1 . 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。

Hoh Xil or Kekexili is the world’s third     1     (large) uninhabited (无人居住的) area. Many examples of wildlife can     2     (find) in the remote area of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The view of mountains, glaciers and lakes here     3     (make) it a good place in terms of natural beauty.

At the 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee     4     (hold) in Poland, Hoh Xil was approved    5    a new world heritage site, becoming the 51st world heritage site in China. It is home to more than 230 species of wildlife,    6     (include) the endangered Tibetan antelope. The illegal hunting of Tibet antelope used to be     7     serious problem in the 1990s. The wool of Tibetan antelopes, soft and warm, can be obtained without hurting the animals. But poachers (盗猎者) would choose simply    8     (kill) them before taking the wool,    9     caused the number of Tibetan antelopes to drop rapidly. The struggle to stop illegal hunting was described in the 2004 film Kekexili: Mountain Patrol.

Now that Hoh Xil has made it onto the UNESCO list, it’s believed that the     10     (protect) of the region’s wild animals and special ecosystem will be more effective.

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1. Kids would love to have more money in their pockets. With the money that _______(make) by themselves they can buy the things they want. Actually, making money when you are a kid is much _______(easy) than you think. Here is a great method of making money for you, if you are a kid. It’s dog walking.

Don’t try to do dog walking as a business if you are not _______ (comfort) with dogs. However, if you love dogs, this can be a good _______(choose).

Usually your customers are in the neighborhood. Ask dog owner _______(tell) you as much as possible _______ their dogs and their habits. It’s very important that you keep friendly with the dogs. _______(bring) a treat to the dogs can help develop a friendship with them.

You can charge 5 dollars _______ a walk lasts 30 minutes. If a dog’s owner wants you to walk _______(he) dog for an hour, you can charge 10 dollars or even 15 dollars.

The only disadvantage of this method is that you have to deal with dog waste. Be sure to take ________ bag and clean up after those dogs.

2. Athens, the capital of Greece, ________(know)as the birthplace of ________(west) civilization. Two thousand four hundred years ago, it was the world’s most ________(power) city. ________ (build) such as the Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill were built during this period. Greece’s best writers lived in ancient Athens. Their work has influenced other writers ever ________.

3 . 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.

4 . Natural resources are things     1     exist in nature and can be used by people. Some natural resources are renewable, like trees. When one tree is cut down, we can plant a new tree to replace it. Others,     2    , are not renewable, like the coal dug out of the ground. Once it is used, it is     3    . (go)

Although we all know that our natural resources are limited, we often waste them in our daily life. Paper, bottles and cans     4     (throw) away carelessly; food is wasted just because of  its  poor  taste; clothes  are  rejected     5     (simple) due  to  their  old fashion. These valuable natural resources will run out before long     6     better use is made of them.

Actually, everyone can make contributions (贡献) to     7     (protect) our natural resources. For example,     8    riding a bicycle or walking instead of driving, we can save lots of petrol. Water is a very important natural resource because we all need     9     to stay alive. We can make wise    10     (choose) to save water, like reusing the water that has been used to wash vegetables to water flowers.

5 . 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.”

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 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

What defines a healthy city Is it a place with a lot of open spaces    1    people can exercise and enjoy the fresh air .A place with little or no pollution .A place in which people can     2    (free) socialize and express their ideas Perhaps, it’s all that plus more. Other considerations are the availability of health and fitness facilities, an excellent healthcare program and sincere efforts by    3    local government to actively promote health and wellness among its citizens. Of all the cities in the world, one of the top six     4     (healthy) cities is Copenhagen, Denmark.

Copenhageners love to walk. Foot traffic accounts    5    80% of all traffic in the Copenhagen city center. Those who prefer can also bike. It is estimated that more than a third of all work trips in Copenhagen    6    (carry) out on a bike. As for the climate here, the city does not have the blessing of pleasant weather all year round.    7    everything starts to freeze, it turns several city squares into huge skating fields. The frozen parts of the city also make    8    easier for residents to skate around. The city also has museums and art galleries for the kids and    9    (grown-up). It has the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art and the Royal Library housed in a rather grand building    10    (call) the Black Diamond.