1 . On the National Day of one year, we went to the lake to set off fireworks. My mother’s house was far away from the spot ________ we would light the fireworks. So we thought the noise might not scare the dogs. (用适当的词填空)

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China Expected to Achieve 50% NEV Penetration Rate a Decade Ahead of Schedule

Miao Wei, former minister of industry and information technology, said “China’s new energy vehicle development has entered a brand-new stage of comprehensive market     1     (expand), which will drive the NEV penetration rate (占有率)     2     (reach) 50 percent as early as 2025.” In 2020, China set     3     (it) goal that NEVs will become mainstream and account for more than 50 percent of the total ·auto sales by 2035.

Miao     4     (add) that the battery, which is at the heart of NEV, has also made great progress and gained a lead     5     (globe), and highlighted the necessity of commercializing all-solid-state (全固态) batteries for China. The all-solid-state battery is widely accepted as a     6     (promise) solution to address the limitations of     7     (tradition) lithium-ion batteries of NEVs. Miao made the comments on Monday during the founding conference of China All-Solid-State Battery Collaborative Innovation Platform.

At the conference, Ouyang Minggao, an initiator of the platform and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, expected that all-solid-state batteries are a key battleground for next-generation battery technology,     8     are expected to be industrialized by 2030. “    9    China has gained a global lead in lithium-ion battery, the country still has a long way to go in the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries,” Ouyang said. He appealed     10     more joint efforts to develop such batteries to maintain China’s advantage in batteries on the global stage.

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At first glance, the words alligator, bedroom, eyeball, gossip, hurry, and kissing may not have anything obvious in common,     1     they do — William Shakespeare. They are among up to 1,700 words     2     first recorded use is in the collected     3     (work) of the most important writer in the history of the English language.

More than four centuries after his death in 1616, Shakespeare’s plays remain     4     unique source of artistic inspiration far beyond the land of his birth,     5     (endless) performed, studied, and adapted for countless languages and audiences. From Disney’s The Lion King to Feng Xiaogang’s film The Banquet, the story of a young man     6     (face) the challenge of growing up to seek revenge for his murdered father, is one of his most famous works. The     7     (forbid) love of Romeo and Juliet has been the inspiration for everything from Oscar-winning musical West Side Story to Chloe Gong’s novel series These Violent Delights, and Macbeth, with its tale of a man destined for greatness ruined by ambition,     8     (adapt) into Li Jianwu’s play Wang Deming in 1944, and classic Japanese film Throne of Blood in 1957.

The collection of Shakespeare’s plays     9     (remain) at the heart of the study of English literature worldwide, and also provides the backbone of the tourist industry in Stratford-upon-Avon, his birthplace in England’s West Midlands, which is also home     10     the Royal Shakespeare Company theater.

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The Wuhan silk flower is a famous specialty of Hubei. It has been produced and sold for many years and enjoys a high reputation.

Over the past hundred years, Wuhan silk flower     1     (adopt) the traditional silk flower making techniques from the royal courts. It draws spirit from the folk silk flower making techniques throughout China, while perfecting     2     (it) on the basis of the traditional flower skills that have been known far and wide due to its fine workmanship.

Silk flowers are the flowers     3     (typical) made with silk, satin and other high-grade fabrics. The flowers look vivid and are unique skills. Whether due to its long history or the strong     4     (decorate) effect, silk flowers were common accessories of the ancient women.

Among Chinese traditional skills, making flowers     5     fabrics emerged more than 1,700 years ago. In the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded     6     women wore flowers made with silk.

The silk flower     7     (artist) in Wuhan have handed down and carried forward silk flower workmanship from generation to generation, making silk flower     8     art craft specialty with local characteristics. The varieties of the flowers     9     (make) with silk include peony, rose, Chinese rose, and other flowers in total of more than 400 varieties. The finished flowers are classified into inserted flowers, hat flowers and more,     10     (enjoy) great popularity among consumers.

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China Before China,     1     eight-episode documentary that tells stories of the origins and early development of Chinese civilization based on archaeological findings, is airing now.

The documentary     2     (start) from the Qin and Han dynasties and then traces key points at the dawn of Chinese civilization. The overall narration of the work remains clear, logical and     3     (accurate) conveys the sites and relics. “    4     we want to explore are the characteristics of Chinese civilization and its spirit transmitted through our blood, from which we can trace the cultural genes that make us the Chinese people,” says Jin Ruiguo, chief supervisor of the documentary.

The crew spent months     5     (examine) archeological reports and articles. For instance, they explored the     6     (symbol) meaning of dragon through dragon-shaped artefacts. To make this brief history of early Chinese civilization work, the production team filmed 230 domestic sites and museums, and these video clips will also be screened at 18-museums     7     (involve). Based on the information, they used digital technology     8     (bring)-ancient architecture and cities back to life, and invited actors to re-create scenes of daily life. All of this provides the audience     9     a direct and visual idea of the long past. It vividly illustrates the process of historical development, which is the ultimate goal of historical research and archaeological     10     (explore).

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At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon,     1     2024 Spring Festival film season, after seeming lack of blockbusters,     2    (set) some records so far beyond expectation. To begin with, the box office revenue during Spring Festival surpassed 8 billion yuan ($1. 11 billion). This year’s success story is different from     3     of previous years which were marked by grand-theme, big-budget     4     (scene) such as The Battle at Lake Changjin I in 2022 and The Wandering Earth I in 2023.     5     (surprising), the Spring Festival season saw medium-budget films with contemporary realistic themes dominating the market.

