1 . 阅读下面材料，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 Space-Time Painter” by a Chinese writer Hai Ya won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette at the 81st World Science Fiction Convention     1     (hold) in the city of Chengdu. It is the first time that the world’s largest and longest-running sci-fi gathering     2     (come) to China.

Hai shared his source of     3     (inspire) of creating the award-winning book at a press conference. “I watched a program of China Media Group named National Treasure Archive.     4     interested me was the detailed information of the painter of One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains,” he said,     5     (add) that the painter was an extremely gifted young man     6     never seen again in history, which is a concept that could     7     (explorer) with science-fiction. The fiction tells a story about the     8     (politics) power struggle of the time combined     9     diverse elements such as Chinese traditional culture, history, inference and science fiction.

Hai, also a financial worker, thinks of himself more     10     sci-fi enthusiast than a writer. “I write while doing my job, so I have very little time to write every day,” he said. “But I think as long as I love it and am willing to put efforts in it, I will see hopes and the dawn.”

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。

Tianshui in Northwest China’s Gansu Province is sweeping social media with one of its unique dishes. This city is stepping into the spotlight now that its local street dish malatang has become increasingly     1     (influence) on social media.

According to the China News Agency, one restaurant owner in Tianshui     2     (note), “we have been serving at least 400 customers a day, as people from other provinces drive to the city to get     3     taste of the local cuisine.” “There has been a long queue outside my restaurant even on weekdays,” said the shop owner. The growing     4     (popular) of this kind of street food can also be reflected in its main ingredient, the Gangu chili pepper, or lamb’s horn pepper, grown in Gangu county, a place well-known     5     the “Hometown of Chili Peppers” in China.

The sales of products such as the broth for Tianshui malatang and Gangu chili peppers have been surging recently. In some places, the sales of Gangu chili peppers     6     (increase) tenfold in the past two weeks. Young customers born in the 1990s have become the leading force for its consumption,     7     (account) for 40 percent of chili pepper product sales. At the same time, related hashtags such as “going for malatang in Gansu by high-speed train” have been trending on China’s Sina Weibo,     8     on the short video platform Douyin, the topic Tianshui has been viewed more than 12 billion times.

The successful tourism experience     9     (earn) by the cities of Zibo and Harbin has paved the way for Tianshui,     10     the culinary dish is becoming a main force for the city to stand out.

4 . 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 invention of rubber surgical gloves is celebrating its 135th anniversary in 2024!

Believe it or not, this little tool     1     (see) in every doctor’s office and hospital was invented out of love. In 1889, Dr. William Halsted fell in love     2     the nurse and eventual wife, Carolyn Hampton. Indeed, this invention should be named “Rubber Gloves of Love”.

Hospital procedures require surgical personnel (全体人员)     3     (wash) and disinfect their hands before interacting with patients. Carolyn developed severe dermatitis (皮炎) due to the use of mercuric chloride (氯化汞) for disinfection. She was almost about to resign,     4     Halsted wanted to keep her near him. To protect her     5     (hand), he thought hard and suddenly, something occurred to him. He     6     (contact) the Goodyear Rubber Company, asking the engineers there to fashion thin rubber gloves for Carolyn.

Original rubber gloves were very different from     7     we have today, but they proved to be     8     excellent addition to the operating room. The gloves were actually well received. Many other personnel began wearing the gloves. It’s     9     (general) known that now they have many uses, far beyond their original purpose. For example, hairdressers use     10     (they) to prevent getting poisoned by dyes and solutions used in their business.

5 . Driven by a sense of commitment, a great many joined the army ______(resist) the Japanese invaders and defend the honour of the nation. (所给词的适当形式填空)

6 . In 1937, the aggression of the Japanese army brought disaster to China’s three great universities: Peking University and Tsinghua University ______(occupy) by Japanese troops, while Nankai University was completely destroyed by bombing. (所给词的适当形式填空)

9 . What made Cunningham great was his ______ (devote) to photography and the hours and hours of sheer hard work he put into his work. (所给词的适当形式填空)

10 . Through his fascination with ______ people were wearing, he opened the doors of fashion to everyone. (用适当的词填空)