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。

Do you want to study abroad some day? According to a recent report which     1    (publish) by an American education organization, more and more foreign students are coming to the US. Colleges and     2    (university) recorded over 700,000 students from abroad, and the total number has risen. This is     3    (main) because more and more students from China are coming to the US.

Nowadays, more and more Chinese middle class families can afford     4    (send) their sons and daughters to study abroad. International education prepares them to become leaders and top managers in    5     own country. When it is time to find a good job, those who have foreign education background are better off.

One of the most popular universities in America     6    (be) the University of South California in Los Angeles. Almost 8,000 foreign students study there. Engineering and business     7    (manage) are among the most popular courses     8    foreign students choose. The report also states that more and more young people are coming to     9    (America) high schools and colleges. Foreigners are becoming popular when it comes to staff (职工) jobs at colleges and universities. Over 110,000 scholars work     10     researchers, teachers or professors (教授) in higher education.

2 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Students at Dashui primary school in Xinjian town, Zunyi city, Guizhou province, set up     1     rock band to realize their musical dreams, thanks     2     China's "double reduction" policies to reduce the heavy burden on students.

On Nov 9, students and teachers of the school     3     （cheerful）enjoyed the band's     4     （perform）at the playground.

The band,     5     was set up in October, is made up of seven students from different grades, with a vocalist, a drummer, a keyboardist, a bass player     6     three guitarists.

"Their talent and dreams are likely     7     （give）them wings that could drive them to fly away from the mountains," said Fan Biao, an instructor for the students, who graduated in 2019 and     8     （apply）to serve as a teacher in a special posting（派驻）at Dashui primary school.

"Last term, the average score of our school ranked     9     （one）in the final exam of the primary school group in the county The facts have shown that students were motivated after     10     （carry）out the `double reduction' policies," said Fan.

3 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

I can remember some things about my childhood. Some are unhappy. I remember my first visit    1    the zoo. I saw a lion and    2    eagle. The lion was very lazy, and he    3    (sleep) all the time. He was very    4    (bore) to me. The eagles suddenly flew in the air and frightened me. I started to cry!

Of course some memories are happy. I remember the day when my father tried to teach me how    5    (ride) a bicycle. I wasn't very good at it. I said, “I don't want to do this!" But my father was very    6    (patience) and very soon he taught me how to do it. Now I ride my bicycle every day and I'm much    7    (fast) than my father! And I also remember my first day at kindergarten very    8    (clear). There were so many children! I only knew one of them, a boy    9    (live) in the apartment next door. I was very nervous. However,    10    we started playing with some toys, I soon stopped feeling nervous.

4 . Visiting Canada had been our dream,but it was not until last year that we managed to make________.（用适当的词填空）

5 . 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

This summer has been full     1     unforgettable moments. Among them, Su Bingtian, 31, set     2     new Asian record of 9.83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics semifinals (半决赛) on Aug 1^st. This     3     (make) him the first Chinese player to qualify (获得资格) for the final in the event.     4     (late), he finished sixth in the final with a time of 9.98 seconds.     5     he missed out on a medal, Su’s performance deserves(值得) cheer     6     respect. He has been working onwards and upwards (勇往直前) to achieve his longtime goal to run in the 100m final in the Olympics. In 2015, Su became the first Chinese     7     (run) in under 10 seconds. But his career was in trouble in the following years because of     8     (injure). He had planned to retire (退休；退役) in 2017, but the call to challenge     9     (he) brought Su back on the field. Now, in his third Olympic Games, Su’s excellent performance spoke for itself. “I hope my performance today serves as an inspiration (鼓舞) for younger players in their sporting careers,” Su told Xinhua. “When I was their age, my speed was no match for them. With the techniques (技巧) and ideas they have, they could achieve much more     10     I have.”

6 . 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 San Francisco Bay Area is so expensive that even tech employees（雇员）at compaies（公司）such     1     Apple, Google, and Amazon are putting off having kids because they are too expensive     2     (raise), according to a new survey.

