1 . 选词填空

make up;   what if;   make a difference;   focus on;   be curious about;   check out;   set a good example; make sense;   apply for;   work out

1. ______ she finds out that you have lost her book?
2. I ______ his teaching style with flash cards.
3. The discussion held yesterday ______ three main problems.
4. She is always ______ for her classmates.
5. These doctors and nurses ______ the medical team.
6. Those who are ______ the job are waiting to be interviewed outside.
7. Even in the middle of his busiest schedule, he ______ three times a week to keep fit.
8. I believe that doing exercise everyday ______ to you fitness.
9. Saving water does really ______ and it is even better to reuse it.
10. I was disappointed to miss Mike, who had just ______.

2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A.encouraged	B. excuse	C. featured	D. favor	E. approaches	F. defended
G. access	H. serve	I. regional	J. celebrated	K. lengths

When Coca-Cola was first sold in 1886, nobody thought it could be improved. Nearly a century later, in 1985, New Coke was introduced to replace the original recipe of Coke in order to rebrand the product amidst falling sales——Coke was losing customers to Pepsi, whose sweeter taste was finding     1    . Unfortunately, the Coca-Cola Company saw a significant drop in sales soon after the release of New Coke. Some customers just preferred the “classic” recipe. The old adage(格言), “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” seems to apply here.

Something similar is happening with A Bite of China, a     2     food documentary focusing on the stories, traditions and culture surrounding interesting regional dishes from around China. The first two seasons of the show saw great success. However, when the third season began last month, the reviewers were not so “sweet”. With an entirely new production team, Season Three steers away from(偏离) the show’s core focus on     3     dishes and towards intimate life stories, non-food-related subject matter and even product placement(植入广告).

In the first episode of Season Two, a teenager in the countryside collects honey high up in a tree. The scene is stunningly filmed, telling a moving story about the dangerous     4     to which people go to gather food for their families. In the third season, however, the focus is taken almost completely away from the food. In one of its most infamous episodes, DIY lipstick using questionable ingredients bought online is     5    . Viewer response has been swift and severe, with several commentators wondering whether it is still suitable to call the show a food documentary. The production crew have     6     the changes, claiming that the innovation is meant to keep the show fresh and interesting to an expanding audience. While this may     7     in part, to explain the show’s creative differences from previous seasons, it doesn’t     8     the show’s declining professionalism, which has led to some silly mistakes such as mixing up ingredients or confusing the correct names of regional dishes.

Innovation is generally     9     in industries big and small, but a winning formula that has popular     10     is not necessarily something that requires changes. Innovation is a tool often best used when a new direction is called for. By trying to reinvent the wheel, one might just end up with a flat tire. It’s time that A Bite of China took a page out of Coca-Cola’s playbook and returned to the classic recipe, where success has never tasted so sweet.

3 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. structured       B. treasures       C. revolution             D. accessible       E. professions       F. responsive G. promises       H. formalized       I. popularized             J. declared       K. creation

How the Victorians Invented the “ Staycation ”

Holidays feel like an important refreshment after such a tough year. While international travel is possible, it’s not exactly easy, so many are choosing to stay closer to home, taking a “staycation ”. This year holidaymakers are discovering the     1     of the UK’s coast and the beauty of its landscapes.

Domestic tourism as we know it began in the 19th century when the idea of the holiday was just becoming     2     . Expanding railways and changing work practices meant people had more leisure time for travelling. International travel was becoming easier but wasn’t     3     to all, so the Victorians chose to spend this newfound “ free ” time in the UK.

This gave way to the     4     of hot new holiday destinations, mostly on the UK’s coast. Great British seaside towns, from Bournemouth to Brighton, appealed to people with     5     of fun, sea and clean air — many of the things that continue to attract people today.

The great summer holiday as we know it was designed by the Victorians. The 19th century saw the industrial     6     and the rise of industrial capitalism, where factories were booming and work structures were more clearly and severely defined and presented. This led to the emergence of administrative     7     , like clerks, and an emerging middle class.

