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。

Dragon boat master craftsman Xu Guisheng begins his work on simple wood blocks, but he expects them to emerge as brilliant creations reflecting grand Chinese tradition. “When a boat is ready, we hold a ceremony to illuminate it. The head is bathed in water according to our local customs. They     1     (transform) from wooden boats into dragon gods.” he said. Xu, 64, is a     2     (five)-generation dragon boat craftsman in Miluo, Central China’s Hunan Province, and     3     registered inheritor(继承人) of the intangible cultural heritage. The city is known     4     a production center for the boats, which are used in races during the Dragon Boat Festival. Craftsman Xu’s workshop produced nearly 150 dragon boats last year,     5     helped to bring in more than 3 million yuan.

    6     (meet) the evolving demands of modern boat races, Xu said he is also     7     (constant) improving and innovating his techniques. “Products are mainly made from     8     (tradition) wood and can also be made with reinforced fiberglass.” he said. “These boats,     9     (include) the ones used for professional races, are sold all over the country. We make dragon boats not only for our livelihoods, but also to better pass on our traditions and skills.” he added. “We have a     10     (responsible) to pass these on to the next generation.”

2 . In fact, there is a Lanzhou Beef Noodles restaurant right down stairs, ________ is about 100 yards from our Beijing apartment. (适当的词填空)

3 . 语法填空

Students always have lots of school work     1     (do), and then there are tests and exams     2     (worry) about. While it’s OK to worry a little, be careful not to worry too much. If you’re living with high levels of stress, you’re putting your health at risk. You should find time     3     (relax), but you should also pay attention to your ways of relaxation. One day, a student complained to me that her eyes often hurt. I asked her what she did every day, and she told me she studied during the day and then watched soap operas on her smartphone in the evening. Of course, I guessed immediately what the cause of the eye pain might be.

You see, during the daytime, she was using her eyes     4     (study) from books, and during the evening, she was using her eyes to watch soap operas on her smartphone. No wonder her eyes were hurting-she chose the wrong way to relax! When she relaxed by watching soap operas, she was able     5     (rest) her brain, but at the expense of her eyes.

Let me give you some tips:
A. Take a short break every 45 minutes to one hour. Get up from your seat, look into the distance, and try     6     (get) some fresh air. You will feel greatly refreshed.
B. Exercise for 30 minutes or more a day. Try a new sport, ride a bike to school, or walk a lot. It will take your mind off your daily worries and it’s healthy, too
C. Take up a hobby. Give yourself 20 minutes a day to do something you really like. Sing and dance. Play badminton or go     7    (bowl), paint. This will make you happier and help     8     (reduce) stress.

    9     (remember): All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. With these techniques, you should feel much more relaxed, allowing you     10     (perform) much better in your schoolwork.

4 . 语法填空

Ms. Guli is from Australia. In 2012, she decided to focus on     1     (help) the world face its water problems. Ms. Guli said that when she saw a river that had dropped by 20 feet within six     2     (year), she realized she needed to do something.

She started a group called “Thirst” that had taught over 500,000 people in China different ways     3     (save) water. Ms. Guli also began running. Running was not easy for her. When she was younger, her back was badly hurt. Doctors thought she might never run again. She started swimming, then biking, and     4     (final) running again.

In November, Ms. Guli ran the New York Marathon, the first of the 100 marathons planned for     5     (she) Running Dry project. But after 60 marathons, doctors discovered that Ms. Guli had broken     6     bone in her leg. She decided to walk the marathons rather than run them. That meant spending about 9 to 12 hours     7     (walk) instead of five hours running.

But after 62 marathons, doctors told her that she would damage her leg     8     she didn’t stop. Ms. Guli finally agreed to stop running.

One thing is certain. Even if she     9     (hurt) her leg, Ms. Guli will continue working to let us know how     10     (importance) it is to change the ways we use and save water.

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。

For many years, people have been worried that one day, robots could take their jobs. Now, it    1     (seem) that it may start happening.

ChatGPT is     2     AI chatbot, which is the fastest-growing app based on a    3     (power) language processing model. It had 100 million active users just two months after     4     (it) start. Experts started to worry that the latest chatbots could harm the careers (事业) of anyone who works with information, does research or writes reports. Chatbots are very creative, and can do things that we thought only humans could do. So an increasing number    5     users see this as a business chance. They will start using a chatbot as a staff member that may    6     (compare) to a newly employed graduate in terms of its ability to think. Chatbots work very fast, without     7     (request) a break or pay, and for business people, that’s     8     (extreme) important. Some UK law companies have already realized it     9     started using chatbots to write legal (法律的) letters or provide ideas for legal matters.

However, one of the biggest     10     (problem) with ChatGPT is that it doesn’t know the actual truth about the world — it simply learns information from various resources (资源) but cannot decide on its own what is true or false.

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。

On Friday evening, the 33rd Qingdao International Beer Festival opened     1     Qingdao, Shandong province.

