1 . 用方框内短语的适当形式填空。

judge from, turn out , be responsible for, remind… of …, make every effort to

1. The woman in the park ___________ to be a police officer in disguise.
2. ___________ the look on her face, she might have failed the exam.
3. It is reported that smoking ___________ about 90% deaths from lung cancer.
4. The government ___________ control the serious epidemic (流行病) situation now.
5. This photo ___________ me ___________ the details of the match.

2 . 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. voyaged     B. barely     C. renowned     D. abnormality     E. discipline     F. navigable G. unprecedented     H. eyed     I. Fortunately     J. accessible     K. degradation

For voyager and green promoter Zhai Mo, the 504-day non-stop voyage to the Arctic Ocean has stimulated his concern about the climate and awareness of his responsibilities.

Navigating more than 28,000 nautical miles (51,856 kilometers) in harsh conditions, Zhai, a (n)     1     Chinese explorer, returned to Shanghai on his aluminum sailboat on Nov 17, along with two crew members, becoming the first man to successfully circle, both ways, the Arctic Ocean without stop. “This non-stop Arctic Ocean circle route can be said to be     2    . We     3     both the northeast and northwest routes while previous explorers only chose one route. This is a self-challenge and transcendence in the history of human navigation,” the 54-year-old says.

Zhai undertook this task as an ambassador of the Chinese navigation science and marine public welfare, and also the ForNature Campaign of the United Nations Development Program. He set sail on June 30 last year to raise public awareness of global warming, climate change and land     4    . During the trip, he crossed the East China Sea, the Western Pacific, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, the East Siberian Sea and the Beaufort Sea. He saw dolphins, whales, walruses, sea lions and seals, as well as shoals of cod and wolf fishes.

“When we passed through the Northwest Pacific Ocean on our way back, we encountered three typhoons within a week, which     5     happened in the past,” Zhai recalls.

Zhai didn’t see any floating ice during his one-week voyage in the Kara Sea while the previous meteorological data showed ice there.

“My own experience tells me that climate     6     is obvious now,” Zhai says.

The voyage, to enter the Arctic Ocean from the Bering Strait before making a round trip returning to Shanghai, was planned to take four months, but the return schedule was delayed for more than a year. “As soon as we entered the Bering Strait, we encountered a polar cyclone. A large number of ice floes and icebergs were blown to the coast. However, the Arctic Ocean can only be     7     near land, so we had been carefully crossing between ice floes and icebergs for a long time and the speed was only 1 to 3 knots,” Zhai says. But for Zhai, the most difficult part of the whole voyage was around 75 degrees north. The Arctic Ocean is known as the “dead channel”, Zhai says, adding that the location where the Titanic went down was on his route and dotted with countless icebergs. After entering the iceberg region, Zhai navigated the sailboat while the two crew members went on watch to report on the menacing ice. Despite the precaution, the boat hit an iceberg near Greenland, causing water seepage below the waterline that had to be dealt with. Meanwhile, compasses and electronic goods on the boat failed because of the magnetic field. “I had never encountered this situation in sailing before,” says Zhai.     8    , he took a fiber optic compass specially used for high latitude navigation, and managed to leave this area with visual aids. In addition to ice floes and icebergs, Zhai and his team also faced severe tests such as heavy fog, strong winds and huge waves. When sailing through the Chukchi Sea, the boat navigated around a large area of ice floes and heavy fog resulting in visibility of no more than 10 meters. They spent nearly 11 hours to get just 50 nautical miles. “We tried to leave as soon as possible during our voyage in the Arctic Ocean,” he says, adding that there was a constant danger of being trapped by the ice.

Zhai was attracted by sailing when holding an art exhibition abroad in 2000. In 2007, he got a second-hand sailboat with simple supplies, such as instant noodles, pancakes and potatoes, and started his voyage trip around the world.

After that 35,000-nautical-mile voyage, Zhai     9     an Arctic Ocean journey. “Navigation is a comprehensive     10    . You should know not only astronomy but also geography. You also need to be a carpenter, fitter, hammerer and painter, and should be able to survive in a harsh, outdoor environment,” Zhai says.

