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。

The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world, which plays     1    significant role in     2     (keep) the fine balance of the Earth’s ecosystem. It crosses into eight     3     (country) and covers an area of around 6 million square kilometers. The Amazon River, from which the rainforest gets     4     (it) name, supports many different ecosystems on its journey. They give this area the     5     (rich) biodiversity on the Earth. Of the 390,000 plant species known to us, more than 40,000 can     6     (find) in the Amazon. Each level of the forest forms its own little world, home to different kinds of     7     (live) things. More than 1,300 species of birds and over 400 species of mammals hide among the jungle’s plant life,    8     form the forest’s food chain. The Amazon rainforest is often known     9     the “lungs of the planet”. However, over the past 50 years, about 17 percent of the rainforest     10     (disappear) due to human activities. Can we afford to damage the “lungs of the planet”?

3 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或者括号里单词的正确形式。

    1     (date) back to 200 years ago, Beijing Opera     2     (consider) as a national treasure in China. The early Qing Dynasty saw the great     3    (develop) of this opera. Qianlong emperor in the Qing Dynasty had     4     interest in the local opera. He asked opera troupes (戏班)    5     different places to perform for him in Beijing     6     (celebrate) his eightieth birthday, so the four big Huiban Opera Troupes entered the capital.       7    (gradual), they combined with the Kunqu Opera, Yiyang Opera, Hanju Opera and Luantan, and formed the present Beijing Opera.

Beijing Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre     8     combines music, performance, and dance. Many audiences from different     9     (country) think that it is the     10     (large) and most influential kind of opera in China and the influence is incomparable in China.

4 . He was an expert at finding his way, even in strange _________.(surround) （所给词的适当形式填空）

5 . She was kept in _________ of her husband’s activities.(ignore) （所给词的适当形式填空）

6 . Taking 15-minute afternoon naps has been proven to improve _________.（create）（所给词的适当形式填空）

7 . The small boy felt very _________, for he lost sight of his mother in the crowd.(fright) （所给词的适当形式填空）

8 . 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。

While     1     (hundred) of millions focus their eyes on the torch igniting (火炬点燃) during the     2     (open) ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday, many will turn to their phones to soak in the     3     (excite) of that moment.

They will be able     4     (take) part in the first ever virtual lighting of the main torch tower in the Games' history, the most exciting part of its first ever digital torch relay.

First     5     (introduce) on Nov 27, 2022, the digital torchbearer program aims to break through the limits of time and space, so     6     more people can enjoy the Games, according to the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee.

It was     7     (official) started on June 15 this year, when the flame of the Asian Games was lit.

Over a hundred million users have signed     8     and passed on their digital torches, according to figures released by Ant Group, which     9     (develop) the digital platform and made it part of Alipay, one of     10     most popular mobile payment apps in China.

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。

The International Workers’ Day, sometimes    1    (call) Labour Day or May Day, is not only a celebration of workers’ rghts, but also a     2    (season) celebration in many countries. The holiday is a celebration of labourers in about 90 countries.

People    3    (celebrate) this holiday since 1920 to show their     4    (aware) of protecting the working class     5    exploitation (剥削). In China, people don’t need to go to work from May 1st until May 3rd, many of     6    take this opportunity to meet up friends    7    go for short trips, with no specific public events during the holiday.

A recent report    8    (issue) by the China Tourism Academy, saying that the number of domestic (国内的) tourist trips will reach about 4.55 billion,    9    increase of 73 percent year on year. “China’s tourism market has embarked on a track of     10    (recover) this year. And we will see a continuous’ travel frenzy (狂热) ‘during the May Day holiday,” said Li Huigin, a tourism expert with the China University of Geosciences.