1 . 根据课文内容填空

Hi, my name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from Junior high school to senior high school is a really big     1    . The first week was a little    2    .

First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I want to take. The school adviser helped me choose the     3     ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be     4     when I graduate. My adviser    5     that I should sign up for    6     literature because I like English and I am good at it.

I had to choose extra-curricular    7     , too. I tried to join the school football team, but the Coach told me that I didn’t play well enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I will find a way to     8     on my own so that I can     9    the team next year, I join a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community.

I know I will have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being    10     for a lot more .

2 . 阅读下面短文,根据下列提示：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。

After Yao Ming declared his retirement in July, Yi Jianlian took Yao’s place as China’s main man in basketball. It was Yi’s important free throw     1     helped China d    2     Jordan 70-69 in the nail-biting final.

In that game,Yi s    3     25 points and 16 rebounds, and blocked five shots. In fact, Yi’s role as team leader started even b    4     Yao’s retirement when Yao could not play because of an     5     (受伤) to his knee. However, Yi is u    6     huge pressure now because his team do not cooperate well for     7     (缺乏) of understanding. Yi tries hard to develop an understanding with teammates. He p    8     his experience and skills on to his teammates after    9     back from America every summer. He used to concentrate on     10    , but now he is eager to assist his teammates.

3 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

“Melting pot” means a place where people from many different ethnic groups or cultures form a united society. The idea comes from     1     (heat) metals in a container. When they melt, the metals unite and become       2     new and stronger. This term has been used to describe the United States as a nation created from people who came here from many different countries.

A Frenchman who was living in America expressed the idea more than 200 years ago. J. Hector de Crevecoeur     3     (publish) a book called Letters From an American Farmer in 1782. He wrote that America had people from many different countries. He said that they would become a new people     4     work would one day change the world.

For many years, Americans generally accept the idea     5     their country is a melting pot. They welcome immigrants from many nations. Yet some of those immigrants criticize the melting pot idea. They feel they are forced to lose their culture and language     6     (accept) in America. Other people also criticize the idea. They say the aim of the melting pot is to make different cultures disappear into the one     7     (represent) the largest group.

New groups of immigrants from Asia and Latin America are changing the United States today. Some are resisting learning American culture and language. Reports say some Americans fear that the nation is separating into many groups that have no     8     (share) purpose. Others say the melting pot is no longer changing the nation’s immigrants, but the immigrants are changing America.

Some experts who study immigration say they now compare American society     9     a salad bowl. A salad is made of many different foods. They each keep their own taste     10    being part of a successful product. In this way, cultural groups keep their customs and language and are still part of American society.

4 . 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。

A lonely Japanese billionaire    1    (plan) to fly to the moon on Elon Musk’s rocket is looking for the love of his life to join him on his journey. He just hasn’t found her yet.

Yusaku Maezawa, the first paying passenger on Space X’s maiden tourist voyage to the moon in 2023, tweeted a link on Sunday to a website where women can apply to be his companion     2     the week-long space flight. “I’m 44 now,” Maezawa said on the website. “As feelings of     3     (lonely) slowly begin to surge(涌上) upon me, there’s one thing that I think about: Continuing to love one woman.”

5 . 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.

6 . 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.

7 . John Carter was rescued from the sea near his holiday home yesterday. The accident happened while he     1     (walk) along a steep cliff at the edge of the sea. He was blown off by a strong wind and     2     (fall) into the sea, 30 meters below. Luckily, a woman saw him in the sea soon afterwards and she called the police rescue service. Mr. Carter was taken to hospital with a     3     (break) arm. “I’m very lucky to be alive,” he said. “I can’t thank the woman enough.”

8 . 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.

9 . To upcycle something is to take a used object and change it to a new function.
Recycling usually breaks down the material that an object is made from    1    it is made into something else. By that means it wastes plenty of energy.     2    recycling, upcycling just uses something in a new way without reprocessing     3    material it's made from. In addition to being    4    energy-saving, another major benefit of upcycling is     5    it reuses items made of materials which couldn't be dealt with by traditional recycling methods. When something is upcycled, nothing,     6    very little, is thrown away, with every component part having a potential use.
An upcycled product is generally    7    higher value than the materials or objects which are used to create    8    , like metal ring pulls becoming pins or earrings, low-value coins becoming cufflinks(袖扣), and so on.