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。

Yao Ming was born in 1980. When he was young, he ate a lot, so most of his parents’ salary (工资)     1     (spend) on food. He was already 1.47 meters tall when he attended primary school. Yao Ming was a student,     2     liked reading, but because of his height,     3     (play) basketball became his first choice. In 1989, at the age of 9, Yao Ming began his part-time basketball training at the youth sports school.

In 2002, he entered the NBA Draft and     4     (select) by the NBA Houston Rockets     5     the first pick. On July 20, 2011, Yao Ming     6     (official) announced his retirement due to injury. He is modest and persistent, loyal and hard-working, and has the spirit of     7     (cooperate). And we all know he is a     8     (remark) player. We can find almost all the characteristics used     9     (describe) the advantages of a traditional Chinese man in Yao Ming.

If Jordan is regarded as the founder of basketball in the United States and the world, then Yao Ming is undoubtedly the     10     (influential) player in the world after Jordan.

2 . Right from the beginning, _________ (bring) attention to clean energy and the technologies it requires is the first problem for us to solve. (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。

For many years, the Future City Competition has brought together young people to create visionary(幻想的) designs,     1     (require) skill and imagination. This year’s theme, “The Age-Friendly City,” invited students to design small cities,     2     would enable older people to live     3     (independent).

The competition, which     4     (encourage) students to hone (磨炼) their engineering skills while working to create a better world, is open to kids in    5     (grade) six through eight. After more than 44, 000 students participated in regional competitions, finalists    6     (choose) for the top competition.

The grand prize went to “Halona,” a city of the future    7     (create) by students from Edlin School in Reston, Virginia. The team researched and developed their model city     8     the help of teacher Vasantha Ayala and volunteer mentor ( 导师) Nandhini Kuntipuram. For their grand prize,     9     Edlin students won $7, 500 for their school’s STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) program.

Tom Chmielenski, a computer software engineer, served as a judge. “It’s very nice as an engineer to see young people have these futuristic ideas,” he said. “We can’t wait     10     (see) what the future holds.”

4 . 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。

Since I am in Grade Two now, I think it is the perfect time for me     1     (take) real responsibilities for myself and begin a new challenge ---- a part-time job. I have had a year adapting to life at university and figuring out a path for my future. This is the reason why I     2     (decide) to start a part-time job at the beginning of this term.

Interestingly enough, local Canadian students can start doing part-time jobs     3     early as 16 years old. However, international students     4     (limit) to only doing off-campus jobs if they are under 18.

In fact, what I     5     (main) do for my part-time job is to tutor international high school students. I see it as something greatly     6     (benefit). For example, not only does it bring in some extra money to let me be more financially independent,     7     it also teaches me skills     8     can’t be learned from university classes.

Some people say doing part-time work negatively affected students’ school performance since it will take up too much time. In my opinion, part-time jobs are not something everyone should do. It requires time     9     (manage) and being able to find the perfect balance     10     work and study.

5 . 课文语法填空

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, many sweet dreams like a robot doing all the work for you may     1     (realize).

    2     a branch of computer science that aims to develop intelligent machines, AI is designed for better work and higher efficiency, and people have been in pursuit of the dream of AI for many years. Especially in 2017, a computer program named AlphaGo beat Ke Jie,     3     (show) a large development in AI systems.

Today, AI has been used in quite a few fields, such as looking after patients,     4     (perform) surgeries, writing novels, driving, translating, to name     5     a few. People feel their life is becoming more and more     6    (convenience). This technology is changing our lifestyle for the better. However,     7     machines taking the place of humans, here     8     (be) concerns and fears. People will become more     9     (independent) on AI machines and they may pose a great threat to the existence of humans, spelling the end of the human race.

To     10    , we should sincerely welcome the arrival of AI, but meanwhile, we should be careful of the hidden danger of it.

6 . He originally hoped to begin it with a sample of Peking opera, which fell victim ________ the finance. (用适当的词填空)

7 . 语法填空

Nowadays, computers and Internet are playing an important part in our life. Some people even say that they can’t live     1     them. We usually need to set passwords when we use computers and Internet. But not all the passwords are safe. In order to keep our accounts and     2     (person) information safe, we must learn how     3     (make) safe passwords.

How can you make your computer and Internet passwords safe? Experts have some tips for you. You’d better remember the tips and they are     4     (use) for you. Here are the     5     (suggest).

First, make your password out of capital letters. If your password is made of capital letters, it     6     (be) difficult for others to get into your account.     7     only takes a hacker 10 minutes to work out a six letter password made of small letters. But the same password in capital letters takes 10 hours to work out.

    8     (two), add numbers or symbols to your password. It may be much     9     (safe).     10     sometimes such password is not easy to remember, it is really safe.

Third, never use personal information for passwords and use different passwords for different accounts. Experts say that a user should change his or her passwords every 90 days. In this way, hackers won’t guess your passwords.

8 . I ran 42 kilometres, crossing the finishing line ________ (joy) and received my medal proudly. (所给词的适当形式填空)

9 . The car was driving ________ (smooth) on the highway. (所给词的适当形式填空)

10 . We reviewed the past events and watched some videos about the heroic deeds of our schoolmates in the battle ________ COVID-19. (用适当的词填空)