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. adventure               B. carelessly       C. existence               D. exploit        E. inaccessible F. minimized        G. reflects        H. responsible        I. accounts   J. visible            K. wilderness

Antarctica is the highest, driest and coldest place on Earth. It is also the remotest, a fact which     1     for its unspoiled environment. It is widely described as the last     2     on our planet. The cold climate is     3     for maintaining the continent’s year-round ice fields. Even though Antarctica receives more sunlight than the equator(赤道), the temperatures are lower because the ice sheet     4     the heat back into space.

For centuries, Europeans wondered about the     5     of a South-Polar continent, but no one actually knew for certain Antarctica was there until 1820 when European explorers “discovered” it. Since then, men have gone to Antarctica in search of     6    . Testing their abilities, several teams of explorers set out in 1911 to be the first men to stand at the South Pole.

Once completely     7    , Antarctica has more recently been playing host to adventurers seeking for excitement, scientists interested in experimenting, and companies looking to     8     this wild area for profit.

Yet, Antarctica’s fragile and complicated eco-system is threatened by its human visitors. Damage to the environment occurs as people come looking for resources beneath the ice, or     9     leave their garbage behind. Currently, countries are working to ensure that the damage to Antarctica’s environment is     10    , and that Antarctica will remain an unspoiled place.

2 . 请阅读下面的篇章，并根据其内容提示，从方框中所给的8个词语中选出5个，并用其正确形式填空。

chance,     come up with,     athlete,     go up,     steady,     run through,     that,     send up

The Great Wall Marathon

The Great Wall of China is one of the new wonders of the world, with breathtaking views. In 1998 Soren Rasmussen     1     the idea of organizing a Great Wall marathon. Rasmussen and two running experts chose a route along part of the Great Wall. The marathon has taken place annually in May since 1999. In the initial event, just 292 runners participated but numbers have gone up     2    —in 2015 there were 2,500 runners from over 160 countries.

The Great Wall marathon is considered to be one of the toughest in the world. The part of the route that is actually on the Great Wall includes two exhausting up-and-down sections about 8 km long with 5,146 steps. It’s such a steep climb in parts     3     it’s hard to walk up—never mind run! The weather is hot and humid, with temperatures of around 30℃, but it can be hotter. Part of the route passes through a dry river bed with huge boulders (巨石). Runners who arrive there later in the day find it challenging because the boulders have become so hot that it’s like     4     a sauna.

So who does the marathon? Surprisingly, the marathon attracts both professional     5     and people who want to run for fun or simply do something different. Some runners stop every 10-15 minutes to take photos, chat to the locals and enjoy the scenery! If the thought of doing such a marathon horrifies you, then you can do a half marathon or an 8-km fun run instead.

3 . 用方框里面的短语完成文段，注意使用正确形式，有3个多余选项。

be involved in; in memory of; in vain; under the influence of; bring forth; regardless of; at risk; be engaged in; at a great cost; not to mention; under the influence of; in harmony with; be divided into; culture shock; give up on; step into one’s shoes

1. This is a military victory purchased ________life.
2. Anyone,_________age or level of fitness, can practice and benefit from Tai Chi.
3. According to the report, several officials _________in the matter.
4. It’s a day________the great poet Qu Yuan and we usually eat zongzi and enjoy dragon boat races.
5. Four score and seven years ago our fathers ________, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
6. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us —that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion —that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died________; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
7. The very earliest sculptures were made________Greek art.
8. Almost unconsciously she dressed _________this note of simplicity.
9. The world ________five continents.

4 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

tragic     relieve     harmony     influence     assist     special     infect     devote     liberal     collaborate     assist

1. A ________ always concludes with the hero’s or the heroine’s death.
2. Laughter is one of the most ________expressions of emotion.
3. They’ve picked up a really serious________ from something they’ve eaten.
4. Seeing people of different nationalities live together________is a real pleasure.
5. Any ________you could give the police will be greatly appreciated.
6. The shop________ received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.
7. Leslie Nielsen’s ________to acting is wonderfully inspiring. He built a hugely successful career with little more than plain old hard work and determination.
8. There are deep________in the country over the war.
9. Edgar Snow was an American journalist who wrote i________books and articles about China in the 1930s.

5 . 请方框里面的短语完成文段，注意使用正确形式 ，有3个多余选项。

be obsessed with, step into, devote oneself to, contribute to, in charge of, stepped into, have a say, behind the wheel, lay aside, find out,

1. I’m happy to know you are___________a teenage art exhibition next month.
2. As you know, I___________Chinese paintings and some of them have won prizes in China.
3. The famous old man   ___________helping the black.
4. I believe a combination of factors___________this phenomenon.
5. Harry __________the passage and closed the door behind him.
6. The company belongs to everyone. All of us___________.
7. Persuading people to switch their phones off altogether when they are __________might be the only answer.
8. An investigation is underway to __________ how the disaster happened.
9. __________your book and go to bed.

