1 . 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。

Do you love American country music? It is     1     (real) popular not only in America but also all over the world.     2     you love American country music, come to Nashville. It’s the home of American country music.

Nashville is    3     capital city of Tennessee. In Nashville, you don’t have to go to big auditoriums(音乐厅)     4     (enjoy ) country music. You can always hear the beautiful and sweet country music in the open-air restaurants or on the streets. All the singers are young     5     they play their guitars while they sing. The song they sing are very     6     (touch). If you listen to them with your heart, you can feel they are singing with their souls rather than with their voices.

When you visit Nashville, you can find shops     7     (sell) music records and tapes everywhere. Many records     8     (make) by famous singers and they are sent to many countries all over the world.

The country songs most of the singers sing come from the rural areas in the southern United States. The songs often describe those day-to day situations and the     9     (feeling) of the country people. Singers often sing country songs     10     praise of heroism and true love.

2 . 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。

Henry dreamed of becoming a writer. In order to realize his dream, he read many books and often practiced     1     (write). He wrote his first story     2     he was ten. After his parents read     3    , they told him that he really had a gift for writing. Henry     4     (encourage) a lot after hearing that. He wrote many stories in the     5     (follow) years. People around him all told him that he     6     (become) a writer one day. However, it was not easy.

Henry finished his first novel     7     the age of 20. However, no publishers were interested in it. Henry was     8     (great) discouraged (使……泄气). He felt sad and doubted his ability. But it didn’t last long. Several days later, he picked up his mind and decided     9     (keep) writing.

It was a story he read that encouraged him. It was about a father and a son who wanted to build a bridge. Nobody at that time considered it possible. Although the father and the son did have great difficulty     10     (build) the bridge, they made it at last.

Henry finally kept on writing. He knew there was hope as long as he didn’t give up.

3 . The regulation focuses on protecting the resources within the country, promoting their rational use and preventing ________(legal) access to them. （用所给词的适当形式填空）

4 . 语法填空

The first group of 10 intangible cultural heritage    1    (workshop) opened on March 16, 2019 in Nyemo County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. In 2018, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism    2    (identify) the first group of 10 key support areas of “poverty alleviation (扶贫) via intangible cultural heritage” and planned    3    (establish) numerous workshops there. Nyemo County was on the list as it is home    4    about 10 items of intangible cultural heritage at all levels.

After setting up the workshops, Tibetans    5    have been struggling to make a living in poor areas will have a chance to make    6    (they) way out. Basang has been learning the skills of making Xoleg paper for three years. At present, Basang earns 3,000 yuan a month    7    his family has achieved poverty relief thanks to his new skills.

China has spent 300 million yuan on    8    (protect) the intangible cultural heritage of Tibet Autonomous Region over the past 13 years. And more support    9    (give) to the region to develop relevant training and    10    (promote) activities later.

5 . 语法填空

Last year, I had the chance to study at a British secondary school     1     an exchange student. Every secondary school student in the UK must study English, Maths and the Science subjects: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. In year ten, students usually have to study nine subjects, and they can also choose     2    (study) other subjects, such as History, Art and Business. I enjoyed most of the classes, but some of them were quite     3    (challenge). Technology classes were fun. I made a clock to take home. The teacher helped me put the parts together. I like it so much     4     I still use it as my alarm! There     5    (be) not as much homework as I was used to, but it was still tough for me.     6    (fortunate), my teachers and classmates were always helpful and gave me lots of     7    (encourage). My language skills improved over time. After school, there were many clubs to join.     8     attracted me most was the Rugby Club. Also, I enjoyed     9    (act) in the Theatre Club. Joining clubs was a great way     10    (meet) British students and make friends with them.

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。

A penguin colony in Antarctica that’s home to over 18,000 pairs of Adélie penguins suffered a massive breeding failure, with all but two of the babies starving to death when their parents     1     (force) to travel further in search of food during this breeding season.

