1 . Directions: Fill in each sentence 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. bitterly B. breakthrough C. conservation D. discounted E. effortlessly F. existing G. seize H. life expectancy I. moving J. projected K. track

1. In the late 19th century, Yellowstone, Sequoia and Yosemite became the first of the great U.S. National Parks. But the parks were devastating for the Native Americans who had lived or hunted within their borders—essentially an act of colonialism in the name of ________.
2. The car’s powerful engine allows it to ________ tackle steep inclines and rough roads, while the responsive handling and adaptive suspension system ensure a smooth and comfortable ride.
3. Biologists have designed an instrument named FlyPol, which uses light to ________ plants’ life cycles from a fast-moving helicopter more than a kilometer overhead.
4. Benefiting from the continuous expansion of the domestic market, major companies in the food industry are ________ to increase their profits by about 7 percent next year.
5. Aiming for more growth in the promising hair sector, this cosmetic company launched a new hair repair series with brand new self-developed technology that can help restore damaged hair to its original strength, which is a great ________.
6. The annual CIIE (China International Import Expo) is of great significance for the entrepreneurs home and abroad to better reach clients, expand market channels and ________ potential investment opportunities as well as boost innovation.
7. Having endured the high temperatures and harmful chemicals for years, employees in the cotton field in Uzbekistan are complaining ________ about their working conditions.
8. Gallo and five of his friends will compete as a team to find as many bird species in Connecticut as they can by sight or sound in a 24-hour period. Their goals: get 200 species; beat the ________ New England record of 195 species, set by their opponents in in 2014.
9. In order to expand the market, Microsoft bundles Windows 11 at ________ prices with its popular desktop application programs.
10. Since ________ is getting higher and higher, measures should be taken to encourage the participation of elderly people in various fields including economic activity.

2 . 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. range       B. novel        C. interest       D. unlikely     E. benefit       F. experiencing G. available     H. necessarily     I. initiative       J. generated       K. partnership

Google gives $1M grant to Press Association to develop robot journalists

New consumers of the future could be reading stories pieced together by advanced data-analyzing robots rather than human journalists, if Google has its way.

On Thursday, the Press Association, the U.K.’s national news agency, announced that it received €706,000 from the tech giant for its Reporters and Data an Robots (RADAR)     1    .

A collaboration between the Press Association and data-driven news start-up Urbs Media, RADAR aims to set up an artificial intelligene-fueled, news service that will generate tens of thousands of news stories a month using publicly     2     data.

Everyone from big-name news organizations to hyper-local outlets and bloggers could     3     from the program. Press Association editor-in-chief Peter Clifton claimed, “this is a hugely exciting development, and we believe our     4     with Urbs Media can be a genuine game-changer for media outlets across the U. K. and Ireland.”

According to the Press Association, RADAR won’t     5     mark the end of the flesh-and-blood journalists, but will rather enable the AI to produce a volume of stories that would be impossible to match manually.

The envisioned work-flow would begin with human journalists identifying open data sets and “creating detailed story templates across a(n)     6     of topics including crime, health and employment.” The robotic reporter would then take over and scan the data, use language generation software to craft together story text and automatically locate relevant photos and video. Press Association clients would then be able to use a special distribution platform to identify news stories of     7     to their audience.

Content automation isn’t a totally     8     concept in the news industry however. AP estimated that it can free up 20 per cent of journalists’ time, allowing them to focus on more complex, qualitative tasks.

Shockingly, not all journalists are sold on the AI infiltration. A study found that journalists from leading news organizations had several reservations when shown an automatically     9     sports story. “I would never, ever, ever have written a story like that,” one BBC journalist said, while a CNN reporter thought the story was repetitive and lacked variation.

Nevertheless, it looks like AI in journalism is here to stay. At a time when many media outlets are     10     commercial pressure, RADAR will provide the news ecosystem with a cost-effective way to provide insightful local stories.

