1 . 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. address       B. challenges       C. imaging       D. monitor       E. navigate       F. operations       G. respond H. setting        I. short               J. successive     K. worth

Satellites Can Help Us Fight Climate Change

At the beginning of 2021, President Joe Biden exclaimed that “science is back” as we continued our efforts to     1     the COVID emergency. That phrase continues to ring true across the federal government. Science and its applications are being used at every agency to deal with public health     2    , build new transportation infrastructure, inform policy decisions and tackle the climate crisis.

Recently the Interior Department’s U.S. Geological Survey assumed     3     of Landsat 9 from NASA, which built and launched it in 2021.This satellite is designed to     4     Earth’s land, water and other natural resources. Landsat missions support environmental sustainability and climate resilience. The Landsat program, which launched in July 1972, has helped us understand our planet and the changes that are occurring on it. That partnership has propelled research and observation forward through the launch of     5     Landsat satellites, each replacing its predecessors and working in tandem with new capabilities and strengths.

I attended the historic launch of Landsat 9 in California. It was nothing     6     of amazing. I toured the mission control center and met a young scientist from the Navajo Nation living far away from home. She uses Landsat     7     to see her home from many miles away, and with such data, she enables her community to manage water resources in the face of a changing climate. This is the power and beauty of science at work.

All around the globe, scientists are using Landsat and other imagery to interpret what is happening on Earth today and to compare it with the 50 years’     8     of data the Landsat program has collected.

This science-based program and those like it across federal agencies are powerful tools in our efforts to responsibly manage our resources. Their prioritization helps to demonstrate the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to lead with science. So, too, the resources provided through the president’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act will be key to the development of longer-term sustainability measures as we     9     to climate change, including building more resilient communities and protecting our natural environment.

Landsat NEXT is the upcoming mission we will develop with NASA to power better science and decision-making for the next 50 years. Science is indeed     10     us on a path to a brighter future.

2 . 阅读下面小短文，根据上下文语境，选择合适的单词填入空白处，每个单词只使用一次，每个语篇有一个是多余的选项。

A. properties   B. treatments   C. obtained   D. botanical   E. distinct     F. evaluated

Tu Youyou and her team reviewed ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional     1     treatments for the disease. They examined over 2000 old medical texts, and     2     280,000 plants for their medical     3    . From their research, they discovered and tested 380     4     ancient Chinese medical     5     that showed promise in the fight against malaria.

3 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word that you do not need.

A. included                 B. promising                 C. achievements                 D. proved          E. transfer F. outstanding             G. sign                           H. appearances                  I. scoring          J. capture            K. referred

Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima was born on 22 September 1976 in a poor suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Like most of his childhood friends, Ronaldo began his football (soccer) career playing barefoot in the streets of his neighbourhood. At the age of 14, he joined Sao Cristovao football club and only two years later became the star of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube in Belo Horizonte     1     a total of 58 goals in 60 matches and earning himself a reputation for his explosive pace and     2     finishing skills. His goal — scoring record and unusual quickness led him to be     3     in the Brazilian World Cup winning team the following year. After the World Cup, many top European football clubs were trying to     4     him. Many people, including Brazilian football legend Pele, considered him as the most     5     footballer of his generation.

Since his     6     to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, Ronaldo’s biography has been one success after another. Two Copa America’s, a UEFA Super Cup, a Dutch Cup, a Spanish Super Cup, and two Player of the Year awards from FIFA, all in the space of two years, are some of Ronaldo’s impressive     7    . On arrival to Inter Milan in 1997, Ronaldo became the idol of the local fans who refer to him as “il Fenomeno (奇才)”.

Since the 1998 World Cup he has suffered serious knee injuries that have severely limited his     8    . Just when people began to wonder whether Ronaldo would be able to continue with his football career, he     9     to the world that he still could play. In the World Cup held in Korea and Japan, the magical striker won the Golden Shoe award and tied Pele’s Brazilian record for career World Cup goals with 12. He helped Brazil     10     its fifth World Cup championship on 30 June with a 2-0 win over Germany. It was the third time that Ronaldo had ever played in the World Cup.