The coastal city’s Party Secretary Lu Zhiyuan announced the     2     (open) of the 24-dayevent and Mayor Zhao Haozhi opened the symbolic first barrel (桶) of beer during the ceremony.

The event, which runs until August 6 at the Golden Beach Beer City in the city’s West Coast New Area, has introduced more than 2, 000 varieties of beer from more than 40 countries and regions.     3    (help) visitors enrich their experience, the festival has organized more than 300 music and sports     4    (event) on the theme of beer.

This year the festival launched China’s first beer-themed show, a great experience     5    combined sound, light, fireworks and     6     (variety) performances.

The festival is also on     7     occasion of the 120th anniversary (周年) of well-known Tsingtao Brewery (啤酒厂), with celebrations organized during the event. The Qingdao-based brewery established two huge beer tents,     8    (cover) 4, 500 square meters, which     9     (offer) beer, food and fine view.

Started in 1991, the festival has become a major event in the calendar of the city and become one of the four     10     (large) beer festivals in the world, including Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.

7 . 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。

Once upon a time, there were four seeds (种子) who were good friends. They travelled by wind and came to a forest. They hid     1     (they) in the ground, and hoped that they would be able to grow into big trees.

But when the first seed began to grow, they realized it would not be such     2     easy task. There lived a group of     3     (monkey), and the smaller ones loved throwing bananas at the plant     4     started to grow. They threw so many bananas at the first sprout (幼芽) that she was almost cut into two. When she told the other seeds     5     had happened, they thought that it would be better to wait until the monkeys went away.

They all agreed that, except the first seed. She     6     (think) she would at least try it. When she tried, she was harmed by bananas. The other seeds asked her     7     (stop) trying. However, she had made up her mind to become a tree. She tried again and again. The scars     8     (leave) by the bananas helped her grow stronger than the other seeds. Little by little, she had grown so strong that the monkeys couldn’t hurt her     9     (bad).

In the end, she grew into the     10     (big) tree in the forest. The other seeds still hid themselves in the ground, only hoping the monkeys would go away soon.

8 . 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 world’s oceans reached their hottest levels on record in 2021. It’s the third year in     1     row that it’s happened, and it’s driven almost entirely     2    human-caused climate change, scientists announced on 21st, Feb, 2022. The oceans take in some heat in the atmosphere     3    (cause) by greenhouse gas. The findings    4    (present) in a paper published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.

    5    (get) trusted data, scientific equipment had been distributed throughout the   oceans. The study relies     6    (primary) on two international datasets (数据源) —one maintained by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the other operated by NOAA. The study finds that the amount of heat in the oceans last year broke the previous 2020 record by a big amount,     7     is equal to at least 20 times the entire world’s annual     8    (consume) of energy.

It’s an ongoing pattern. All five of the world’s hottest ocean levels     9    (occur) in the last five years. The record-breaker in 2017 is still a bit higher than 2018. But each of the last three years, from 2019 to 2021, has all broken the previous record. And every decade since 1958 has been warmer than the previous decade. And the rate of     10    (warm) has sped up significantly since the 1980s.

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。

Team China bagged a total of 383 medals, including 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze,     1    (rank) first in the medal tally (奖牌榜) during the 19th Asian Games,     2     concluded competitions on Sunday.

The first gold of the Games was awarded       3     China’s Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping, who paddled to victory in the women’s lightweight double sculls (双桨赛艇) rowing event with a time of 7 minutes, 6.78 seconds. China’s last gold       4    (take) by 10 artistic swimmers who delivered a great     5     (perform) to win the team free routine final on October 8. In total, China bagged two gold medals in artistic swimming. Japan and Kazakhstan took the silver and bronze medals,     6     (respective), in the two events of the sport.

The 19th Asian Games, which featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines, and 481 events,     7     (run) from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, along with five co-host     8     (city), namely Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, and Jinhua, in east China’s Zhejiang Province.

Chinese swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang were jointly awarded the Most    9     (value) Player of the Hangzhou Asian Games, marking the first time that two athletes received     10    award.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个恰当的单词或者括号内单词的正确形式。

I’m Lisa Osborne and I graduated     1     high school last June. Now, I’ll share my advice on high school with you .

       Orientation Day was    2     (actual) helpful. It’s a fantastic opportunity for new students     3     (get) to know the school and the other students. I even made some new friends ! Just keep     4     open mind and take part in     5     much as possible .
       I had a chemistry test right at the end of the first week . I was     6     (frighten) at the sight of the test paper. But then I     7     (figure) I’d better just go all out and see what happens. If you fail , no problem--- next time you can fail better !

As a member of the school volleyball team , I wasn’t selected for the end - of - year competition . At first I was very sad ,     8    I kept working hard to support my teammates during our training . There is always a way to be part of something you love , isn’t there ?

           9     (look) back on my high school life, I’d like to share these wonderful words from the writer Maya Angelou. She once said , “Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud .” So give your friends a hand when they need     10    . And this will also make you feel good .