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。

To welcome the    1    (come)National Day holiday , Shanghai Experimental Primary School    2    (organize)a National Day noodle celebration on Tuesday. Having noodle soup on one's birthday is    3    tradition in China ,    4    is similar to eating cakes in Western culture.

With the help of teachers and volunteer parents , students made noodles of different colors    5    (they), representing a    6    (color)childhood and a prosperous China. Students said they not only learned how to make noodles through the activity,    7    also understood the importance of cherishing food.

Similar noodle-eating events    8    (celebrate)the birthday of the People's Republic of China will be organized on Wednesday in seven    9    (place)in Shanghai's Changning District,    10    hospitals, day care centers and police offices.

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。

Many Chinese students have studied English for about ten years, but most of them cannot even speak English     1     (fluent).

Actually, there are several difficulties     2     have caused this to happen. The main one is fear! Another is the habit of     3     (translate) from Chinese to English and then to change these thoughts     4     spoken words and sentences. We must learn to speak as a child does. When we are learning     5     second language we need to remember how we learned our native language.     6    (learn) to understand and speak a language is one of the first skills a child     7    (develop) . How does a child learn the language? He listens for a time and then he wants     8    (repeat) the words.     9     takes a long time before he knows anything about grammar, spelling or formal sentence structures.

As for language teachers, they should avoid criticism and be very     10    (encourage) and generous with praise.

3 . 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，并填在答题卡的相应位置。

Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480, 000 deaths in the United States each year,     1    (include) 41,000 from second-hand smoke. That makes tobacco the     2    (large) cause of death and disease in the U. S. Worldwide, about 7 million deaths each year are due     3     tobacco use.

Smoking is associated with cancer, heart disease, stroke and other chronic lung conditions. People with depression, anxiety and other forms of mental illness are much more likely to smoke than     4     general population. While smoking may     5     (use), in part, as a comforting behavior, it is not a valid     6    (treat) for any mental health condition.

Smoking is     7    (high) addictive. The young are at higher risk of becoming addicted to nicotine, a drug found in tobacco. An addiction to nicotine, also     8     (know) as nicotine dependence, often begins in one’s teens.

In the short term, nicotine may distract people from unpleasant feelings. Once smokers become dependent on nicotine, however, they experience physical and mental withdrawal symptoms     9     last for days or weeks, making it very difficult     10     (quit). Many people who are addicted to nicotine continue to smoke even though they know it’s bad for their health.

4 . Jordan's skills were impressive, but the mental _______ (strong) that he showed made him unique. （所给单词适当形式填空）

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 tea egg is boiled with tea and marinade (卤汁). It is one of     1     most famous snacks in China, especially in Nan Jing, the capital of Jiangsu Province. However,     2    （it）exact origin is unknown.

Tea eggs are fresh-cooked and sold and they can be     3     (easy) found in streets and alleys, so you can enjoy them at any time. Tea eggs taste really delicious with various seasonings (调料)     4     them.

The time of     5     (boil) has a strong influence on the flavor. Ancient Chinese people    6    (believe) that “the time for burning four sticks of incense (香)”，meaning four hours a day, would be the perfect time     7     (make) delicious tea eggs. However, there are no such rules today as there are more changeable factors today.

During the Spring Festival, some families will prepare a lot of tea eggs. At this time, these tea eggs    8    (call) “ingot eggs ” by old people. When Chinese people visit     9     (relative) and friends, they will be given two tea eggs,     10     means “wish you a great new year.”

6 . 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。

Strange things appeared before the Tangshan earthquake happened. For three days the water in the village wells     1    (rise) and fell. The well walls had deep cracks in them. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. Some animals including fish,     2    (mouse) behaved strangely. Other strange things also happened in the city,     3     people thought little of these events and they slept as usual.

    4     (final) a terrible earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976, in which more than 240,000 people died and many     5    (injure). Many houses fell down and sand filled the wells instead of water. People were greatly shocked. All the electricity in the city was cut off and people began     6     (wonder) how long the disaster would last. The whole city was completely destroyed and the world seemed to be     7    an end. It was one of the most destructive earthquakes ever,     8     shocked the whole nation.

However, the people of Tangshan didn’t lose hope because 150,000 soldiers were sent to help the rescue workers. The soldiers tried their best to dig out those     9     were trapped. They also built shelters for the     10     (survive). Fresh water was taken to the city by every means. Slowly, the city began to come back to life.