1 . 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。

Food from the air

Everyone has seen plants growing, but have you ever thought     1     they get their food? In the seventeenth century, a European scientist     2     (call) Van Helmot asked this question. Like most people, he thought that plants must get their food from soil. However, Van Helmot decided       3     (test) the theory with experiments.

First, he dried some soil, put it into a pot and weighed it. Next, he weighed a small tree, planted it in the pot and added rain water. Then, he watered it     4     (regular) with rain water.

After five years, he removed the tree from the pot and weighed it again. He found that the tree had gained     5     huge amount of weight. When he weighed the soil, however, it was almost exactly the same as it had been five years    6    . So Van Helmot drew the    7    (conclude) that the tree grew by drinking water. Though it turned out to be wrong, he showed the importance of the use of scientific evidence to support ideas.

We now know that plants and trees make their own food. Their leaves, when exposed     8     the air and sun, are like factories    9     can change the energy from the sun into chemical energy. During this process (过程), oxygen and sugar     10     (produce). The oxygen is released back into the air, and the sugar is used by the plant as food.

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。

10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stood out among all the young wrestlers (摔跤运动员)     1     entered the match. He     2     (weigh) 85 kilograms. That means he is twice the size of the other children at his age. His big size and     3     (fit) make him very fit for the sport. He is so good that Kyuta was named the under-10 world champion.     4     particular, he defeated the competitors from as far away as Britain. Kyuta is a shy boy of few     5     (word). When reporters asked him why he liked to wrestle, his answer was simple: “It is fun to compete with people     6     (old) than me.”

His father created his training routine. And the training is not easy. The 10-year-old boy trains six days each week and does many different exercises. He lifts weights, moves huge tires, swims, and runs. The goal is     7     (build) up flexibility and quickness, two things needed for wrestling. Kyuta     8     (demand) to be on this routine since about the age of six and he didn’t give way     9     any difficulties. That is when his father first entered him in a competition. “I didn’t teach him anything,” his father said, adding that Kyuta could wrestle naturally. After     10     (win) that first competition, Kyuta’s father thought Kyuta may have a special talent for wrestling.

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 earliest Chinese kites     1     were made of wood were called muyuan (wooden kites) They date as far back as the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) at least two thousand years ago. After the     2     (invent) of paper, kites began to be made of this new material, paper, and this paper kite is called zhiyuan.

The method of making a kite can be divided into three parts. Firstly, use thin bamboo strips (条)     3     (make) a kite frame (框架), and according to taste, kites can have     4     (attract) shapes like a dragonfly, a swallow, a centipede or a butterfly. Secondly, glue paper onto the framework. The paper     5     (require) to be thin. Finally, decorate the kites     6     colorful paintings and ribbons.

Although the basic method remains the same, styles of kite making are presented     7     (different) in every place. The kites in the “World Kite Capital” of Weifang in Shandong Province are well known for     8     (they) fine materials, painting, sculpture and flexible flying movement. One of these kites, which was over 300 meters long and in the shape of a centipede with a dragon’s head, won the     9     (one) place in the International Kite Festival held in Italy. This kite is now shown in the Weifang Kite Museum. Every year, the World Kite Festival will be held there and is expected to draw many fans with a love for     10     (fly) kites.

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According to UNESCO, deep in the sea     1     (lie) a great number of valuable relics—around 3 million boats, many cities and thousands of human relics. Today, these relics of human heritage are suffering serious damage from commercial and industrial exploitation (开发), making     2     (they) protection even more urgent.

    3     (protect) and inherit (传承) our hard-to-notice yet still important underwater cultural heritage, the National Base of Underwater Archaeology for the South China Sea     4     (launch) by China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration in Feb, 2023.

The base is planned to cover     5     area of 74 mu and a total construction area of 31,085 square meters. It is expected to perform various     6     (function), including underwater cultural heritage surveys and protection measures, cultural heritage repair and archaeologist training, according to the administration.

Li Qun, vice-minister of culture and tourism, told Xinhua     7     the South China Sea is the     8     (large) in scale and richest in underwater cultural heritage among China’s waters and is an important area of the Maritime Silk Road.

Building the base is an important step toward strengthening the country’s underwater cultural heritage protection work and is     9     great importance in passing on traditional Chinese culture and     10     (safeguard) China’s sovereignty (主权), security and maritime rights, Li added.

5 . Chang Shana, __________ outstanding designer and educator in China, was just 13 when her love affair with Dunhuang began. （用适当的词填空）

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Chengdu is regarded by many as one of the happiest cities in China, as well as the home of pandas. It     1     (become) the first Asian city to be identified as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy in 2010.

Chengdu is a place where it seems to blur (难以区分) the boundaries between past and future. Its ancient temples, traditional alleys and historic architecture open a window into ancient China,     2     (take) you into a world of past impressive beauty. But what is really surprising is its focus on the future. Transforming into a center of technology, innovation and development, this city has     3     (ambition) plans to become a science city in southwest China.

