1 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. brake            B. victims        C. issued       D. confirmed       E. pace        F. typically G. multiple       H. seriously       I. slippery     J. canceled          K. visibility

NINE people died and 43 were injured in two rear-end crashes on Shanghai’s S32 Expressway that occurred during heavy fog yesterday morning.

Two were       1       dead at the scene in one of the accidents, and five were found dead in the other. Two more people died in hospital, police said.

Police first received a report at 5:54 am that     2     vehicles had crashed on the S32, near a ramp of S2. The S32 links Shanghai with Zhejinag Province’s Jiaxing and Huzhou.

Two people were killed after getting out of their vehicle to see what was causing congestion ahead. They were hit by an out of control tanker, police said.

When police arrived at that scene, they found a further five people had been killed when a construction vehicle was crushed by two large vehicles from both front and back. The crash was about three kilometers away from the accident that killed the two people on the expressway. The injured were sent to local hospitals.

Some drivers reported that the road was very     3     and braking had led to vehicles losing control.

“The fog was very heavy,” an unidentified driver told Shanghai Television Station. “When I saw the accident ahead, I wanted to slow down and       4     . But once I hit the brake, the vehicle went out of control.”

Zhoupu Hospital treated 12 people. “One of the     5     died on the road to the hospital,” Ding Fuhao, a doctor with the hospital, told the television station. “Three were     6     injured.”

The city’s meteorological authority     7     an orange alert on heavy fog at 6:06 am, meaning     8    would be lower than 200 meters in some areas.

The dense fog hit coastal areas in particular, including Chongming Island, Pudong New Area, Baoshan and Fengxian districts. The alert was    9    at 9:44am. This was Shanghai’s first orange alert of heavy fog since the arrival of autumn.

Several expressways in the city were closed or subject to speed limits yesterday morning.

Pudong International Airport was also affected by the bad weather. The airport’s traffic was about 60 percent less than normal in the morning but picked up the    10     after the orange alert was canceled, the city’s television station said.

2 . 由于缺乏受过专业训练的教师，一些美国学校很难加入汉语教学的竞争。(shortage) （汉译英）

4 . 我们尤其被今年女性在信息技术学科中的重要表现所鼓舞。(representation ) （汉译英）

5 . 该建筑物在外观上是一项建筑杰作，精美雅致。(elegant) （汉译英）

6 . 许多男性仍比女性占有更多的权力职位。(occupy) （汉译英）

7 . 她认定我是接管这项工作的最佳人选。(ideal ) （汉译英）

9 . 选词填空

make up；ideal；symbol；exist；vary；personality；pattern；observe；stretch；context

1. The wildebeests (角马) follow, in their migration, the________of local rainfall.
角马在迁徙时遵循当地降雨的模式。
2. The dove is a universal________of peace.
鸽子是和平的共同象征。
3. Some people________on melons or coconuts for weeks at a time.
有些人一度数周靠各种瓜与椰子生存。
4. The scientists will study the variety of trees and ________which are fruiting.
科学家们将研究树木的多样性并观察哪些树木结果实。
5. We are doing this work in the ________of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
我们正在经济、社会和文化领域改革的背景下从事这项工作。
6. Women officers ________13 percent of the police force.
女警察构成警力的13%。
7. He has found his ________ mate.
他已经找到了理想的配偶。
8. Try ________your legs and pulling your toes upwards.
试着伸直双腿并向上拉拉脚趾。
9. The text ________from the earlier versions.
这一文本有别于那些早期的版本。
10. The contest was as much about ________ as it was about politics.
这次竞赛既比政治策略，又比品质性格。