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One day, a baby girl called Helen felt uncomfortable and she nearly died. Luckily her life     1    (save), but she could no longer see or hear. Because of that, she also found it very difficult to speak.

Before her     2    (eight) birthday, the family found her a private teacher-Anne Sullivan. Anne was always     3    (patient) teaching Helen, especially those     4     she was interested in. As a result, Helen soon learned to read and write in Braille which is a special language for the blind. She also learned to read people’s mouths by     5    (put) her fingers on them. This is a skill that very few people can have. She has the     6    (able) to express herself     7    (exact) and communicate with others well.

Helen became     8     successful scholar (学者) . While she was still at college, she wrote The Story of My Life. It soon became such a success that she got enough money to buy her own house.

After she     9    (die) in 1968, an organization was set up in her name to help the blind in the developing world. Today, Helen Keller International organization has become one of the     10    (big) organizations working with blind people overseas.

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Bird-and-flower painting, called huaniaohua in Chinese, is a kind of     1     (tradition) Chinese painting. The huaniaohua was named after its subject matter. It gained     2     (popular) in the Tang Dynasty, matured by the end of that period     3     during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and     4    (full) reached its peak during the Song Dynasty. Most huaniaohua paintings belong to the scholar-artist style of Chinese painting. The huaniaohua became popular in East Asia, and it     5    (introduce) into Japan during the 14th century.

According to Chinese tradition, the huaniaohua,     6     is considered one of the treasures of Chinese culture, covers “flowers, birds, fish, and insects”; thus, it can deal     7     a wide range of natural     8     (topic).

The huaniaohua paintings are inspired by the beauty of the flowers and birds     9     (find) in nature. The intended purpose of the huaniaohua is not simply to imitate (模仿) nature, but to use different painting styles     10     (express) the personality and ideas of the artist. In Chinese culture, different types of birds and flowers hold their own symbolic meanings.

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Chinese products shine among Hangzhou Asian Games participants

Chinese products won the admiration of many foreign participants at the 19h Asian Games, which     1     (conclude) in Hangzhou, the capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Oct. 8th.

Oksana Chusovitina,     2     48-year-old Uzbek gymnast, expressed her admiration for the training     3     (facility) and comfortable accommodations. She even inquired about where     4     (purchase) the same mattress she used in the Asian Games Village. To her delight, the mattress manufacturer gifted her one after hearing about her interest. In     5     (add) to the athletes, former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal, who came to Hangzhou to watch the Games, bought a pair of stylish sunglasses at the market. Some international athletes also visited the Wulin Night Market,     6     they bought items like handmade silver jewelry, Chinese-style hairpins     7     (feature) plum blossom patterns. Among the items was a distinctive local mask recognized     8     a traditional cultural item.

Moreover, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) continues to draw international visitors. An athlete from the UAE bought wormwood heating compress packs,     9     another packed an entire suitcase with Chinese patent medicines for his family. He explained that his mother is a TCM lover and that such medicines are     10     (fair) hard to come by overseas.

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The international community     1    (astonish) by Japan’s action to discharge nuclear-contaminated water from Fukushima plant into the Pacific on August 24, 2023. This move occurred despite the widespread protests and complaints from     2    (nation) across the Asia-Pacific.

Japan’s action is seen as     3     display of extreme self-interest and irresponsibility, with the potential to do immeasurable harm to the ocean ecosystem. The consequences are far-reaching, extending to safety risks in our food chain, the appearance of new illnesses, and an increased likelihood of cancer cases among humans.     4    (eventual), such a course of action will change the fate of our planet,     5    (cast) a shadow of uncertainty over its future.

The radioactive water is discharged into the Pacific resulting from the Fukushima nuclear leakage     6    (cause) by submarine earthquake in 2011. Japan’s 2011 nuclear leak disaster ranks among the     7    (bad) nuclear incidents in history, resulting     8     vital leakage of radioactive substances (放射性物质).

On August 24, the Tokyo Electric Power Company,     9     is responsible for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, started the water discharge process through remote operation from the plant’s monitoring room. As planned, about 460 tons of such water will be released daily for 17 days, with a gradual increase planned after that. The timeline provided by the Japanese government and TEPCO indicates that this oceanic discharge process is expected     10    (last) at least 30 years.

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The sheepskin raft (羊皮筏), the oldest means of transportation along the Yellow River, has a history of nearly 2,000 years. The airbag of the raft is made of     1     whole sheepskin and goes through many processes including heating to remove hair, soaking in salty oil, sewing, drying     2     blowing. Then the airbags     3     (fasten) to a wooden stand, enabling its use for transporting people and goods across the water.

It is said that the largest sheepskin raft in old times     4     (consist) of more than 600 sheepskin airbags, with an impressive length of 22 meters and a     5     (wide) of 7 meters. It was capable of carrying around 30 tons of goods and drifting over 200 kilometers in one day.

