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Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will     1     (probable) say that they go to learn languages, history, science and some other knowledge. That’s quite true, but do you know why they learn these     2     (thing)?

We send our children to school to prepare them    3     the future when they grow up and have to work for     4     (they). Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that     5     only reason why they go to school?

Actually, there is more in education than just    6     (learn) facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so that when we graduate we can continue to learn.     7     a man really knows how to learn, he will be     8     (success). Because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able     9     (do) it well himself, but he will also be able to teach others how to do it in the     10     (good) way. So the purpose of schools is not to teach languages, history, science, etc., but to teach students the way to learn.

3 . The roads were for Inca soldiers and their _________ (office). （所给词的适当形式填空）

4 . 阅读下面短文， 在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Heard of the “metaverse” (元宇宙) lately? It has been hard not to. “Metaverse”, a     1     (combine) of the prefix “meta”, meaning beyond and “verse”, which relates to the universe, has become the     2     (late) buzzword (热词).

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg mentioned this term 16 times on a meeting     3     (hold) last month. The future of Facebook, he said, is a metaverse,     4     you can be physically present to hang out, play games, work and create.

But he didn’t coin the term. Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction is regarded as the original inspiration for the concept. Tech giants want to play a role — preferably a     5     (lead) one. Companies ranging from Intel Core to Unity Software made relevant plans last year. Apple Inc. is reported     6     (work) on AR devices of its own currently.

But world through VR has plenty of drawbacks. There is still ongoing debate as to     7     continual use of VR is safe. Some suggest parents avoid exposing their children to VR as their eyes are still developing. In addition, its target population interact little with people in real life, which     8     (cause) concern in the past few years.

The last decade has seen AR and VR develop     9     (remarkable). Metaverse,     10     a consequence, can be built as expected. But consumers will have to look before they leap.

5 . 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 Saturday night, a five-person team of the Chinese e-sports club, with the full name EDward Gaming,     1     (win) the 2021 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship in Iceland. The team has made very good use of the opportunity     2     (share) Chinese culture with the world. At the beginning of the championship, the members of EDG displayed Tai Chi martial arts, launching a “Chinese hurricane” there.

With the popularity of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have been emerging, of which e-sports are of the     3     (hot). Unlike texts and videos, e-sports are understandable around the world, with the barriers of language     4     (break) down. Also e-sports appeal most to those in     5     (they) early 20s, as shown by the celebrations of college students on Saturday night,     6     in turn makes them a good bridge of communication between Chinese youngsters and their peers around the world. More     7    (important), the e-sports industry is sustainable in spreading Chinese culture, as the large audiences mean huge commercial potential.

As early as 2019, Hainan province announced its plan of building     8     international e-sports center. On Nov 5, the 2022 Asian Games Committee announced it had listed eight e-sports     9     events in the Games. As more Chinese star gaming clubs and teams appear, the industry     10     (expect) to further grow and continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.

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。

As the saying     1    (go), “A hero  is known in the time of misfortune”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong, who saved many people's lives in 2003,     2    SARS broke out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and    3    (get) fevers. Hundreds of patients even died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So, everyone was afraid of it. Zhong spent days and nights     4    （find）the cause of the disease. Thanks     5    his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's trust. In early 2020,a disease     6    (call)COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It spread around quickly and tens of thousands of people were infected. Zhong, 84, led     7    (he) team to fight the illness. Zhong's team took      8    (measure)to cure the patients with COVID-19. He advised people to wear masks, wash hands     9    (frequent),stay at home and not to go to crowd places.

Now at     10     age of 84, Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors.

9 . How I wish you had ________（推荐）this book to me earlier! (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

10 . The final score of the basketball match was 93:94, we were only beaten ________ (narrow). （所给词的适当形式填空）