1 . In Chinese culture, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, or “loong”, the image of which appears on many cultural artifacts___________(pass) down through Chinese history. (所给词的适当形式填空)

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

Mary is the     1     (consult) of the company. Since her     2     (hire) by the company, the company, which once went     3     debt, has grown rapidly. Under her     4     (guide), the company achieved the staff’s potential. In addition, it has abandoned the     5     (convention) production process, adopted international cutting­edge technology, and produced superior cosmetics which are deeply loved by customers and distributed all over the world. The company’s     6     (finance)situation continues to improve, and workers’ wages and     7     (bonus)are also rising.

3 . 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。

Following the barbecue-induced travel craze to the city of Zibo in East China, Chinese social media has once again highlighted the next internet-famous city worthy of     1     (explore).

This time it’s Tianshui, a low-key city in China’s Gansu province that     2     (take) the spotlight recently. It has attracted considerable attention     3     food enthusiasts and social media influencers online,     4     (celebrate) the city’s iconic dish of hot pot.

Known as Tianshui Malatang, which     5     (literal) means spicy and hot, the local dish is popular for its large portion of skewered meat, vegetables,     6     hand-made potato noodles in a pot of boiling broth (肉汤).

Two food bloggers, with over 3 million followers in their account on the popular Chinese Weibo,     7     (be) among the influencers praising the deliciousness of Tianshui Malatang. Their vlogs show eager food enthusiasts lining up on the streets, many of     8     traveled from cities far away.

Dong Liangyan, 29, from Daqing in Heilongjiang province,     9     (locate) more than 2,000 km away from Tianshui, told Xinhua that she was absolutely delighted     10     (enjoy) the local delicacy.

4 . 语法填空

Our school, Chairo Technical School in Australia, has a strong service idea that covers two of     1    (we) core values, namely “life-long learning” and “life-long serving”. All the students are encouraged to become     2    (active) involved in these programs and many opportunities exist at all the     3    (level) through the country.

Teams of teachers and students from the school     4    (send) to every part across the whole country and other countries regularly to participate     5     different programs, including a regular English teaching tour of our sister school in China. As a school we are always seeking different service opportunities,     6     will encourage our students to devote their time and efforts to     7    (assist) those more needy than themselves.

As     8     matter of fact, many programs     9    (aim) at helping the needy and elderly within our local communities also occur throughout each year, including an annual activity, Service Week. While these programs do assist those in need, it is also exciting to see the    10    (person) growth that occurs among our participating students. The real-life experiences strengthen our teamwork effectively in order to better serve the society for life.

5 . She received many gifts for her birthday, all of ______ are thoughtful and well-chosen.(用适当的词填空)

6 . 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 Voyager Program was conceived as a grand tour of the solar system. It was actually     1     engineer in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that realized in the late ‘70s there was going to be a     2     (gold) opportunity. And that was     3     the planets were all going to more or less line up on one side of the sun. And that’s really important when you’re trying to explore one planet after another, because of course all the planets in the solar system are orbiting     4     (independent). Sometimes we’re on, say, the same side of the sun as Jupiter is     5     sometimes Jupiter is way on the other side of the sun from us, you know, many, many, many billions of miles away. So, there was this time coming in the late ’70s       6     you could launch a spacecraft and it could actually go to Jupiter, but then onto Saturn, because they were both on the same side of the sun, and you could even possibly get Uranus and Neptune and maybe even Pluto.

The fly-by trips     7     (involve) the four planets became known as the Voyager “Grand Tour.” And this was the Voyager program: Voyager I and Voyager II. NASA officials have said that when first     8     (launch), the Voyager mission was expected to last five years. Both Voyagers are the only spacecraft so far     9     (explore) interstellar (星际的) space. And over the last couple of years, we     10     (follow) them through this transition truly out of the range of our solar system.

7 . 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。

On Sept 18,2020, the world lost one of     1     (great) pioneers of women’s rights in modern history. On that day, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at the age of 87.   

In 1960, when Ginsburg applied to be a clerk at the Supreme Court,she was turned     2     just because she was a woman. This experience inspired her later efforts     3     (fight) for women’s rights. She helped many women while working as a lawyer,     4     (win) their cases and earning them greater rights

But it was her work in the Supreme Court     5     really allowed Ginsburg to make a difference. In 1996, three years after joining the court, she wrote an opinion that ended a military school’s male-only admissions policy.   

She     6     (write) that any policy that doesn’t give women the equal chance to participate in society — simply     7     they are women — is illegal.   After this case ended, the court stared to pay greater attention to women’s rights in future    8     (decide).   

Ginsburg became a pop culture icon during her time on the court. Her image can still     9     (find) on coffee mugs and T-shirts. Her life is the subject of books, documentaries and even     10     opera. Ginsburg’s fight for equal rights for women was never-ending.   This strong belief injustice for women is one of the things that has made her so well-known and beloved.

8 . 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。

Young Chinese bring hanfu to the world during Spring Festival

Young people dressed in hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group in China,    1     (spot) in many    2     (locate) around the world during this year’s Spring Festival holiday.

An initiative launched in late January by Xiaohongshu,     3     Chinese lifestyle-focused social media platform, invited users to upload photos or videos of themselves and friends wearing hanfu at landmarks around the world from January 28 to February 19.

The first two weeks of the initiative saw some 10,000 Xiaohongshu users share their photos     4     (take) from around 30 countries and regions around the world. One user even posted photos from Antarctica.

Many young Chinese people working or studying overseas also invited     5     (they) foreign friends to wear     6     (tradition) Chinese costumes to celebrate the Spring Festival together.

Hanfu, as well as other traditional forms of Chinese costume,     7     (experience) a surge in popularity in recent years. Clothes featuring traditional Chinese elements combined with modern designs,     8     are dubbed the “new Chinese style” have developed into a fashion trend among the     9     (young) generations not only in China, but also worldwide.

Analysts say the rise     10     “China chic” reflects young Chinese people’s confidence in their own culture. Wearing Chinese-style costumes not only reflects the wearer’s Eastern temperament, but also presents Chinese aesthetics to the world.

From: chinadaily.com.cn

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。

We all know that forgiving yourself and others can bring you peace of mind. Recently, a new study published in the journal Psychology and Health    1     (find) that forgiveness may help you sleep well, too. Researchers led by Luther College psychology professor Loren Toussaint     2     (survey) nearly 1,500 American adults to rate (评估) how likely they were to forgive both themselves for their own mistakes and others for hurting them. Then, Toussaint and his team asked the participants quite a few     3     (question) over their sleep quality, life     4     (satisfy), and overall physical health. Their findings show that people who were forgiving slept much     5     (well) at night, and, in turn, were happier and healthier than     6     who went to bed in anger.       

The results led the researchers     7     (conclude) that forgiveness of others and self-forgiveness may help create a restful mental state that supports sound sleep,     8     is connected with better health. Of course, forgiving yourself or someone else isn’t always easy. According to Karen Swartz, a doctor of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, it is about more than just saying the words.

“It is an active process in which you make a decision to let go of negative feelings     9     the person deserves it or not,” Swartz explains.

So, next time you can’t sleep at night, why not give forgiveness    10     try? It’s certain that it can make you feel better the next day.

10 . I _________(see) the film “The Old Man and the Sea” with my desk mate, but he suddenly fell sick. (所给词的适当形式填空)