1 . 请从方框中选择恰当的单词或短语填空，并用其适当形式填空。

approve of     be highly regarded     the majority of     affect     put it another way

1. After the presentation, all people tended to___________the idea put forward by them.
2. ___________ people own a dog for a companionship.
3. His work ___________by other painters.
4. Your opinion will not ___________my decision.
5. Let me___________. Education is essential for progress.

2 . 请从方框中选择恰当的单词或短语填空，并用其适当形式填空。

stimulate     pursue     contribute     gain knowledge     expose oneself to

1. It’s important to ____________ students’ interests in learning.
2. Honesty and hard work___________ to success and happiness.
3. You can’t ___________ without practice. Wisdom comes from experience.
4. We can ___________ an English-speaking environment, which will help us build up a good foundation.
5. Everyone has the freedom to ___________ their dreams.

3 . 请从方框中选择恰当的单词或短语填空，并用其适当形式填空。

be eager to     be enthusiastic about     breakthrough     precious     apparent

1. You should always ____________ life so that you can conquer all the difficulties with great passion.
2. A family break allows you to spend ____________ time together.
3. Don’t worry, all the people around ____________ help you get through the difficulty.
4. His ____________ unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough.
5. Scientists have made a ____________ in their treatment of that disease.

4 . 选词填空

creative;   power;   recommend;   reward;   view;   experiment with;   keep track of;   subscribe to

1. I made the final decision because my friend made a ______ to me.
2. We ______ an evening newspaper last Friday.
3. Calendar is an app that helps you ______ your progress and plan your exercise routine.
4. It is very ______ to keep a diary of daily happenings.
5. This toy will help children with their ______.
6. The law should ______ as a way of meeting certain goals.
7. Nowadays apps are becoming increasingly ______.
8. He wanted ______ different styles in his paintings.

5 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

In America,     1     (help) students develop social skills, school offers a large number of after-school activities. When deciding which student to accept, employers and colleges look for students     2     have skills in several areas. Exam grades are very important, but so are the after-school activities. By taking part in these activities, students show their special talents and their     3     (able) to get on with others.

6 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

New research into EQ and IQ suggests that success is not simply the result of a high IQ. While your IQ tells you     1     intelligent you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. According to Professor Salovey, at work, it is IQ that gets you hired but it is EQ that gets you promoted. It is generally believed     2     people with high EQ are open to new ideas and have positive attitudes towards life. They are also less likely to be troubled by problems. Also most social scientists agree that EQ has a lot to do     3     education — improving a person’s EQ, especially in terms of “people skills”.

7 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

I remember Graham was very difficult before he came into my class. I had heard stories about his bad behavior. Once I caught him and his friends seeing who could jump the farthest off the school stage! But when he got interested, he changed. The first day he walked into my class, he     1     (drag) his schoolbag behind him and looking bored, but as soon as I set up an experiment     2     (show) how the human stomach works using acid and an onion, he gave me his full attention.

It happened early on a Friday morning. Tina, a sixteen-year-old girl came to school as usual. But when she entered the classroom, she     3     (find) her teacher on the floor, unconscious. Tina quickly noticed that her teacher was wearing a bracelet     4     said she had diabetes, Tina phoned the emergency services and told them what she     5     (just see).

A few days ago, I went out for a dinner get-together with some friends. My best friend left the table for 30     6     (minute) because he had to take a call. Some spent the dinner bent over their phones,     7     (text) friends online but ignoring the ones who sat right in front of them.

Most people believe when they are living     8     (comfortable) and earning enough money, they will have no worries. However, most people never feel they have earned enough. Jason Harley decided to drop out of this kind of lifestyle, and he discovered that     9     (have) only a little money made him free. Are there any things he misses from his past? “No, I’m much     10     (happy) now because I am living according to my values. Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life”

8 . It was a September day. Today was the first day of high school for a freshman, Kayla. Kayla had always been a bit of a shy kid, but she had always ______ her studies. She was determined to make full use of her high school years.

As she walked down the hallways, Kayla couldn’t help but feel ______. The older students seemed so confident, while she felt small and unimportant, But Kayla was determined to succeed, no matter what ______ came her way.

It wasn’t long before Kayla’s determination was put to the ______. In her first week of school, she was assigned (分派) a (n) ______ project that required a lot of research and planning. Kayla did her ______, but she soon realized that she was in over her head. As she struggled (努力) to complete the project, Kayla began to ______ herself. She wondered if she was cut out for high school. But then, something ______ happened.

Kayla’s classmates began to notice how ______ she was working, and they started to offer her help and ______. They gave her advice on how to ______ her time better, and they shared their tips for ______ assignments. With their help, Kayla was able to complete the project on time and with great ______.

