1 . Lanzhou beef noodle is one of China’s most representative flour-made foods while pasta (意大利面食) is one famous Western fancy food. An event, “When Lanzhou beef noodle meets pasta,     1     (connect) city food cultures, was held at the Beijing Ritz-Carlton Hotel on October 11, 2017 to show the interaction.

Lanzhou beef noodle has a history of 102 years and is known for its     2     (taste) beef, soup and noodle. Lanzhou is also qualified as     3    hometown of Chinese beef noodle.     4    one major city along the ancient Silk Road, Lanzhou has witnessed the efforts of our ancestors and their achievement of developing the Silk Road, according to Zhang Hui, deputy director with the Publicity department of the CPC Committee of Lanzhou.

Lanzhou’s cooking culture     5     (develop)its own time-honored characteristics over the years. The event will make Lanzhou beef noodle smelled not only across Lanzhou,     6    across the world through the Belt and Road Initiative thanks to the     7     (participate)of the two countries’ noodle master. It will also improve cultural exchange, Zhang added. Lanzhou people would like to work with friends at home and abroad     8     (promote) the development of cooking and we     9     (sincere)hope more cultural exchanges of this kind     10     (hold) in Italy and Lanzhou in the future.

2 . Classical Chinese poetry is traditional Chinese poetry     1     (write) in Classic Chinese and typified by certain traditional forms. Many     2     (poem) come from particular historical periods, such as the poetry of the Tang Dynasty and the verse of Song Dynasty.     3     (it) existence dates back to at least as early as the publication of the Classic of Poetry or Shijing. There are     4     (vary) combinations of forms and genres, most of     5     arose at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Development of Classical Chinese poetry     6     (active ) continued up to the year of 1919, when the May Fourth Movement     7     (take) place, and is still popular even today. Classical Poetry created during this 2,500 year period has been developing continuously,     8     (produce) a great deal of diversity - classified by both major historical periods     9     dynastic periods.

Of the key aspects of Classical Chinese poetry is its close inter - relationship with other forms of Chinese art, such as Chinese painting and Chinese calligraphy (书法). Classical Chinese poetry has proven lo have a strong influence     10     poetry worldwide.

3 . Each year, thousands of people come to Shaanxi, China, to visit the Terracotta Army, which shows the life of Qin Shi Huang,    1    country' s first emperor.

As one of the most famous tourist sights in the world, the Terracotta Army is a form of funerary (葬礼的) art    2    (bury) with the First Emperor in 210 to 209 BC. It was designed    3    (protect) the emperor in his afterlife.

Since their     4     (discover), experts have questioned whether the life-size models of soldiers    5    (base) on real warriors (勇士) or whether they came off a production line.

In October a BBC documentary ( 纪录片) the Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China, suggested the inspiration for the Terracotta Warriors may have come    6    Ancient Greece, about    7    Archaeologist Li Xiuzhen said, “We now have evidence that close contact did exist between the First Emperor's China and the West.”

On the 41st International Museum Day, it was    8    (official) announced that new technology has just made    9    possible for visitors to be guided. Thanks to an interactive(交互式) 360-degree video, visitors can choose either to view the    10    (figure) close-up or from a distance.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
       Many couples are quite puzzled about this question.How can lovers be devoted to each other for long? Actually, they just complain about their marriage to their partners all the time,not    1    (know) how to deal with the marriage crisis.
       “Before we were    2    (marry),my husband was a caring man,“a wife once told me.“It seemed that he would love me till the end of the world.Since we got married,he    3    (become) a lazy bone.He watches ball games more than he watches me.He has changed so much that I can    4    (hard) bear him.”
       “Very funny,”answered the husband.“But have you looked at yourself lately?Several years ago,you were very beautiful.Now you wear that old dress.If I've changed from    5    energetic man to a lazy one,then you've changed yourself from a    6    (beauty) lady to an ugly one.”This hurtful but childish    7    (argue) shows how couples, instead of looking for love,may look for all the    8    (fault) that his/her partner has in their daily life.
       Honestly speaking,how we see our partners often depends more    9    how we are than how they are.It is a way of seeing.Husbands and wives are not audience    10    participant observers in each other’s life.Remember that the law of lasting love is to look at your lover with love.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A smiling face with tears, or “Tears of joy”, was chosen as the most popular emoji globally in 2016, according to a report    1    （publish）by Chinese tech startup Kika.

In 2015,emoji was the country’s fastest-growing language in the UK and “Tears of joy”also became the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year,    2    （make）it popular on social media worldwide.

As a language expert pointed out, the reasons    3    this are as follows. For one thing, with the development of the Internet, especially the     4    （popular）of smartphones, English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication. For    5    , emojis can offer greater freedom than verbal language. Meanwhile, compared with text messages, they are often more intuitive（直观的）and     6    （simple）,which is also the reason why more and more People choose    7    （express）their emotions and ideas by using emojis.

Even if you don’t send emojis yourself, you will    8    （probable）receive them.

However, nobody can definitely-tell     9    emojis will finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand and use daily some day or they are just in fashion for    10    while like many things. “After all, it’s an addition to language rather than a language itself,”Dr Drummond says.

6 . 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。
The First World War postcard has    1    (final) been sent after many years. It is a very old postcard. This postcard was from a 19-year old soldier, Alfred, during the First World War. He    2    (write) this postcard and sent it to his lovely sister Nell    3    January 1916. The postcard is dated 1916 and    4    is a cartoon picture of a new solider on the front.
Alfred has written to his sister, “Dear Nell, just    5    postcard to let you know I have not forgotten you. On the other side you will see our orders for next week. I will need your pity. Write to me, your brother Alfred.” Sadly, Alfred    6    (kill) in a flight in 1918 before the card arrived.     7    (year) later, his sister died in 1964.
The postcard is marked 1916 and again September 2010 when it was stamped to arrive. But the postman couldn’t find the    8    (receive) any more. The post office said it was out of the question that the card was with    9    (they) all the time. They regularly cleaned out their offices and post boxes. The    10    (postcard) history for the last 94 years is still a mystery.

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。

The truth     1     trees are vital to our life is not a secret. They provide us with food, wood and most     2    (importance), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we can add to this list — blocking out harmful bacteria from water.

The discovery     3    (make) by a team consisting of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school students who were seeking a     4    (nature) water filter (过滤器) — one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have access to modern water filter systems.

The     5    (research), led by Professor Rohit Karnik, decided to turn to trees for help because they could allow liquid to flow through, while     6    (block) out air bubbles.

They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The people related then tested the wood’s filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different sizes through.     7     their amazement, they found that it was effective in trapping all the particles.     8    (encourage), the team conducted     9     experiment, this time with water     10     contained bacteria. Sure enough, the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flow through.

8 . Studies show that sunshine, fresh air, and plenty of rest often _______ a person’s recovery from sickness．

A．arrest

B．accelerate

C．betray

D．condemn