6 . 选词填空

vary   commit     consequence   legal   approve       evidence     conclude     digest     suit

1. That farmer is always looking for new ________of wheat.
2. However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a________ to something larger than our own little egos(自我).
3. Enviable as the cool kids may have seemed, Dr. Prinstein’s studies show unpleasant __________.
4. He has been charged with membership of an ________organisation.
5. She desperately wanted to win her father’s ________.
6. He looked at his children with ________pride.
7. It’s hardly an obvious ________ that this is a good way to survive.
8. He has a delicate ________ and cannot eat oily food.
9. Li suggests traditional Chinese clothes while Su thinks the school uniforms are more ________.

7 . 请方框里面的短语完成文段，注意使用正确形式 ，有3个多余选项。

have access to , rely on/upon ,occupied himself with,missed out, instead of , distracts ... from , equip ... with.

1. We ________ the last bus and didn’t have any money for taxi, so we had to walk home.
2. I hope all the people can take good care of the forests and plant more trees ________ cutting them down.
3. As long as one doesn’t come to ________ it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody.
4. Kids shouldn’t ________ violent films because they might imitate the things they see.
5. It ________ us ________ what lays in front of us—the things that we have power to change.
6. Did she ________ her daughter ________the correct boots?
7. He ________ collecting stamps.

8 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

promote     clear     consider     distract     secure     motivate     occupy     constant     access     rely     equip

1. The clerk was given a ________and an increase in salary.
2. China’s exports were supported by overseas demand for personal protective________and electronics products for people working from home amid the pandemic.
3. We should be ________of the comfort of old people.
4. The history teacher would take Mary’s recent illness into ________when marking her exam paper.
5. To our great satisfaction, your composition represents a ________improvement on your recent work.
6. Such information is not really ________.
7. The keyboard could offer a strong layer of ________by analyzing things like the force of a user’s typing and the time between key presses.
8. Many people now misunderstand emotional intelligence..., such as character, ________, confidence, mental stability, optimism and “people skills”.
9. He carried on several_________at a time to make more money.

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. accessible        B. beats       C. bridges       D. device       E. fundamentally       F. habitually G. kneels            H. partial        I. powerful       J. showcases        K. stage

Feeling the Dance

Lights move in time to the rhythmic beat issuing from a floor speaker as hip-hop performer Shaheem Sanchez gets ready. Sanchez, who is deaf,     1     beside the speaker and places his hand on top of it, allowing the sound waves to course through his body. His head nods as he counts the     2     , catching the rhythm. Then rising, his body moves in so perfect time to the music that dancer and music unite in a single artistic expression. In this moment, art     3     the gap between two worlds: the deaf and the hearing.

Sanchez is one of a growing number of professional dancers with full or     4     hearing loss, working to redefine what it means to experience music and, in a larger sense, communicate with others.

Antoine Hunter is another artist who is inspiring a new generation of dancers to take the     5     . As the director of the Urban Jazz Company in San Francisco, Hunter experienced the way that dance could help people better understand each other, which     6     altered his life.

But there were few opportunities for a black deaf dancer when Hunter was first finding his feet. He had to create a world in which he could perform. Now he’s sharing it with others, both in his studio and through the Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival. The event     7     the talents of deaf and hard of hearing people from around the world.

To get more people moving, Hunter ensures that his dance company is fully     8     to students of all abilities. There are interpreters for deaf and blind students, and a(n)     9     that turns sound waves into vibrations (震动). These vibrations travel across the floor so dancers can feel the music in their feet.

All around the world, deaf dancers are turning in     10     performances. Digital media is not only making these performances more visible, but also providing deaf dancers more opportunities to show off their talents. Artists like Sanchez upload performances to online platforms, where they get thousands of views. This allows deaf artists to express themselves to a larger audience.

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

A. stimulating        B. passionate          C. capacity        D. associated        E. deliberately      F. resolute          G. satisfying       H. sweat        I. breeds        J. registers       K. subjected

Find your happy place: How to outsmart(智胜) stress

If you re all too familiar with the physical sense of being stressed, it may be time to make some changes. Over time, this can negatively affect your body, leading to fatigue and headaches. Here are a few ways that research suggests can help you keep calm and carry on.

Work up a     1    .

When we're stressed, the part of our brain that     2    fear lights up like a fireworks display. Regular exercise can provide a(n)     3     release for frustration and other negative feelings.

It may reduce stress hormones, and it can trigger (激发）your body to release feel-good chemicals that can help boost your mood.

Be decisive

We face dozens of choices every day, and each of them involves our mental    4    and requires us to make a decision. It turns out that being good at making decisions may be good for our healtii. Research shows that decisive people may have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol (皮质醇)than poor decision-makers. Want to be more     5    ? Simplify your decisions by focusing on facts, so you understand what's really at stake. Reframe problems as opportunities

Bottling up your feelings     6     anxiety.

The next time you’re sweating something, pause and ask yourself: What are the positives?

How can I look at this as a(n)     7     challenge rather than a problem? Changing the way you lode at a situation can help you respond a less stressful way.

See every glass as at least half full

Are you a pessimist?.Chances are you can change your outlook through your experiences. The best strategy is to     8     avoid other pessimists, and surround yourself with optimists whose positive vibes are infectious.' Ifs also important to feel as if you have a purpose every day- whether that comes from your work, family and friends or an activity. Having something that you’re     9    about, and achieving goals     10    with it, can help many people have a more optimistic outlook.