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。

The Old Town of Lijiang, lying in the northwest of Yunnan Province, is one of the last     1     (survive) ancient towns in China. The architecture of the Old Town of Lijiang is noteworthy for the     2     (combine) of elements from several cultures, and its ancient water-supply system still functions     3     (effective) today.

The Yulong Snow Mountain to the north-west     4     (serve) as the source of the rivers and springs. This town is made up     5     three parts: Dayan Old Town established in the Ming Dynasty as a commercial centre, Baisha housing cluster established earlier during the Song and Yuan dynasties, and Shuhe housing clusters located 4 km north-west of Dayan Old Town. These settlements lying in mountains and     6     (surround) by water display the mixture of local cultures, folk customs and traditions over several centuries.

It     7     (design) as a town around the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. From 1253 on, the Naxi people of Lijiang developed     8     unique social system, customs and culture of their own. In the 18th century, the Qing Dynasty rulers carried out a policy of     9     (culture) interaction, and the Naxi people adopted the customs of the Tibetan     10     Han peoples. Despite several earthquakes, most of the old town keeps its original structure.

2 . Nearly fifty percent of the children here live below the poverty line without the services and conveniences that we all take _____________ granted. (用适当的词填空)

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适当形式。

A friend from Hunan Province invited me    1     (stay) with his family in the village of Zhouqing to celebrate the Chinese New Year. As I arrived, the sound of firecrackers(鞭炮) greeted me    2     children played in the streets. Dozens of rice fields surrounded the    3     (house),which made me excited as I’d never seen any before.

Each home in the village has a smokehouse    4     cured meats (腌肉) are hung over a fire for several months. This is also where friends and family gather to keep warm and talk at night. Sitting by the fire made me feel     5     (peace), and it was like I was experiencing the traditional Chinese way of life.        

On New Year’s Day, we visited every neighbor in the village and were greeted     6     (warm) at each house. A group of people paraded (游行) through the village, two of them dressed as a lion, going into every home to perform a song for good fortune.    7     (attract) by this, I took some photos to share with my family. At night,we all went to KTV.     8     was great fun singing together with friends.       9     the last day, I felt very Chinese as I played mahjong(麻将) while sipping(小口地喝) green tea. I even won my first two games. Feeling like an outsider     10     (be) quite normal for Westerners in China, but every person I met in that small village in Hunan made me feel like I was at home.

4 . 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。

    1    (handle) the widespread use and environmental damage caused by single-use plastics,   a Chinese research institute has proposed developing new technologies    2    using a more eco-friendly substitute-bamboo. The proposal,    3    (announce)on Thursday by the International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, comes after the Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic Initiative introduced at the High-level Dialogue on Global Development held     4     (virtual) in Beijing in June.

Fei Benhua, director of the International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, said bamboo-straw manufacturing technology could be realized and used to replace plastic straws on     5    large scale,    6    (add) that using bamboo to make straws is just the beginning.

The world makes nearly 400 million metric tons of plastic every year for use in packaging, construction, catering and other    7    (purpose), and China’s delivery industry annually     8    (produce) about 1.8 million tons of plastic waste. A sharp rise in single-use plastics,     9    are produced almost entirely from fossil fuels, has damaged the well-being of the planet. Bamboo, on the other hand, can be used to produce cups, straws, paper and packaging, while being     10    (recycle) and environmentally friendly.

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。

By drawing on the surface of a cup of tea, chabaixi, an ancient Chinese tea trick has become popular. However, 10 years ago, this typical technique was close to     1    (disappear) completely.

“It in fact requires dozens of processes, and they are not easy     2    (complete)” Zhang Zhifeng, a performer of chabaixi, said.

As a special art form in China,     3     had once been as normal as drawing and playing instruments, chabaixi can create endless     4    (pattern) such as bamboos and mountains or even calligraphy such as autographs and short proverbs.

“It is     5    (total) different from making latte(拿铁) because we use clear water as the object to inject into the cup instead of milk. But when the water     6    (touch) the surface of stirred tea, it turns into a white color and disappears in 20 minutes,” Zhang explained.

This technique     7    (list) as part of China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2017, after it was recovered by Zhang. “This technique is key     8     tea culture from the Song Dynasty, and it would be such     9     shame to let it fade.     10     is also necessary that this technique be passed on to the next generations so they can have a better understanding of the history behind it,” Zhang added.

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。

Looking back over the last decade, China     1    (witness) tremendous changes, which could not have been achieved     2     the hard work of its people. There are many ways to record the past decade, but the story that, at times, leaves a mark on each person is     3    (sure) the most vivid.

Recently, a man named Zou Yi who has recorded Beijing’s blue sky in the past decade shared     4    (he) observations on the improvement of air quality in China’s capital, as well as his understanding of the efforts behind the brilliant blue skies. His first photo     5    (take) on January 27,2013. He did the same     6     next day, and the day after that. Every day, Zou Yi takes a picture of Beijing TV Station, a landmark building     7    (locate) in downtown Beijing. A picture is better than a thousand words.

