1 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Tom and Jerry, with its funny violence and dark comedy,     1     (remain) popular around the world today. In the 80 years     2     their creation, the cat and mouse have appeared in everything from a “kids” version to a 1992 musical movie     3     they sang and spoke. Warner Brothers, who now own the rights to Tom and Jerry,     4     (release) a new live-action film just before Christmas this year. Fans are filled with expectations for the film.

2 . Many elephants can paint. In fact, elephants in zoos sometimes draw on the ground     1     a stick. Seeing this, some trainers teach the elephants     2     they can hold paintbrushes, and encourage them to choose colors and paint. Of course, not every painting is good. Just like humans, only some elephants are very creative. Now, an online gallery sells paintings by these elephant artists. By doing this, the gallery hopes to earn money     3     (protect) elephants.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
One day, there was an elder couple buying fish from me, all of w    1     happened was really very special. The Gentleman carried a basket     2     his elbow（肘部）, when the couple were near a pond to look at the fish, there was a pure silver long fin Koi（锦鲤） which about six inches jumped into the basket."Wha----" Their     3     (吃惊的) sound drew my eyes. I have worked with fish for a long time, but it     4     the first time I had seen a fish jump up into customer's basket. "You are lucky!" I said to them."Come on, come on, I buy, I buy him!" I looked at them, the couple are so h    5     and I went to serve them."Anything else?" I asked. "Yes, I want to find a partner for her." The gentleman was humorous. They were looking for another fish through the fish     6     (池塘) one by one. I brought a net and the fish bag f    7     them. The fish were always swimming towards us and asking for food in every pond. "What’s the matter with the fish?" The lady asked."They are hungry." I said."No, not hungry, they knew us and greeting us." The gentleman said."Yes, definitely!" I said. We stopped for a     8     minutes by a fish pond. "How about that fish?" The lady pointed     9     a colourful Sarasa（红白色相间的印花布）Koi. "It looks so beautiful!" The gentleman and I said same words. "I want to buy it b    10     she looked at me. You see, she still looked at me, I’ll buy her."The couple were happy, I was happy too, the fish will be happy in its new home.