1 . 阅读下面短文，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。

In ancient times the Silk Road was very important. It     1     (connect) Europe with Asia. The Silk Road got its name because businessmen traded silk along it. Besides silk there were many other       2     (produce) that travelled along the Silk Road.

The Chinese learned to make silk thousands of years ago. For a long time the Chinese were the only     3     (one) who knew how to make silk. They kept the secret     4    (care). In ancient China silk was a valuable material. Only the emperor, his family and his officers     5    (allow) to wear clothes that were made     6     silk.

The ancient Romans were the first Europeans     7     knew silk. Indians exchanged silk for wool, gold and silver with them.

There were deserts and high mountains in the way so the trip along the Silk Road could be very dangerous. For businessmen it was never easy     8     (travel) from China to Rome. But the heroes never gave up. They devoted a long period of time to    9    (make) it. And it was really worth it.    10     the time went by some cities were built along the Silk Road.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每空不得超过四个单词

A dog named Peggy was unable to continue the job she was good     1    -herding (放牧) sheep一when at age 8 she lost    2    (she) hearing.

Peggy’s owners gave her to a local animal shelter (庇护所) when they found it hard    3    (communicate) with her. The manager of the shelter ChloeShorten    4    (offer) to help. Shorten and her husband, Jason,    5     had two other working sheepdogs, decided to take Peggy home.

While Peggy became deaf,    6     (obvious), her love for sheep herding hadn’t disappeared.“We knew Peggy wanted to work, so we taught her how to herd and work with us without     7    (depend) on voice commands (指令),Shorten said. With    8    help of a sheepdog trainer, Peggy finally learned to reply to sign language rather than traditional voice commands.

But the most important lesson Peggy learned had nothing to do with sheep. It was about trust. “It took her some time to learn that we love her, and understand our praise,” Shorten said.

These days, with her GPS tracker in place, Peggy heads out with sheep fom time to time, happily knowing that the     9    (mean) of a “thumbs (拇指)up” is that she’s a good girl. The Shortens couldn’t be     10    (pleased) with Peggy.

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。

Sports are the base of my life, next to my mother     1     raised me when my dad left us. I     2     (be) into sports since I was six years old. I have known many     3     (coach) and heard hundreds of their tips, but they usually     4     (focus) on drills(训练) to develop my skills and reach the next level of play.

When I was in Senior Two, I met the new school basketball coach, Brian Pawlowski. I thought I was certain to     5     (select) for the school team since I had been in it the year before. I showed up to the tryouts(选拔赛) and put out about 90% effort since I thought I’d make     6     with no problem. That was a big mistake.

Brian Pawlowski is the     7     (strict) coach I have ever met. He didn’t expect 100% effort, but he expected 200% effort. Some think this is crazy,     8     it isn’t. After training, as we were getting a cup of cold water to drink, I said, Mr. Pawlowski, your lesson was the best I ever had. I was     9     (complete) sincere. He expects us to be excellent     10     just on the court but in the classroom. If I am not working on basketball, I am reading a book that he thinks will help us better understand life’s challenges.

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。

Do you want to study abroad some day? According to a recent report which     1    (publish) by an American education organization, more and more foreign students are coming to the US. Colleges and     2    (university) recorded over 700,000 students from abroad, and the total number has risen. This is     3    (main) because more and more students from China are coming to the US.

Nowadays, more and more Chinese middle class families can afford     4    (send) their sons and daughters to study abroad. International education prepares them to become leaders and top managers in    5     own country. When it is time to find a good job, those who have foreign education background are better off.

One of the most popular universities in America     6    (be) the University of South California in Los Angeles. Almost 8,000 foreign students study there. Engineering and business     7    (manage) are among the most popular courses     8    foreign students choose. The report also states that more and more young people are coming to     9    (America) high schools and colleges. Foreigners are becoming popular when it comes to staff (职工) jobs at colleges and universities. Over 110,000 scholars work     10     researchers, teachers or professors (教授) in higher education.

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。

The Chinese spend an average of three hours a day on their smartphones,     1     (rank) second in the world after Brazilians     2     spend two additional hours on their phones, according to a survey by a German Internet company. Smartphones allow people     3     (order) food, call a taxi, shop online and manage wealth. However, with such convenience     4     (come) overuse.

The survey found that Brazilians spend the most time on their smartphones, about five hours a day,    5     (follow) by Chinese. People in the United States, Italy, Spain, Canada, and the United Kingdom spend more than two hours a day on their mobile phones.

Last year, a survey of 1, 000 children ranging from ages 0-5            6     (show) that 80.4% of children use smartphones, and more than half of their parents believe     7     mobile phones put their children at ease.

Fear of missing out contributes to the high amount of phone checking. The lack of leisure activities is the main reason     8     Chinese people’s smartphone addiction. Offline activities in China, such as sports, travel, art shows, and reading are not as popular as they are in other countries and regions. Though smartphones bring entertainment and convenience, they can have negative     9     (effect) on health. Staring at a screen for a long period of time can cause eye or spine damage. Smartphones are also     10     (associate) with lower quality of sleep and high blood pressure.

6 . Visiting Canada had been our dream,but it was not until last year that we managed to make________.（用适当的词填空）

7 . Mike Taylor discovered a brand-new species of dinosaur, while________ (conduct) research at the Natural History Museum in the UK. (所给词的适当形式填空)

8 . Shorter hours of sunlight and cooler temperatures also relate to higher rates of depression, ________ is linked to an increase in drinking.（用适当的词填空）

9 . 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

This summer has been full     1     unforgettable moments. Among them, Su Bingtian, 31, set     2     new Asian record of 9.83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics semifinals (半决赛) on Aug 1^st. This     3     (make) him the first Chinese player to qualify (获得资格) for the final in the event.     4     (late), he finished sixth in the final with a time of 9.98 seconds.     5     he missed out on a medal, Su’s performance deserves(值得) cheer     6     respect. He has been working onwards and upwards (勇往直前) to achieve his longtime goal to run in the 100m final in the Olympics. In 2015, Su became the first Chinese     7     (run) in under 10 seconds. But his career was in trouble in the following years because of     8     (injure). He had planned to retire (退休；退役) in 2017, but the call to challenge     9     (he) brought Su back on the field. Now, in his third Olympic Games, Su’s excellent performance spoke for itself. “I hope my performance today serves as an inspiration (鼓舞) for younger players in their sporting careers,” Su told Xinhua. “When I was their age, my speed was no match for them. With the techniques (技巧) and ideas they have, they could achieve much more     10     I have.”

10 . 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 San Francisco Bay Area is so expensive that even tech employees（雇员）at compaies（公司）such     1     Apple, Google, and Amazon are putting off having kids because they are too expensive     2     (raise), according to a new survey.

More than 58% of tech workers in th Golden Gate City agreed that the     3     (rise) cost of living had forced     4     (they) to delay（推迟）starting a family, according to the survey     5     (make) by Blind, an app that allows tech employees to have anoymous chats（匿名聊天）about the workplace.

A total of 8,284 people took part in the survey—most of them employees at 14 tech companies.     6     (surprising), more than 69% of the Apple employees     7     took part said they had put off starting a family because of the high cost of living.

Although average yearly salaries（平均年薪）in the Bay Area are around $142,000—according to a report by the website Hired—the average price of a home is more than four     8     (time) the national average, around $900,000.

And the average cost of raising     9     child to age 18 in the U.S. today     10     (be) about $230,000, according to a report by Merrill Lynch.