According to CNN, the World Wildlife Fund said unseasonably extensive amounts of sea ice around the colony forced the adult penguins to travel further     2     (hunt) for food. The babies did not survive the parents’ journeys. “This disastrous event contrasts with     3     image that many people might have of penguins,”     4     (say) Rod Downie, Head of Polar Programs at WWF.

Downie continued: “The impact of this event is restricted to this specific colony of Adélie penguins, and predictions are that the Antarctic will get     5     (warm) and this may pose different     6     (challenge) in the longer term.”

Adélie penguins are     7     (general) doing well in East Antarctica and there they mostly eat krill, a small shrimp like crustacean.     8     they are declining in the peninsula,     9     the effects of climate change are already being felt. In addition     10     the climate change, the local penguin population is further threatened because of proposals to open the area to the krill fishing industry.

7 . 语法填空

Last year, hundreds of people spent a lot of money on climbing Qomolangma even though they knew they would be challenged with different     1     （risk）. For some people, climbing makes them feel powerful.

George Mallory believed that we eat and make money     2     （enjoy）life. Sadly, this climber lost his life in 1924 while he     3     （climb）Qomolangma.     4     is still not known if he succeeded in reaching the top of Qomolangma before it took his life. Alan Armee,     5     climbed Qomolangma in 2011, held the idea that     6     （climb）brought into focus what was important to you in your life. He believed that there were a thousand reasons to turn around and only one to keep going. He added, "You have to focus on     7     one reason that's most important and unique to you. It depends on the physical and mental     8     （tough）to push when you want to give up.”

With the majority of attempts     9     （result）either in total success or failure, is there a scientific reason? Recent studies indicate that risk-taking may be part of human nature. Besides, people enjoy climbing because they expect to benefit from the result.

Therefore, it's     10     （total）up to you whether you will take the risk of climbing Qomolangma.

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。

    1     we all know, there are four great     2    （invent）in Ancient China: gunpowder, papermaking,     3    （print）and the compass. In today's world, most of the new great inventions     4    （be）tech-based. For instance,     5    （advance）in virtual reality and wearable tech, as well as the flexible battery, mean we should soon     6    （see）further developments. Look! This is     7    （new）invented stuff.     8     is capable of     9    （compute）complex numbers very quickly. In addition, if you press the button, it can shoot a blue light through a wall.     10     there is desire, there is invention. We will never say never.

9 . 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。

It was Sunday, December 7, 1941. It looked like it was going to be a normal day     1     board. Just then there was a huge crashing sound from above. The ship shook     2     (violent) and the crew looked at each other in horror. Above their heads, hundreds of Japanese planes circled like eagles. They were diving down to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. Moments later, a bomb     3     (hit) the USS Arizona.

The surprise attack came as     4     great shock to the whole nation. The next day, President Roosevelt made his famous Pearl Harbor Speech,     5     (ask) the US Congress to declare war on Japan. In response to the attack and the president's address, the US joined World War II. Today, the USS Arizona lies     6     it sank: in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.     7     (it) location is marked with a memorial shaped like a bridge, which crosses the ship's     8     (sink) remains. Nearly 80 years has passed,     9     the attack on Pearl Harbor, one of the darkest episodes in American history, will never     10     (forget).

10 . 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 Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film. It’s     1     warm and wonderful movie that has “timeless” effect. The film     2     (base) on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The film is about a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent (女修道院)     3     (become) a teacher of the seven children of a captain. Maria is a sweet young woman     4     love of freedom makes it obvious to her superiors (上司)     5     she is not suited for religious life. Thus, she is sent off to be the teacher to Captain Georg Von Trapp’s seven troublesome children.     6     (arrive) at his home, Maria discovers that Captain Georg Von Trapp keeps it     7     strict order, uses a whistle to arrange his children, issues orders, and dresses his children in sailor-suit uniforms. Although at first the seven children are not     8     (friend) to her, Maria becomes friends with the children due to their love of music. She     9     (teach) them how to sing and allows them to play.

Soon, even the strict Captain begins to admire Maria. At last, the Captain and Maria fall in love and get married.     10     (fortune), when the Nazis invade their homeland, Austria, the whole family is forced to flee over the Alps (阿尔卑斯山) to escape.