1 . 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。

    1    My daughter Peyton was 7, she decided to be a “Change Bandit(强盗)”for the Duke Children’s Hospital annual donation(捐赠), because she enjoyed    2     (raise)money to help the sick children in the hospital. One year    3    (late), she decided to raise money for the hospital again, using her birthday party as a fund raiser. So she would rather receive donations for the hospital than birthday     4    (present). At last, she raised more than $200 and donated     5     .

Today she inspired me    6     (become) more “green” and generous by changing    7     empty apple juice bottle into a piggy bank to raise money for the hospital, so I used a black marker to make some marks on the side of the container so that we could measure our progress. In fact, it would be    8    (nature) and difficult for me to save money for my   own family, but     9     Peyton asked me to do was the opposite. Anyway, I feel humble and grateful to be a parent of a young person like Peyon     10    reminds me to keep my heart open, even in troubling times.

2 . 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。

Whenever you have to write a paper, a letter, or any other document for work or school, you probably head toward the computer. Now, most people reach for     1     (keyboard) faster than they pick up pens. In a Scottish primary school, however, Mr. Norman Lewis is taking a different approach. He feels that neat handwriting     2     (be) still an important skill, so he has his students write not only by hand but also     3     old fashioned fountain pens.

Fountain pens     4     (use) in schools long ago and have been regaining popularity lately because they are refillable. Today, a writer     5     (simple) throws an empty pen away and gets     6     new one.

So far, Mr. Lewis is pleased with the results of his experiment. He reports that his students are taking more care with their work, and their self-confidence has improved as well. He is happy with the     7     (improve) he sees in his students’ writing     8     in his own writing. He knows that computers are here     9     (stay) and that they will not disappear. However, he believes that the practice with fountain pens helps students to focus, to write faster, and they can feel proud of     10     (they).

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正确形式。

China has a history of more than five thousand years,     1     makes its culture profound. The     2     (various) of Chinese culture always attracts foreigners to come to visit China. As the carrier of Chinese culture, Chinese costume occupies a place. Chinese costume is very special and its feature is always added in the foreign style. And the classic Chinese costume is cheongsam (旗袍), which is full     3     charm.

Cheongsa m has become     4     representative of traditional Chinese style. Many foreign ladies wear cheongsam to show respect in great occasions. And Chinese beauties dress cheongsam     5     (confident) to show the world the Chinese style in the great competition of Miss World. Cheongsam     6     (make) a lady’s body shape look so     7     (attract), and men are attracted by women’s charm.

Recently, in the fashion week, more and more Chinese features     8     (see). Cheongsam style is favored by a lot of famous designers. They combine their own fashion with cheongsam style,     9     (present) the world with the beauty of female’s body and the charm of Chinese costume style. As more and more foreigners become interested in Chinese culture, they have a strong desire     10     (know) the real China.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或者使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

I was only in China for about 4 months last year. I stayed in Shanghai and visited some other cities    1     (include) Beijing. While the price feels a bit too much for a high speed train, the Chinese infrastructure (基础建设) is     2     (true) far ahead of any other developing country and even some developed ones in Europe. The train stations are as big     3     airports: almost everything in     4     is like airports. They have all the high standards of airports but without the waiting time. The trains are just like those from Germany or France,     5    are clean, modern and highly developed and run at very high speeds. It is about 1,200 kms from Shanghai to Beijing, and each high speed train     6     (take) around 4 and a half hours to reach its destination and     7     are more than 2 trains every hour, each day.

I also had the experience of     8     (sit) in Maglev (磁力悬浮列车) in Shanghai. There is a public maglev train that runs from Shanghai city to its international airport. The    9     (distant) from the city to the airport is 40 kms and the speed of the train is 430 kms/hr. It took us just around 6 mins     10     (cover) 40 kms and it felt rather smooth.

5 . The remarkable development of this city, which is consciously designed to protect the past while stepping into the modern world, ________ (mean) there is always something new to discover here, and I could be photographing Beijing for the next 50 years. (所给词的适当形式填空)

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式,将答案填写在答 题卡的相应位置。

Debbie is    1    accountant in a large company in London. She often travels to work by tube. Usually，it is so     2     (crowd) that she can’t find anywhere to sit. She spends all morning    3    (check) numbers. For lunch she often gets a sandwich in a nearby sandwich shop. She often attends dance classes and goes to the gym     4    she doesn’t get enough exercise. At the weekend she sometimes drives to the countryside with her friends    5    the weather forecast is good because they can go walking    6    there are no shops, crowds or the tube. And the fresh air is so good for her lungs. She loves    7    .Paul lives in a small village in the north of England. He lives and works on the farm. There are many things    8    (do) on the farm all day. He works hard to make sure the cows, sheep，pigs and chickens on his farm are free    9    sickness. In the evening he likes to play with his children. Now he    10    (study) Chinese by distance learning. When Paul and his family are in London，he likes to buy a few cigars,but his wife loves looking in the clothes shops.

