1 . He is looking forward ________ exchanging notes with his friend. (用适当的词填空)

2 . In the UK and US, senior high students take part ________ various after-school activities. (用适当的词填空)

3 . Once she has made up _______ (she) mind, nothing can change it.

4 . 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。

Today we visit a small museum in the American state of Maryland.    1    is called the National Cryptologic Museum(国家密码博物馆). There you will find information that    2    (be)once secret. The National Cryptologic Museum is on Fort George G. Meade, a military base near Washington, D. C. It tells not only the story of cryptology but also the men and women    3    have worked in this    4    (usual) profession.

The word cryptology comes    5    the Greek "kryptos logos". It means "hidden word".

Cryptology is writing or communicating in ways    6    (design) to hide the meaning of your words.    7    museum has many examples of equipment that was once used to make information secret. It also has equipment that was developed to read secret    8    (message). The method of hiding exact meanings    9    (call) coding. People have used secret codes throughout history     10     (protect) important information.

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。

My New Teachers

At her first class, Mrs. Li seemed nervous and shy,     1     she has turned out to be kind and     2     (patience). She explains English grammar clearly and smiles kindly when we make mistakes so we don’t feel stupid. Her classes may be too slow     3     fast students but for me they are wonderful. Mrs. Chen is almost 60 and very strict. Students are quiet in her class and never late. Some students don’t like her but her teaching is very    4     (organize) and clear. She explains scientific experiments so well     5     I’m sure I’ll do well     6     the exam. Although Mr. Wu has only been teaching us for two weeks, he is already very popular. He is about 28 and good-looking. He talks loud and fast,     7     (wave) his hands about and tells     8     (joke). He enjoys     9     (teach) Chinese literature very much and even     10     (bore) things are fun in his class.

6 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出 提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

During my childhood, whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I would climb the mountain near our house. Walking together, we had a lot of conversations through     1     I learned many valuable lessons. He always stressed to me, “You should have objectives and capacity like the mountain. This has     2     (large) influenced my life.     3     the mountain-climbing, we couldn't have had enough time to spend together because my father was busy.

7 . 阅读下列短文，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 grandparents seems to have magic powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar    1    they will know what the weather will be like days or even months later.

What's the secret? They are following the 24 Solar Terms (节气),     2    were added on Nov. 30 to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物资文化遗产) by the United Nations (UN). It is a knowledge system and social practice    3    (form) through people's observations of the sun's annual movements and its influence on the climate.

The 24 Solar Terms    4    (come) into being during the Qin and Han    5     (dynasty). At that time, most Chinese people made their living on farms, so weather changes were    6    (extreme) important for them. But of course, they had no satellite, internet or weather broadcast    7    (help) them.    8    these difficulties, they managed to work out 24 Solar Terms by studying the sun's movement and also    9    (pay) attention to other natural changes such as air temperature, water and crop growth.

It is honored as China's    10    (five) great invention, after papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder. Now, it is still widely used in daily life even in the age of technology-based modern farming.