1 . 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。

A casual walk along the Beijing Central Axis,     1     (connect) the Drum Tower, the bustling Nanluoguxiang Lane, the Jingshan Park and the majestic Forbidden City—this was Zhao Xianghan’s maiden city-walking journey in the spring of 2022.

Since then, the 21-year-old student from the Beijing Foreign Studies University     2     (remain) a city-walk enthusiast, believing it to be the best way to rediscover a city.

“I visited Beijing before the start of my college life here, and it was a typical package tour during     3     going to scenic spots and taking photos was a big thing. The crowded tourist attractions gave me the     4     (impress) that Beijing was a noisy place,” said Zhao.

“Yet now a city-walk allows me     5     (see) a whole different side of Beijing, which is full of serenity,” Zhao added.

With the increasing variety of travel options,     6     (tradition) group tours can no longer satisfy people who are looking for a more personalized and different travel experience     7     hoping to find every part of the city in a more immersive way, according to a blog posted on social media platform WeChat that has gained more than 100, 000 views.

    8     (compare) with tightly scheduled itineraries(行程) and picture-taking tours, city-walking focuses     9     free, casual and spontaneous experiences.

“City-walk is all about doing whatever you want in your own exploration of a city, and it is     10     (actual) a kind of slow-paced and low-carbon lifestyle that I relate to so much,” said Zhao.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you have any idea of New Year paintings?     1    (know) as “paper paintings” and “painted pictures”, New Year paintings are a special art form in Chinese folk culture. Without New Year paintings, our traditional Chinese folk culture would be much less     2    (color). The paintings get such a name because they are     3    (most) posted during the Chinese New Year holiday for     4    (decorate) and they are also accepted as a symbol of New Year’s greetings.

NewYear paintings appeared around the Tang Dynasty,     5    (replace) the previous door pictures believed to be able to protect the residents and drive away ghosts. In the Song Dynasty the New Year paintings     6    (create) on a large scale (规模).    7     the printing techniques improving, the content and forms of New Year paintings became various. The development of the paintings matured (成熟) in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,     8    the art reached its golden age.

There are many     9    (tradition) printing methods of New Year paintings, including woodblock printing, stone-block printing, offset printing, watercolor painting, etc.    10     is reported, woodblock-printed New Year paintings are the most popular and interesting ones, according to a recent survey.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The use of chopsticks has been     1     big part of Chinese food culture for centuries. When cooking food or picking it up, a pair of chopsticks always comes for use.

So how did chopsticks come into being? It’s said that Dayu, a legendary ruler of ancient China    2     helped his people fight floods, invented them. In those days, people    3     (eat) only with their hands. But Dayu was busy preparing for flood control work and often had his meals in the wild. Mostly, he hurried to deal    4     unexpected accidents and didn’t want to wait to eat. The meat    5     (cook) in the pot was too hot to pick up with his hands. So one day Dayu picked up some twigs(细枝)     6     (help) him hold the meat. Later, the twigs    7     (gradual) became the chopsticks we know today.

But of course, this is just a story. The    8     (early) chopsticks archaeologists(考古学家) have found so far are more than 3,000 years,     9     (date) back to the Shang Dynasty. The six bronze chopsticks were found in Yinxu, one of China’s oldest archaeological    10     (site) in Anyang, Henan Province.

5 . Leslie Nielsen’s ________ (devote) to acting is wonderfully inspiring. (所给词的适当形式填空)

6 . A successful swap depends on the selection of clothes, the organization of the event, and ________ (obvious), how much fun is had. (所给词的适当形式填空)

7 . Working this way for one year was________ (pain) enough, let alone a lifetime. Before long I decided to make a change. (所给词的适当形式填空)

8 . This is the exact spot________ he asked me to leave with him. (用适当的词填空)

10 . I’m not a trained________ (music), but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance. (所给词的适当形式填空)