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。

If you play on a mobile phone while you     1     (wait) for a bus in Shenzhen, it’s likely that you will miss it,     2     all the buses in the city are now quiet electric ones. Shenzhen replaced over 16, 000 buses     3    electric ones in 2017 and made all of its taxis electric ones the next year.

The change from noisy diesel (柴油) buses to quiet electric buses     4    (call) a silent revolution. “With diesel buses, I can remember     5     (stand) at the bus stop and the heat, noise and emissions (排放物) made me extremely     6    (comfortable) in the summer, ”said Joseph Ma, general    7     (manage) at Shenzhen Bus Group. “The electric buses have made     8     huge difference.” With the change, it is report d that Shenzhen Bus Group could save 160, 000 tons     9     coal per year and reduce CO2 emissions by 440, 00 tons every year.

In fact, some foreign     10     (city) are also trying to move to electric buses. For example, New York has planned to make all its buses electric by 2040.

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。

Many people learn     1     is going on in the world by reading the newspaper. Newspapers can be published daily, weekly, monthly, or less     2     (frequent). However, all the people     3     (work) on a daily newspaper must be able to work fast.

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists     4     (discuss) the main events of the day. After that, journalists telephone people and fix a time for     5     face-to-face interview with them. At the same time, photographers are sent to take the pictures     6     can be used in tomorrow’s news. Sometimes journalists have to stop working on one story and start working immediately on a new one if something more important     7     (happen) late in the day.

Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. The editors have to check and design each part to ensure their accuracy and precision. They may also consider getting     8     (profession) advice from lawyers to make sure that they won’t face problems.

Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories and the time for printing has come. This is done on fast-moving printing     9     (machine) because speed is important. Early the next morning, the newspapers     10     (deliver) by lorry, plane or rail to readers.

3 . 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。

Old people who smoke may think     1     unnecessary to give up the habit as the damage from years of smoking can't be made up for. But it turns out there's a benefit of     2     (quit) even later in life. Recent research     3     (publish) in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that older adults who quit smoking in their 60s     4     (have) a lower chance of dying in the following years than the ones of the same age who kept smoking.

The results were based on a survey     5     more than 160, 000 participants older than 70 completed questionnaires about their smoking history in 2004 or 2005, and were tracked until the end of 2011 to see who had died. Those who quit in their 60s had     6     23 percent lower risk of death during the study than the current smokers.

The research also stresses that the most effective way     7     (keep) from smoking is to advise people not to get     8     the habit in the first place. Most smokers start and get both physically and     9     (mental) addicted during their adolescence. And among current smokers, the     10     (early) the study participants started, the higher their likelihood of dying during the follow-up period.

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A new study shows many people work through their lunch hour. This is unhealthy. People get sick and take time off work. The study    1    (be)from a health group in the U.K. Researchers interviewed over 2,000 people about     2     they do at lunch. Twenty per cent said they took no lunch break. They worked through their lunch hour. Half of the people said they    3     (eat)their lunch at their desk. They went online, answered e-mails or went on Facebook. One in five people went outside for lunch    4    （go）shopping or get some air. Just three per cent of workers went to the gym.

The health group told companies that all staff should take    5    regular lunch break. Workers need more exercise at work so they do not get ill. A spokeswoman said: "Full-time workers spend a [lot] of their week at work or    6     (travel)to and from it. Finding ways to build in time to do at least 30 minutes of…physical activity, five    7    (time)a week, can be a challenge." She    8     ( warn) that employees get sick because they do not take breaks, so companies lose money. She said we needed to find answers    9    the problem of inactivity. We should take     10     (responsible) for our own health.

5 . Some musicians give performances in pubs or on the street, ________ which they are paid in cash. (用适当的词填空)

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you have difficulty falling asleep at night? If so, listen to some soft music.

Scientists have found that soft music can help to improve sleep quality and quantity. This works for sleepers of all ages, and even for those     1     (trouble) by sleeping problems. Soft music can help us fall asleep faster, wake up     2     (little) during the night and feel more rested in the morning. You may not notice the effects overnight, though. It would take as many as three weeks     3     (see) any improvements.

Why can soft music help us sleep better? The reasons aren't clear yet. It may have something to do with the     4     (relax) effect of a good song. Music can have real physical effects, too. Soft music can lower our heart rate and slow down our breathing. This prepares us     5     a good sleep.

Scientists say that for most people, music that has 70 beats (节拍) per minute     6     (work) best. Classical, jazz and folk music are usually more effective than other musical     7     (style). Familiar songs work well, too. You may need to experiment to make your own playlists. And remember to get the volume (音量) right.     8     the final piece faded out (淡出) suddenly , you would be woken up by the sudden     9     (silent).

So important is     10     to get adequate high-quality sleep that people have been doing research into it. So tonight, play some soft music. Then, just prepare to be rocked off to dreamland!

7 . 2019-nCoV still spreading, many of us wonder if we humans ________ (punish) by nature. (所给词的适当形式填空）

8 . A: The Dragon Boat Race for this year will be canceled.   
B: You ________ be joking. That cannot be true. (用适当的词填空)