There was more     8     working time, including shift work in factories and time off on Sundays. As a result, working-class people had leisure time to use, and by the 1890s some skilled workers had half days on Saturdays, leading to the birth of the “ weekend ” — though this was not     9     until much later in the 20th century.

In 1871 the Bank Holidays Act was passed. This appointed certain days as holidays on which banks closed, though, over the years, more businesses began observing these days off work. Before 1830, banks closed only on the 40 saints’ days of the year, though by 1834 this was just four days, including Christmas day. From 1871, any day could be     10     a bank holiday, not just saints’ days.

4 . Directions: Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words or phrases. Note there is one more word or phrase than you need.

excite       experiment       result from       result in fit in        survive            push               show off

1. It will be long for some overseas students ____________ with new manners and customs.
2. Wandering Earth tells of a grand plan of mankind: when the earth is facing destruction, humans ____________ the earth out of the solar system in search of a new home.
3. Are you attracted by all the clown’s tricks ____________ with the gadget he’s made?
4. He wasted too much time dealing with some insignificant things, ____________ the failure of the whole plan.
5. What ____________ people all over the country in the past few years is that China became the third country to softland an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
6. ____________ the fierce competition, the CEO of Pizza Hut decides not to expand further, but to pay more attention to the quality of its products.
7. Decorations and color began ____________ with by post-modernist designers again, so as to avoid a soulless design.

5 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. defining          B. internationally       C previously        D serving       E driving F historically          G digest             H. dining       I. compared       J. beat       K. cooking

The presence of Cantonese restaurants in the U.S. —due largely to historical reasons — has made weekend dim sum with a pot of tea a gastronomic (美食的)highlight for Chinese communities overseas. In mainland China, however, its Sichuan food that has largely defined     1     out in major cities, which has become arguably the most popular regional cuisine in the country.

The importance of Sichuan food has also been recognized    2    . In 2011, its capita] city Chengdu became the first city in Asia — and second in the world — to receive a UNESCO City of Gastronomy designation.

Of the regional cuisine restaurants registered on Meituan, eateries     3     Sichuan food made up the largest proportion in 2019. It     4     out all other Chinese regional cuisines as well as popular international food choices, according to China F&B Big Data 2020.

According to Meituan’s database, Sichuan cuisine made up the highest percentage of eateries in 2017 and 2018 as well, growing from 4.4% in 2017 to 4.8% in 2018. Meituan also reported that young Chinese millennials born in the 1990s are the     5     force behind this trend, accounting for around 51.4% of all eating out.

Located in southwestern China, Sichuan has     6     been seen as a “land of plenty” due to its climate and topography (地形地貌).Fertile soil and a wetter climate have impacted the robustness of its agriculture, and in turn it’s    7    .

Two of the     8     characteristics of Sichuan food are its two most famous types of spiciness — “aromatic (香的)”and “numbing (麻的) ” . Some diners perceive Sichuan spiciness,     9     to other cuisines known for their hotness in China, as mellower. Therefore, it is easier to    10     for those who did not grow up with a spicy food culture.

6 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. double          B. intense          C. pressures       D. stock          E. agriculture       F. trapped G. withdrawal     H. availability   I. drive             J. expanding     K. rising

Throughout history, people have fought bitter wars over political ideology, national sovereignty and religious expression. How much more     1     will these conflicts be when people fight over the Earth’s most indispensable resource water? We may find out in the not-too-distant future if projections about the     2     of water in the Middle East and other regions prove correct.

Less than three percent of the planet’s     3     is fresh water, and almost two-thirds of this amount is     4     in ice caps, glaciers, and underground aquifers too deep or too remote to access. In her book, Pillars of Sand-Can the Irrigation Miracle Last, Sandra Postel outlines three forces that     5     tension and conflict over freshwater. Using up the water “resource pie”. In India, the world’s second-most populous nation, with over 1 billion inhabitants, the rate of groundwater     6     is twice that of recharge, a deficit higher than in any other country. Although water is a renewable resource, it is not a(n)     7     one. The freshwater available today for more than 6 billion people is no greater than it was 2,000 years ago, when global population was approximately 200 million. (The current U.S. population is 287 million.)

