1 . As far as I can recall from my childhood memories, a shop was __________ one could buy soy sauces and vinegar.(用适当的词填空)

2 . 语法填空

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes     1    (connect) China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe.     2    (establish) when the Han Dynasty in China     3    (official) opened trade with the West in 130 BCE, the Silk Road routes remained     4     use until 1453 CE, when the Ottoman Empire boycotted (抵制) trade with China and closed them. Although it’s been nearly 600 years since the Silk Road     5    (use) for international trade, the routes had a lasting impact on commerce, culture and history that resonates even today.

The Silk Road may have formally opened up trade between the Far East     6     Europe during the Han Dynasty,     7     ruled China from 206 BCE to 220 CE. Han Emperor Wu sent imperial ambassador Zhang Qian     8    (make) contact with cultures in Central Asia in 138 BCE, and his reports from his journeys conveyed valuable     9    (inform) about the people and lands that lay to the West. But the transport of goods and services along these routes     10    (date) back even further.

3 . 语法填空

Pearl Harbor is a U.S.naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, which was     1    scene of a destructive surprise attack by Japanese forces     2    December 7, 1941.Just before 8 a.m.that Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked on the base,     3    they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval ships,     4    (include) eight battleships, and over 180 airplanes.More than 2,000 Americans     5    (die)in the attack, including common people, and another 1,000 people     6    (wound).The day after the attack, President Franklin D.Roosevelt asked Congress     7     (declare) war on Japan. 

During the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941 the USS Arizona sank with a     8     (lose) of more than 1,000 men.A white concrete and steel structure now spans the remains of the     9    (sink) ship, which was dedicated as a     10    (nation) memorial on May 30, 1962.Present facilities at Pearl Harbor include a naval shipyard, supply centre, and submarine base.

4 . Julie enjoyed reading when young. She grew up in a key middle school in her city,____________both her parents taught Chinese. (用适当的词填空)

5 . Delhi is an overwhelming experience. It is __________ all of humanity has been squeezed into one city.  (用适当的词填空)

6 . Our relationship to them is one of pupils to teachers and that is __________ it should be. (用适当的词填空)

7 . 语法填空

VR (virtual reality), just like its name,     1    (mean) reality that is not real. Though you know the sensory information    2    (surround) you is not real, part of your brain believes it is and acts     3    (according). VR can be used in many fields, education, for example. It helps students understand many complex situations such as the universe     4     micro world. In medicine, VR can help surgeons practice operating on a virtual “twin” before operating     5     the real person. It can also help train new surgeons.

VR has a     6    (vary) of applications in our daily life. Some game systems allow players     7    (put) on a special headset and they will enter virtual environments and play against either real or virtual     8    (opponent). VR is being introduced to help people see exhibitions in museums, do shopping and selecting travel destinations. In either case, VR will help people make more     9    (inform) choices.   

Though there are some barriers for the development of VR, it is promising. Especially during this age     10     technology is developing fast, everything is possible.

8 . It ____________(initial) surprises us that many of their cities were not built next to the rivers but instead on high terrain in rolling uplands. (所给词的适当形式填空)

9 . 语法填空

The passage is mainly about the     1    (different) between Alan’s life before and after he stopped     2    (use) his smartphone. Alan was a smartphone addict,     3     spent too much time     4     the phone. Then an accidental incident     5     (make) him want to live without a smartphone for a week.   At first he felt     6     (lose) and anxious. As time passed, he felt free and     7    (alive) than before and began     8     (appreciate) the beauty in life with     9     own eyes instead of through his camera.     10    (final), it dawned on him that life beyond smartphones is richer and more beautiful.

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。

Scientists       1    (study) gene technology for decades, and although great progress       2    (make), many difficult problems remain unsolved.   We human beings     3    (find) ways to cure various diseases. Although many ways     4    (find) to cure lots of diseases, there are still many that cannot be cured, such as cancer. We     5    (search) for the secret of longevity, and even though people     6    (be) able to live longer than ever before, we still hope it even longer.