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。

On his first day of kindergarten last September, four-year-old Alex Johnson waited excitedly with his mother     1     the school bus. When the school bus pulled up, however, the kindergartner suddenly became anxious and began crying. It was heartbreaking for Alex’s mother, Amy Johnson,     2    (see) her son in tears.

“I got him on the bus,” Amy recalled. “He held my hand     3    (firm) and wouldn’t let me go off the bus.     4     is what the bus driver Isabel Lane did, so small but meaningful, that changed everything.” The kind-hearted young woman     5    (seat) Alex next to her and offered a comforting hand for the boy to hold. Touched by what she was seeing, Amy brought out her phone and took the photo of Lane and Alex holding     6    (hand) on the bus. During the bus ride, Lane had a talk with the boy and offered the words of     7    (encourage) and support. Finally Alex stopped crying.

That heartwarming photo later     8    (post) online has received more than a thousand likes with many people     9    (praise) Lane’s actions.

“Thanks to Lane’s kindness, my son now looks forward to taking the school bus,     10     is more amazing.” said Amy.

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。

Clothing, mainly featuring the color red, is commonly worn throughout the Chinese New Year because it was once believed     1    red could scare away evil spirits and bad fortune. Then why does red have this miracle power?

According to tales and legends, the beginning of the Chinese New Year started with a mythical beast     2    (call) Nian, which would eat villagers, especially     3    (child). For many years, poor villagers lived in fear,     4    (wish) the first day of the year would pass as soon as possible. Then a god visited and told them to put red paper     5    their doors and to set off firecrackers to scare away     6    beast. The villagers then     7    (understand) that Nian was afraid of the color red. From     8    on, red became the most popular color during the Spring Festival. Now, red represents many other meanings such as happiness, prosperity, warmth, virtue,     9    (true) and sincerity. So if you are invited to a Chinese friend’s during the Spring Festival, you are     10    (high) advised to wear red clothes.

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。

August 3rd is Watermelon Day, an annual holiday that celebrates everyone’s favorite summer fruit.     1     (make) of almost 92% water, the fruit is full of vitamin A and vitamin C and antioxidants (抗氧化剂). So what are you waiting for? Get yourself a few slices of watermelon     2     (celebrate) this delicious holiday.

Watermelon is an ancient food that     3     (believe) to have originated in Africa. Historians have found evidence of watermelon planting as far back as 4,000 years ago. Today,     4     (variety) of the fruit are grown in warm parts of the world.

Because of     5     (it) high water content, watermelon is a kind of thirst -quenching (解渴的) fruit. In fact, in the Kalahari Desert,     6     watermelon is called “tsamma”, it is one of the main sources of water during the dry, hot season. In the past, people     7     (go) across the desert only during a good tsamma season.

Some studies have shown that the antioxidants in watermelon can reduce the risk of some types of cancer. Moreover, all parts of the fruit are eatable. Its flesh can be eaten     8     (direct) or juiced. In many parts of the world,     9     thick green outer covering of the fruit serves     10     a dish, and its seeds are dried, roasted and enjoyed like nuts.

4 . 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。

Science and Technology Change Our Life

In the past decades, with the rapid development of science and technology, our daily life     1    (change) a lot. New technological inventions begin to play     2     essential role, for example, the robot can help us clean up and finish much housework. As a result, we can spare more time to be dedicated to our job, and we are able to be     3    (full) exposed to our hobbies.

Two Lithuania (立陶宛的)designers are to design a special fiber. They declared that clothes     4    ( make) of it can be used to transform the temperature of the human body     5     electrical energy, which can drive       6    (electricity) devices.

In spite of that, some     7    (advantage) of technological inventions may appear. The excessive use of high technology can also make our life passive,     8    will make the majority of us become lazier, and we are unwilling     9    (explore) minds any longer. All in all, the improvement of science and technology can smoothly increase the standards of people's life. On the other hand, it may lead to the     10    (lazy) of people's behavior and mind.

5 . 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。

A comprehensive exhibition on Su Shi, a Chinese culture symbol person    1     (live) in the 11th century, opened at China's Palace Museum on September 1st 2020.

A total of 78 pieces or sets of exquisite works were     2     display at the exhibition, covering calligraphy,     3     (painting), epigraphy rubbings, objects, documents and rare texts. In addition to extensive works by Sue     4     (he), some exhibits were by his mentors and close friends, and others     5     (create)   in later times by artists to pay tribute to him.

Also known as Su Dongpo, Su Shi has     6     (remark)   achievements in poetry, painting and calligraphy. He was also known for his optimism and open-mindedness in the face of setbacks in his political career,     7     informed his works of art and has become a great     8     (inspire) for the following generations in China.

