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。

The very ancient poetry that     1     (write) a thousand or more years ago was simpler and about common things like love, romance and nature that people appreciate. Though much poetry was created in the eras following the Song dynasty, it is thought that the poets became increasingly     2     (academy) and hard to understand so that modern Chinese can’t appreciate the style and meaning.

For foreigners, ancient Chinese poetry     3     (be) more difficult     4     (comprehend). One of the reasons is the nature of Chinese characters     5     (they).Often one character has many meanings,     6     makes the translation of Chinese into English a key part of reading and understanding Chinese poetry. Put simply, good translation is essential to     7     (full) understand Chinese poems.

Another point worth     8     (notice) about ancient Chinese poetry is that itis influenced by Confucian and Taoist thinking. Ancient Chinese poetry has a focus of friendship besides love or being     9     lover. Friendships, to the village, the community, the country or your drinking friends are dominant themes. The poets’ main task seems to be just writing poetry, because a life as a poet is an important thing. In this respect, Chinese poetry is all     10     the poet, the “meaning” for the poet and not what is happening around the poet.

2 . You may already know of UNESCO’s famous list of World Heritage Sites, ________(consist) of places selected for special protection because of their value to the world. (用所给词的适当形式填空)

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。

Thirteen Chinese scientists successfully reached the peak of Mount Qomolangma on May 23rd in Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, with the world’s highest automatic meteorological station successfully     1     (improve). The scientists reached the peak at around 12:30 p.m. on May 23rd,     2     was the second time a Chinese expedition to Mount Qomolangma reached an altitude above 8,000 meters since 2022.

Recently, several leading technologies     3     (apply) in China’s Peak Mission expedition by a total of 170 scientists who     4     (be) conducting research on water, ecology and other activities during the 2023 expedition to Mount Qomolangma as part of the second comprehensive     5     (science) expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

At 3 a.m on May 23rd, a group of 13 scientists     6     (form) the expedition team set off from the 8,300-meter high camp at Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West. After     7     8-hour climb, they reached the world’s highest automatic weather observation station at 8,830 meters above sea level around 11 a.m. The team secured fixed steel ropes, replaced batteries, installed a wind speed     8     direction sensor at the station. After     9     (approximate) one hour of work, the scientists successfully completed the maintenance and upgrade of the automatic weather station.

Currently, automated weather     10     (station) at 7,790 meters and 8,300 meters on Mount Qomolangma have completed their technical upgrades.

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。

SIT’N’SKATE is a non-profit organization that works towards a more inclusive (包容广阔的) society and aims     1    (reduce) prejudices (偏见) towards disabled people and wheelchair users. The project was started by Lisa and David Lebuser in Hamburg. The idea was to show that a wheelchair does not only have to be a basic aid but can also be a cool and stylish piece of sports equipment. The team around the two founders has grown     2    (rapid) since then and their wheelchair skate services can now     3    (find) in various German cities.

The vision of SIT’N’SKATE is to provide people in wheelchairs     4     a low-threshold (低门槛的) movement experience to make everyday wheelchair use     5    (easy) than before. For this purpose, regular wheelchair skate meetings are offered in Bremen, Dortmund, Hamburg and Hanover to improve the flexibility and     6    (independent) of wheelchair users.

The project also offers     7     variety of other activities. In SIT’N’SKATE’s latest programme, ramps (坡道) are spread to shops in Hamburg whose entrances have steps. This improves accessibility and removes many     8    (difficult) for wheelchair users.

Through their activities, SIT’N’SKATE makes a significant contribution to     9    (change) the way people with disabilities and wheelchair users are regarded. They promote an inclusive society in     10     prejudices are reduced and people with disabilities are recognised as equal members.

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。

Backlight 226 is a rare bookstore in Shanghai, as it offers books by visually impaired （损伤） people to those with visual impairments.     1     (locate) in the city’s leafy Nanchang Street, the store has been a fixture in the area since 2022, providing much-needed reading materials to the blind community.

“People may only know about the famous Helen Keller, but there are famous blind Chinese     2     (writer) as well,” said Han Ying, the manager of Backlight 226, referring to the American author and activist     3     lost her sight and hearing at an early age.

Han partially lost her vision after an accident aged 21 and     4     (become) completely blind five years later. She said she had to give up     5     (teach) calligraphy, and the way she read was also affected.

Now, aged 43, she relies     6     special apps designed for the visually impaired and spends most of her time at the bookstore. There, she promotes reading among visually impaired people and the bookstore     7     (equip) with facilities that allow the visually impaired     8     (read) more comfortably.

“Backlight 226 is a start,” Han said. “There will     9     (definite) be more like it across the country so that we can make the public know more about the special groups     10     their world.”

6 . 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。

In recent years, many Chinese museums have opened online stores to sell cultural and creative products. Among them, the Palace Museum stands     1     Collectively more than 500 Palace Museum products are available for purchase online.