In the early 20th century, before the 1950s,     6     railways were not yet in operation and road traffic was     7    (convenient), the sheepskin raft served as the most important means of transportation for residents     8     (live) along the Yellow River.

However, with the rapid development of society, the sheepskin raft has largely played its historical role     9     transporting people and goods. Nowadays, it can only be found along the banks of the Yellow River in some cities in Gansu province. It has become a tool for people     10     (do) some sightseeing on the Yellow River.

6 . Ten famous people passed away in the company last year, three of ________ were not only my colleagues but also my faithful friends.(用适当的词填空)

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The hat is familiar. But under it,     1     you might expect to see the bearded face of Vincent van Gogh, you’ll find a furry yellow face with large eyes and iconic red cheeks. Pikachu has taken     2     place of van Gogh in this portrait, one of the six     3     (painting) now on display in “Pokémon × Van Gogh Museum,” a new     4     (exhibit) at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The show is billed as a way to get children     5     (interest) in the works of the 19th-century Dutch master. “This cooperation will allow the next generation to get to know Vincent van Gogh’s art and life story in a     6     (refresh) way,” says Emilie Gordenker, the museum’s general director. But when it opened last week, it was adults     7     stormed the museum’s gift shop, purchasing merchandise to resell to make a profit.

The Van Gogh Museum might seem like an unlikely partner for the Pokémon Company, but museum-officials emphasize how     8     (wide) Japanese art influenced van Gogh’s style. As he     9     (write) in a letter to his brother, Theo, in 1888, “We wouldn’t be able to study Japanese art without becoming much     10     (happy) and more cheerful.”

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Xingping is an ancient town near Yangshuo, Guilin. It     1    (surround) by great examples of karst scenery. We started our tour on a     2    (sun) weekend by taking a bullet train from Guilin to Yangshuo. After we arrived at Yangshuo, we walked to the bus station on the left     3     the railway station. We     4    (take) the 10:30 bus and after about 15 minutes we got to the Xingping Ancient Town bus station. Then, we found the     5    (enter) to the old street of the ancient town.

Xingping old street is a one-kilometer-long stone street     6    (line) with old brick buildings and halls like those of many different     7    (province), as well as some homestays. After     8     short break at a coffee shop, we went ahead to our next destination. Just 5 minutes’ walk along the main road, we arrived at Xingping Wharf (码头)    9     the Xingping Cruise (乘船游) starts. Walking past the wharf and across an iron bridge, we arrived at the “Xiao Bei Cun” where we can get a wonderful view of sunset on Li River. That’s the     10    (good) view I’ve ever seen and it’s used as the background for the 20 yuan note. We enjoyed the beautiful view!

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Fans and tourists flocked to Shanghai on Friday to enjoy ChinaJoy, a summer gaming carnival and festival     1     (hold) annually, and the first professional top-level gaming fair to be celebrated offline in China after the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival was     2     (merry) taking place from July 28 to 31 at Shanghai New International Expo Center in Pudong New Area. Despite heavy winds on Friday morning, fans     3     (queue) to enter the venue of ChinaJoy, or the China Digital Entertainment Expo Conference. They were carefully dressed up, known     4     cosplay, danced and socialized, collecting free gifts at various booths, playing demo(样品) games yet     5    (publish) soon, and taking photos with friends and showgirls, all glad to join the ChinaJoy “party”.

Some were first-time     6     (visit), such as Nanxia, a grade-12 student from the southwest city of Chongqing. He took a more than 20-hour train ride     7     Shanghai after sitting the college entrance exam, or gaokao, this summer. He and two friends visited the booths of “League of Legends”, “Genshin Impact” and “Honkai Impact 3”.

“ChinaJoy brings     8     charming atmosphere, with cosplayers, games and animation products,” he told Shanghai Daily at the miHoYo booth,     9     he spent almost 30 minutes waiting to play the game “Honkai Impact 3”. Here Shanghai-based developer miHoYo offered game mascots, a giant train model and cosplay performances which were particularly     10    (appeal) to fans.

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Mary was an exchange student from England. At the first day of the school year, she finished her registration in Yinwang High School. Although feeling a little anxious and frightened, she still looked forward to     1     (explore) this foreign world. On her arrival, she signed up for some extra-curricular activities and tried to be outgoing. She     2     (prefer) to make friends with those teenagers who were attracted to study rather than those who were addicted     3     playing computer games. She previewed the textbooks in advance     4    focused on what the teachers said in class, which left     5     deep impression on others. At last, she found it not so     6     (challenge) to keep up with others. At weekends, she had a great time. Out of     7     (curious), she went on adventures in some tourist destinations. She also volunteered     8     (take) the responsibility of taking care of the seniors in a near nursing home. Sometimes, she would be     9     (extreme) homesick, but she believed that she could make     10     and everything would be better in the future.