More than 58% of tech workers in th Golden Gate City agreed that the     3     (rise) cost of living had forced     4     (they) to delay（推迟）starting a family, according to the survey     5     (make) by Blind, an app that allows tech employees to have anoymous chats（匿名聊天）about the workplace.

A total of 8,284 people took part in the survey—most of them employees at 14 tech companies.     6     (surprising), more than 69% of the Apple employees     7     took part said they had put off starting a family because of the high cost of living.

Although average yearly salaries（平均年薪）in the Bay Area are around $142,000—according to a report by the website Hired—the average price of a home is more than four     8     (time) the national average, around $900,000.

And the average cost of raising     9     child to age 18 in the U.S. today     10     (be) about $230,000, according to a report by Merrill Lynch.

7 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入—个适当的词或用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Hello, I’m Bruce. I have three good     1     (friend). We are different     2     each other. Jack is thirteen years old. He is one year     3     (old) than me. And he is much taller than any one of us. He is talented for sports. And football is his favorite sport. Tom is as tall as me. He is very    4     (fun) and outgoing. He often     5     (make) us laugh. We both like     6     (read). Henry is one year younger than me. And he is shorter than any of us,     7     he is as heavy as me. He is good at     8     (draw). He likes drawing pictures a lot. I’m     9     (quiet) than them. But we are all friendly to each other     10     can share everything.

8 . 根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词。
Dear Mrs. Smith,

I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I'm writing this letter     1     I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me. I had     2     great time then.

I know I was very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big     3    （different）in my life. You see, all through my past five years in schools, I hated to read. Books were just words that had little to do with me, and I was bored with     4    （they）. I'll never forget the     5    （one）day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. Your voice seemed to change with the people in the story, and you drew pictures     6     my mind as you read aloud. Since that day, I couldn't wait until after lunch when you would read to the class. You read us all kinds of wonderful books and we listened pretty     7    （careful）.

During the summer after my year in your class, I missed hearing all the     8    （story）you would read. So one day I     9    （choose）a book and read it all by myself. I found out that I could make the words interesting, too. I love to read, reading makes my life more colorful and me even     10    （happy）. Thank you for opening the world of books for me.

Yours,

Linda

9 . 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。

Many students feared maths subject, and I was among them. Once I failed     1     the mathematics, I was     2    (annoy), My friends started making fun of me. I was     3    (luck)that my mother was a maths teacher. She always helps me, but I didn’t take that seriously.

When my mother     4    (tell）that I didn’t pass the maths subject, she got shocked. But     5    （fortunate）, she didn’t shout at me. Instead, she gave me     6     inspirational speech.

Later on she started teaching me mathematics. She taught me     7    (play)with maths and really I enjoyed a lot, from which maths became my favourite subject. Now I also teach those friends who really fear maths. They think that maths subjects is very difficult and it has lots of formula（公式）to remember. But my mother taught me maths in an     8    (interest)way. I used that technique to solve problems. From this my     9     (confident) has increased and I’m happy that most difficult subject has become a game for me.

Becoming an engineer is my ambition,     10     may support me through hardships and setbacks.

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。

It is a big challenge    1    (find) and keep the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites. However, big challenges can sometimes lead to great solutions. When the Egyptian government suggested    2    (build) the Aswan Dam, they were faced with various problems,     3    (include) destroying an important part of Egypt’s cultural heritage. As a result, the government turned     4    the United Nations in 1959. A committee    5    (establish) to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the    6    (lose) of cultural relics. Finally, a document was signed and the work began in 1960. Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece, and then moved and put back together in a safe place. Eventually, the project was completed    7     (succeed)．

Not only     8     the countries found a path to the future     9    did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow. Therefore, if a problem seems too difficult for a single nation, the     10    (globe) community can sometimes provide a solution.