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。

Tim always looked for the easy way to do something. When his mother told him     1     (take) out the rubbish, he told his little sister to do it. When his father     2     (ask) him for help, Tim said he was     3     (tire).

For English class, Tim    4     (recent) had to write a short article about an animal. He went online, chose an article about     5     (tiger), and copied it. With a big smile     6     his face, he gave it to his teacher.

But Tim wasn’t so     7     (luck). His teacher read     8     same article online! Tim received zero points for     9     (he) homework. As punishment, he had to write not one,     10     two new articles.

Tim learned his lesson. Cheating is wrong, and it always leads to trouble.

2 . 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。

It is said that about half of the people in China smoke. Many young boys and girls have the habit of     1     (smoke), though they are middle school students.

More and more people have come to realize     2     serious this problem is. But they are never bored with it. Some people think it is a kind of fashion; some think it is of great fun     3     others think that smoking can refresh     4     (they).

Smoking causes many     5     (illness). A lot of people always cough because of smoking. The most serious illness     6     (cause) by smoking is lung cancer. At the same time smoking is a waste     7     money. Besides, careless smokers may cause     8     (danger) fires.

As we all know, smoking     9     (do) great harm to human beings. In order     10       (keep) healthy, we should get rid of the bad habit of smoking. Please stop smoking at once.

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。

Earthquakes are one of the most destructive natural disasters. They can happen just about anywhere. Earthquakes cannot be stopped,     1     your chances of survival are much better if you know what     2     (do) when an earthquake strikes.

If you are in     3     building, drop, cover, and hold on. This     4     (be) the national standard for earthquake safety in the United States. The advice is to get next     5     a strong piece of furniture (家具) so that if a wall falls, it will create something     6     (call) the “triangle of life” to help you survive. Use your     7     (hand) and arms to protect your vital areas like your head and neck. Do not move     8     (immediate) unless it is safe to do so.

Remember that aftershocks are possible at any time and are     9     (likely) after a bigger earthquake. Take good care of     10     (you) when you leave the building.

4 . I also play computer games from time ________ time and I even play tennis on my television screen in my living room! （用适当的词填空）

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。

Rose Flower Cake, one of Yunnan’s classic snacks, is a delicious dessert in Yunnan. According to historical     1     (record), flower cakes were invented by a cake maker during the Qing Dynasty more than 300 years ago.     2     (traditional), flower cakes were eaten at breakfast and as snacks.

As Yunnan’s typical dessert, rose cakes     3     (make) using Rosa rugosa, a kind of rose native to eastern Asia. However, the best quality Rosa rugosa is grown in Yunnan. With     4     (it) spring like weather year round, Yunnan is     5     ideal environment for plants in general, and roses in particular.

Rose Flower Cake is only available for part of the year because it’s made using the petals (花瓣) of roses,     6     have a limited flowering period. April and May are the     7     (good) time of the year to pick roses. After they are picked, they are frozen and taken in refrigerated trucks to factories for processing.

There     8     (be) more than a dozen varieties of flower cakes being offered now. The shelf life of flower cakes is from 7 to 45 days, depending     9     the ingredients (原料). In April, people wait in line     10       (buy) fresh flower cakes.

If possible, have a taste for the very traditional local dessert.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词，或括号内单词的正确形式。

Water flowing, birds singing and leaves rustling (发出沙沙声), a woman moves around a cottage…… This is the opening scene of Rainforest Time, a large-scale live performance in the city of Wuzhishan, Hainan Province.

The show,     1    (last) for about 70 minutes, presents the beauty of the sun, the moon, mountains and rivers that contributes     2    a green lifestyle.

The first audience     3    (watch) the show were deeply impressed by the amazing music and dance. One member of the audience said, “This is the show we locals want to see. The confidence in our national culture is     4    (definite) improved.”

Much practice     5     (make)since official rehearsals (彩排) started last July. There are fifty     6     (profession) actors in the cast. Most of them are ordinary people     7     (select) from the local square- dancing groups. It’s a down to earth event     8     people perform, people watch, and people enjoy.

The event first appeared in Wuzhishan because “the city’s government has a great     9    (aware) of protecting its local environment.” “Hainan is building     10    (it) into a national zone of ecological conservation,” says Yang Haidi, author of This beloved Land: Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, who attended the show.

7 . 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.

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。

In Beijing this weekend, several young ladies in flowing clothes became the center of attention. They invited passers-by     1     (complete) ancient Chinese poems written on a board, and people     2     made it would get a flower. The ladies are hanfu lovers from a club whose aim is to spread the culture of hanfu, a style of clothing     3     (traditional) worn by the Han people. “We     4     (hold) several similar events recently in some big cities,” said Fu Jiamei, one of the activity’s     5     (organizer). “We hope that more people will understand the beauty of hanfu and the culture behind it,” she added.

“The growing popularity of hanfu     6     the young people comes from their increasing interest in traditional Chinese culture and     7     (they) desire to wear something Chinese to show their cultural identity,” said Gao Wenjing,     8     expert at Tsinghua University Art Museum. Gao believes that many young people love hanfu as a result of increased cultural     9     (confident), while the love for hanfu, in turn, helps them to learn more about Chinese culture and history. “This is     10     (meaning),” she said.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How can I describe the wonder I felt the first time I saw my favorite painting, George Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte? I     1    (admire) the work for years in art books, but I had never thought I would see the actual painting,     2     was housed far from where I lived.

The first thing that struck me as I     3    (enter) the room where the painting was displayed was the size of the work. It was huge! It covered a large part of     4     even larger wall. The painting was painted with dots, a technique     5    (call) pointillism. To create such a huge painting     6    (use) this technique seemed an almost impossible task. Seurat had done it, though, and had made it look easy!

What’s more impressive, however, was the     7    (beautiful) of the painting. Viewed from a distance, the colors looked soft and gentle, describing the happy and     8    (peace) mood of a summer day in the park.

When I approached the painting, though, its colors exploded into many more colors, showing the artist’s skill in combining colors     9    (create) a mood. Even the parts of the painting that appeared white from a distance were lively and had many different colors when viewed up close. I sat and stared     10     the painting in wonder for a good part of the afternoon.

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。

Shanxi Party chief has owed the    1    (remark) achievements in socioeconomic development the northern province has made over the past decade to its     2    (apply) of instructions from central authorities, and to its adaptation of those instructions to the actual conditions of the province.

The past decade has marked a watershed (分水岭) in the province’s development, as its coal-based economy—still a key driver and accounting for 29.2 percent of national coal production last year—becomes increasingly powered by different economic engines, including industries such as the manufacture of    3    (advance) equipment, semiconductors and new materials, as well as big data and green industry. 

    4     the huge impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanxi’s GDP increased by 9.1 percent last year,    5    (make) it the third-fastest of all provincial-level regions. Only 2 percentage points of that growth was coal-related.

By making improvements to     6    (it) business environment and governmental services, Shanxi has been able to attract 365 high-tech enterprises, start three national-level research platforms and encourage some 1,400 researchers and professionals     7    (settle) there since last year. 

At present, Shanxi produces 34.46 percent of its electricity from wind, solar energy and other non-fossil sources, and     8    quality of its air and water has markedly improved. These changes were key in attracting 39.9 million tourist visits to the province’s well-protected historical sites last year, at a time     9     national tourism    10    (hit) hard by outbreaks of COVID-19.