Palace Museum reopened on May 1st after     9     3- month closure due to the COVID- 19. However, visitors still need to make online reservation, have their body temperatures     10     (check) before entering, wear face masks and practice social distancing in the exhibition halls, according to the museum.

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。

At 0:23 on Oct 16, the crewed spacecraft, Shenzhou XIII ,     1     (launch) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center,     2     (mark) the start of the country's longest crewed spaceflight. The spacecraft     3     (success) docked with the space station core module Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens. The crew has     4     wide range of assignments, such as performing two to three spacewalks, verifying key procedures and technologies. "The mission is a     5     (value) opportunity for China's science community     6     it allows the astronauts to carry out large in-orbit experiments requiring a long time and manual operation”. Pang Zhihao, a former analyst at the China Academy of Space Technology, told China Daily. The mission will also see the first space walk by a Chinese woman: Wang Yaping. Wang is China's     7     (two) female astronaut to take part in a spaceflight. Pang said that female astronauts have many advantages over their male peers. "Women are usually     8     (sensitive), attentive and careful in many aspects, and normally are better     9     communicating. The     10     (present) of a female astronaut usually brings more joy to a demanding mission, Pang told China Daily, noting he looks forward to Wang's success.

7 . It was unclear to researchers whether __________(employ) caused poor health or whether poor health led to job loss.（所给词的正确形式填空）

8 . 阅读下面的短文，在空白处填上上当的单词或者括号内单词的正确形式。

Tesla sells 'Full Self-Driving,' but what is it really?

Over the years, Tesla owners       1    (pay) as much as $10,000 for the package,    2    (call) Full Self-Driving. FSD, which can be purchased as     3       extra on Tesla cars, is a collection of services that adds to Tesla's Autopilot, the driver-assistance technology that government investigators are taking a look at after a string of crashes.

    4     (criticize) say FSD has not lived up to its name since its debut(亮 相) more than two years ago. The company is making promises that other carmakers shrink from, and its customers think their cars can do more on their own than they really can.

Other automakers like Argo, Cruise and Waymo have been developing and testing autonomous vehicles for years. In each city, they begin by building a     5    (detail)3D map. Tesla is taking a very different tack(策略). The company and its chief executive, Elon Musk, believe that self-driving cars can navigate city streets     6     3D maps. After all, human drivers do not need these maps; they need only eyes.

For years, Tesla has argued that autonomous vehicles can understand their surroundings    7    (mere) by capturing what a human driver would see as they speed down the road. That means the cars need only one kind of sensor: cameras.

    8    ( consider) the speed of cameras and the limitations in the algorithms ( 算法） that     9    (analysis) camera images, there are still situations     10    such a setup cannot react quickly enough to avoid crashes, said Schuyler Cullen, a computer vision specialist who oversaw autonomous driving efforts at the South Korean tech giant Samsung.

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。

The cinema of the United States is    1    (unbelievable) popular across the world. Hollywood is not just a city in the U.S, but a term that refers    2     the people and the companies    3     work to create American movies. These movies are sent to other countries and areas in the world. Hollywood really sets the pace for the rest of international     4    (film).

American cinema    5     (exist)since the early 1900s, but it was between the 1920s and the 1960s that Hollywood really    6    (take) off. This period was known as the Golden Age of Hollywood. The very    7    (begin)of this age is considered to be the movie The Jazz Singer. It was the first sound movie and was released in1927,     8    (mark) the end of the silent movie era and introducing the world to the method of feature films.

Then came the rise of 20th Century Fox, which is still one of the    9    (big) movie companies in the world. From here, Hollywood grew. Today, the U.S. still holds the Lion's share (最大的份额) of all profits,     10     other countries have also stepped up to enter the competition.

10 . 阅读下面对话，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。

Black Friday, which is a popular holiday, is usually celebrated     1     day after Thanksgiving in the United States. On this day, Americans all over the country rise at dawn in order to stand at the head of the line at     2     (vary) stores, so that they can get deeply discounted deals offered by these stores.

This day     3     (call) Black Friday because it is the day on which many traders “hit the black”,     4     (mean) that they start to make money after being “in the red” all year long. The traders used     5     (write) with a red pen on their ledgers (账簿) to show losses and black inks to show gains. It is not how this holiday gets its name, but it is     6     (common) believed by the public to be the case.

Although this day continues to be a big holiday in the United States, it is beginning to lose some of its     7     (popular). That is     8     more and more people are turning their attention to online shopping. It allows them to buy     9     they want with convenience. As a result, Cyber (网络的)Monday appears, which is a day directly competes with Black Friday and may lead to     10     (it) downfall.