1 . 选词填空

affect                  solve                  gain                  benefit                 turn up permit                 confirm               confident            now that               rely on

1. _________ you have understood, I won’t explain it again.
2. Picking flowers is not __________ in the park.
3. The best way of __________ the problem is to cooperate with others.
4. She had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work, but she didn’t_________.
5. Many working women __________ relatives to help take care of their children.
6. The new tax law doesn’t __________ me because I’m a student.
7. — Do you think you’ll win tomorrow’s game?
—Well, we’re all feeling pretty __________.
8. In July his worst fears____________: he had cancer.
9. The new sports center will bring lasting ___________ to the people nearby.
10. It took her a long time to________ enough confidence to speak in public.

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. replace       B. trustworthy               C. apparently                    D. pick E. owe             AB. expressing        AC. land                    AD. ironically AE. version       BC. position               BD. challenging

What Is 2023’s Word of the Year, According to Dictionaries?

What word defined the past year for you? Find out if your answer matches the actual word of the year from four famous dictionaries.

Cambridge Dictionary’s     1     for 2023 is hallucinate. The common definition of hallucinate is “to see or hear things that are not really there because of illness or drugs.” In 2023, however, to hallucinate can mean something different, thanks to AI. According to Cambridge’s alternate definition of hallucinating, “when an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information.” Sure, using AI can be fun for creating dog selfies or could even help you     2     a job, but it’s likely to produce misleading or made-up facts — or “hallucinating.”

Those dictionary people are     3     all on the same page. Similar to Cambridge, Collins Dictionary’s word of the year is the broader term AI. ChatGPT was released in late 2022, with companies attempting to use it to cut costs, worrying employees that it would     4     their jobs. AI pioneers and creators began     5     concerns that AI could be “dangerous” and operated by “bad actors.” President Biden even issued an executive order on “safe, secure and     6     artificial intelligence.”

With Merriam-Webster’s word authentic, we have an AI trifecta (三连胜)! While its core meaning is the same — “not false or imitation” — it should     7     its popularity in 2023 to AI, with the rise in deepfake videos and the potential use of AI in entertainment. However, being authentic is also about being “true to one’s own personality, spirit or character.” Are the public figures you look up to being true to themselves? As people search for authenticity, Merriam-Webster notes, “    8    , with ‘authentic content creators’... authenticity has become a performance.”

Oxford slides in at the last minute with a totally different word of the year for 2023: rizz. This noun means “style, charm or attractiveness”. It’s believed to be a shortened     9     of the word charisma, a special magnetic charm or appeal. It also hints at a changing attitude in 2023. “It’s interesting to see a contrasting word like rizz come to the forefront, perhaps showing that this year more of us are opening ourselves after a few     10     years and finding confidence in who we are,” notes Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Languages.

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. addressed        B. boast        C. approach        D. sense        E. wealthy F. glimpse        G. revealed        H. pushy        I. statistics        J. peers        K. motivation

College Rankings Are Something, but Not Everything

I am always confused when reading statements like “Princeton University is the number one college in the United States.” Are those who attend Princeton inherently brighter than their     1    ? Is Princeton able to produce more geniuses upon graduation?

High-ranking colleges in global education leagues attract greater talent in staff and students, and     2     better facilities, therefore generating more profits. In the United States, however, this virtuous cycle can turn vicious when financially-challenged parents end up spending their life savings on their children’s education, while     3     individuals can simply buy their way in. Besides, these rankings face criticism for potentially influencing colleges to make minor adjustments in     4     to improve their position on the table.

I didn’t care about college rankings for years until I recently saw something different. This past October, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy     5     the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023, which assesses universities worldwide across 55 subjects in five disciplines. It is said to employ a more in-depth     6     to evaluate the performance of universities. And this makes it easier for prospective students to choose the best college for their specific subject. But how much weight should you give to these rankings?

In my opinion, college rankings can serve as a reference, offering a     7     into the reputation and strengths of institutions. However, they should not be the only determining factor for you. There are many aspects to a university education that can only be     8     when you are clear about your goals.

I once taught a three-month program to prepare university students for overseas exchange programs in England. But some of them displayed low     9    . It wasn’t merely due to a language barrier. These individuals seemed to lack communication skills, critical thinking and, more importantly, a     10     of purpose, which might help determine their future academic quality. After all, what lies in the heart of education is “U” .

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. touched        B. extraordinary               C. set               D. challenged               E. involvement F. individuality               G. angle               H. quote               I. reflection               J. amazed               K. dismissal

Dead Poets Society (死亡诗社) is a 1989 American drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. The film evoked an extensive     1     on education.     2    at the conservative Welton Academy in the northeast United States in 1959, and it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.

In the autumn of 1959, Neil begins his senior year of high school at Welton Academy, an all- male, elite school. On the first day of classes, they are     3     by the unorthodox (非正统的) teaching methods of the new English teacher John Keating,a Welton alumnus who encourages his students to “make your lives     4    ”, a sentiment he summarized with the Latin expression carpe diem. Subsequent lessons include having them take turns standing on his desk to teach the boys how they must look at life in a different     5     , telling them to tear off the introduction of their poetry books which explains a mathematical formula used for rating poetry, and inviting them to make up their own style of walking in a courtyard to encourage them to maintain     6    . As the school year progresses, Keating’s lessons and their     7     in a secret poetry club encourage them to live their lives on their own terms.

