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。

I have just     1     (receive) a letter from my brother, Tim. He     2     (be) in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is     3     engineer. He is working for a big firm and he     4     (have) already visited a great number of     5     (difference) places in Australia. He has just     6     (buy) an Australian car and has     7     (go) to Alice Springs, a small town in     8     centre of Australia. He will soon     9     (visit) Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very     10     (excit).

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

If you are looking to find out why China is called china, you could go to Jingdezhen to find out the answer. Its relationship with ceramics (制陶艺术) dates     1    the Han dynasty and it got famous during the Song dynasty. The culture of ceramics has lived on for more than 2,000 years.

Today Jingdezhen is a popular destination attracting     2    (tourist) from home and abroad for    3    taste of its cultural charms. The first stop in Jingdezhen should be the Ancient Kiln and Folk Customs Museum. The     4    (beautiful) landscaped places offer basic ideas about the ancient porcelain (瓷器) history and culture in Jingdezhen.

In the northeast of Jingdezhen City lies Yaoli Ancient town, which     5    (surround) by beautiful mountains and rivers. And it is an ancient town     6    (build) in the late West Han dynasty. The town is rich in kaolin, a special type of soil for porcelain production,     7     (make) it the famous birthplace of Jingdezhen ceramics. Here is a place of historic interest     8    you can search deep into ancient times.

Porcelain is the essence of Jingdezhen, but there is no lack of     9    (nature) beauty in the city. You’ll lose     10    (you) in the land of breathtaking beauty— the thick forests, splendid waterfalls and quiet paths.

4 . 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。

For the first time in 94 years, the Palace Museum has extended its opening hours, allowing the public to celebrate the Lantern Festival at night in the ancient palace.

About 3,000 lucky visitors received free tickets from the government, among     1     was Zhang Zhifu, a 77-year-old public security volunteer. It’s a mark of gratitude for her volunteer work. “It is       2     (true) an honor to be granted this special privilege,” Zhang said.

To guarantee the     3     (safe) of the palace, festival organizers     4     (plan) this year’s Lantern Festival event used LED lights rather than traditional paper lanterns and red candles. It’s a fascinating event for visitors to absorb     5     (they) in the festive atmosphere in the museum. Discussion of the   Palace Museum’s new look lit up social media following Tuesday’s display.

Since he became director of the Palace Museum, Shan Jixiang     6     (bring) many changes to the world’s     7     (large) royal complex (建筑群). Once in a speech the 64-year-old director shared his idea about how to make traditional     8     (treasure) come alive again. “     9     matters to a museum is not how many visitors they have, but how close they are     10     people’s daily lives,” he said.

5 . Do you like traveling?    1    (stay) healthy while traveling can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one.If you are traveling abroad, here are the tips you need to make your trip much    2    (easy).

Make sure you have got a signed passport and a visa. Also,    3    you go,fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page.This will help a lot if your passport    4    (steal). Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other    5    you in a separate place from your passport.

Read the Public Announcements or Travel Warnings for the countries you plan to visit. Get     6     familiar with local laws and customs of the countries to    7    you are travelling.

Leave a copy of your itinerary(旅行计划)with your family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of    8    emergency.

Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not carry too much money or    9    (necessary) credit cards. If we make enough preparations, we will    10    (success). Have a good time.

6 . 阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top     1    (attract).

So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I     2    (allow) to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be     3    (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back     4     my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s,     5     I was the first Western TV reporter     6    (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include     7    (introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.

On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by     8    (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few     9    (day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed,     10     other is with mum—she never suspects.

7 . 语法填空。
It was raining lightly when I     1    (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours     2    , I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with     3    (it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River     4     are pictured by artists in so many Chinese     5    (painting). Instead, I ‘d head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away     6     car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.
Yangshuo     7    (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers     8    (conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it     9    (regular) arranges quick getaways here for people     10    (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.