1 . 根据短文内容，从下面方框中所给的10 个单词中分别选出恰当的单词填空，使短文意思通畅、完整。没空一词，不得重复。短文后各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

living   but     what     at home     recalled   whose     ambition   Besides     up     motherland

Six months ago, Xie Lei boarded a plane for London to complete an exchange programme. She     1     that she chose the year­long exchange programme with the     2     to set up a business in China after graduation.It was the first time that she had left her     3     .When she came to England, she lived with a host family,     4     members always helped her. At first，she had to get used to     5     in a new country and learn how to use public transport and how to ask for things she didn’t know the English names for.     6     , she also had to face another challenge of the academic requirements.When writing an essay，she was told by the tutor to acknowledge     7     other people had said if she cited their ideas,     8     he wanted to know her own opinions.She also found students’ participation included as part of the final result. Luckily, after a few weeks, she could speak     9     in class on traditional Chinese art successfully. And she feels much more     10     in the UK now.

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John Snow was a famous doctor in London — so expert, indeed, that he     1     Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people     2     to cholera.

The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air, a cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its     3    .

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“What are you doing?" asked Daisy. “I’m    1    myself from mosquitoes," it replied."When I find a millipede    2    ,I rub it over my body.

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In relief Daisy    1     into laughter. "Don't laugh," said the elephant, "We used to be an endangered    2    . Farmers hunted us without    3    ..."

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Anyhow, my    1     is to provide humans with a life of high quality;   I am now truly filled with    2     that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!

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First it was stored in    1    , then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I    2     changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much    3    , like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told!

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So don’t feel sorry for the     1     or make fun of them, and don’t ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them     2     to live as rich and full a life as you do.

He had opened the curtains that night so that the other woman would see him and Claire,     3     that there was no risk to Claire’s marriage. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt-you cannot have women     4     in love with machines.

Being badly wounded, the whale soon died. Within a moment or two, its body was     5     swiftly by the killers down into the     6     of the sea.

Sometimes I wonder how     7     chemistry is to these students, most of     8     will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.

Xie lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business     9    .   She is halfway through the     10     year, which most foreign students complete before applying for a degree course.