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。

From this year’s trip through Southeast Asia, last year’s Central America adventure and traveling within Canada, travel has been a(n)     1     (wonder) part of my life. My study abroad in Australia had such a huge impact     2     my life that I created my own travel blog Little Miss Ottawa as a way     3     (challenge) myself to experience Ottawa as a traveler would.

Whenever a friend or family member comes back from a trip, they always can’t wait to tell you about the highlights (最好的部分)! Research from San Francisco State University has shown that people feel     4     (comfortable) when they spend money on experiences than on other things and they feel the money is better spent.

Experiences are something I truly value. Your     5     (happy) increases with experiences, but the impact of people you meet along the way also matters. Some of my best    6     (trip) were when I went alone and I     7     (lucky) met people who would become friends for life. Now I have people I can visit all over the world. In fact,     8     is so easy to build friendships with other travelers because everyone is ready to meet new people. I jumped into my study abroad in Australia     9     (know) no one. I left with friendships     10     will last a lifetime. There’s something about going through experiences together that has bonded (建立关系) us for life.

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If you’ve ever spent time in the UK, you must have had a nice cup of tea. There’s tea for

breakfast, tea during break time, tea when you visit a friend’s house and tea for    1     (relax) yourself. Tea even gets its very own special day in the UK, which falls on 21 April.

While drinking tea is    2    (certain) a centuries-old tradition in the UK, many countries also have their own strong    3    (culture) practices about tea. The nation which drinks most tea is Turkey. The people there have an average of ten cups a day! This is followed    4    Ireland and the UK comes third. Tea is also    5    popular drink in China and India, where most of the world’s tea    6    (produce).

Despite the fact that tea has been popular in the UK for hundreds of years, the question of when to add the milk is one that still    7    (lead) to many arguments! Most people first pour the tea into the cup, and then add the milk, but others disagree. It is said that this is a way for the rich    8    (show) off their wealth. The rich often use better cups, which can stand the temperature of very hot tea.

This means people    9    have lower-quality cups need to first pour the milk so that the cup won’t break. On 21 April, tea    10    (party) are held in cafes and tea rooms across the UK to encourage people to try different kinds of tea to enrich their lives.

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Four years ago I was living in a boarding house with more than 20 girls, and last year I lived in a house with 5 girls. Now I find myself     1    (live) alone... My new living situation certainly has both advantages and     2    (advantage)!

Since I’ve lived by myself I can     3    (free)do things that I couldn’t do when I lived with other people. For example, last week I     4    (eat)bacon for breakfast and ice cream for dinner and no one was here to judge me! It also means I can dance as wildly and sing as loudly as I want and no one is here to tell me     5    (be)quiet or capture(捕捉)these embarrassing moments on camera. Besides, one of     6     best things about living alone is that I don’t have to deal     7     the annoying habits of messy housemates.

Despite these advantages, there are times     8    . I miss living with other people. Firstly, I miss making and eating dinner with others. Secondly, I miss coming home and telling my housemates all about my day and hearing about     9    (they).Finally, and most importantly, I can no longer watch horror(恐怖)films (my favorite type) because I get too     10    (scare)by myself!

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Norway is to introduce new ways to protect wild salmon (三文鱼) after experts warned they could become endangered as a result of their contact     1     those raised in ocean farms.

The government has issued a report that shows that fish farms     2     (locate) along the Norwegian shore, with     3     population of more than 6 million farmed salmon, make up a significant risk to the wild salmon population due to crossbreeding and an increase in parasites.

The global number of Atlantic salmon     4     (fall) seriously at present, with its major reasons     5     (range) from overfishing, the spread of salmon lice, to habitat destruction.

    6     is reported, only about 3 million wild salmon remain in the Atlantic, down from more than 8 million in the 1980s. Vedeler Nilsen, an adviser in Norway’s environment ministry, said, “Farmed salmon have developed with characteristics that are     7     (benefit) to aquaculture (渔业) such as faster growth and shorter time to become mature.     8    , they lose other characteristics in the process. When an escaped salmon breeds with wild populations, the offspring (后代) might have a lower chance of     9     (survive).”

While the Norwegian project focuses on the immediate need to separate salmon species, other long-term plans, such as recovering the habitats, also make a big difference to salmon’s environment that     10     (destroy) years ago due to a huge blank for fishery management.

5 . 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。

When the new school year starts, a lot of Chinese students need     1     (take) the military training course as the first challenge.

This fall semester, the military training course will have new     2     (requirement). According to China Youth Daily, a new syllabus (教学大纲) for the military training course for senior high school students has been released by the Ministry of Education,     3     will be carried out nationwide on Aug. 1.

The course     4     (relate) to military knowledge will be divided into two parts—basic military knowledge and basic military skills. This is the first time the course     5     (adjust) to suit high school students. The course itself will also be more flexible. In     6     (add) to main course, students can choose other areas to focus on. For students who are     7     (particular) interested in military knowledge or a specific skill set, they will have the opportunity to get     8     (far) training.

The military training course will be anywhere from 7 to 14 days long, with a minimum of 56 class hours.     9     the end of the course, students will be given one of     10     following evaluations: excellent, good, pass or fail.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you ever stop and think about this big, beautiful world we live in? It's home     1     so many people and animals. We all live in this amazing place, so we all have the     2     (responsible) to take care of it, too.

A long time ago, I started thinking about what I could do to help take care of the planet. I wondered     3     I could use my talents for good. I love creating websites and making art and designing clothes. That was what     4     (inspire) me, at the age of 8, to start an online company. I donate part of my profits to organizations     5     (try) their best to save our environment. After I launched my business, I started getting     6     (invite) to give presentations to young people about my company and the environment. I also talk about something else that     7     (be) meaningful.

One thing I've learned is that a lot of people feel like     8     small contribution to any cause is just a drop in the bucket and won't make a difference. But that's not true!     9     (actual) when it comes to saving our environment, every small action counts. The     10     (tiny) thing is better than the greatest intention.

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。

Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding Road”.     1     is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we     2     (human) are.

The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It will     3    (undoubted) help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the temperature gets, the     4     (hot) the spring! Strange, isn’t it? But that’s how nature is — always leaving us     5     (astonish).

What comes next is the endless series of steps. You can’t help wondering how hard it     6     (be) for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on your way up the mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure     7    offers a place where you can sit down to rest your     8     (ache) legs.

As the song goes, this long and winding road “will never disappear”, and it will always stick in the visitor’s memory. It sure does in     9     (I). While you’re in China, Mount Huangshan is     10     must to visit!