1 . Complete the paragraph using the correct fob of the words and phrase below.

inspire          protest            equal rights               get independence        skin justice       admire             nation                      the character of a person

There have been, and still are, many admirable people-people who display the characteristics of wisdom, strength and courage. Martin Luther King was such a person. He     1     against racial discrimination. He believed it is     2     that is important and not the colour of one’s     3     . He fought to win     4     for black people in the US. Mahatma Gandhi is another famous person who was     5     all over the world. He led his     6     to     7     from British rule peacefully. He     8     people around the world to fight for     9     and equal rights.

2 . Complete the blog extract, using the correct form of the words and phrased below. Some of them can be used more than once.

become               appreciate          be able to            not have to

From the time I met Alicia Tang, I knew she     1     the next big thing in the technology world. A fifteen-year-old app developer, she was confident that her first app     2     one of the biggest selling in the world. Now at only eighteen, she has accomplished her goal as her online shopping comparison app has millions of downloads. “I felt it was going to be a success because I knew that people     3     the fact that they     4     spend so much time searching for products they wanted,” says Alicia. “When I was going to launch the app, I spoke to lots of experts and app developers who gave me great advice and guidance. Because I had the support of so many people, I knew I     5     make a successful app,” she says.

3 . Complete their presentation with the words below.

self-centred                  real-life                  online                    smartphone percent                         maintain                 something             anyone

Yuanyuan is a senior secondary school student. She never liked chatting with people online. She thought     1     communication wasn’t worth spending time on and it made people more     2     . All her friends seemed to spend about 90     3     of their time talking to friends on the Internet and only about 10 percent talking to them in real life. Yuanyuan couldn’t understand it at all. Her best friend Tingting agreed with her and felt that     4     communication is important.

Then,     5     happened that changed how she felt about online communication. Yuanyuan moved to Canada with her family and her     6     became her most valuable possession. By chatting to each other online and using a video chat app, Yuanyuan and Tingting could     7     their friendship even though they were thousands of miles apart. From then on, neither of them criticised     8     for having online friendships.

4 . Use the correct form of the phrase below.

personal interests and needs                       learning materials                    call for mobile devices                                        find directions                         set up the latest technologies                              for short                                 put in          solve real-world problems

The Use of Apps

In the survey among our classmates, all students use software applications (called apps     1    ). They typically use apps on smartphones or     2    .

Students agree that apps can help them take part in a whole range of activities. They usually use apps to search for learning resources, find popular restaurants,     3     taxis,     4     to certain places, and order food.

Educational apps are the type of apps most frequently used arming our classmate. They allow them to beam at their own pace anywhere. They can choose online teachers and subjects according to their     5     . Also, they can share     6     with other users of the same app.

Nearly one third of the students have tried apps with     7     like VR, AH and MR. They believe that new technologies can be used to help people     8     . What students dislike is that in order to use apps these days, they are often required to     9     an account and     10     personal information. They worry about the safety of this.

5 . Complete her report about the development of cloning using the correct form of the words and phrases below.

forever   barrier   in comparison   clue   crucial   accurate   identical twins   ethical   abuse   blessing

Cloning occurs when an egg splits and creates     1    . The first animal to be successfully cloned by scientists was a sheep called Dolly. Despite the initial success, she suffered from an illness and died at the age of six. Since then, other animals such as goats and camels have been cloned but have also experienced similar health problems. Scientists are not sure if this problem will continue to happen     2     .

    3     with other species, attempts to clone monkeys have been far more complicated and took Chinese scientists many years. The reason why they wanted to break this technical     4    was that monkey cloning might offer     5     as to how to cure illness and disease. As the technology improves and becomes more     6     there would be even greater benefits.

While some people see cloning as     7     for medical and scientific development, others have     8     concerns about how it could be used. They worry that this technology will lead to cloning of other species. There is a risk that this could be     9     by some companies or people.

Whether it is a     10     or a curse for humanity remains to be seen and depends on how we choose to use it.

6 . Complete his speech using the correct form of the words below.

grab   violent   weapon   daybreak   desperate   civilization   preservation   construction   nevertheless

I don’t get so much time to read these days, but     1     I will always     2     a science fiction book off the shelf when I have a little time. It’s such a fun genre! I’m currently reading a book called The Third Option.

The book is set in the future at a time when the world is experiencing a long and     3     war with another planet. The other     4     are trying to find a new planet to live on and have decided that the Earth will be theirs. Being more advanced than us, they do not want peace but rather to destroy us.

In a     5     attempt to win the war, humans decide to develop a very deadly     6     that will kill the enemy but also destroy the environment of the Earth. The main character of the book is a scientist called Kate Jones who decides that the     7     of the Earth is too important. She gathers a group of soldiers and scientists together to find an alternative solution. They call their group “    8    ” as they believe they could start a new chapter in human history. While the weapon is under     9     they race against time to stay alive and protect the Earth.

I don’t want to spoil it by saying too much but l highly recommend this book if you enjoy this genre!

