2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Apple Farming Earns City Wide Recognition

Yuncheng kicked off     1     agriculture show on Oct 15. The highlight was a famous fruit     2     (grow) in the city, the apple.

In Yuncheng, the planting area of apples reaches 166,000 hectares, with an average annual output of about 6 million tons. However, what makes the local people     3     (pride) is not the output but the quality of the produce.

The city     4     (know) for selenium- rich apples. Selenium (硒) is a trace element that’s beneficial     5     human health. Selenium-rich apples can sell at prices about 15 percent     6     (high) than ordinary varieties.

The latest information technology is also used for     7     (improve) the output and quality of apples. An intelligent operational system,     8     is linked with various sensors on the farm, monitors the conditions of soil and air.

    9     (help) farmers expand their sales, the city has registered the “Yuncheng Apple” brand name. Meanwhile, the collective marketing strategy has improved the recognition of the produce among consumers both nationwide and across the world.

Yuncheng’s apples have been sold to 75     10     (country) and regions. The total export volume is about 300,000 tons a year, accounting for about 80 percent of Shanxi’s total exports of apples.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Xu Yuanchong was a famous Chinese translator, best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. Xu was born in 1921 in Nanchang, Jiangxi. His mother, who was well educated and good at painting, had great impact on Xu in his     1     (pursue) of beauty and literature. When studying at Provincial Nanchang No. 2 High School, he excelled at English. In 1938, he     2     (admit) to the Department of Foreign Languages, Naitonal Southwest Associated University, a school     3     graduates have played a central role in modern China. At university, Xu gave outstanding performances in English, Russian, French, while even hosting Shakespeare classes, clearly showing a gift for translation.

After his graduation, Xu devoted     4     (him) to education and translation. He was the first Chinese translator     5     (translate) Chinese poetry into English and French verse. He also translated many     6     (masterpiece) into Chinese including The Red and the Black and Jean-Christophe.

In his last days, the hundred-year-old scholar was still working on the translation of Shakespeare’s complete works. Seven hours of work in front of a computer every day is     7     unbearable task for young adults.    8     (surprising), this 100-year-old scholar is never bored with his work, passionately typing his translation word by word, day after day.    9     the morning of June 17, Xu passed away in Beijing at the age of 100. The respectable translator enjoyed a life worth     10     (remember).

4 . Whenever and wherever disasters happen — 9/11 Attacks in New York 14 years ago or the explosion in Tianjin on Wednesday night — it is always the firefighters_________take the lead to run to the very center,_________(save) lives by risking their own. （用适当的词填空）（所给词的适当形式填空）

5 . Researchers at the University of California found that_________ (expose) to the cold increases levels of a protein _________helps form brown fat — the type of fat that produces heat and keeps us warm. （所给词的适当形式填空）

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Feng Boyao and Meng Shuqi, students at No. 37 Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, spent nearly a year developing a new kind of Braille (布莱叶盲文) reading device and     1     (win) the first prize at a provincial-level youth science and technology competition.

A large number of Braille contact dots have been set up on the device,     2     is 50 centimeters long and 10 cm high. It can make Braille content move across a computer screen via     3     application.

“Education for blind people     4     (be) mainly based on Braille books, but very few Braille books can be found in the marketplace, or they are outdated and cannot meet the needs     5     the blind. Only a small number of people have access to Braille reading devices,     6     they may sell for as much as 10,000 yuan ($1,549) or more,” Feng said.

The cost of     7     (they) device is much lower, so it will be     8     (advantage) for market promotion. In addition, because of its magnetic structure, the content     9     (display) on the device is said to be more accurate than others. Feng and Meng hope the device can help reduce the number of blind people who are in     10     (poor) for lack of education.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

During summer vacation, I went on a three-day camping expedition (远足). We had to carry all of our own clothes and food, as well as tents, cooking pots and first aid kits(急救药箱).

On the first day, our instructor taught us how to read maps. It's not too difficult     1     (understand) maps, but walking with a 13-kg backpack under the burning sun     2    (be) not the most ideal situation. Each of us carried two liters of water to drink as well.

On the second day, we had to find our own way to the next campsite. My group set     3     at 9 am full of confidence, but soon found     4    (we) lost on a farm!     5     (luck), each group had a tracker (跟踪器) that allowed our instructors to see     6     we were. We were quickly found and got back on     7     right path. We finally got to camp at 7 pm. Having walked 25 km over 10 hours, my body was aching. The third day was a bit     8     (easy). We successfully made     9     back to the car park where our coach was waiting.

I learned so much from this expedition—not just map reading skills,     10     also teamwork and how to deal with emergency situations. It pushed me to achieve something I never thought I could do and gave me important life skills.