4 . 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. comprehensive	B. spread	C. impact	D. incredible	E. observed
F. compared	G. success	H. firmly	I. combination	J. heavily	K. motivate

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year.

In the first study to assess the global     1     of second-hand smoke, WHO experts find that children are more     2     exposed to second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and around 165,000 of them a year die because of it.

Children’s exposure to second-hand smoke is most likely to happen at home, and the double blow of infectious diseases and tobacco seems to be a deadly     3     for children in these regions. Commenting on the findings, Heather Wipfli and Jonathan Samet from the University of Southern California, said policymakers try to     4     families to stop smoking in the home.

While deaths due to passive smoking in children were skewed (曲解) toward poor and middle-income countries, deaths in adults were     5     across countries at all income levels.

In Europe’s high-income countries, only 71 child deaths occurred, while 35,388 deaths were in adults. Yet in the countries like Africa, an estimated 43,375 deaths due to passive smoking were in children     6     with 9,514 in adults.

Only 7.4 percent of the world population currently lives in places with     7     smoke-free laws, and those laws are not always     8     enforced (施行). In places where smoke-free rules are     9    , research shows that exposure to second-hand smoke in high-risk places like bars and restaurants can be cut by 90 percent, and in general by 60 percent, the researchers said.

Studies also show such laws help to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked by smokers and lead to higher     10     rates in those trying to quit.

5 . 选词填空

in response to       be trapped in       straight away       refer to set apart from       be composed of       in particular

1. Her clear and elegant writing ______________ her ______________ other journalists.
2. ______________ her request, he contained a firm refusal in his letter.
3. I told him ______________ what I thought of the matter.
4. If the bus ______________ the snow, there was no way to evacuate (撤离) those four kids.
5. Life ______________ many elements, such as family, friends, study, work, entertainment and so on.

6 . 阅读下面小短文，根据上下文语境，选择最佳的选项填入空白处，每个单词只使用一次，方框里有一个是多余的单词。

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian decided to travel across the whole Canada to visit their cousins by rail, which excited them a lot. Before starting out, they stayed in Vancouver to enjoy the views. Despite the rainy season, they took a boat ride into the bay, had a     1    view of the city on the mountains and took a     2    hike in a forest. It took them a     3    of four days to travel from Vancouver to Toronto.

Firstly, the girls headed for Lake Louise. Along the way, while they were impressed with the     4    mountains and forests, the blue lake water was breathtaking.

One     5    of their awesome journey was seeing a variety of creatures. On the way to Toronto, they passed Edmonton, the centre of Canada’s heavy industry and a shopping paradise as well.

7 . 阅读下面句子，从所给选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A. from head to toe        B. approach to        C. out of curiosity        D. take on E. a lack of        F. cared about        G. originate from H. at war        I. passed away        J. a desire for

1. He squeezed himself into a crowd to see what had happened ________.
2. Ancient China was a place where states were often ________ with each other.
3. Don’t ________ more responsibilities than you can handle.
4. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had ________ two days before.
5. Facing up to your problem rather than running away from them is the best ________ working things out.
6. All theories ________ practice and in turn serve practice.
7. On hearing the news, his face turned pale and he trembled ________.
8. There is no doubt that hard work can often make up for ________ intelligence.
9. The old man lived alone and felt lonely because no one ________ him.
10. He owed his success to self-education and ________ achievement.

8 . 选用方框内合适的单词，并用其正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。

approach     announce     embarrass       keep in mind     confirm keep track of     chat     have access to     update     generous

1. My kids spend hours ______________ on the phone with their friends.
2. I don’t like making speeches in public; it is so ______________.
3. The Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, and you can ______________ it through a computer.
4. As the great day ______________, she grew more and more nervous.
5. We did several experiments, trying to ______________ our predictions.
6. We do not have the resources to ______________ our computer software.
7. He was always ______________ in sharing his enormous knowledge.
8. ______________ all the progress you have made by keeping a journal of all your successes.
9. You should ______________ those important rules in the international trade.
10. It is wise to ______________ the news to the public.