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。

Our wedding was unconventional and it was exactly what Matt and I wanted. We both had failed marriages in the past, so we planned to do something different this time     1     (express) our desire that this one     2     (last); a sunrise ceremony on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan. We even wrote our vows and     3     (person) information and put them in a bottle. To share our love with the world, we threw the bottle into     4     lake. “It will be     5     (high) interesting to find out where it ends up,” I told Matt.

Since we held this special ceremony, Matt and I had managed to stay together happily. But years later, I began to have a little     6     (anxious) and doubt about our marriage.

One day, Matt went to the mailbox and took out the mail. There was a letter     7     (write) to us. He carried the mail inside, sat down at the kitchen table     8     the letter and opened it. It turned out that our bottle     9     (find) by a couple,     10     were also married on the Wisconsin shore on August 18 twenty. Eight years ago. When we read it in disbelief, my negative thoughts about our marriage somehow disappeared.

2 . 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 place I really love     1    (be) the Fountain Square in my city. I love it because it is     2     very peaceful place right in the center of a     3     (noise) city. It is a small square and there are neither bars     4     cars. It has a fountain in the middle and there are a few     5    (bench) to sit on, but not many people go there. Trees and bushes surround the square, inviting little birds to come and sing.

I go there when I’m tired     6    the noise and stress of the city. I will sit on the bench for hours     7     (listen) to the sound of water. It’s the only time I can slow down and think absolutely of nothing, a quality time when the sweet feeling of peace     8     (come) into my heart.

Some young people may love the busy downtown of the city, while I prefer this less popular place for it is a beautiful place     9     (relax), and     10     (much) of all, to enjoy being alone.

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。

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the     1    (important) traditional festivals in China. Many Chinese people have continued the custom of the dragon boat race for the festival. Those people decorate the boats to resemble a dragon. Craftsmen exercise their skills to     2     full with their carving and painting to decorate each boat.

According to legend, the race became the custom after the rescue of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan in the Warring States Period (475 BC~221 BC). As far back as the Sui Dynasty, the Emperor Yang sailed in a large-scale dragon boat with the height of 15 meters (49 feet) and the     3    (long) of 67 meters (220 feet),     4     contained halls and 120 cabins. It is recorded that there     5    (be) nine boats in use at that time, each three storeys high.

In competitions, the dragon boat race often appears as a group activity. Nowadays the boat is     6    (usual) around 20 meters (66 feet) long and 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide. A participating team consists     7     oarsmen (划桨者) or oarswomen, a coxswain (舵手), a gong beater and a drummer. The oarsmen will row,     8    (follow) the rhythmical drumbeats.

    9    (encourage) the development of the special sport, various meetings are arranged. China’s National Games of Minority Nationality’s Traditional Sports is one example and it     10    (hold) every four years.

4 . 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, 并将答案填写在答题卡上。

Every weekend, many bookworms gather in Liyuan Library in Jiaojiehe village, a book sanctuary surrounded by chestnut, walnut and peach trees     1     branches are used to decorate the building.

Deep in the heart of a rocky valley on the outskirts of Beijing, the wooden library sits seemingly in    2    middle of nowhere. It     3    (design) about 11 years ago by Professor Li Xiaodong, from the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University. Decorated with 40,000 firewood sticks outside, the bookstore features 10, 000 books    4    (range) from literature to history.

The library, which opened in 2012, draws     5    (hundred) of visitors every weekend, many of whom are attracted by the design. The main framework of the bookstore is made of steel bars and the outside wall and     6    (it) roof, glass. With space for just 40 people     7     a time, visitors line up       8    (enter) the library, which only opens on weekends. Bookshelves line the reading area, as readers stand or sit on the floor and platforms.

“We have now     9    (strict) banned taking pictures inside, as some people come here just to take pictures. They even come in costumes, and that’s really disturbing,” owner Pan Xi complained. “We still want to give those who really love reading a quiet and     10    (peace) environment. ”

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。

The 2022 Winter Paralympics mascot (冬残奥会吉祥物) Shuey Rhon Rhon has won global recognition since it made its first public     1     (appear). In an art studio led by Guo Chunfang among a group of artists from Jilin University of Arts in northeast China’s Jilin Province, the lovely mascot went through a designing process of 32 versions in more than 300 days.

Shuey Rhon Rhon features the shape of a traditional Chinese lantern, and symbolizes the spirit of hospitality (热情好客) and peace, as the first “Rhon” in Chinese means “to include”, and the second means “to melt, to warm”. In ancient times, lanterns     2     (use) for lighting in China. The joyful-looking mascot sends a     3     (hope) message to the world and symbolizes the fighting spirit of the disabled athletes     4     casts light on humanity. Shuey, meaning snow, suggests promising harvest seasons, while the Ruyi pattern on top     5     (carry) the meaning of happiness.

“One major task was to bring     6     unique lantern to life, as most Olympic and Paralympic mascots were based     7     animal figures, not objects.” Guo said. “It was the     8     (tough) and most confusing task in the designing process.”

The artists decided     9     (decorate) it with paper cutting of pigeons (鸽子) after experimenting with other animal figures, and then realized that the shapes of two pigeon tails could outline a famous landmark of Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, thus     10     (add) more cultural and historical characteristics of the host city to the design.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Today, giant pandas are one of the world's most well-known animals. And they are     1     (global) recognized as being a leading symbol of both China and nature conservation in general. But global interest     2     the animal only took off early in the 20th century.