Global     8     accounts for about 70% of all freshwater use. In five of the world’s most water-stressed, controversial areas the Aral Sea region, the Ganges, the Jordan, the Nileland and Tigris-Euphrates population increases of up to 75% are projected by 2025. With the fastest rate of growth in the world, the population of Palestinian territory will more than     9     over the next generation. Most experts agree that, because of geography, population     10     and politics, water wars are most likely to break out in the Middle East, a region where the amount of available freshwater per capita will decrease by about 50% over the next generation.

7 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. supervising        B. serious        C. hit        D. illustrate        E. transformed F. practiced        G. contrasted        H. landscape        I. comparing        J. critical K. starts

If Stan Lee revolutionized the comic book world in the 1960s, which he did, he left as big a stamp on the even wider pop culture     1     of today.

Mr. Lee was a central player in the creation of all properties of Marvel Comics. Indeed, he was for many the father of Marvel,     2     the company^ emergence as an international media giant. A writer, editor, publisher, Hollywood executive and tireless promoter of Marvel, he played a     3     role in what comics fans call the medium’s silver age.

Stan Lee was born on Dec. 28, 1922, in Manhattan, the older of two sons born to Jack Lieber, and Celia Lieber, both immigrants from Romania. When graduated at 17 from high school, he aspired to be a writer of     4     literature. He was set on the path to becoming a different kind of writer. However, after a few false     5     at other jobs, he was hired at Timely Publications and the comics field.

In 1961, Mr. Lee and Mr. Kirby produced the first issue of The Fantastic Four, about a super-powered team with humanizing dimensions, which was a     6    .

Mr. Lee     7     what he called the Marvel method: Instead of handing artists’ scripts to     8    , he summarized stories and let the artists draw them and fill in a plot details as they chose. He then added sound effects and dialogues.

Under Mr. Lee, Marvel     9     the comic book world by filling its characters with the self-doubts, as well an awareness of trends and a sense of humor. In humanizing his heroes, giving them character flaws that     10     with their supernatural strengths,Mr. Lee tried “to make them real flesh-and-blood characters with personality.”

8 . 选词填空

open up,       take risks,       figure out,       bring...into focus,       good money, succeed in,       focus...on,       refer to,       take one's life,       human nature

1. We often _________these books in our work.
2. Thousands of people paid _________to watch the band perform.
3. Her kindness has restored my faith in _________.
4. We must_________ how to solve the problem.
5. If we have no knowledge, we cannot _________doing any work.
6. The terrible accident eventually _________as she failed to get out of the room.
7. People have recently_________ these issues_________.
8. As the market _________, people are going to spend more money on consumer goods.
9. You are_________ driving so fast.
10. The audience_________ their attention_________ the speaker and no one noticed the cat.

9 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

virtual reality，be used to do，thanks to，lead to，in addition，start with，as well as，make advances，wearable tech，in terms of

1. ________ such as “smart clothes” can be used to monitor heart rate.
2. ________, I also want to do some exercises in this winter.
3. In my opinion, one’s success can’t always be measured ________ money.
4. ________ is a technology which enables the user to experience a simulated world.
5. He is a friend in word ________ in deed.
6. ________ his effort, it is more successful than we have expected.
7. Why not ________ the most interesting one?
8. Computers ________ many things for people now.
9. All roads ________ Rome.
10. With his guidance, we can ________ important ________ on this urgent issue.

10 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

separate...from... , divide...into...

1. We ________ the job ________ five parts and each man did one part.
2. The English Channel ________ Great Britain ________ the Continent.
3. The world ________ seven continents.