1 . J. K. Rowling, _______ Harry Potter novels made her one of the world’s best-selling authors, published a new novel in April. （用适当的词填空）

2 . In the old days, ______ he was a little boy, the city had no industry to speak of. （用适当的词填空）

3 . Nowadays many companies ________ ________ (坚决要求) staff undergoing regular medical checks. （根据汉语提示完成句子）

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Confucius, China’s most famous teacher and philosopher, was born Kongqiu in 551 BCE near Qufu, in eastern China. Confucius showed a great interest     1     academics early on. “At 15, I set my heart on     2     (learn),” he later told his followers. He studied music, mathematics, the classics, history, and more.

Confucius believed that education and reflection led to virtue. He once worked for the government, but     3     (find) far greater success as a teacher instead. Confucius broke with tradition in the    4     (believe) that all human beings could benefit from education. He gave his support for lifelong learning and attracted     5     wide circle of followers, who knew his as Kongfuzi (Master Kong). Those pupils recorded his     6     (word) in The Analects, a collection of sayings and ideas.

As stated in The Analects, Confucius believed that social harmony would     7     (natural) follow from the proper ordering of individuals in relation to one another, with the family unit as the basic building block of society.

Confucius     8     (ignore) largely in his own day. When he died in 479 BCE, he left behind perhaps 3,000 students, who devoted themselves to preserving and spreading     9     (they) master’s ideas. The Analects has guided governments and individuals for thousands of years, influencing Chinese history     10     civilization in the process.

5 . Global Student Challenge

Global Student Challenge is an online construction business game open to students across the world, studying a built environment course.

About Global Student Challenge

Started in 2014, Global Student Challenge is a yearly competition run by the Chartered Institute of Building that provides built environment students with a chance to apply their learning to a real-world situation of running their own virtual construction company.

Phase (阶段) One: Registration

Registration is perhaps the most important part of the competition! You'll need to register your team in order to use the MERIT software. Even more important, you'll need to decide who your teammates will be Entry for the competition is open now and will close on 7 April 2021.

Phase.Two: Pre-Competition

The first phase of competition begins on 15 March 2021. In this phase, your team will be able to use the game software and begin to make your plan to run the company.

Phase Three: Competition

This is when things start to get real.

On 14 April 2021 the first round of data will be shown to all teams and you'll have a week to make your decisions and hand them in for scoring!

After each round you'll get a score and you'll be graded against other teams based on this. We call this stage "The Early Years" as you begin to get your virtual construction company off the ground.

In total, you'll do this six times over six rounds of competition.

Phase Four: The GSC Final

The top six teams after The Early Years will be told to the public as our finalists on 25 May 2021.The finals week is scheduled to be held virtually in June 2021.

1. What do we know about Global Student Challenge?

A．It is held twice a year!

B．It is an offline competition.

C．It is now entering its eighth year.

D．It asks competitors to work in a real company.

2. When must signing up for the competition be done?

A．At the beginning of April.	B．In the middle of March
C．In the middle of April.	D．At the end of May.

3. What will competitors do during Phase Three?

A．Make their own plans.	B．Start to collect their data.
C．Compete with other teams.	D．Learn to use the game software

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese athlete Quan Hongchan produced three perfect 10-point dives in     1     amazing display to win the Olympic women’s 10 meters platform gold medal on Thursday, a performance     2     （illustrate）China’s dominance（优势）in the sport.

Quan, aged 14, beat her teammate Chen Yuxi with 466.20 points. She     3     （award） perfect 10 points from all seven judges for her second and fourth dives. For her fifth effort, six judges gave her 10 and one 9.5,     4     that was still enough for a maximum mark of 96.00 points.

The teenager,     5     is just old enough to compete at the Olympics thanks to the Tokyo Games being put     6     a year, said she didn’t expect to win as the Tokyo Olympics is her first time     7     （compete） overseas.

Speaking of how she managed to make three perfect 10-point dives, which made     8     （limit） splashes when diving into the pool, Quan said the team director just asked her to sleep early before the test.

Her performance was met with thunderous     9     （applaud） from onlookers. Thursday’s result means Quan became the second     10     （young） woman to win a gold medal in the women’s 10 -meters platform.

7 . People can sometimes________________________________previous knowledge.
人们有时可以根据前面的知识进行推断。

8 . Instead of being the playmaker, I________________________________in defence.
我更喜欢打防守，而不是进攻。

9 . Cherries ________ in color ________ almost black ________ yellow.
樱桃的颜色由近乎黑到黄各不相同。

10 . John ________ ________ his test paper in order that his father wouldn't see his low grade and finally he was lucky to escape punishment.
约翰撕毁了他的试卷，以免他父亲看到他的低分，最后他幸运地逃脱了惩罚.