It took London and Los Angeles more than 50 years     8    (deal) with air pollution compared to only a decade for Beijing. The battle against air pollution perfectly shows the Chinese administration’s     9    (determine) and action in building a prosperous and beautiful country,     10    , over the years, has claimed some major stepwise victories thanks to the tough and comprehensive policies.

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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

Ancient Forest Found Inside A Giant Sinkhole In China

The residents of Leye County in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are familiar     1     sinkholes. The area’s 29 sinkholes and underground caves have earned it a UNESCO World Heritage Site name. But the one     2     (explore) by scientists in early May 2022 had an extraordinary secret—a well-preserved ancient forest.

Lixin Chen,     3     (found) of the Guangxi 702 Cave Expedition Club, and his team first went inside the massive sinkhole on May 6, 2022. It did not take     4     (they) long to reach firm ground to walk on. But the group soon realized they were nowhere close to the bottom of the 630-foot-deep sinkhole. They had to walk through trees as high as 130 feet for a few hours     5     (get) there.

Since then, the scientists     6     (return) to the sinkhole which they named “The Eagle” several times. They have found three collapsed caves, evidence of     7     ancient underground river, and a small underground lake. Chen says, “I wouldn’t be     8     (amaze) to know that there are species found in these caves that have never been reported or described by science until now.”

The sinkholes,     9     are left undisturbed by human activity, can be an oasis (绿洲)for life, especially for     10     (previous) unknown species.

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。

Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers is a well-known ancient Chinese painting. It was created by Wang Ximeng of the Song Dynasty (960—1279), and it has inspired many     1     (culture) products, including a new dance drama, Only Blue and Green.

The drama’s directors are Zhou Liya and Han Zhen,     2     jointly produced the highly-praised drama, The Eternal Wave.

When the famous painting     3     (exhibit) by the Palace Museum in 2017, the two directors were among the hundreds     4     visitors. They didn’t expect such an experience would lead them to create Only Blue and Green.

“As it lacks dramatic conflicts, it is difficult     5     (let) our new production tell a story like The Eternal Wave. We tried to poetically present     6     (character) based on Chinese aestheticism(美学)，” Zhou said.

Their team made every effort to bring the beauty of the painting and     7     (it) creator’s story to the audience     8     (accurate) by consulting many experts from the Palace Museum and     9     (look) up a lot of data.

“We are proud that dance dramas can also carry on our traditional culture,” Zhou said.

From Aug 20 to 22,     10     drama will be staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts and it will tour nationwide in September.

9 . 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。

Kids want to have adventures in parks, with features like flying foxes, trees for climbing, and swings on their wish lists, new research has found. Teens     1     (prefer) places to hang out with friends like sports courts, while older adults enjoyed more peaceful     2     (surround) with walking paths, and shady trees.

Associate Professor Jenny found that while children, teens and older adults all looked for different features in parks, well-designed urban spaces appealed     3    all age groups. “COVID-19 reminds us of the critical role parks play in our community,” she said. “For many people during lockdown, visiting    4     nearby park has been one of the highlights of the day. They are a free space     5     is easy to access and can have numerous benefits on health and well-being.”

A previous park refurbishment study showed it cost 58 cents    6    (entire) to gain an additional hour of exercise per person,” Veitch said. “So far, a lot of money    7     (raise) by many councils to spend on parks.    8     the problem is that the money must be the right expense to achieve the attractive parks wanted by the public. Otherwise, we are wasting    9     (value) space and funds.”

Veitch said that     10     (create) active environments that promote physical activity was a global priority, given that the international trend in crowded urban living and rising obesity levels.

10 . 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。

Why do Chinese people drink hot water? Many westerners find it so interesting that they always see Chinese people carry a vacuum cup(保温杯) no matter which season it is.

For lots of Chinese people, nothing is     1    (common) than drinking hot water every day. But for most of the Westerners,     2     idea of drinking plain hot water is really odd since they drink cold water even in winter. Why do Chinese people drink hot water? Hot water vs cold water, which one is better? Follow us     3    (find) an ideal answer.

It is well known     4     Chinese people prefer hot meals every day, and they’re also used to     5    (have) hot drinks with it. Moreover, some parents always teach     6    (they) children to drink hot water with meals, because they think mixing cold liquids with hot meals     7    (be) really bad for the stomach. And cold liquids may solidify fats in your stomach, which cause digestive problems, whereas hot liquids aid in     8    (digest).

According to the eating habits in western countries, they prefer “raw” food,     9     they also prefer their water “raw”. At the same time, they are fond     10     hamburgers, cheese and fried stuff, which are all with high calorie. As a matter of fact, they need cold drinks to cool them off.