1 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a missing word according to the text.

The benefits of a degree are not obvious to people who live on this remote island. Families have a    1     lifestyle, hunting walruses, whales and other sea animals in the spring, and gathering berries in the summer. The largest employer is the school system;     2    , there are only a handful of jobs in fishing, oil and the airlines that connect the island to the mainland. There isn’t much demand for anything else and more than a quarter of adults are     3    .

Today two villages remain with a population of just 1,400. People there are used to the     4    landscape and climate—in the summer, fields of grassy frozen ground     5     from snow-capped mountain ranges to the stony shorelines, but in the winter the sun disappears, there is a lot of snow, and polar bears arrive on ice floes. Leaving the island is not an option, as a ticket on a bush plane costs $400, a week’s earnings for many islanders. The sense of     6    is strong. When a whale is killed, the houses and school empty as everyone races to the beach to take a share of the meat.

2 . 课文背诵检测

In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Inca emperor lived in the     1     Machu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru in the 16th century and ruled until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main     2     of Peru.

Michael Jordan, known as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. His skills were impressive, but the     3     that he showed made him unique.

Tangshan started to revive itself and     4    . With strong support from the government and the     5     of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.

3 . 课本原文填空

It’s a tough animal that has to survive in a difficult environment. Also, it cannot walk backwards, so it is always moving forward. This expresses the     1     of the Australians as individuals and as a nation. Baby kangaroos weigh only two grammes at birth. They then     2     their mother’s pouch-a kind of pocket-to stay safe and warm. They sleep and drink milk. . until they are about seven or eight months old.     3    , they go out to try their legs. After they to jump, they gradually spend less time with their mother and learnt to be independent. Kangaroo may look cute, but     4     don’t always end so well. Kangaroos can hit and kick very hard, so please folks, if you see some kangaroos, remember they’re not for petting!

4 . 根据课文内容填空。

There are     1     of water pollution. Large amounts of     2     poison the water after they enter water bodies. Moreover，animal and human waste pollutes the water. Water pollution is also caused by poisonous chemicals     3    .

5 . 课本原文填空。

The most     1     earthquake in the past 40 years caused a tsunami that     2    into coastlines across Asia yesterday，killing more than 6,500 people in Indonesia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, and at least four other countries. Fishermen, tourists, hotels, homes, and cars were     3     away by huge     4     caused by the strong earthquake that reached a magnitude of 9.0. The undersea quake     5     around 7:00 a.m., Sunday off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. In that area alone, at least, 1,870 people were killed.

6 . 根据文章内容及所给单词的首字母，写出文中所缺单词，使文章完整、通顺。

The Great Wall twists and turns a    1     the tops of mountain chains in n    2     China. It is m    3     than 4,000 kilometers l    4    . Building the wall took a long time. It began in the fifth century BC, and the wall finally took shape in the third century BC. From Beijing, you can visit the great wall at Badaling, kilometers north-west of the city.

The Great Wall at Badaling o    5     at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. in the summer. The scenery along the Li River in Guiling is just l    6     a beautiful p    7    . Take a boat t    8    , and you will be a    9     by the peaks along the r    10     and their reflections in the clear w    11    . Walking and cycling in Guiling is also great f    12    . Along the paths near the river you can see local village l    13    , and you can t    14     a mud bath in the n    15     caves.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma， but where had it come from? As no puma had been reported missing from ant zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow     1     The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still     2     in the quiet countryside.

8 . 课文填空

To their credit the four countries     1     work together in some areas（eg, the currency and international relations）, but they will have very different institutions.

England is the largest of the four countries, and for,     2     it is divided roughly into three zones. . . You find most of the population     3     in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as     4     as China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two!

9 . For several billion years after the “Big Bang”, the earth was still just a     1    of dust. What it was to become was     2     until between 4.5 and 3.87 billion years ago when the dust    3    into a solid globe. The earth became so violent that it was not clear    4    the shape would last or not. （根据课文内容填空）