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。

When Zhang Lingshan was a child, she would watch the Chinese period drama Palace on television, attracted by the characters’ ancient clothing. She didn’t know what these beautiful clothes     1     (call)—only that they were from some     2     (distance) past. “They looked fairy-like, dreamy,” she said. “I was     3     (complete) drawn by the beauty of these clothes, and then eventually came to understand the culture of Hanfu, and I liked it more and more.”

Now aged nineteen and     4     (live) in Beijing, Zhang is     5     member of China’s growing “hanfu movement”—a renaissance (复兴) of the ancient clothing traditionally worn by ethnic-majority Han Chinese before the Qing dynasty. Tight-knit Hanfu communities and university clubs often meet for themed activities. Zhang and her friends sometimes visit places with ancient architecture, like Beijing’s Forbidden City,     6     emperors once lived, to take     7    (photo) in costume and post them on social media. They have more than 20,000 fans who often ask them     8     more pictures.

Nowadays, Hanfu is seen as a way     9     (celebrate) Chinese culture and improve national self-esteem. In the past few years, Hanfu clubs and social media platforms     10     (help) to bring the Han clothing back under the spotlight. “It’s the confidence of the younger people, the confidence of the country,” said Christine Tsui, a fashion columnist and researcher in Shanghai.

2 . 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。

    1    (get) young people to take part in activities to save their national heritage is a good way to introduce them to their country’s history.    2     they learn about where they come from, they will    3     (hopeful) be proud to tell others about their country and culture. Of course, teachers must keep a balance between teaching the good and bad parts of a country’s history. Learning only the good parts can lead     4     narrow thinking. Learning the bad parts may help stop those kinds of things from    5     (happen) again. Students    6    know their history and culture are more likely to make sure that their cultural heritage    7    (preserve) well. Besides, teachers can motivate students by asking them to come up with    8    (they) own ideas. One possible idea is for students to raise money to an organization or group    9    protects their country’s cultural heritage. Teachers may also turn to their local museums or historical    10    (society) for help in getting students more interested in this important field.

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。

Summer Palace, which     1     (literal) means “the garden of perfect brightness”, was an estate of gardens, temples, palaces and towers in the northwest of Beijing. However, it was broken into by Anglo-French in 1860,     2     numerous national treasures, including the 12 animal head statues, were taken away.

In September 2007, Stanley Ho in Macao purchased the horse-head statue at a price of HK $69. 1 million ($8.9 million). It     3     (donate) back to the country in November 2019.

On Dec 1, 2020, the horse-head bronze statue returned to its original home,     4     (make) it the first animal-head statue to have come back to Yuanmingyuan. There is good news     5     the statue will be regularly displayed in the Zhengjue Temple area in Yuanmingyuan.

“The horse’s head holds the     6       (memorize) of history and our nation’s shared emotion,” Pansy Ho Chiuking, Stanley Ho’s daughter, said at the handover ceremony. The return of the statue sets an example     7     the international community to bring more lost relics back to their     8     (origin).

So far seven of the 12 statues including the horse     9     (come) back to China, and now the rest six are housed in the National Museum of China and Poly Art Museum. The search is     10     for the remaining five: a dog, a rooster, a dragon, a sheep and a snake.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或给出括号内单词的正确形式.

Right now， most people's attention is on the COVID﹣19 pandemic. In     1    way， this pandemic is also warning us to protect our planet Earth.

World Earth Day， the international movement aiming     2    protecting and improving Earth's environment， is celebrating its 50th anniversary on April 22. For Earth Day 2020， the theme is climate action.    3    （celebrate） this， the Earth Day Network organized the Great Global Clean﹣up event. The network hoped that this would be the largest volunteer event in history， with people from all over the world    4    （set） up events to remove billions of pieces of trash from green spaces， urban communities and waterways. But due to the current ban on public gatherings and lockdown measures in many affected countries， clean﹣up events     5    （postpone）.

That said， the occasion will still continue in a digital way. "    6    it be coronavirus or our global climate crisis， we cannot shut down.    7    ， we must shift our energies and efforts to new ways to mobilize （动员） the world to action. " said Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers.

While the event may not reach its originally     8    （plan） grandeur（宏大）， Earth Day 2020 could play a role in helping us sustain     9    （environment） friendly changes， such as practices like teleworking and video conferencing     10    have become more prevalent （普遍的） in this time.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式．

2019 marks the 31st anniversary of World AIDS Day,which falls on December 1．

First    1    （observe）in 1988，World AIDS Day was initiated by health ministers from around the world    2    called for a spirit of social    3    （tolerate） and a greater awareness of HIV/AIDS on an international scale．

Every year，World AIDS Day focuses on a single theme．This year，with the theme of Communities make the difference,the Day aims    4    （recognize）the essential role that communities play in the AIDS response．The message of 2019 calls on local communities worldwide to continue delivery of HIV services，and asks for help in    5    （defend） human rights on behalf of those diagnosed with the disease．

Along with funding and education，community is the lifeblood of an    6    （effect） AIDS response and    7    important source of support. According to the UN，such communities include peer educators，networks of people living    8    or affected by HIV， counselors，community health workers，door﹣to﹣door service providers，civil society    9     （organize）and so on．

Over 30 years    10    （pass） since the first World AIDS Day was observed in 1988， how far are we from ending the disease？

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The Silk Road linked ancient Rome and     1     （ distance） China. It was once the greatest network of trade routes （路线） on earth，     2     traveled precious goods along， such as silk and gold， as well

    3     revolutionary new ideas.

