1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Now more and more wild animals     1     (enter) cities.     2     our cities become greener, they offer increasingly     3     (appeal) spaces to animals looking for new habitat. Out of reach from many of their natural predators, these newcomers often flourish in their new city lives. What's more, hungry animals can find plenty to eat in our gardens and in the leftovers. One thing crucial to the increasing number of “urban animals” is their ability     4     (adapt) . There is evidence     5     urban racoons are more intelligent than their wild cousins, as they frequently have to figure out difficult problems such as how to open rubbish bins and other containers. Some animals have even changed their living habits to fit in     6     their new homes. For those animals that don't adapt, the city can be dangerous. Recent     7     (study) estimate that between 400 million and 1 billion birds die from window impacts each year in the US alone.     8     (shock) , these deaths amount to around ten percent of the total US bird population. However they adapt to our ways of urban living, it's important that we have     9     better understanding of and even learn to appreciate our wild neighbours. Only then     10     we look towards harmoniously sharing our urban habitats.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

At first, Lauren Bath regarded blogging     1     a hobby , but companies started paying her to take photos and publish them. In 2013, she was determined to make her dream come true: she would become Australia’s first professional photo     2     (blog). It was challenging,     3     she did it. Now she travels every month to take photos.

She first visited Western Australia     4     work in 2013. She has made over 140 work trips, but her     5     (good) work trip ever was to Broome in the Kimberley region. It is     6     (extreme) beautiful and people can experience the indigenous Australia there more than anywhere else. The Kimberley region, in particular, is unique and     7     (touch).

She tries to take every opportunity to get outside and admire the natural world. She loves to photograph the     8     (rise) sun , so she force herself     9     the natural world by waking early each day.

She uses her photography to make an impact on people, especially     10     it comes to environmental issues . She once posted a photo online to make others aware of the danger of feeding wild crocodiles.

3 . The phenomenon ________ (occur) when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, but not quite close enough to our planet to completely cover the sun. （所给词的适当形式填空）

4 . 语法填空。

How would you feel if moving to a new town meant     1     (lose) track of your friends? What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that     2     (take) ages to be delivered? Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed     3     (significant).

The digital age     4     (enable) us to find people who share our interests. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with people     5     also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.

5 . 语法填空

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago, when the Internet industry was growing     1     (rapid). I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew so fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore, one with millions of titles,     2     (excite) me. I told my wife that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing     3     probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure     4     to expect. She told me I should go for it.

I was working at a financial firm for a brilliant boss who     5     (lead) a bunch of very smart people. When I went to him for advice, he listened carefully to my     6     (explain), and finally said. “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be     7     even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job. “    8     (see) in that light, it really was a difficult decision, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot.     9     took much consideration to follow my passion, but I’m proud of that     10     (choose).

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It is actually a long-held idea that sharks are     1     (danger) animals, especially after the film Jaws hit the screen. Jaws gave an account of how sharks pull swimming people underwater,     2     (attract) huge audiences and winning many awards. This film encouraged people to hunt and kill sharks. As a result,     3     number of large sharks fell     4     (quick), making it one of the endangered     5     (animal). Another     6     (contribute) factor is finning. Every time there is finning, the sea floor would be covered with dead sharks. That had an unexpected effect     7     Peter Benchley, the writer of the book on     8     Jaws was based. He came to see people as a danger to sharks, rather than the other way round. That was why he     9     (fight) to protect sharks by first admitting that his book was wrong about sharks’ behaviour. Today, as we learn more about sharks, more people than ever want to protect them from     10     (extinct).

7 . 语法填空

Stephen Curry, the son of the famous basketball star Dell Curry, is also a well-known NBA basketball player in the world. He spent his childhood years     1     (practise) basketball on the     2     (mud) basketball court. However, the poor conditions helped     3     (he) develop his own playing style. He also learnt to be     4     (create) and flexible as a player. Nonetheless, for many people, it seemed unlikely that Stephen would be     5     great basketball player, because he was too short, too thin and too weak     6     follow in his father’s     7     (footstep). Despite this, Stephen never gave up, and ended up     8     (play) college ball at Davidson College, not too far from where he lived.     9     (select) for the NBA in2009, he became a member of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. In 2015, he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975. Stephen achieved his dream through self-belief, hard work, perseverance     10    some help from an old hoop. He has proved that anything is possible as long as you try your best to do it.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The film Jaws was released in 1975, and became     1     great success. The opening of the thriller showed a swimmer being attacked by a shark. Due to the horrible scenes in the film, people became more     2     (fright) of sharks. Some people even started killing them in large numbers.

Apart from this, another factor     3     (contribution) to the falling of the number. It is a type of fishing called     4     (fin), where sharks are caught and their fins are cut off. The sharks are then thrown back into the sea and die slowly and     5     (pain). In 1980, Peter Benchley, the author of the novel Jaws,     6     the film was based on, was diving and came across an awful sight. He found the sea covered with     7     (die) sharks. Later, he admitted that he was wrong about sharks’    8     (behave) in his book.

According to experts, sharks don’t target people. They do this     9     mistake. Today, more and more people have learnt about sharks and want to protect them from    10     (extinct).

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

    1     ( sit ) back in my seat, I can’t believe that I’m about to travel along the railway that many foreign experts claimed was “impossible”. The train has been racing along     2     ( steady ) since it left Xining.

I was one of the people     3     came from all parts of China to work on this railway. Taking years to complete the Qinghai - Tibet Railway is a record of all of our efforts to overcome     4     most difficult challenges. How     5     ( protect ) the ecosystem was among the top concerns . The first landmark     6     ( catch ) my eye is the Qingshuihe Bridge, the world’s longest bridge built over permafrost. To prevent damage to wetlands and grasslands, 675 bridges     7     ( build ) between Golmud and Lhasa.

Tanggula Station,     8     ( locate ) at over 5,000 metres above sea level, is the highest railway station in the world. To make sure we stayed healthy, several oxygen - making stations were constructed. Passing Cuona Lake, I feel a sense of pride and     9     ( achieve ). Along the lake we built a twenty - kilometre wall to protect the lake     10     construction waste.

I’m proud that we built our “impossible” railway. It truly is an extraordinary “Sky Railway”.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Different people have different lifestyles. Ellie, 24, works     1     a doctor. She doesn’t cook very often. What’s worse, she often ends up     2     (save) part of her meal for the next day. Jenny, who is a teacher, and her husband avoid all     3     (product) that come from animals . They like cooking together at home, which gives them a chance     4     (relax) and catch up on each other’s days. Ted, a     5     (construct) worker, is fond of eating meat. In addition, he enjoys his mother’s homemade sausages.     6     Mike is a chef, he doesn’t really do much cooking at home. Once a week, they do     7     big shop and buy a lot of     8     (freeze) food. Max is a college student. There are five of them living in their     9     (share) student house. He is too busy studying and meeting friends     10     doesn’t really buy fresh food.