Jia Ling’s YOLO,     6     (ride) on the success of Hi, Mom during the 2021 Spring Festival season, captured audiences, especially young and middle-aged women, with its mature comedy and resonant theme of self     7     (aware) through weight loss. The film started attracting widespread attention even before     8    (release) thanks to social media discussions about it.

Five years after Pegasus, Pegasus 2     9    (star) by Shen Teng, showcased a higher level of craftsmanship and targeted the group of young and middle-aged men,     10     significantly contributed to its box office success.

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The ecological environment in the Sanjiangyuan National Park in northwest China’s Qinghai Province         1     (continue) to improve since the establishment of the national park in 2021, with water conservation capacity increasing by more than 6 percent annually, according to a newly    2    (release) report on the park’s development.

The park delivers over 60 billion cubic meters of high-quality freshwater downstream every year,    3     the grassland coverage and grass yield in the park have increased by over 11 percent and 30 percent    4     (respective), according to the report.

    5    (locate) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Sanjiangyuan region serves as the headwaters for the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, and is known as the “Water Tower of Asia”. In 2021, the Sanjiangyuan National Park, along with other four parks,     6     (list) as China’s first batch of national parks. The park has a total area of 190,700 square km, with an average altitude (海拔) of 4,700 meters.

According to Losang Tsering,     7    is an engineer of the Sanjiangyuan National Park Administration, the park has prioritized ecological restoration over the years,     8     (focus) on ecosystems such as glaciers and snow-capped mountains, high-altitude grasslands and meadows.

The Sanjiangyuan region is a typical    9    (represent) of the alpine (高山的) ecosystem and serves    10    an alpine biological germplasm bank, making it a crucial ecological security barrier in China.

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As the Year of the Dragon approached, sales of products with dragon elements have seen explosive     1     (grow) on major e-commerce platforms. Dragon, or long in Chinese,     2     (consider) as an important symbol of Chinese traditional culture, is believed to bring good luck and fortune.

Since January, products with dragon-themed elements, such as clothing, daily necessities and gold jewelry     3     (gain) popularity. Items such as red envelopes, mobile phone cases designed for the Chinese Year of the Dragon have also been favored by consumers, and    4     (they) sales have surpassed those in the Year of the Rabbit last year.

Chinese consumers who buy dragon-themed goods are hoping     5     (live) a better life in the new year and displaying a strong sense     6     national pride and confidence in Chinese culture. The rich cultural meanings and the good wishes     7     the dragon carries have not only stimulated people’s passion for buying, but also satisfied their rising demand for personalized and     8     (create) products with unique cultural symbols.

Spring Festival is the traditional festival Chinese people attach the most importance to, and it’s also     9     peak season for consumption. The shopping craze for dragon-related products ahead of Lunar New Year is essential for     10     (promote) the recovery of the consumer market.

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Crops like rice, vegetables and corn may yield up to four times higher productivity when grown in urban environment instead of rural areas, according to a recent study.

So far, it     1     (think) that 15-20 percent of the world’s food is cultivated in urban settings. However, a lot more data is needed     2     (figure) out whether expanding cities can support their own food needs. With urban living becoming increasingly common worldwide, researchers aimed to investigate     3     possibilities of urban agriculture as a way to improve the food supply.

    4     there is no clear winner in terms of the most suitable urban growing method for crop cultivation, the study finds that certain types of crops can be suited to specific urban growing methods. For example, hydroponic (水培的) environments prove more suitable for watery fruits and leafy greens. Crops like lettuces and broccoli may be     5     (natural) suited to being grown vertically.

The cost-effectiveness of urban farming is something     6     remains uncertain at this moment. The cost of running climate-controlled environment for growing food and the cost of employing any staff     7     (require) in urban farming are both factors to consider.

The development of urban agriculture could be     8     (benefit) in many different ways----from being better equipped to survive the next pandemic to     9     (reduce) the environmental cost of food production.

Further research could look at how easily certain urban farming     10     (technique) could be extended. While there are still lots of things to explore, we consider it a solid foundation to get from.

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Duolun county,     1     (locate) in Inner Mongolia, only 180 kilometers away from Beijing，once suffered severe erosion and desertification (沙漠化).

Ma Yunping, a retired soldier,     2     (sell) six cows to collect 7,000 yuan and decided to contract 3,700 mu of deserted sandy land. Due to Duolun’s unique geological (地质) environment, which consists mainly of shifting sand dunes (沙丘), the inexperienced Ma tried planting grass under the     3     (guide) of the forestry department. However, the sandstorms came frequently. He failed many times     4     continued trying, learning from his mistakes.

During the first three years, planting grass became his primary job. Slowly, the yellow sand was stabilized, and     5     touch of green appeared. In 2016, Ma established a     6     (profession) organization, which now has over 40 members. “I want everyone in my village to     7     (active) participate in preventing and treating desertification and to share in the green achievements,” he said.

So far, in this area, Ma has planted about 400,000 trees in total. All of them have grown into flourishing vegetation, and not a bit of yellow sand can     8     (find). Reflecting     9     the 20-year journey of fighting against desertification, Ma has long engraved the patches of green on the dunes into his heart. “I am so fond of the greenery, and I want to keep     10     (follow) it,” Ma said.