1 . Apart ______being a magical place, Machu Picchu also brings a lot of business and money to Peru. (用适当的词填空)

2 . 语法填空

The good news is that we can change, if we understand     1     habits work. To facilitate     2     positive change in our bad habits, we must first examine our bad habit cycles and then try to adapt them. We can do this by combining the information from our habit cycles     3     our own positive ideas. We can also use the habit cycle     4     (create) good habits.

3 . 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。

My carriage     1     (drive) me through the night and all was in thick darkness when I reached my home town. By then the city gates were locked so I was not able to go straight to the house. I therefore decided to walk out and see for myself the fateful spot     2     poor William had died. As I walked, thunder rumbled and rain began to fall in heavy drops. When I reached the place, the storm was at its fiercest and the countryside was lit up by wild flashes of lightning. With the rain     3     (stream) down my face, I clasped my hands together and looked up into the darkness.

4 . It is critical that our nation and the world base important policies on the best judgments ________ (concern) the future consequences of present actions(所给词的适当形式填空).

5 . The biography, simply titled Steve Jobs was at the top of the best-seller lists within hours of Apple’s ________ (announce) of his death.(所给词的适当形式填空)

6 . It was finally completed in 1928, by ________ time it was considered out of date and revisions began at once. (用适当的词填空)

7 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

Macquarie Island was a beautiful place where its native    1     (inhabit), including royal penguins, king penguins, and elephant seals, existed in harmony     2    their natural habitat for thousands of years. However, in 1810, humans arrived on the island with rats and mice. These small animals quickly took over the island，    3     (eat) the birds’ eggs and attacking baby birds. Cats were brought to control the rats and mice, but they also enjoyed eating birds. Meanwhile, the     4     (explode) rabbit population provided food for the cats,     5     ( mean) that the number of cats also increased rapidly.

8 . 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。

“Friend is better than fortune. Friend is     1     (bad) than poison in some cases.” The two sentences above are opposite and seem to be unreasonable, but they can       2     (explain) as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good     3     the second refers to all bad ones who lead us to wrong ways.

My ideal friend is of course a good friend     4     goodness is shown below: he studies hard so as not     5     (waste) his golden time. At school he     6     (respect) his teachers and shares feelings with his classmates; on     7     other hand at home he honors his parents and loves his brothers. He treats     8     (true) to those who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him    9     a role model. With his help I am free from all difficulties.

Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the words “failure” and “    10     (lose)”.

9 . In recent years, Guangzhou has actively participated in the Belt and Road international cooperation, gradually________ (establish) a comprehensive, multi-level, and wide-ranging pattern of opening-up. (所给词的适当形式填空)

10 . Travel portal Trip.com Group said that as of Aug 17 searches for group tours to Japan exceeded ________ for Thailand and Singapore — traditional top choices for Chinese travelers. (用适当的词填空)