However, Keating’s methods attract the attention of strict headmaster Gale Nolan. He is fired and Nolan takes over teaching the class. Keating interrupts the class to collect personal articles before he leaves, the students shout that all of them were forced to sign the letter that resulted in his     8    . They stand on their desks one by one and salute Keating with the words “O Captain! My Captain!”. Keating is deeply     9    .

The Dead Poets Society received critical applause and box office success. The film’s line “Carpe diem. Seize the day.” was also voted as the greatest movie     10     of the year 2014 by the American Film Institute.

5 . 根据语境，选择下框中的单词或短语，必要时用正确的形式填空。框中有两个多余的单词或短语。

consume        be to blame for        exception        get involved in        consist       break out

1. The hot weather ________ partly ________ the water shortage.
2. Mary’s friends encourage her to ________ charity.
3. A medical team ________ of 112 doctors and nurses flew to Wuhan before daybreak.
4. At the age of five he showed ________ talent as a musician.

6 . 选择并使用所给英语单词的正确形式完成句子。有两个单词为多余词。

brief     flexible       fortune       noble       professional       responsible       routine

1. Actually, as a teenager, I’m looking forward to more independence and __________.
2. The high school invited several health __________ to talk with juniors and seniors about their jobs.
3. Young people are __________ and adapt to new places and situations well.
4. When you plan an exercise __________, the first thing is to consider is what you expect to improve.
5. Today I’ll introduce some aspects of film-making to the audience __________, not in detail.

7 . 请根据语境，用方框内短语的正确形式将句子补充完整，每个短语只用一次。

make a difference     look forward to     work out   rather than   go through       date back to             in shock       as if     turn to   be concerned about

1. The art of paper cutting in China ________the sixth century.
2. He still keeps positive after ________so many difficulties.
3. He prefers to do sports in the gym every weekend ________play computer games at home.
4. To make his dream come true, he keeps a healthy diet and ________regularly to be physically fit.
5. My kids are ________being taken to the zoo this weekend.
6. As a teacher, I am confident that I can ________to the lives of my students.
7. To avoid destroying the heritage, the government ________the United Nations for help in 1959.
8. She looked at her husband ________, waiting for him to explain what happened.
9. After the terrible earthquake, it seemed ________the world were coming to an end.
10. I ________the African elephants, so I wonder what you know about them.

8 . 根据句意选择恰当的词组并用正确形式填空。

get used to        keep up with        keep company with        make arrangements for used to do        make sense make up for

1. He is so mean that no one will __________ him.
2. He was busy __________ your journey when you called.
3. Your composition isn’t written well, because many sentences in it don’t __________.
4. The number of “silver surfers” has increased greatly over the past several years because more and more old people __________ using the Internet technology.
5. __________ the changing world, we must be involved in lifelong learning and be ready to accept new things.

9 . 阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

A. that        B. amazing        C. an        D. independently E. is        F. to carry        G. length        H. improving I. of        J. began

The world’s first ship with     1    intelligent unmanned system was launched in Guangzhou. The ship     2     the world’s first scientific research ship     3    can work by remote control in open waters. It will provide an     4    tool for China     5    out marine scientific research and develop the marine economy.

The equipment on the ship is highly localized (本十化的), because the key parts have all been     6     developed by Chinese scientists. The ship has a     7    of 88. 5 meters, width of 14 meters and a depth of 6. 1 meters. With a broad deck, the ship can carry a dozen different observation instruments. Construction of the ship     8    on July 20, 2022, and it is expected to be put into use by the end of this year. In the future, the use o the ship will be     9    great importance for getting real-time ocean observation information,     10    the level of ocean observation.

10 . 用所给单词的恰当形式填空。每个单词使用一次，每空填入一个单词。

salary     capacity     realistic       dozen       compose     rough      deserve     polish     applaud        complicated

Building Scenes for the Screen

Zhang Yuyao, a 3D environmental artist in Canada with two years of working experience,     1     herself when seeing her name on the staff list of The Mandalorian.

Zhang is currently working for a visual effect company responsible for the Avatar series. “What we do is to trick people’s eyes,” she said, “we start by choosing fragments (碎片) from the real world.” For example, when building a scene of the ancient Greek god Zeus’s palace, the artists use     2     of pillars (柱子) from the pictures of Greek-style temples to make the scene more     3     . The artists then     4     the elements together, drawing the rest of the scenery. A basic 3D model of the background is then formed. After that, they color the model and add texture. At this phase, it may still look     5    , which is why there needs to be a “camera match”. With all sources of lighting, including sunlight, moonlight and lamplight, affecting the scene differently, the model can be highly     6    .

Environmental artists are widely needed with a relatively high     7    . They     8     to be well paid because the job is really highly demanding. The     9     to learn quickly is a must. Besides, since details are particularly important, the artists also need to handle     10     tasks to meet the standard.