    sporting events, including skating, ice football     6    well as ice swimming.

The city started     7    (it) icy event in 1963 with the Ice Lantern Garden Party, a     8    (celebrate) of the tradition of creating lanterns out of blocks of ice. The larger festival     9    (begin) in 1985 and added sculptures, which have grown in number and size over the years. As it has gotten bigger, the festival has become popular outside the city.    10    (official), the festival starts on January 5th and lasts over one month.