7 . 语法填空

    1     (million) of young people are writing blogs (博客). Millions of others are reading them. They have been an     2     (attract) to young people.

Many popular Websites now offer free, easy ways to create personal Web pages and fill them    3     writings and pictures. Websites such    4     “Facebook” and “Myspace” are some of the most popular blog sites for young.

Blogs offer young people a place     5    (show) their writings and feelings. They can also be     6     (help) to connect young people with others. But blogs can become    7    (danger) when they are read on the Internet by millions of people all over the world.

Recent studies show that young people often tell their names, ages and where they live on the Internet. That may not be safe for them. The personal information puts them in danger when found out by dangerous people     8    want to hurt them. Students can also get into trouble when they put information about others on their blog.

As     9    result, many schools don’t allow using blogging websites on school computers. Many schools have also begun teaching parents about the websites. Parents should know what their children are doing online and help their children escape     10     (give) away personal information.

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。

For protecting endangered neighbors, pandas make unreliable umbrellas.

Like many undergraduate biology students, Wang Fang was taught that pandas are a prime example of     1     umbrella species—a well-known and usually endangered animal     2     protection benefits an entire ecosystem.

In fact, the story is much     3     (complex), according to findings that Dr. Wang, now an ecologist at Fudan University in Shanghai, published last month in Biological Conservation. Refuting (反驳) years of     4     (assume) about the universal benefits of panda conservation, Dr. Wang and his colleagues report that a number of other     5     (threaten) species are not being protected by the panda umbrella.

Panda conservation, on its own,     6     (be) a success up to now. In the 1980s, pandas had very little protection in the wild and were thought to add up to around just 1,100 individuals. In the 1990s, China began to     7     (active) conserve wild populations. Eventually sixty-seven panda-specific protected areas     8     (represent) 70 percent of the species’ range were established.

All of those efforts focused simply not on other species,     9     on China’s national animal. Dr. Wang began to question the umbrella species narrative and carried out research, only     10     (find) that panda conservation had not helped large carnivores in China.

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。

In a tea plantation (种植园), Maksim Ruban examined the collected fresh tea leaves carefully as local farmers began their annual tea-picking season.

The 25-year-old Russian runs a tea business in St. Petersburg, Russia. His company,    1    imports tea from China regularly, has an online store sell ng its products across Russia. Ever since he was a little kid, he    2    (become) fascinated with Chinese tea culture.

    3    (find) suitable tea flavors, the young man shuttles between Russia and China almost every year. Last month, he visited multiple Chinese cities and Qimen in Huangshan city was     4    must-see spot on his journey. The county is home to the world-famous Keemun black tea,    5    (award) the gold medal at the 1915 Panama World’s Fair. Keemun black tea, Darjeeling black tea from India and Ceylon black tea from Sri Lanka, are known    6    the world’s top three high-fragrance black tea varieties.

In a local Keemun black tea company, Ruban     7    (have) a close look at the local showroom, production workshop, and tea plantation. A tea craftsman also showed the complex manufacturing procedures with strict     8    (standard). Finally, the Russian man signed an    9    (agree) with the company, reaching their initial cooperation intention.

    10    (deep) impressed by Qimen’s beautiful ecological environment and high-quality tea leaves, Ruban has decided to introduce Keemun black tea to more Russian customers.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Our face can be powerful. It’s     1     a “projector (投影仪)”. It shows the world what’s going on inside. When you’re happy, your face wears a smile. When you’re sad, your face “melts” down. It’s kind of obvious. But think about the fact that nobody     2     (teach) us how to smile or cry since we were born. And we don’t think about     3    (do) either. It just happens.

We use facial expressions to show our feelings to others and add the “flavor” (特征) to the words say. That’s why we can understand the expressions on others’ faces     4     (easy), unlike some other body language     5     (sign).

This makes our expressions     6    double-edged sword when we are trying to read body language. Usually, it’s easy     7     (understand) it. But since we can mask our feelings and cover our true intentions, it’s not the best reflection of the hidden truth. Thus others may     8     (cheat).

Faking (假装) feelings, however, can be     9    (challenge) because it seems to fighting an inner war. Your body has a desire to say one thing while you try to force it to another,     10     can truly lead to a conflict inside your heart.