3 . 在下面两组单词中，各挑选一个合成一个新的单词，然后填在句子中

A组 butter，egg，rain，skate，pine，well，home，high，down，down B组 plant，fly，apple，board，town，sick，stairs，bow，way，known

1. The Great Wall of China is ________both at home and abroad.
2. Whenever I have to speak in public, I get________ in my stomach.
3. There is a traffic jam in the ________area tonight.
4. An________ is not a factory that produces eggs, but a kind of vegetable.
5. A________ is an arch of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky after the rain.
6. A________ is not an apple growing on a pine tree, but a large oval fruit that grows in hot areas. It is sweet, juicy, and yellow inside.
7. A________ is a narrow board with wheels at each end, which people stand on and ride for pleasure.
8. If you are________, you feel unhappy because you are away from home and are missing your family, friends, and home very much.
9. In order to improve the traffic, the local government raised a lot of money for the________ construction.
10. She dressed and went ________to greet the guests.

4 . 选词填空

A. that            B. before            C. when            D. since

1. It is a long time__________ his elder brother joined the army.
2. It will not be a long time__________ the company returns to normal after financial crisis.
3. It was about eight years ago__________ the woman made a great discovery.
4. It happened three months ago__________ I was still studying in a medical college.

5 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

suspect;blame;subscribe;decrease;link; handle;pour;transform;outstanding;defend

1. I ________ to a morning paper.
2. We all ________ the truth of the report.
3. My brother broke the window, but I got the ________．
4. Do you know how to ________ the machine?
5. Is there a ________ between lung disease and smoking?
6. The unemployment rate of the country ________ last year.
7. A new colour scheme will ________ your bedroom.
8. Andy ________ the glass full and lifted it to Bobby.
9. The accused man had a lawyer to ________ him.
10. Her late husband was an ________ scientist.

7 . Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words or phrases given in the box. Each word or phrase can be used only once. Note that there is one word or phrase that you do not need.

threaten;widespread;victim;die out;enthusiastic;preserve ban;shelter;predict;overflow;wash away

1. When the new manager proposed her project, all the staff present were ___________about it.
2. In the rain people were ___________ in the doorways of shops.
3. Human beings should try every means to ___________rare animals and their habitats.
4. The drains flooded and water ___________down the main street.
5. Opponents maintain that lifting the ___________ on alcohol and drugs will give rise to increased crime rates.
6. It is ___________ that the typhoon will reach the island the day after tomorrow.
7. He was ___________with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
8. The once promising young man fell ___________ to his own greed.
9. The wild population of penguins is in danger of ___________.
10. The charity initiative received ___________ support throughout the country.

8 . 短语填空

take out a loan; in return; lead a quiet life; judge from; on a regular basis; to be honest

1. In order to keep fit, I work out ________unless I'm too busy.
2. We ________to buy a new car last year.
3. ________ what you say in your letter, you don't sound well.
4. He gave me some cookies.________, I helped him with his homework.
5. They decided to settle down in the countryside so that they could ________.
6. ________, I don't like the course, but I must take it.

9 . 选词填空

Death, suffer, breathe, deliver, damage, strike, bury, shock

Disasters such as tornadoes, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, hurricanes and earthquakes have come one after another, causing great     1    to many countries. Among them the earthquake has the worst effects. The 1976 Tangshan earthquake caused more than 240,000     2    . 90 percent of homes lay in ruins and people     3    a lot. Everywhere the     4    survivors saw destroyed bricks and useless metals as if the world were at an end. Rescue teams dug out the trapped,    5    the dead and built shelters.   With unified efforts and wisdom of all people, the city revived itself and began to     6    again. Earthquakes under the sea can also cause tsunamis. The tsunami that     7    Asia in 2004 crashed into coastlines and swept away many people. Foreign countries aided these areas by     8    food and supplies by helicopter.   (Tips for emergency: ※Keep calm※Tap on a pipe or whistle for help※Stay away from power lines※Survive on what you have on hand.)