1 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词。注意，其中有两个多余选项。

A. internet     B. careers     C. popularize     D. invited       E. national       F. introducing G. titles        H. cultural     I. understand     J. attracting     K. platform     L. practising

Zhang Hanliang, a martial arts teacher at Tianshui Normal University in Gansu province, has produced many traditional Chinese martial arts videos in the past years,     1     sixteen million viewers at home and abroad on the online     2     Bilibili.

Zhang, now 35 years old, has been     3     martial arts since she was seven. Thanks to her hard work, Zhang won her first sword (剑) championship in Gansu province at 13. She then got sword and spear titles at a     4     level when she was 17, and at 20, she won a series of championship titles in various categories. In 2007, Zhang began to work as a martial arts teacher at Tianshui Normal University, getting new     5     such as first-class national athlete and first-class national judge of martial arts.

In addition to her daily teaching tasks, Zhang has been     6     to France, Russia, Malaysia and other countries many times to teach martial arts. “Martial arts can be a bridge for     7     exchanges between China and other countries,” said Zhang, adding that she wanted to     8     martial arts to the audience through the     9    . And she hoped more and more foreigners could     10     and love martial arts.

2 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空(每词限用一次)。

situation       However       on       Amazingly       natural

Boyan Slat has one huge goal. It’s a goal that could be good for people and animals all over the world.     1    , it looks like he’s going to meet his goal.

When he was 16. Dutch engineering student Slat was on vacation in Greece, and he started to think about all the rubbish that is pushed onto beaches by water. The oceans around the world are all of plastic—millions of tons of plastic.     2    , plastic doesn’t just disappear. It takes centuries to break down.

The present     3     of the oceans is bad and worrying, and Slat wanted to do something to change it. So he made it a personal goal to clean up the rubbish in the world’s oceans.

Slat started with an idea for an unusual machine to “catch” the plastic floating(漂浮)in the water using the     4     energy of the ocean. He left school in 2013 to begin work     5     his project The Ocean Cleanup. Soon, the project received a lot of attention.

A year later, Slat was named a “Champion of the Earth” by the United Nations for his valuable work.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供前4小题选用，第二个方框供后4小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项剩余。

A. missing       B. wet       C. wife       D. vacation E. grew up

F. thanked       G. garden       H. last       I. excited J. bedroom

The 75­-year­-old Joe lived very happily in a village and had a big warm family. His children     1     and moved to different cities. Now he has four grandchildren, and they usually visit him during their holidays.

During one     2     , Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning the house and cooking their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized his watch was     3     . The watch was from his     4     and he treasured it very much, so he was very upset. He looked for it but could not find it anywhere.

When his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch which was given by their grandma.

One granddaughter asked, “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw it the     5     time?”

“I guess when I was cleaning the     6     ! ” he replied.

The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they couldn’t find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to comfort their grandpa.

One grandson went back to the garden to look again. He was there for about 15 minutes and rushed back with a(n)     7     look on his face.

Then everyone was very surprised to see the watch in his hand. They asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied, “I sat there without making a noise. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”

Joe hugged and     8     the little boy.

This is the power of silence. If we stay calm (冷静), we are more able to find the ways of solving problems.

4 . 选词填空

A. overwhelm       B. discipline          C. honesty        D. integrity        E. countries F. ability             G. outweighing       H. corporate       I. intelligent       J. territories

For CEOs, creativity is now the most important leadership quality for success in business,     1     even integrity and global thinking, according to a new study by IBM.

The study is the largest known sample of one-on-one CEO interviews. Over 1,500     2     heads and public sector leaders across 60 nations and 33 industries were polled. They were asked what drives them in managing their companies in today’s world.

A manager at IBM Global Business Services expressed surprise at this key finding, saying that it is very interesting that coming off the worst economic conditions they’d ever seen, CEOs didn’t return to traditional management     3    , existing best practices, rigor or operations. In fact, they did just the opposite.

About 60 percent of CEOs polled cited creativity as the most important leadership quality, compared with 52 percent for     4     and 35 percent for global thinking. Creative leaders are also more prepared to break with the traditions of the industry, enterprise and revenue models, and they are 81 percent more likely to rate innovation as a “crucial capability. ”

Other key findings showed a large gap between views of North American CEOs and those from other     5    . For example, in North America, 65 percent of CEOs think integrity is a top quality for tomorrow’s leaders, whereas only 29–48 percent of CEOs in other territories view it as such. While company leaders in North America will bring more integrity to the job, they also expect far more regulation than foreign heads.