He adds that he hopes more young people would participate in navigation, to promote and publicize the ocean awareness and navigation spirit. He is preparing for the third voyage trip around the world next year or the year after that. “Antarctica is also a very big challenge. I hope to explore more unknowns, and I also want to launch a transoceanic sailing competition.”

3 . 选择并使用所给单词的正确形式完成句子，有三个词为多余。

stress       responsible       target       contribution       benefit origin       concentrate       tense       independent       measure

1. Sharing your bad feelings with someone you trust is __________ to both your physical and mental health.
2. Children __________ less than one meter can enter the park for free.
3. At the meeting he __________ the importance of a good education again, urging every child should have the right to get educated.
4. There is increasing __________ along the border (边界) between the two countries, which may lead to wars between them.
5. Zhong Nanshan was awarded the Medal of the Republic because he made great __________ to the fight against the epidemic.
6. Going away to college has made me much more __________, and I can manage my life and study well by myself.
7. If you don’t __________ your attention on work, you’ll achieve nothing.

4 . Directions: Fill in the blanks to make the sentences coherent and grammatically correct. Use the proper form of the phrases given in the box. Each phrase can only be used once and there is one phrase more than you need.

bring … to life     be capable of       run out of       apart from adapt … from     be likely to     suffer from       on occasion

1. Once a black hole has formed, it can absorb additional matter like nearby gas and dust, or __________ they can even consume entire stars and solar systems.
2. Let’s explore some of the technologies from science fiction that _________ through the joint efforts of extraordinary scientists so far.
3. The film is based on a 1920 stage play that __________ the Bram Stoker novel.
4. The mouse of the computer sometimes works, but sometimes doesn’t. That’s probably because it __________ batteries.
5. Wolves were once the most widely distributed land mammal (哺乳动物) __________ humans.
6. America __________ a nationwide teacher shortage now due to stresses from pandemic and culture war.
7. I feel like I have to prove myself __________ being a Manchester United player.

5 . 用方框内短语的适当形式填空

correspond to, a series of, apply to, on top of, deal with, at one’s peak, all the more, fall into ruin

1. The government is taking emergency action to ________the housing crisis.
2. His success is ________remarkable when you consider his poor performance last season.
3. A large number of buildings ________after the earthquake.
4. As we know, the British Empire was ________in the early 20th century.
5. During the mission, Chang’e 5 accomplished ________firsts for China’s space program.
6. My roommates are clean, caring, and ________everything, respectful of privacy.
7. The wing of a bird ________the arm of a man.
8. The new tariff rates will ________883 kinds of goods, including foods, medicines and information technology products.

6 . 用方框内短语的适当形式填空

keep a close eye on, strike a chord, be highly thought of, fall in love with, have...in common, have a(n)...effect on, be exposed to, prior to, on the whole

1. If a person places money ________anything else, it’s very likely that he could not enjoy the happiness in life.
2. ________, people miss the opportunity to enjoy leisure.
3. Only when you ________English can you learn it better.
4. Via the Internet, we ________infinite information.
5. We ________our elderly neighbors and give them a hand when necessary.
6. Chinese herbs (中草药) ________positive ________treating patients suffering from COVID-19.
7. His stirring speech ________in the hearts of all his listeners.
8. Although bees and ants are quite different physically, they ________a lot ________in terms of their social behavior.
9. Yuan Longping ________because of his devotion to duty.

7 . 选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式填空(每个单词限用一次)。

crisis, exceptionally, grab, precise, rely, satellite

1. As the truck came near, the man ________ Jane’s arm to stop her from running into the road.
2. It is difficult to know ________ how climate change will impact our life.
3. The manager thought Tim was a(n) ________ person and told him all about the new plan.
4. In one sense, the climate ________ is being caused by a rise in greenhouse gases.
5. Can you tell me how a weather ________ takes pictures or measures surface temperatures from space?
6. When temperatures drop during the evening, it gives our body a chance to recover from the stress of a(n) ________ hot day.

