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 . 用正确的形式完成短文填空。

My graduation from senior high school is     1     (接近，靠近). In the future, I want to f    2     on my band and have a     3     (事业) in music. But my father assumes that I should be a lawyer, as a lawyer can be r    4     by people. I want to work in a studio as a professional singer, not a court, but my father just     5     (忽视) my dream, saying I am daydreaming. How I want to sigh! There is always a generation g    6     between father and son!

So I want to have a     7     (交谈) with my father. I hope that my father will know that my career should suit my     8     (天赋). And I will be     9     (负责) for my own o    10     (选择).

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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

4 . 根据中文意思完成短文填空。

Dave wanted a pair of trainers badly, but his family was too poor to afford it. So when he read in the local newspaper that there would be a 1000-meter running race, of which the prize was a pair of trainers, he jumped at the opportunity. Day and night, he trained hard for it. On the sports day, a crowd of people gathered on the play field and there was     1     (兴奋的嚷嚷声) in the air. After doing some     2     (热身伸展运动), Dave heard the whistle. All at once, the runners set out like lightning and soon they were a blur. One after another, the other runners     3     (飞驰而过). Dave     4     (感到肋部疼痛) and his breath     5     (开始呼哧呼哧地喘). But he     6     (咬紧牙关) and pushed on. Now, it was the last lap. Dave gathered all his strength, gave himself     7     (额外能量的迸发) and ran like mad. One…two…three…Dave overtook all the others. As the crowd     8     (惊讶地看着), he     9     (向……发起最后冲刺) the finish. Yes, Dave was the champion! Although he was     10     (气喘吁吁), Dave grinned, holding the precious pair of trainers tightly to his chest.

5 . I used to be a    1     to computer games. But now I am q    2     it. Last week, I s    3     up for advanced     4    (文学) and finally made it.     5    (显而易见) , I felt happy about it. I will try to be r    6     for my future. (根据首字母或汉语提示完成短文)

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What impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to     1    . Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut.He     2     producing a kind of rice that could     3     at home and abroad. His     4     for "seawater rice" has also     5    , and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production.     6    , Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next.

Qian read a lot and was    7     especially in the area of frontier science research. However, what might have made him such an outstanding and creative scientist was probably his strong interest in other things,     8     music and drawing.His    9     art often gave him inspiration in his    10    .

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Senior secondary school is a new start. Studying is definitely a big part of my life. I     1     . Biology is my favorite subject, and my target is to prepare myself for my degree in biology at university. I     2     so that I can have more free time to do other things that I’m interested in after school.

Paul jumped up and rushed onto the court. And clearly,     3    . The other team just couldn’t keep up with his energy and speed. He made shot after shot, and the crowd couldn’t stop clapping and cheering.

When the game ended, our team had won by two points.

“Well”,     4    , “you’ve just earned your place on the team, big guy!”

Keep running. Running trains your mind as well as your body. There will be time when you want to give up. But hang in there and tell yourself that it will get easier with time.     5     all the sweat and hard work were worth it in the end.

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things…. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room.     6    . It was obvious…When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that     7    . Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained     8    

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I can’t     1    to describe to you what senior high school life is like. The path before you leads to a world    2    of challenges: a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. However, for those of you with a positive mind, opportunity lies    3    each challenge. When you rise to the challenges, you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal     4    . Most    5    , your time and effort at a senior high school will open the door to your potential.

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In just one day, a person can see     1    of marketing messages. Advertising has become     part of modern life. But what is advertising exactly? In     2    , it     3    to the activity of     4    a product or service. In other words, it tries to     5    people to buy a product or service.

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Peru is a country on the Pacific coast of South America with three main areas ：    1    , dry, flat land     2     along the coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest.

In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the     3         4     Inca Empire .The Inca     5    lived in the now-famous     6    of Machu Picchu. Spain     7         8    of Peru in the 16th century and     9    until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main     10    language of Peru.

A short     11     from Cusco takes you from the Andes into the Amazon rainforest. From there, you will spend one day     12    by boat to your     13     in the middle of the forest . You can then spend three days     14     the rainforest with a local guide and enjoying the plants and animals     15     to the rainforest.