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。

Cui Zhenshuo and Yang Bo discovered that because of the far location of most paper workshops and lifestyles of the paper-making craftsmen, their products are unable to reach the market     1     (easy). Therefore, Cui and Yang came up     2     the idea of establishing their own studio that could serve as a bridge to connect far workshops with buyers to advance     3     (tradition) Chinese handmade paper.

Chu is a kind of tree.     4     (it) bark (树皮) is a common material that was used in papermaking in ancient times. Han Yu, a famous     5     (write) during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) called paper Mr. Chu in his work Biography of Mao Ying. Since then, it     6     (use) as a nickname (昵称) for paper by Chinese scholars. In 2019, Cui and Yang named their own studio “I am Mr. Chu.”, and they focused on     7     (run) it.

Du Weisheng, an expert in the restoration (修复) of ancient books at the National Library of China, told them that, in     8     1990s, many Chinese paper relics needed to be repaired with handmade paper that allowed people to find information on various paper styles.

The two began to create the series of handmade paper products from 2021. Each volume is made up of thirty types of handmade paper, each of     9     is sourced from its place of origin. At present, two volumes of the series have been produced, and they plan     10     (make) ten volumes.

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.

I studied medicine at college, and then I realized that it wasn’t for me. I didn’t know    1    to do until someone told me    2    (try) teaching English abroad. This way I could travel and take the time to find my passion. And I discovered that teaching was my passion.

I found a job in Qingdao in China. It’s a(n)    3    (wonder) city and is a great place to live in. Now There    4    (be) six foreign teachers in my school from the UK, America and Canada. I teach    5    large number of students. Most of my day    6    (spend) teaching young children now.

My favorite class is one    7    I’ve had for. over three years. When they started they were three years old and didn’t know much English at all. Now, they have talks    8    English and can’t wait to tell me about their day.

I love the moment when a child, who has worked on an article for a long time,    9    (final) understand it. It always makes me want to improve my teaching. Over the last three years I    10    (see) them all grow and change a lot, and for that I feel happy.

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。

Zhang Xuehua is     1     artist of paper cutting, who works attentively in her workshop in Ma’anshan city, east China’s Anhui Province. As she turns the paper, her scissors fly and a paper-cut work is “born”.

    2     (normal), paper cutting craftsmen first draw patterns on paper and then cut them into outlines, but Zhang has a special     3    (capable) to cut without sketching (画素描) patterns ahead of time. She can turn a piece of paper the size of a handkerchief     4     a lifelike paper cutting work in less than one minute. Her works show a mixture of paper cutting styles in northern and southern China.

Zhang     5    (learn) the craft from her grandmother. “In the beginning, I was not able to cut well, but in time I could create little frogs, butterflies, flowers and other works,” Zhang said. “Paper cutting created countless beautiful childhood     6    (memory) for me. ”

The walls of Zhang’s studio are covered with work, large and small, with subjects     7    (range) from the twelve zodiac signs to daily items. The work Zhang remains proudest of is the Folk Girl series,     8     now sits in the National Art Museum of China’s permanent collection.     9    (carry) forward the traditional craft of paper cutting, Zhang often offers paper cutting classes for free at residential communities, schools and museums, well     10    (recognize) by young people who want to understand the living heritage.

4 . A naturally observant parent has a(n) ____________(tend) to check whether the child’s body language is matching what she is saying or not. （所给词的适当形式填空）

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 traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Summer(Chinese Pinyin: Li Xia), the 7th term of the year,     1     (begin) on May 6 and ends on May 20 this year.

The term Start of Summer     2    (originate) at the end of the Warring States Period (239 BC). Since it is a crucial time for the harvest of summer crops, ancient Chinese emperors in different     3     (dynasty) attached great importance     4    the Start of Summer.

In the Zhou Dynasty (1050-221 BC), the emperor encouraged his residents     5     (seize) the key time to do farm work. It’s said     6    most of the decorations were arranged in the color red,     7     (include) the emperor and the officials’ dress, the horses and the flags, in order to show respect to the god of summer and pray for     8    good harvest.

According to Chinese traditional medicine, Start of Summer is a key time to moisten(湿润)the heart. When the weather grows     9     (hot) than before, dampness and heat can affect human health. Food rich in vitamins and cool in nature is     10     (high) recommended. Vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, watercress and fruits that include watermelons, pears and strawberries are top recommendations.

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 invention of barcodes(条形码)is based on a very simple idea. We only need to give each product a specific number and print it. Then computers can read it     1    (direct). We could simply print the number itself. But this can cause     2    (problem). For example,an unclearly     3    (print)”seven“could look like a”one“to a computer. It’s also true for”three“and”eight“.And”nine“looks similar to”six“if you turn it upside down.We need a better way     4     printing numbers so that they can     5    (read)correctly at high speeds. That’s the problem bar-codes solve.

Each number in a bar-code is shown by seven blocks of the same size. These are colored either black or white to show the number zero to nine. For example,     6     number”one“is shown in turn by two white stripes(条)，two black stripes，two white stripes，and one black stripe. Even if you turn it upside down,it     7    (be)not similar to any other number.