7 . Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and phrases below.

prospect   remain relevant   earn a decent salary   innovator   specialist   occupation   multiple times   pace   be qualified   essential

Things have changed so much since our parents’ and grandparents’ time, especially when it comes to jobs and careers. When our parents were starting to find work, the     1     of staying in the same     2     for your entire life was very common. Nowadays, that idea would be considered really unusual!

There will be new     3     21^st century skills that we will have to have. For example, a university degree is still useful, but technology developments mean that many skills we have now are unlikely     4     in the future.     5     is one thing, but if we really want to succeed in our careers we have to be     6     thinking of new and exciting ways to do things. It won’t be enough to have only a general understanding of our area of work but we should keep learning until we become     7    . And given that people will not stay in the same career for long, we can expect that we will have to go back to education and training at some stage     8     to work in another field. In fact, we might have to do that     9    !

Jobs change at an amazing     10     these days, and if we can keep up, we can have really exciting and rewarding future careers.

8 . Complete the passage using the correct form of the words and phrases below.

logical thinking   comprehension skill   reliable   persuade   critical thinking   financial skill   trend   routine

I recently spoke to Ms Xue about the skills we will need in years to come and the future     1     for jobs and careers. According to Ms Xue, in the future a lot of     2     office and factory jobs will disappear. We need to have many skills which we can start developing now. One of the most important is     3    , which is the ability to analyse and evaluate information.     4     which is the ability to use our reason well, will be highly useful in the workplace, as it will help us use our knowledge     5     others.     6     will be highly valued and companies will always appreciate a     7     person who they can trust to do their job. Even outside the workplace, there are important skills we will need. For example, good     8     will benefit us greatly when we start earning money and have financial responsibilities.

9 . 选词填空

A. environment   B. necessarily   C. allowed       D. cheated   E. international F. admitted            G. hardly       H. necessary   I. joy       J. communication   K. difficulty

A friend of mine once asked me: “Why should a Chinese take time to learn a language that is not his own?” Obviously he has     1    in learning a foreign language. He is not the only one who is mentally against English learning. One reason, as I suspect, is the way English is taught. The emphasis on memorization is such that no     2    is left in the process of learning, only endless annoyance. What students are presented in the classroom is not the language in real-world     3    . A Chinese student with extremely high scores for American standardized tests was     4     into one of the most famous universities. But his professors soon found out that he could    5     understand the lesson. Suspecting that he    6    in the tests, the school demanded he repeat them. Again, he passed with high scores. Not till then did they realize that the student had mastered the techniques for dealing with the tests, not    7    the skills of using the language.

Many people take TOFEL, IELTS, GRE, annual Band 4 and Band 6 exams not because they work in areas where English is a(n)    8    tool,but because they have to do it for job promotion or enrolment in certain programs.

Must English learning be such a pain in the neck?

Create a(n)    9     where learning English is natural and painless. Don’t make it compulsory for people whose work or major does not require it. China will not become more    10     by adding millions of people who can only say a simple “Hello”.

10 . 选词填空

A. minerals     B. agriculture     C. profitable     D. available     E. shortages     F. celebrations G. immigrants     H. increased     I. population     J. fashionable     K. opened

Chinese traders were recorded as making voyages to the north coast of Australia from the 1750s, but were probably visiting Australia long before. Chinese men arrived in Australia in small numbers after the 1788 British settlement as free settlers and criminals. A small population grew rapidly after 1848 under a system of indentured (契约的) labor, after China had     1     its ports to foreign trade in 1842. They worked in rural New South Wales as cooks, farm laborers and etc.

Indentured Chinese     2     worked in all colonies variously as station hands, plantation workers, miners, on public works, cabinet makers, personal servants and in laundries. Most came from the south-eastern provinces of Guangdong and Fujian.

Due to labor     3     in West Australia, the Colonial Government organized Chinese contract labor between 1847 and 1898, most working as laborers, cooks and gardeners. Many Chinese people came from rural backgrounds and brought with them     4     and water management skills. By 1885, there were 54 Chinese market gardens in Sydney. By 1901, 67% of New South Wales market gardeners were Chinese.

Gold rushes in Victoria in the 1850s and New South Wales in the 1860s significantly     5     the population of Chinese immigrants in Australia; about 45,000 prospectors arrived in Victoria alone in 1854-58. Numbers continued to increase as gold and other     6     were discovered in Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania.

When mining became less     7    , many Chinese people worked successfully to provide goods and services such as furniture making, market gardening, fishing and, particularly, store-keeping including the import and export of goods from overseas. Chinese goods, especially tea, silk, vegetables, herbs and other spices were highly sought-after items of trade by non-Chinese people. Tea rooms, importing and selling many varieties of tea, were very popular. Chinese silk was turned into     8     evening wear and cloaks by Chinese tailors and seamstresses.

Today there is a culturally diverse Chinese     9     in Australia with links to south-eastern China as well as Vietnam and Hong Kong. The Chinese communities in Australia are brought together every year by     10     of Lunar New Year.