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。

Yueyang Tower is     1     ancient Chinese tower on the shore of Lake Dongting. It is one of the Three Great Towers of Jiangnan. Yueyang Tower became famous for Memorial to Yueyang Tower (《岳阳楼记》)     2     (write) by Fan Zhongyan, who was an excellent minister of the northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)in China.

    3     (lie) on the city wall of the west gate of the ancient city in Yueyang City, Hunan province, China, Yueyang Tower faces Junshan Island and overlooks Dongting Lake, being extremely beautiful and     4     (impress). Since ancient times, it     5     (enjoy) the good reputation that Dongting Lake is the     6     (good)among lakes, and Yueyang Tower is incomparable among towers. Yueyang Tower’s roof covered with yellow glazed tiles (黄色琉璃瓦)looks like a general’s helmet in ancient China. It is the only ancient     7     (build) with a helmet roof structure (构造) in China.

Before the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Yueyang Tower was mainly used     8     the military purpose. After the Tang Dynasty, it     9     (gradual) became a famous scenic spot in     10     men of letters chanted poetry and wrote fu.

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。

The Silk Road was a route that connected people from the East to West for hundreds of years and allowed     1    (they) to trade valuable goods with each other. But there’ s more to the story. The Silk Road should     2    (real) be called the Silk Roads. The Silk Road,    3    started in China, went west and branched out into many routes.

The Silk Road has been around for nearly 3,000 years. Most people know that valuable goods traveled along the route: silk and spices from China; jewels and wood from India; gold and animals from East Africa. These goods     4    (trade) in cities along the route or ended up as far west     5     Europe.

But the people     6    (travel) along the Silk Road were carrying something far     7    (valuable) than their goods. They were carrying ideas and technology. European travelers returned home with stories of huge Chinese ships they had seen. The compass is an example of a(n)     8    (invent) that came west from China. Europeans learned from Korean maps, which were advanced for the 1400s.

    9     was the 11,000 km Silk Road that shaped the world we know today. The many routes were a way for different people     10     (meet) each other and talk about the developing world.

3 . Researchers find that    1    large amount of African dust can blow all the way across the Atlantic Ocean and fall on North and South Americas.

African dust storms can harm air quality    2     the ocean. But new research by scientists from some countries     3     (show) the storms also can do some good.     4    is found that an average of 28 million metric tons of Saharan dust falls in South America’s Amazon River basin each year. Scientists say the dust is an important    5    (provide) of fertilizer. “Yes, it’s    6    (surprise) because of the huge amount of dust and phosphorous(磷),     7     is a nutrient that plants need    8    (grow),” one of them says.

In fact, the phosphorous    9    (fall) from the sky is about the same as the amount that rivers carry out each year. The thick rainforest and the desert dust     10    (join) together on one small planet.

4 . Scotland is a country in Great Britain, to the north of England. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is     1    Largest city. Scotland has     2    (rough) 800 islands, but people only live on some of them.

In the north of Scotland it is light until 11:30 p.m. in summer and in winter you can sometimes see the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis,     3    are spectacular lights in the sky. Energy from the sun     4    (turn) the Earth’s sky green, red and other colors.

At public and     5    (culture)events you can often hear traditional Scottish music and see traditional Scottish dancing. Pipers play music on bagpipes, a Celtic wind instrument with pipes and a bag. Pipers and dancers usually wear kilts, a traditional skirt     6    (wear) by men and women. Scots enjoy all types of music from folk     7    Rock and pop, and festivals like ‘The Edinburgh Festival’ or concerts in the Park     8    (be) very popular.

The most popular sport in Scotland is football. Another popular game, golf     9    (invent) in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The famous Scottish Highland Games are a(n)     10    (combine) of culture and sport and Highland Games are celebrated all Over the World.

5 . Xuexiang Village, formerly known as a forestry farm, has been transformed into a booming tourist resort.     1    (locate) at the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, it has much snow. The snow here starts falling in October and begins to melt in April. A unique scene is the “snow mushrooms”,     2     are formed after snow falls onto wood piles. Together with log cabins, pine trees and snowy mountains,     3     place looks like a fairy tale world. Several decades ago, people     4    (come) here as loggers. Years of excessive logging resulted     5     a resource-shortage problem. After the natural forest protection project     6    (launch) in 1999, the forestry farm stopped logging and started to make good use of the snow to develop the tourism industry. Amateur photographers first promoted the beautiful scenery, then, with the help of the internet, it     7    (gradual) became famous and tourists began coming.     8    (sense) the new opportunities, loggers started to open family hotels and restaurants. Nearly 80     9    (family) are now involved in tourism business. “My family can make 200,000-300,000 yuan each year, which     10    (able) us to live a much better life”, said Fan, a used-to-be logger.

6 . It was a short flight from Shanghai to Xi’ an. Xi’ an is one of the four great ancient capitals of China     1     over 3,100 years of history. Its ancient walls date from the Ming Dynasty and are the best     2    (preserve) in the world. There are bicycles for people to hire. It is     3    (amaze) to ride along the walls to survey this fascinating city.

The Tang Dynasty Music and Dance show is not to be missed, but my favorite is an art gallery,     4    we can enjoy some beautiful artwork and learn how to write Chinese characters.

Most tourists make     5     way to Xi’ an to see the life-size terracotta warriors (兵马俑) and we were no     6     (difference). The collection, which shows the armies of the first Emperor of China,     7    (remain) hidden until 1974 when they were discovered by a farmer sinking a well. Walking among the statues is forbidden unless you are a VIP — but there are plenty of souvenir     8     (shop) in which tourists can buy the replicas（复制品）of them.

All too soon it was time     9    (leave). I really enjoyed my stay in Xi’ an. It is indeed a place of interest worth     10     second visit.

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(一个单词)，或括号内单词的正确形式。
We often hear people say “You’ve a greater chance     1    (hit) by lightning.” It is used to describe something     2    (likely) to happen. However,     3    truth is that lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths among natural disasters in the US. The first is floods. Around 400 Americans are struck by lightning each year, of     4    about 70 people die. In fact, there are more deaths     5    (cause) by lightning than by tornadoes and hurricanes. And in India, at least 2,000 people     6    (kill) in lightning strikes since2005.
Because lightning kills only one or two people at a time, its danger does not receive as much attention     7    other disasters. The US has made June 22-28 National Lightning Safety Week, aiming to deepen the public’s     8    (understand) of the dangers of lightning and provide safety tips during thunderstorms.
“If you hear thunder, you are in danger of lightning,” said Rocky Lopes, a disaster educator at the American Red Cross. “The most important thing is to seek a     9    (hide) place. If you are near wide, open places, move indoors as     10    (quick) as possible and stay there until after the storm has ended.”

8 . Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It    1    (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it    2    (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of    3    most outstanding（杰出的）examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days    4    even a few months. It took years of work     5    (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is    6    (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit    7    is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are    8    (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the    9    (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be     10    (patience).