With time going by， it     4     （begin） to decline. The traffic slowed， the merchants（商人）1eft and     5     （final） its towns disappeared beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years；     6     ， tales grew up of lost cities     7     （fill） with treasures and evil spirits guarding them. In the early years of the last century， foreign explorers started to look into these stories and very soon an international race started for the art treasures of the Silk Road Huge wall paintings， sculptures and priceless antiques were carried away by the ton， and today     8     （show） in the museums of many countries.

Contrary to the destroyers， China is trying to bring back the ancient concept of the Silk Road. Aimed at carrying forward the spirit of peace， cooperation， openness and inclusiveness （包容） for     9     （share） benefits through concrete projects， the New Silk Road has already received a warm response from more than 60 countries and     10     number of the international organizations.

7 . 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。

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. This festival is a holiday of great    1     (significant) and the one with the     2    (long) history. It is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons.     3    is exciting to watch competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat, racing to reach the finishing end first.

The boat races during the The Dragon Boat Festival    4    (be) traditional customs to attempt    5    (rescue) the famous poet Qu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277BC. Chinese citizens threw bamboo    6    (leaf) filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore, the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet,    7    turned into the customs of eating rice dumplings.

The celebration is also a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of the year. Children born in this month     8    (say) to be difficult to raise, and people tend to concentrate their effort during this time, to protect their families    9     illness and bad luck. If one manages to stand an egg on its end at exactly 12:00 noon, the     10    (follow) year will be a lucky one.

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。

The British have many traditions but there is nothing more quintessential(典型的）than     1    (take)afternoon tea.We know the Brits have a love affair with drinking tea,     2    more than 160 million cups drunk every day,but it was the invention of afternoon tea     3     turned tea-drink into a popular pastime.

This sociable feast involves drinking good quality tea     4    (comfort)while nibbling(小口吃）on nice sandwiches,scones with jam and cream and a selection of small cakes.And,of course, it can only happen in the afternoon!Afternoon tea,which     5    (design)as a light snack to bridge the gap between lunch and dinner,dates back to the 1840s.It went on to become a     6    (fashion) social occasion for the upper classes.

Now there is a resurgence(复苏）in its     7    (popular)in the UK and it is available to anyone who can afford it.     8     it can be enjoyed at home,the best way to experience it is at a smart hotel or cafe.But if you're thinking of visiting such a place     9    (enjoy)a plate of sweet and savory treats with a steaming hot brew,remember the rules you must follow to avoid     10    (ask)to leave.

Writer Henry James once noted that"there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."I'm sure once you have tried it,you will agree.

9 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, almost everyone in China wears a face mask to protect themselves and other people     1     the virus. However, many people in the West feel reluctant to wear masks     2     there is an increasing number of their compatriots(同胞）being infected.

According to the Global Times, different attitudes toward     3     (wear) masks largely lie in the cultures. In the West,     4     people generally believe is that unless one is already ill, wearing a mask is simply unnecessary.

Siva Kumar from the US is one of them. “Masks can only protect you from particulate matter in the air you breathe, but they can't filter (过滤) out microbes (微生物), "Kumar told China Daily. “wearing a mask when you're healthy     5    (cause) tension for others."

US infection prevention specialist Eli Perencevich told Forbes, "The average healthy person     6     not wear masks." She added, “If they wear them incorrectly it can increase the risk of infection because they're touching their faces more often."

However, for people in Asian countries like China, wearing a mask is engrained (根深蒂固的) in their culture.     7     (Value) collectivism (集体主义), people in Asia always want to make contributions to the groups     8    they belong to. In such uncertain and potentially dangerous time, many people have taken the responsibility     9    (wear) face masks to ensure the safety of their communities.

Chen Xinjie, a media worker in Beijing said: "Wearing the mask for a long time is stuffy(闷热的) and uncomfortable…But as a member of the group, it's our duty to do so."

    10    (Influence) by social cultures, the attitudes toward wearing a mask can be different in the East and West. But as US essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves."

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。

Cold Food Festival is a     1       (tradition) Chinese holiday celebrated before Qingming Festival, which usually falls on April 4 or 5.

Legend has     2     that Chong'er, a prince of Jin, experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states. Once, when the prince suffered from     3     (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when Chong'er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie to serve     4     one of his ministers. Contrary to     5    many people might assume, Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to     6     (become) a politician, refused the duke's invitation. Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding.     7     (fortune), Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong'er required that the setting of fire     8     (forbid) on the anniversary of Jie's death. This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is thus named.

Mianshan Mountain,     9    the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this tradition.     10    cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.