A bar-code includes     8    (differ)parts and each one provides a specific meaning. The     9    (one)part of a bar-code tells you the country where the product was made. For example,690-692 is the bar-code for China. The second part tells you who produced the product. The final part is about the product itself. This is     10     bar-codes work.

7 . 阅读下列材料，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 robot is any machine that can work     1     (independent) and perform tasks otherwise done by humans. Robots as we know them started out as science fiction (假想之物). The author Isaac Asimov coined the term “robotics” and     2     (come) up with the Three Laws of Robotics. The first of these was that robots may not harm a human being and     3     (scientist) referred to Asimov’s laws when they started making real-life robots.

In 1954, Unimate, a large robotic arm, became the world’s first     4     (industry) robot.

For a long time, robots were only found in factories or laboratories. But later, robots found     5     (they) way into homes and classrooms. Nowadays, robots have become an important part of space missions.

Some people fear that robots will take too many jobs away     6     humans. This process is called automation. However, some experts think that the use of robots will allow businesses     7     (create) more jobs than have been lost. The coronavirus pandemic (冠状病毒流行病) has shown how robots and humans can work together. In Singapore, a robotic dog called Spot has been used to help enforce (执行) social distancing. It was made by Boston Dynamics,     8     has also developed a human-like robot called Atlas. In December 2020, a video showed Atlas and Spot performing a dance routine together.     9     (look) ahead, whether it’s in education, entertainment     10     exploration, we surely believe that robots will play a big part in the future of humanity.

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。

Hong Kong is a city famous for world-class shopping and excellent restaurants. You may get various kinds of delicious food that make you forget     1     (return) to where you have come from. On the two sides of a street are shops     2     (sell) meals and drinks,     3     you can spend your leisure time.

The day     4     (begin) at 6 a.m. Hong Kong people like to “drink morning tea”, which is in fact     5     big breakfast. No matter whether it is a workday or a weekend day, people will accompany old folks, bring     6     (child) and invite friends to go for “morning tea”. This has become a cultural phenomenon of Hong Kong.

Although it may be quite dark at six o’clock in the morning, meal shops are already open for business. Restaurants of considerable sizes may have     7     (full) prepared more than a hundred refreshments for customers to choose     8    . Just as the Guangdong-styled cooked dishes, the refreshments for the morning tea are prepared with great emphasis     9     (place) on the fresh material. The cooking is carried out by steaming until the food is done and by frying for a short time to keep the     10     (origin) taste of the food itself.

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。

With International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach’s applause and the cheers from the audience, China’s 18-year-old freestyle skier Gu Ailing (谷爱凌),     1     hands on her head and a look of great excitement,     2    (obtain) the gold medal of the women’s freeski big air final at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

The win is a historic    3     (achieve) as Gu is China’s first women’s Olympic gold medal     4     (win) on snow sports. “This is the best moment in my life, and moments like this make everything so worthy,” Gu said to an interviewer and she expressed her sincere gratitude to the home audience for    5     (they) huge support. Gu is also    6     (talent) in her studies. She completed American high school courses ahead as the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games neared. Gu scored 1580 out of 1600 in SAT and     7     (admit) to Stanford University.

“Every time I see her on TV, she is confident and optimistic, her face shining with joy,     8     is really inspiring to us,” said a Weibo user. Some netizens said she is a perfect image that could not even be designed in a movie.

More and more people grow quite fond of Gu , a girl who enjoys eating dumplings and roast Beijing duck,     9     (especial) when they found out that Gu speaks Mandarin with     10     Beijing accent.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当得单词或括号内单词得正确形式。

Shenzhou XIII taikonauts’ six-month stay at the Tiangong space station is wrapping up. Now they face one last test of their scientific and space travel skills—returning home safely. What needs to be done before leaving     1     space station in mid-April?

Besides their personal     2    (belong), astronauts also need to “pack” experimental data and samples, so they can be further researched on Earth. And they have to tidy up a large number of materials,     3    (include) goods on the Tianzhou 3 cargo (货物) spacecraft.

Since the space station has no room service, the three astronauts need to “clean the house”    4    (they). The waste is then put into the orbital module, which burns as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere.

They also have to put all equipment     5     place correctly since there will be a gap of more than one month     6     the astronauts of Shenzhou XIV enter the space station. The crew members need to make sure some items, such as gym equipment,     7    (fix) to the walls to avoid floating and slipping.

Astronauts experience microgravity (微重力) for long periods of time during their stays on the space station,     8     has an effect on their bodies. This includes a loss of fluid, muscle atrophy as well as bone loss.     9    (ensure) their safe and sound return, the three taikonauts have been doing physical exercises to train their muscle for the return to Earth.     10    (base) on their in-orbit physical examinations and data, experts have customized (定制) exercise plans for each of them.

Just like a house that will be empty for a long time must have its water and power switched off, taikonauts need to check everything before they leave.