According to the Vice President of the Palace Museum, sales of the museum’s cultural and creative products     2     (total) 1 billion yuan last year. The museum has developed nearly 10,000 different cultural and creative products either     3     (independent), through IP authorization, or in     4     (cooperate) with other companies, with partners such as LKK,     5     creative design company, having designed over 800 categories of products across 17 themes for the Palace Museum.

Among the Palace Museum’s most popular cultural and creative products     6     (be) sticky tape inspired by beautiful     7     (pattern) from ancient bowls, plates or clothes. Many customers have used the tape to customize the casing of     8     (person) items, with the posting of finished goods     9     (become) a popular trend online.

“When developing cultural and creative products, we study people’s daily needs     10     that our products perform some sort of function. We hope users use our products to spread our culture,” the Vice President said.

7 . 语法填空

The mouse is an effective device used by people to communicate with a computer. Most people find     1     almost impossible to operate a computer without a mouse. First, a mouse is really handy, flexible and convenient. Only by simply     2    (click) can we complete a lot of operations. Second, the functions     3     inserting, moving and copying enable us to edit texts, browse web pages and download     4     we want. Using it to email people, shop online and chat with friends is fast. Besides, it can help us enjoy all kinds of     5    (entertain) like music, movies and games.

Every coin has its two sides. As a convenient tool, the mouse can make our work much     6    (easy). However, using it too much can also be negative. For one thing, we may lack for thinking with so much ready information     7    (appear) in front of us. The ready answers may make us lazy and     8    (will) to create new things. For     9    , using the mouse for too long will hurt our wrists. So we had better use it     10    (proper).

8 . 语法填空

Special free health kits for COVID-19 control are being provided to children, seniors and those    1    are in need in major cities as the country optimizes its policies to fight the pandemic.

The health kits include medicines, antigen reagents, disinfectants, face masks and thermometers, and are expected to help reduce     2     number of infections in communities, authorities said.

Zhang Chunhong, a senior doctor at the Jiangxia district health bureau in Wuhan, Hubei province, said the health kits     3    (allocate) in Jiangxia mainly include honeysuckle throat syrup, traditional Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen, alcohol wipes, masks and antigen tests.

“Masks and alcohol spray and wipes are used for     4    (prevent) while Lianhua Qingwen and honeysuckle can help relieve symptoms,” he said.

According to Zhang, more than 21,000 health kits    5     (distribute) so far to front-line medical staff, elderly people and those     6     chronic diseases in the district.

Yu Meixia, a staff member at Hubei Jiaotou Wuhuang Expressway Operation Management, said she     7    (give) a health kit at work last week.

“For our front-line workers,     8     is necessary to wear masks and gloves at work, and medicines are effective in avoiding becoming infected, so the kit is    9     (time),” she said.

“The company asked us to maintain good personal protection every day and immediately report to the company and rest at home    10    we feel unwell or develop relevant symptoms,” said Yu.

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。

In the north of China, nowadays, it is not only going to the seaside that becomes a trend, but also the group barbecue takes the fashion lead. According to CCTV.com, it was young people on the Internet     1     first sparked the Zibo barbecue craze.”

The high-speed railway trains are packed with visiting tourists and the air smells of cumin.” This is how netizens described Zibo,     2     city in East China’s Shandong Province. Zibo city recently went viral on Chinese social media for its local specialty food, Zibo barbecue.     3     (feature) a small stove at each table, barbecue from Zibo is unique and offers a special dining experience. When the skewers (串肉扦)     4     (serve), customers have to process them themselves and wrap them in a thin pancake, usually with a spring onion     5     (add).The immersive experience of making customized (特制的) “Zibo barbecue” offers diners a sense of     6     (participate) and leisure time.

Since March, the search volume of “Zibo barbecue” on the whole platform     7     (increase) by over 770 percent year-on-year. The local government also took advantage     8     the Zibo barbecue trend to bring more tourists to the city,     9     (particular) young people. It is said that they have set up a specially customized “barbecue map”     10     added 21 new barbecue bus lines so that tourists can “get on the bus to rest, get off to eat”.

10 . 语法填空

The Chinese painting is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guohua,     1    (mean) the “national” or “native” painting. It is different from Western styles of art which     2    (become) popular in China in the 20th century.

One technique of the traditional Chinese painting is ink and wash painting and in Chinese it is called shuimo. In fact this was an art form     3    (practise) by gentlemen from the Song Dynasty. This style is also referred to     4     xieyi or the freehand style.

    5    (traditional), the Chinese painting is done on rice paper or thin silk. There     6     (be) broadly three subjects for traditional Chinese paintings — portraits, landscapes, and flowers and birds — of     7     the landscape is the most familiar to people. Therefore the Chinese painting is often known as the landscape painting, or shanshui painting.

The landscape painting was regarded as     8     highest form of the Chinese painting, and generally still is. In the north, artists such as Jing Hao painted     9     (picture) of towering mountains and in the south, Dong Yuan, Juran, and other artists painted the rolling hills and rivers of their native countryside in     10     (peace) scenes.