1 . 课文填空。根据首字母提示，填上完整的单词。

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their c    1     in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. Rather than travel b    2     commercial airline all the way, they decided to f    3     to Vancouver and then take the train. For both of them, the thought of crossing the whole c    4     by rail was exciting.

B    5     starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the sights. During their first day, as is typical of Vancouver, it r    6    . Despite the weather they were able to take a boat ride out into the bay, and later v    7     an Island that had wonderful shops selling crafts and antiques. The next day was clear and mild, and they were p    8     to see the beautiful mountains looking out over the city. Later they took a pleasant h    9     in a forest just a short d    10     away.

2 . 根据课文原文填空，每空一词。

The first group, the Romans, came in the first century. Some of their great     1     included building towns and roads. The Vikings came in the eighth century, left behind lots of new vocabulary, and also the names of many     2     across the UK. The last group were the Normans. They conquered England after the well-known Battle of Hastings in the 11^th century. They had castles built all around England, and made changes to the     3     system.

3 . 课文填空

FIRST-AID TREATMENT

1.Place burns under cool running water, especially within the first ten minutes. The cool water stops the burning process and reduces the pain and    1    .
2. Dry the burnt area gently with a clean cloth.
3.Remove any clothes using scissors if necessary, unless you see the    2    sticking to the burnt skin.
4.Cover the burnt area with a loose clean cloth.     3    oil to the injured areas is a bad idea, as it will keep the heat in the wounds and may cause    4    .
5.If burns are on the face, make sure the victim can still breathe.
6. If the victim is suffering from second or third-degree burns, there is an urgent need to take him/her to the hospital at once.

4 . 阅读下列文本，在空白处填入1个适当的单词(部分空有首字母或中文提示)。

Most students feel their IQ, which refers to Intelligence Quotient, is what     1    (决定) how well they are going to do in life, but new research suggests that EQ is a better way for    2    (预测) success. Professor Salovey says it is IQ that gets you e    3     but it is EQ that gets you promoted.

5 . 根据课文原文填空，每空一词。

We no longer have to wait in line or carry    1     around when we go shopping. We can get the most     2     information from large    3    .

6 . 课文填空

New ideas and values gradually replaced old ones from the Middle Ages. As a result, painters concentrated less on religious themes. They began to adopt a more     1    attitude to life. An important breakthrough during this period was the use of    2    by Masaccio (1401-1428).    3    painters such as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Michelangelo (1475-1564), and Raphael (1483-1520) built upon Giotto and Masaccio’s innovations to produce some of the greatest art that Europe had ever seen.

In subject matter, the     4    increasingly shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us. Kings, nobles, and people of high rank wanted to purchase    5    pictures of themselves and the people they loved. Others wanted paintings showing important    6    events or stories from mythology. Finally, most clients wanted paintings that were beautiful and interesting to look at.

7 . 在空格处填入一个恰当的单词，答案必须和课文原文一样。

In the past few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people studying abroad. Although studying abroad can bring great     1    , I think the disadvantages for young people are greater.

To begin with, many students who study abroad face great economic pressure. That     2     studying abroad is just not possible for everyone. Tuition fees and living     3     are much more expensive than at home and could end up costing most families an arm and a leg. Studying in China is much more     4     and can help save money.

Another important factor to     5     is the tremendous pressure that comes with studying abroad. Students must learn how to live in an unfamiliar     6     with limited language skills. Some may struggle and suffer from culture shock when learning how to     7     in new surroundings. Other students are not     8     enough to handle the challenges by themselves and may become depressed. In addition, different     9     to teaching and learning may come as a shock to many students.

To sum up, one can not     10     the fact that studying abroad has its disadvantages, so when you think about studying abroad, you should consider these many factors.

8 . 根据课文内容填空

Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybridrice”, is one of China’s most famous scientists, Yet, he considers himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of miliions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has     1     his life.

Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and somnetimes even had a serious    2     of food to eat. To tackle this     3     , he chose to study agriculture and received aneducationat Seuthwest Agricultural College in Chomgqing.

After     4    in 1953, he worked as a researcher. Yuan Longping realised that larger fields were not the solution. Instead, farmers needed to     5     yields in the fields they had. How this could be done was a challenging question at the time.Yuan was     6    that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. A hybrid is a cross between two or more varieties of a species One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than    7    crops.

However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate.The common     8    then was that it could not be done. Through intense effort, Yuan    9    enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice that codld be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their    10    greatly

9 . 阅读下列文本，在空白处填入适当的单词(部分空有首字母或中文提示)。

When you enter an unfamiliar environment, what do you feel? Do you second-guess yourself? Although confident people are not immune from self-doubt, they enjoy a strong s    1    of safety, clarity, and trust in themselves.

Studies indicate that confident people tend to be healthier and live longer. It could be due to the    2    (积极的) effects of emotions associated with confidence, happiness and     3    (满足，满意). People who l    4    confidence often struggle with emotions like fear,    5    (忧郁，沮丧), and anxiety, which will harm health. Confidence can also help you with fitness goals.

10 . 阅读下列文本，在空白处填入适当的单词(部分空有首字母或中文提示)。

I knew I had chosen a job with a lot of    1    (压力) but I love what I do.The thing about being a teacher is that you have a    2    to children’s minds when they are open and e    3    to learn. If what I do as a teacher can help turn a child like Graham into such a successful adult, then I know what I’m doing is    4     (值得的). As John Dewey, the famous educationalist, said,“Education is not    5    (准备) for life; education is life itself.”