From that day on, Kayla ______ that high school was not a challenge to be faced alone. With the help and support of her ______, she was able to deal with any difficulty that came her way.

1.

A．feared

B．loved

C．missed

D．forgot

2.

A．bored

B．excited

C．worried

D．interested

3.

A．difficulties

B．honours

C．reasons

D．dangers

4.

A．use

B．side

C．trouble

D．test

5.

A．simple

B．challenging

C．suitable

D．amazing

6.

A．part

B．share

C．best

D．duty

7.

A．teach

B．doubt

C．enjoy

D．believe

8.

A．great

B．strange

C．confusing

D．secret

9.

A．fast

B．bravely

C．fluently

D．hard

10.

A．flash

B．news

C．support

D．service

11.

A．manage

B．find

C．fill

D．waste

12.

A．thinking about

B．getting through

C．giving up

D．asking for

13.

A．freedom

B．creation

C．success

D．trust

14.

A．realized

B．argued

C．stressed

D．recommended

15.

A．families

B．customers

C．teammates

D．classmates

9 . Chinese scientists recently achieved precise total synthesis (合成) of sugar from carbon dioxide in the laboratory, marking a crucial step in artificial sugar synthesis.

The synthesis, which took more than two years to realize, was achieved by teams from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology and the academy’s Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics. Their research was published last week in a paper in Chinese Science Bulletin, a multidisciplinary academic journal.

Sugar is a major source of energy for the human body and a key raw material for industrial production, and it is mainly obtained by extracting it from crops such as sugar cane. However, the traditional method of extraction is limited by the energy conversion efficiency of plant photosynthesis. Moreover, the process of extracting sugar has been affected by uncertain raw material supplies due to land degradation and shortages, ecosystem degradation and extreme weather and natural disasters caused by global warming.

As a result, artificial sugar synthesis has been continually studied by the scientific community in recent years, and scientists around the world have contributed to the effort. In their latest research, the Chinese scientists adjusted high-concentration carbon dioxide and other raw materials in the reaction solution. With the help of chemical catalysts and enzyme (酶) catalysts, they obtained four kinds of sugars: glucose, allulose, tagatose and mannose.

The experiment lasted about 17 hours, much shorter than the time required for traditional methods of sugar extraction, according to Yang Jiangang, lead author of the paper and associate researcher at the Tianjin institute.

The efficiency of sugar synthesis in this study was 0.67 grams per liter per hour, which was more than 10 times higher than the previous results achieved by scientists worldwide. Yang said that the carbon dioxide to sugar conversion rate of glucose reached 59.8 nanomoles of carbon per milligram of catalyst per minute. This is the highest level of artificial sugar production known domestically and internationally.

The study also achieved precise control of artificial sugar synthesis. “By controlling the varied catalytic effects of different enzymes, theoretically almost any type of sugar can be synthesized,” Yang said. Regarding the study, Manfred Reetz, a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, said it is a particularly challenging task to convert carbon dioxide into sugars.

The achievement by Chinese scientists has provided a flexible, multifunctional and efficient sugar synthesis route, which opens a door for green chemistry, Reetz said. Green chemistry, similar to sustainable chemistry, is a rapidly developing field that focuses on how to fully utilize raw materials and energy in the process of producing the intended product while minimizing or eliminating the use and generation of harmful substances.

Carbon dioxide to sugar conversion is seen as an example of green chemistry, since it was conducted under normal temperature and pressure conditions and did not yield any harmful substances.

1. Why do scientists keep studying artificial sugar synthesis?

A．Because sugar is an essential energy source for industrial production.

B．Because the traditional extraction approach is not environmentally friendly.

C．Because raw material supply is unreliable in the process of traditional sugar extraction.

D．Because the traditional extraction approach is less productive than plant photosynthesis.

2. How is the Chinese study significant?

A．It synthesized almost all types of sugar in the laboratory.

B．It controlled varied catalytic effects of different enzymes.

C．It converted high-concentration carbon dioxide into sugar.

D．It lasted 17 hours, shorter than previous traditional methods.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Green chemistry helped use up all raw materials to generate more products.

B．Carbon dioxide to sugar conversion will be used in industrial production soon.

C．Green chemistry is a new field where Chinese scientists will put more efforts on.

D．Carbon dioxide to sugar conversion will take up all sugar production due to its efficiency.

10 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Driving to Palm Springs two years ago, I met a snowstorm. A car suddenly changed the direction     1     (avoid) hitting mine and drifted (漂移) towards the side of the cliff. Meanwhile, some drivers     2    (sit) in different cars rushed out. They     3    (take) off the chains that had protected their own tyres and put them on that car’s tyres     4    (rapid). Just as the car was about to be lost off the cliff, those drivers stepped up, letting their kind hearts go beyond the snowstorm.