Chengdu is not only rich in history and modernity, but also in flavor. This city is known     4     its spicy food, with bold flavors and centuries-old cooking traditions coming together to offer dining experiences     5     will delight all the senses. Chengdu’s most popular food, such as tongue-numbing mapo tofu and hotpot, is     6     feast for the palate (味觉). Hotpot works like this. A heat source     7     (place) on the dining table keeps a pot of soup stock simmering (煨), and a variety of Chinese foodstuffs and     8     (ingredient) are served beside the pot for the diners to put into the hot stock.

All this richness that Chengdu has to offer led to its selection as the host city for the 31stFISU World University Games. The athletic event was an opportunity not only     9     (show) Chengdu’s sporting spirit, world-class infrastructure,     10     (warm) and organizational skill, but also to promote friendship and cross-cultural understanding.

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。

When Xu Beihong(1895~1953)     1     (return) to his home country in 1927, the painter had lived and studied art in Europe for nearly ten years, primarily in France,     2     has long been known as the “land of art”.

As one of the earliest Chinese    3    (artist) to study fine arts in Europe,   Xu was well received in art and education communities back home. It then seemed a natural choice for him    4     (put) his time and effort into teaching at art schools     5     holding exhibitions (展览) of modern Chinese painting.

However, Xu     6     (touch) by the bad situation of his country and     7     (it) people at that time, so he spoke for the serious condition of the people through painting. The subjects in his works included those    8     (live) in mountainous Chongqing who had to go up and down to get water, boatmen working on the Yangtze River and women praying (祈祷) for the     9     (safe) of husbands who worked far away from home.

For those in the art community, Xu is remembered mostly for blending (融合) Eastern and Western styles and doing a great job on the higher education of fine arts in China. While for his people,     10     artist is best known for showing the true life of those at the grassroots.

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。

“Radish knives” have become a hot-sale product in shops near schools. They are also a hot-sale product online. So far more than 400, 000 “radish knives”     1     (sell) online.

The rising popularity of these toys has raised worries among parents about their possibility to lead     2     violence (暴力) among teenagers, reported a local news outlet called Shunwang in Jinan, Shandong province.

A radish knife is a colorful plastic toy that looks just like a radish. It is made of plastic, and usually 5 centimeters in     3     (long). If a radish knife is pushed against the skin too hard, kids may get     4     (injure). Parents are confused about its popularity. “My daughter brought one home yesterday. She told me that it helped     5     (she) to reduce stress,” a parent told Shunwang.

“Playing with a toy knife may have     6     bad effect on children’s health,” said Yang Si-fan,     7     is an official at Chongqing Normal University. Children may pretend     8     (use)a toy knife to cut others after watching similar actions from movies and TV shows. Parents should be responsible for     9     (choose) suitable toys for their kids. If people find nearby stores selling these dangerous toys, they should report it to the government     10     (immediate). Toys like radish knives shouldn’t be allowed to be brought into schools.

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。

A map has gone viral (走红) online. Contrary     1     traditional maps, the map was     2     (entire) filled with dotted signs clearly marking the country’s historic sites and cultural relics. The map was made by Wu Yunjie,     3     was born in the 1990s, CCTV News reported

Wu has a     4     (prefer) for history, especially cultural relics. When he was in college, he would often devote his spare time to     5     (travel) around the country and visiting ancient places. In 2020, he started collecting information on cultural relic protection all over our country and uploaded the information to the mapping software. So far, he     6     (visit) over 2,000cultural relic sites and more than 200 museums, and taken over 300,000 photos.

Now, the map includes nearly 10,000 historic landmarks with     7     (vary) colors representing them. Red signs, for instance, show the cultural relic sites under state protection. As     8     matter of fact, even ancient temples and bridges in the faraway areas are also marked on the map.

As far as Wu is     9     (concern), the map is not perfect, because it only records about two percent of the 760,000 cultural relics. It is also a pity that the map cannot be shared as an online map yet because of technical limitations. But Wu is bound     10     (improve) it and make it available online.

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Shu embroidery (蜀绣) enjoys a long history in China. As early as the Han Dynasty, Shu embroidery was already famous, enjoying a high reputation as “    1     treasure of Sichuan”. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a     2     (relative) peaceful society and large demand provided     3     (advance) conditions for the rapid development of the Shu embroidery industry. Shu embroidery experienced its peak development in the Song Dynasty,     4     (rank) first in both production and     5     (excellent). In the mid-Qing Dynasty, the Shu embroidery industry was formed.     6     the People’s Republic of China was founded, Shu embroidery factories were set up and the craft entered a new period of development.

Shu embroidery     7     (form) its own unique characteristics, since it originated among the common people in the west of Sichuan Province. Shu embroidery has strong expression and artistic effect,     8     features are said as “fine and smooth needlework, simple and elegant colors, graceful and easy lines and the traditional Chinese paintings style”. Altogether, there are 122     9     (approach) in 12 categories for weaving. The embroidery took locally-produced colorful satin (缎子) and threads     10     its materials.