The idea of the WWF's logo(标志)     3     (come) from Chi-Chi: a giant panda that arrived at London Zoo in 1961 — the same year that WWF     4     (create).

Aware of the need for a recognisable symbol that would break through all language barriers(障碍), WWF's founders agreed that the big, furry bear with her special black and white coat would make a great logo. The first sketches(草图) were done by the British environmentalist and     5     (art), Gerald Watterson.

Based on these, Sir Peter Scott, one of WWF's founders, drew     6     first logo. He said at the time that “we wanted an animal that was beautiful,     7     (endanger), and loved by many people in the world for     8     (it) attractive qualities. We also wanted an animal that had an impact(影响力) in black and white     9     (save) money on printing costs.”

The panda has since become a symbol not just for WWF,     10     for the conservation movement as a whole.

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。

War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. There were a number of colleges for me to go to. Mom, who was an     1     (optimism) woman, wanted me to attend a famous nursing school, and       2     did Dad. But I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, my mother and I argued, shouted and gave silent treatments (沉默以待) until both sides went to bed with regrets. Neither of us     3     (be) willing to agree with each other.

Since my junior year of high school, I had aimed at being a nurse. While     4     (take) all the science courses, I was also working as a volunteer in my town's local hospital. My motivation was to help the sick and be a superwoman to the world.

Yet, as graduation and college neared, it all changed. Having the sick     5     (treat) was noble, but not what I was meant to do for the rest of my life. The career was not so enjoyable.

But writing was what I had been doing as a hobby and I would concentrate     6     it. I     7     (firm) believed that it was going to be my career. I could be absorbed in it. On August 1st, no sooner had Mom and I sat down at the dinner table than I told her that she had every right to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school.

    8     (persuade) to let me attend a small writing college in the end, my mother decided to support me, which meant the world to me. My mother said to me, "Would you like to be a writer?” I answered, "Yes, I would like to." In the end, I won my mother's real     9     (approve).

Before that time, never     10     I stood up against my parents on any major decision. I am now finished with my first term and I cannot wait to see what comes next.

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。
Gerry: Hi, Susan. Are you interested in     1     (buy) some used books for school? They are     2     good condition and much     3     (cheap) than new ones. You can really save money that way.
Susan: Well, what do you have?
Gerry: Well, I have a science book,     4     (call) “Today’s World”. And I’m selling it     5     30 dollars.
Susan: 30? That’s too expensive for a broken book like that.
Gerry: Maybe so,     6     I bought it for 60, and I     7     (write) a lot of notes in the book, which should be a great help to you if you could read my writing.
Susan:     8     else are you selling?
Gerry: OK. I have     9     English writing textbook, for 14 dollars, a math book, for 23 and a novel…
Susan: Huh.
Gerry: It’s up to you. You know, these things go fast. After all, opportunities lost never come again.
Susan: OK. I’ll take the writing book and the novel. I need both of those for sure.
Gerry: No more textbooks?
Susan: Not now.     10     (teach) are constantly changing their minds about textbooks.
Gerry: All right.

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。

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a strong weapon in the world’s efforts     1     global warming, But the effects of EVs depend on which country you are in, new research shows.

The researchers compared gas emissions (排放) caused by charging an EV to drive 100 kilometers with the emissions     2     (come) from an average gasoline car driven the same     3     ( distant).

Countries     4     charging an electric vehicle is     5     (clean) than driving a gasoline-powered car use a lot of hydroelectric (水电), nuclear or solar power. Data suggests that an electric vehicle in Poland actually     6     (create) more carbon emissions because its electric system depends so much on coal. In other European countries, however, EVs result in reduced emissions.

Germany creates a lot of electricity from the sun and wind. But they do not add to the electricity system     7     (equal) throughout the day. For this reason, the amount of carbon emissions saved by driving an EV depends on the time of day when it     8     (charge). Charging in the afternoon, when there is more sun and wind, saves 16 to 18 percent more carbon than at night when electricity systems are more likely     9     (use) gas or coal.

The gap in emissions between electric and gasoline powered vehicles has narrowed in recent years. In Europe, carmakers have been required to meet EU carbon reduction standards. They have made their gasoline engines more fuel-efficient. As     10     result, the carbon emissions of new gasoline-powered cars in Europe fell by an average of 25 percent between 2006 and 2016.

10 . 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 Special Olympic athlete

For athlete Eric Williams gold medals are nice, but good sportsmanship is more important. Eric has a low mental     1     （able）but this does not stop him from     2     （take）part in the Olympics. In 2005 Eric     3     （compete）in running races and the long jump. He said, "I've been competing in the Special Olympics ever     4     I was at high school. It's really     5     good experience. You get to meet a lot of athletes and volunteers and make different     6     （kind）of friends.” John Corbett, an organizer of the Special Olympics said, “He always does his     7     （good）and has a wonderful time in the process. He     8     （true）appreciates（感激）all the people around him     9     are trying     10     （help）, and he makes that appreciation known.” Let's hope Eric wins more medals in the next Special Olympics!