8 . 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. faith     B. support     C. instantly     D. establishments     E. available     F. thoroughly G. entitled     H. reflect     I. arise     J. represent     K. unrealistic

Zoos were originally created as places of entertainment, and their suggested involvement with conservation didn’t seriously     1     until about 30 years ago, when the Zoological Society of London held the first formal international meeting on the subject. Eight years later, a series of world conferences took place,     2     ‘The Breeding of Endangered Species’, and from this point onwards conservation became the zoo community’s buzzword. This commitment has now been clearly defined in The World Zoo Conservation Strategy (WZCS)，which –although an important and welcome document- does seem to be based on a/ an     3    optimism about the nature of the zoo industry.

The WZCS estimates that there are about 10000 zoos in the world, of which around 1000     4     a core of quality collections capable of participating in coordinated conservation programs. This is probably the document’s first failing, as I believe that 10000 is a serious reserve of the total number of places which claim to be zoological     5    . Of course it is difficult to get accurate data but, to put the issue into perspective, I have found that in a year of working in Eastern Europe, I discover fresh zoos on almost a weekly basis.

The second flaw in the reasoning of the WZCS document is its naive     6     in its 1000 core zoos. One would assume that the quality of these institutions would have been     7     examined, but it appears that the criterion for inclusion on this select list might merely be that the zoo is a member of a zoo federation or association. This might be a good starting point, working on the basis that members must meet certain standards, but again the facts don’t     8    the theory. The greatly respected American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) has had extremely dubious, and even notorious (臭名昭著的) members. As they were always a collection of bad reputation, one is obliged to     9    upon the standards that the Zoo Federation sets when granting membership. The situation is even worse in developing countries where little money is     10    for redevelopment.

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

A. implications       B. piece       C. survival       D. revolution E. varying        F. climatic       G. stretching       H. delicately        I. migrate       J. merely       K. shifts

Climate Change

When global warming finally came, it came aggressively. In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 40 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to     1    inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted greatly in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a new    2    strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease.

As environmentalists meet in Rio de Janeiro this week to think carefully about the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the middle of a(n)     3    in understanding how climate has changed in the past and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to     4    together an inspiring picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces to change the planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period     5    back hundreds of millions of years.

Most importantly, scientists are beginning to realize that the     6     changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate     7     played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution. Indeed, the human history has not been     8     touched by global climate change. Some scientists argue it has in some instances been driven by it.

The new research has far-reaching     9     for the environment summit in Rio. Among other things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet Earth. The pleasant global environment that has existed over the past 10,000 years is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely     10    climate over the ages. In feet, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth’s climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future even without the influence of human activity.

10 . 选词填空

A. poisoned     B. destruction     C. survived     D. increased     E. especially F. chemicals     G. concern     H. decline     I. occasionally     J. sensitive     K.extinction

More recent research has shown that many kinds of amphibians(两栖动物) are declining or have become extinct. Amphibians are animals, such as frogs, that live partly in water and partly on land. And they have been around for over 350 million years. They have     1     three mass extinctions, including the     2     of the dinosaurs. Why are they dying out now?

The most serious aspect of amphibian loss, however, goes beyond the amphibians themselves. Scientists are beginning to think about what amphibian     3     means for the planet as a whole. If the earth is becoming unlivable for amphibians, is it also becoming unlivable for other kinds of animals and human beings as well?

Scientists now believe that amphibian decline is due to several environmental factors. One of these factors is the     4     of habitat, the natural area where an animal lives. Amphibians are very     5     to changes in their habitat. If they cannot find the right conditions, they will not lay their eggs. These days, as wild areas are covered with houses, roads, farms, or factories, many kinds of amphibians are no longer laying eggs.

There are a number of other factors in amphibian decline. Pollution is one of them. In many industrial areas, air pollution has     6     the rain, which then falls on ponds and kills the frogs that live there. In farming areas, the heavy use of     7     on crops has also killed off amphibians. Another factor is that air pollution has led to    8     levels of ultraviolet (UV) light. This endangers amphibians, which seem to be     9     sensitive to UV light.

All these reasons for the disappearance of amphibians are also good reasons for more general     10     . These factors affect human beings, too.