5 . 选词填空

depend on,   in particular,   in panic,   one by one,     look forward to,     turn around,     go all out,     come across, graduate from,   deal with,   step into,   at the sight of,   have a frog in one’s throat,       as if,   wind up

1. Jimmy has made great progress in all subjects this term, chemistry ________.
2. Whenever we ________ new words, we may look them up in the dictionary.
3. We ________ the day when the scientists can invent the vaccine.
4. Now he is in trouble,   we should ________ to help him.
5. Students are required to go to work in poor mountain areas after ________ university.
6. Tina met so many difficulties, but she did her best to ________.
7. Little Tom was very nervous in front of so many strangers, so he _________ and ran to his mother.
8. The school organised a collection exhibition, and students presented their collections _________.
9. Office workers fled _________ as the fire broke out.
10. Choosing the right bike _________ what you want to use it for.
11. When the teacher ________ the classroom, Mary noticed he was very angry.
12. ________ the beautiful buildings, Lisa felt very happy.
13. She needed to go to the hospital, because she ________ for many days.
14. I felt ________ high school was only yesterday.
15. When I ________ the speech, it ends.

6 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

as a result,        concern,               annoy,               gather,               previous,        proposal, get discount on,     reject,               sufficient,        delete,               check out,        position,        threat

1. You might not believe this, but even some famous author's books were ________ many times before being accepted and published.
2. Have you heard of the new 24-hour bookshop? I'm going to ________ it ________tonight.
3. The musician hopes that he will have ________ time to make the new album.
4. Many people do not realise the importance of space exploration technology in their lives, ________ space exploration becomes a waste of time and money in their eyes.
5. The girl was ________ with her boyfriend, who was late for her birthday party.
6. The new assistant impressed the boss with his creative ________ for solving the company's problems.
7. We are ________about endangered animals.
8. It is believed that many plant species are ________ with extinction now.
9. An increasing number of people like shopping online because they can often ________ many goods.
10. That app which isn't needed anymore ________ from my smartphone already.
11. While taking pictures, ensure that the camera is ________ at the eye level of the subject.
12. Many styles of music start as a reaction to a ________ one by changing it somehow in one way or another.
13. Thanksgiving and the Mid-Autumn Festival are the harvest festivals when people ______ and celebrate what they are grateful for.

7 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，注意，其中有两个多余选项。

A. color     B. bones   C. shape     D. cells     E. hide     F. dangerous G. change   H. go     I. reflect     J. another   K. odd     L. amazing

Octopuses are masters on disguise (伪装). They can change their appearance in less than a second.

How do they do this? An octopus can disguise itself in three ways. One is by using     1    . An octopus's skin has special     2     called chromatophores. These cells are filled with yellow, brown, and red pigment (色素). When an octopus moves its muscles in a certain way, the cells produce colorful spots on its skin. Chromatophores can also     3     light. In blue light, for example, an octopus's skin will look blue. An octopus can also change its skin texture (皮肤结构). When the octopus moves its muscles, its skin can     4     unsmooth. It might then look like a plant, or coral. And     5     way an octopus disguises itself is by changing its     6    . Some, for example, roll their bodies into balls so they look like rocks. One type of octopus can change its form to look like other sea creatures — especially     7     ones, such as sea snakes.

Why are octopuses so good at disguising themselves? They have to be. The ocean is not a safe place for them. Because they have no     8     in their bodies, octopuses are like large pieces of meat. Many predators (捕食者) want to eat them — and they can eat them whole. To survive, octopuses have developed the     9     ability to change their appearance very quickly in order to     10     from predators.

8 . 选择方框里所给的词或短语，并用其适当形式完成句子，其中一项为多余选项。

volunteer, curious, attract, recognize, explore, challenge, lose heart, concentrate on, be responsible for, make it, make a difference

1. If you ________ your studies, you can make progress soon.
2. These ideas will be ________ in more detail in chapter 7 (第七章).
3. He is such a ________ boy, always asking questions.
4. Are there any ________ to help clear up?
5. Mike ________ me to a game of chess yesterday.
6. His parents should ________ for his crime.
7. The drawing has ________ thousands of visitors.
8. The book is now ________ as a classic.
9. The flight leaves in 5 minutes. We’ll never ________.
10. You support will certainly ________ in my cause (事业).