1 . 从方框中选择恰当的单词填入句子中，注意使用其正确形式。

establish       pick out       breathe       award       strike       admire       opportunity       shelter be curious about       apart from       make preparations for       fight for       be regarded as

1. Yesterday we went to the park, where we ________ the fresh air and enjoyed ourselves.
2. The mid-exam is coming. All the students are ________ it.
3. I think they are ________ because they’re brave to put out fires and save people’s lives.
4. Beethoven ________ one of the most famous musicians in the world.
5. Children always like to ask their parents questions because they ________ everything around them.
6. In 1969, Tu Youyou ________ a team to find a cure for malaria.
7. Mo Yan ________ a Nobel Prize the Nobel Prize in literature in 2012, which made one of the Chinese people’s long-held dreams come true.
8. A terrible hurricane ________ the small town last week.
9. There will be more ________ for you to improve yourself by taking the job.
10. All of a sudden, it began to rain heavily and we hurried to seek ________.
11. ________ the cost, we need to think about how much time the job will take.
12. There were so many cars in the parking lot that I had difficulty in ________ mine.
13. Once we set a goal, we should try our best to ________ it.

2 . 从方框中选择意思合适的词，并用其正确形式或包含这个单词的短语完成句子。

prefer             tend             humble       object             deadline        qualification access             apply            clarify       adaptation        intention        wander

1. After China’s implementing the Belt and Road Initiative, there is a great need for ______ teachers of Business English.
2. A journalist’s job is to inform people ______ about events, without any personal feelings.
3. There were over 1000 ______ for the job, so the competition must have been fierce.
4. The film, ______ the famous writer’s novel, enjoyed great success as soon as it hit the screen.
5. The remote desert area ______ only by helicopter, which makes the rescue work more difficult.
6. The boy have a ______ to talk too much when he has butterflies in his stomach.
7. It was midnight, but when I left work from my office, I still found some people ______ aimlessly on the streets.
8. Although the first proposal sounded more practical, many people expressed a strong ______ for the original one.
9. It was stupid of you not to understand the issue, because it ______ before.
10. He is working under great pressure ______ for handing in the report, or he will be fired.

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. afford B. attention C. beneficial D. incredibly E. lowers F. memory G. opposite H. priority I. regularly J. schedule K. significant

How Does Exercise Improve Academic Performance?

You already know that regular exercise is important for controlling weight and avoiding a variety of health conditions. But it can also improve your academic performance. As an expert said, “What we know is that students who exercise     1    , at least 3 times a week, graduate at higher rates than those who do not exercise.”

It’s tempting to think you’re so busy that you can’t     2     to exercise. However, the exact     3     is true: you will have to deal with many problems because of lack of exercise. Even if you can’t spare 30 minutes, 5- or 10-minute exercises during the course of the day could make a     4     difference in your academic performance. Five-minute walking every hour had a positive impact on mood, fatigue (极度疲劳), and hunger at the end of a day. This may be particularly     5     to students who also work a full-time job and study in the evening and nighttime hours.

Exercise     6     stress and anxiety while increasing focus. A study by researchers at the University of Illinois found that physical activity increased the ability of elementary school students to pay     7    , and also increased their academic performance.

Exercise also improves academic performance in other ways. 1. Exercise requires time management. Arranging for exercise forces students to also     8     study time and this teaches them the importance of block timing, and urges them to give     9     to their studies. 2. Exercise reduces stress. These reductions are very important to students, because too much stress is bad to memory production and your ability to seep: two key things needed to score high on exams. 3. Exercise leads to a better quality of sleep. Better sleep means moving your studies from short term to long term     10     during REM, a period of sleep. That way, on test day you remember that tiny fact that gets you the scores you need.

5 . 选词填空

subscribe,       convince,       cast,       boost,       bacterium,       alternative, severe,       decrease,       thanks to,       devote,       in spite of,       estimate,       blame

1. It___________ that one farmer on a cotton-picking machine can harvest as much in a day as 100 people working by hand.
2. The___________ were then examined under a microscope.
3. A great person is someone whose life___________ to helping others.
4. My reason for___________ to Teens every term is that it can help me practice my English.
5. Sunny and Fanny are seeking___________ to riding. They will probably choose to walk as much as possible.
6. The bright moon hung high in the sky and the building___________ its shadow across the street.
7. With the number of animals___________, many people are more concerned about the environment.
8. Peter stood up in defense of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one___________.
9. ___________ the rain, the picnic was canceled.

