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Kitchen technology has reached new heights. So far, astronauts on the International Space Station     1     (make) the universe’s first space-baked cookies. They are the very first kind of food to be baked in space from raw ingredients. The astronauts say eating freshly baked food will make them happy while on the space station. It will be a comforting reminder of home. This     2     (be) important for astronauts to go to the moon or on the long journey to Mars.

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One day while we     1     (drive) to Los Angeles, we found we were running low on gas, which made us worried. Luckily, a friendly man     2     (stop) to help us. At first he thought we don’t have much money, so he offered to buy us gas at the next town which was about 10 miles away. When we explained our difficult situation, he said he     3     (go) back to get a can of gas for us because he was a farmer living nearby. We     4     (fill) with gratitude for his kindness.

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Consuming food can be a pleasurable thing. It is no wonder that we spend so much time preparing and eating food. But what many of us don’t consider is how our emotions     1     (affect) by what we eat. For me, it’s the     2     (healthy) foods that put a smile on my face — fried chicken, cakes and ice cream. It might seem obvious that bad food     3     (usual) makes us happy. But dieticians (营养师) tell us that     4     (eat) bad food can also affect our mental state and bring on depression.

4 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提不间的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空自处用括号内所给词的正确形式項空。

Captain Ben Faweet has bought an unusual taxi—a small Swiss areoplane. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it is that it can land anywhere. Captain Faweett’s first passenger was a doctor     1     flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the mountains. Since then, Fawceut     2     (fly) passengers to many unusual places. Recently, Captain Fawcet has just refused a strange request     3     a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, but Captain Fawcett did not take him     4     the trip was too dangerous.

5 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提不间的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空自处用括号内所给词的正确形式項空。

I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day,     1     nearly drives me mad. The airport was built years ago,     2     for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house     3     (knock) down one day. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.

6 . 明天这个时候不要给我打电话，因为我正在实验室和研究员们一起分析数据。
Don’t call me at this time tomorrow because I ______ the data in the lab with the researchers.

7 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

According to experts, in the future computers will be so common     1     we may no longer even notice them. Forget smartphones and smart watches — we will have smart clothes that adjust to the weather and our body temperature,     2    change size to fit our body shape. We will also have smart contact lenses.     3     (use) these smart contact lenses, we can access the information and power of computers in a way that far exceed (超过) anything     4     (current) possible.

8 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

On the first day, I should want to see the people     1     kindness and companionship have made my life worth     2     (live). I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that “window of the soul”, the eye. I can only “see” through my fingertips the outline of a face. I can detect laughter, sorrow, and many other obvious     3    (emotion). I know my friends from the feel of their faces.

9 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Improving balance is vital to your stability, and it can prevent falls. Although it doesn’t sound as glamorous as building strength, it’s well worth incorporating (纳入)into your workout routine     1     any age. Standing on one leg when you’re doing tasks such as brushing your     2     (tooth) is one easy way to start working on your balance. Besides, you can also turn to yoga or tai chi     3     incorporates exercises for balance somewhere along the way.

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The Dutch in their early voyages to China used to barter(物物交换)the herb called sage for tea. One of     1     earliest references to tea in England is found in the diary of Samuel Pepys,     2     lived in London centuries ago. He said in his diary on the 25th of September 1660, “I did send for a cup of tea(a Chinese drink), which was nothing I     3    (drink)before.” Tea, at that time, was very expensive. It was during the 1700s that tea     4    (come)into use in England as a general drink.