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Bandung, one of Indonesia’s major cities, is only 150 kilometers from Jakarta, the capital, but the drive is at an average of three hours even with a freeway     1    (connect) the two cities. Fortunately, a high-speed railway     2     (fund) by China is due to open in 2023, and the hours-long travel     3     (cut) to 40 minutes. It is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and for Indonesia, the beginning of a brand new network of transportation across the country.

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After 15 years of working to raise climate urgency, I’ve concluded     1     the public and world leaders underestimate how rapid, serious climate and ecological breakdown will be if humanity fails     2    (organize). There may only be five years     3    (leave) before humanity expends the remaining “carbon budget” to stay under 1.5℃ of     4    (globe) heating. And there may only be five years before the Amazon rainforest and a large Antarctic ice sheet pass irreversible points.

3 . （2020北京卷）The Neanderthals________ (live) alongside human ancestors in Europe for tens of thousands of years, before dying out about 40, 000 years ago. （所给词的适当形式填空）

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A new study,     1     (lead) by Wellesley Centers, found that joining social media before age 11 was significantly related to more “problematic digital behaviors”, compared to those who joined the platforms when they were older. Kids who joined social media before age 11 seemed     2    (easily) distracted and more unsympathetic. However, they showed greater engagement within the online community. The good news is that parents play an active role and kids showed lessened negative effects     3     parental controls. With strong effects of the Internet, we can expect that the need to understand     4    technology shapes kids in their young ages will become more urgent.

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The koala is a symbol of Australia. Recently, the Australian government has listed it as an     1    (endanger) species. This is because of a fall in its number. caused by bushfires and the cutting down of trees. There are about 50, 000 koalas in the wild now. The government     2    (give) koalas greater protection in the future, and a recovery plan     3    (announce) already.

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With the technology of 3D printing, nothing seems to be “unprintable”. The US military is actually printing reusable plastic N95 face masks     1    (ease) the country’s medical supply shortage caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic, according to the New York Post. And recently, China     2     (take) its first 3D printer into space.

Onboard China’s Long March 5B carrier rocket, which     3     (launch) from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on May 5, there is a 3D printer, developed and built by the China Academy of Space Technology. It has now     4    (successful) printed two objects—a honeycomb-shaped (蜂窝状的) structure as well as an emblem (徽章) of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC). The printer    5     (use) carbon fiber-reinforced (纤维增强的) composites. They are the best material     6     spacecraft structures due to its lightweight and high-strength features as well as its strong resistance to high and low    7    (temperature).

The printer also broke new ground by     8     (complete) all tasks autonomously. Previously, human intervention was needed in 3D printing experiments in microgravity—an environment     9    requires higher precision control. But China’s new printer did everything by     10    , without the involvement of people. It provides an important technical reference for the follow-up space 3D printing tasks.

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One evening I was going back from a supermarket. As I approached my car, I noticed one person     1     seemed a bum (流浪汉) standing beside me. I expected that he would ask me     2     some money, so I asked him if he needed help and his response was “Don’t we all?” I have never heard words     3     (astonishing) than those. Although I had money and a place     4     (sleep) in, I recognized that I needed help too. It was a true discovery to me.

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The 2021 International Confucius Cultural Festival was launched in September,     1     (feature) an international forum to discuss cultural civilizations and the Confucius Culture Week for Chinese and foreign students.

This annual festival     2     (include) both online and offline events, which are aimed at connecting Confucian culture     3     (fan) worldwide. Founded in 1989, it is one of the largest festivals nationally and internationally supported by tourism festivals integrating culture, tourism, and     4     (science)research with the aim of promoting ancient Chinese culture.

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Times Higher Education (THE) has released its World University Rankings 2021, with Tsinghua University in Beijing     1     (become) the first Asian institute to ever break the top 20. An additional 15 other Asian universities also made the top 100. The University of Oxford took the top spot for the fifth year in a row,       2    (follow) by Stanford, Harvard, Caltech and MIT. “The Asian universities are developing quickly, and some western universities     3     (face) the very real risk of losing many international talented students and a lot of income     4     they bring.” said Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer at THE.

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China plans to recruit 84,330 college graduates as teachers in rural primary and middle schools in 2021 as part of efforts    1    (promote) rural vitalization, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday.

The recruitment     2    (be) mainly for the once-impoverished areas to consolidate the results of poverty reduction, according to    3    notice issued by the ministries of education and finance on carrying out the rural special-post teacher recruitment program this year.The program is expected to strengthen the teaching capacity of some weak subjects in rural schools    4     arts, foreign languages and information technology, said the notice.