7 . 从方框中选出合适的短语，并用适当形式完成句子。

give way to，       refer to…as…，watch over            adapt to， be concerned about               remind…of…             make out             reduce…to…

1. On the mountain in the heavy fog, it was difficult for me________ a herd of sheep in the distance.
2. The Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum is located in a place which________ ruins on May 12, 2008.
3. It will take many years before this crop________ extreme dry weather here.
4. When he________ the scheduled meeting, the manager rushed to the office immediately.
5. As afternoon________ evening, we advanced towards Yosemite National Park Valley, where we put up the tent for a night.
6. The thief was caught just now. Now he________ in the police station.
7. Since COVID-19 broke out in 2020, people________ whether it will affect their lifelong health even if they are cured (治愈) of it.
8. Pritzker Architecture Prize, often________ the Nobel Prize in architecture, has attracted masses of architects around the world.

8 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

launch               range                 detail               impress                  meet set up                  expand             take over          operate                  properly

1. In order to manage the company well. he pays great attention to ________and works long hours every day.
2. The government has ________an investigation into the disaster.
3. I don’t think Sam is too young to take care of the pet dog________.
4. The survey will cover a wide ________of topics in society.
5. His company ________ in several countries.
6. Thanks to his excellent management, his business ________swiftly in the past few years.
7. McDonald’s prepares more than 2.5 million pounds of French fries every day to________ its customers’ demand worldwide.
8. The speech by the principal at the graduation ceremony ________itself strongly on my memory.
9. More outlets of the famous restaurant ________all over the country during the past five years.
10. John got injured in the football match, so Tom had to ________ from him.

9 . 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. boom          B. enthusiastically        C. voiced             D. finds          E. sharply          F. racing G. fortune        H. distinctly                 I. venturing          J. deals            K. joined

Eight months ago, Meng Hu, 27, quit her job as a flight attendant in Guangzhou, China. She is now working full-time as a live-streaming host on Taobao.

“I’ve been talking nonstop,” Hu said, laughing. “My throat gets really hoarse. You need to talk a lot, because your mood is contagious (有感染力的). Only when you talk     1     can you get your audience excited.”

Hu is part of a rising class of creators in China who are     2     to get in on live-stream shopping, an emerging form of retail that has grown into an industry worth an estimated $66 billion. Although the trend has been part of Chinese internet culture for years, analysts say the coronavirus pandemic has brought it mainstream.

Even the Chinese government has     3     its support, calling the industry the “new engine” of e-commerce growth and encouraging live-streaming as a solution to unemployment, which has risen     4     in China due to the pandemic.

Live-stream shopping is a combination of entertainment and e-commerce. Viewers buy goods online from people who show off their latest     5    --from lipstick to laundry detergent--in real-time videos. Many compare the concept to the TV shopping channel, but the Chinese model is     6     more modern, mobile and interactive. Hosts can give their fans discount coupons(优惠券) and flash     7     in real time, while viewers can click to send their favorite stars virtual “gifts.”

Part of the allure(吸引力) of     8     into this world is the prospect of a big payday. Brands routinely announce tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in sales in a single sitting. Top influencers can earn millions of dollars a year, according to Taobao. And even well-known business leaders are getting in on the act.

For people like Hu, the live-stream host in Guangzhou, the ongoing     9     presents both “a chance and a challenge.”

“Viewers might have doubled, but there’s probably about seven or eight times more new live-streamers now,” she estimated. “So many people like me have     10     live-streaming, and are selling products and doing the same thing.”

10 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从方框中选择适当的词并用正确的形式填空。

strive for greatness          wipe out             die out            be committed to be to blame                 in one's attempt to          get ahead       up to       in short take action               set so apart            at risk of            boil down to

Human beings are no stranger to extinctions, where entire species     1    . In the last 500 million years, there have been five times when life on Earth has almost ended. According to scientists, we are now entering the Earth's sixth mass extinction, for which human activity will     2    .

There is a long list of reasons why so many species     3    : pollution, deforestation, farming and overfishing. It is clear that human activity has negatively affected all other species on Earth. If a sixth mass extinction occurs, scientists believe that     4     three quarters of all species on Earth could become extinct. In turn, as we humans depend on so many species for our survival, we would also be     5     extinction.

However, it's not too late to     6     now. We need to take steps to set up nature and wildlife reserves, make good use of wind and solar energy, and reduce our carbon footprint.     7    , if we want to survive, we need to stop destroying the planet that we live on and start to protect it.