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Yesterday, another student and I r    1     our university’s student a    2     to meet some international students at the airport. I saw several young people look around c    3     first. It was Tony from Colombia that arrived first, closely followed by Julia from Britain. Tony a    4     Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the c    5    . But Julia put up her hand in d    6    . Then another major m    7     happened between Akira and George.When Darlene Coulon from France came d    8    through the door, she shook hands with Tony. I learn from the experience that people c    9     with both spoken language and unspoken language. People from places like Spain or South American countries are more l    10    to touch each other.

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This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine     1     Tu Youyou, whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin,     2     for malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has     3     for millions of people.

These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and     4     .

Many of these new innovations     5     in some homes.

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But    1    . Soon after the quakes the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to    2    and to bury the dead. More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to    3    . Workers built shelters for survivors    4    . Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. Water and food were brought into the city by train, truck, and plane. Slowly    5    again.

Tangshan started to    6    . With strong support from the government and the    7    of the city's people. a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. The new city has become    8    more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation, industry, and environment. Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that    9    , people must unify and show the wisdom to     10    .

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After reaching your     1    , you will have day to     2     and be amazed by this ancient city.     3     amazing is the Incas' dry stone method of building. Inca builders cut stones to exact sizes so that     4    was needed to     5     walls together     6         7     the perfect fit of the stones.

5 . Written Chinese has also become an important    1    by which China's present is connected with its past. People in modern times can read the    2    works which were written by Chinese in ancient times. The high    3    for the Chinese writing system can be seen in the development of Chinese    4    as an art form, known as Chinese calligraphy, which has become an important part of Chinese culture. (根据句意填空)

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So why has English changed over time?     1     all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different     2     the English spoken today. It was     3     more on German than the English we speak     4    . Then     5     between AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers     6     the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’ s Shakespeare was able to     7     a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia to. English began to be spoken in both countries.

Finally by the 19th century the language was     8    . At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English language.     9     gave a separate     10     to American English spelling.

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THE DREAM AND THE PLAN

My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she     1     me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested     2         3     too. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our     4     for the trip.

I am fond of my sister but she has one serious     5    . She can be really stubborn. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip     6    . Now, I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?” I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet, Of course, she hadn’t; my sister doesn’t care about     7    . So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look—the kind that said she would not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an     8         9     more than 5.000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would be hard to     10     and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.

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It is not     1     for teenagers of your     2     to be attracted     3     computer games and the     4     world. But spending too much time online is     5     and makes     6    very difficult to focus     7     other things in     8    .

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A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAIN

    1     it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That’s     2     we looked like? Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that water bottles     3    . However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She is very     4     and I knew I didn’t need to encourage her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun     5       as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.

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It is Zhou Yang’s first day at the office of China Daily. He is excited and     1    (eagerly) to go out     2     a story on his own, but he can’t because he isn’t     3    (experience) enough. His new boss, Hu Xin, is sharing with him how to be a good reporter.

To be a good reporter, one needs to be curious, which     4    (able) one to ask many different questions and acquire all the information he needs to know. Besides, it’s important for a reporter to have a nose     5     a story,     6    (know) if someone is telling the truth. And while interviewing people, a reporter has to listen to the     7    (detail) facts and prepare the net question     8    (depend) on what people say. If possible, a reporter can     9    (recorder) the interview in case he     10    (accuse) of printing lies.