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

A. automatically   B. guilt     C. complex   D. material   E mildly   F. term G. interesting       H. dutifully   I. boring     J. blank     K. reveal

If you're like most people, you've lost yourself in fake listening many times. You go to history class, sit in the third row, and look directly at the instructor as she speaks. But your mind is far away, floating in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. Occasionally you come back to earth: the instructor writes an important    1    on the chalk-board, and you    2    copy it in your notebook. Every once in a while the instructor makes a witty remark, causing others in the class to laugh. You smile politely, pretending that you've heard the remark and found it    3    humorous. You have a vague sense of    4    that you aren't paying close attention, but you tell yourself that any     5    you miss can be picked up from a friend's notes. Besides, the instructor's talking about road construction in ancient Rome, and nothing could be more    6    . So back you go into your private little world. Only later do you realize you've missed important information for a test.

Fake listening may be easily exposed, since many speakers are sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you're merely pretending to listen. Your    7    expression, and the faraway look in your eyes are the cues that    8    your inattentiveness.

Even if you're not exposed, there's another reason to avoid fakery: it's easy for this behavior to become a habit. For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that they    9    start daydreaming when a speaker begins talking on something    10    or uninteresting. As a result, they miss lots of valuable information.

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

A. available   B. smart     C. steps   D. worry   E. expected     F. emotions G. share     H. persuaded   I. bored   J. bullied   K. disorganized

If you don't like school, the first step is finding out why. You might not like school because a bully is bothering you, or because a kid you don't like wants to hang around with you. Or maybe you don't get along with your teacher. You might feel different or    1    that you don't have enough friends.

Sometimes it's a problem with your classes and schoolwork. Maybe the work is too easy and you get    2    . Or maybe the work is too hard, or you don't feel as    3    as the other kids. Reading may be difficult for you, but you are    4    to do a lot of it. You may be getting farther and farther behind, and it may seem like you'll never catch up.

When you know why you don't like school, you can start to take    5    to make things better.

It's a good idea to talk to someone about your problems with school. Your mom, dad, relative, teacher, or school counselor will be able to help you. It's especially important to tell an adult if the problem is that you're being     6    or someone hurts you physically.

Another good idea is to write down your feelings about school in a journal. You can use a journal or diary or just write in an ordinary notebook. It's a great way to let out    7    that may be stuck inside you. And you don't have to    8    what you've written with others.

If you feel    9    or like you can't keep up with your schoolwork, your teachers and school counselors want to help. Teachers want and expect you to ask for help with learning stuff. If all of your subjects seem really hard, a school counselor can help you sort things out. Special help is    10    if you need it. Try not to let the problems go on too long. It's easier to catch up on one chapter than the whole book!

3 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

1. “It is very__________of you to forget to tell me!” she complained.
2. It is a good habit to work out a weekly__________and more importantly stick to it.
3. They increase their own income at the__________of the rural masses.
4. A recent customer__________showed widespread ignorance about the availability of organic food.
5. Each product is__________at a specific consumer group.
6. Flight times in the brochure are based on our best__________, and will be confirmed as soon as possible.
7. It is__________in many countries for companies to employ child labor.
8. The role a father plays in the growth of his child has effects on everything from the__________of emotions to intelligence and academic achievement.
9. If you__________directly in the stock market potential profits are greater, but so are potential losses.
10. The EU has imposed a__________on the import of seal skins.

4 . 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.harvesting 　　　B.leaves 　　　C.separating 　　　 D.light 　　　E.covering F.productive 　　　G.ideal 　　 　H.sweet-smelling　　 I.regular 　 　J.branches 　　K.hidden

"Soon, you're going to have to move out!" cried my neighbor upon seeing the largest tomato plant known to mankind, or at least known in my neighborhood.

One tiny 9-inch plant, bought for $1. 25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed,     1    much of other plants, and is well on its way to the front door.

Roses require a good deal of care, and if it weren't for the pleasure they give, it wouldn't be worth the work. As it is, I have a garden full of    2    roses for most of the year. Bushes must be pruned(剪枝) in early spring, leaving ugly woody    3    until the new growth appears a few weeks later. It was the space available in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant. A big mistake！

Soil conditions made it just    4    for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. The daily watering coupled with full sun and    5    fertilizing(施肥)have turned the little plant into a tall bush. The cage I placed around it as the plant grew has long since disappeared under the thick    6    .

Now the task I face in    7    the fruit is twofold: First, I have to find the red ones among the leaves, which means I almost have to stand on my head, and once found I have to reach down and under, pick the tomatoes and withdraw my full fist without dropping the prize so dearly won. I found two full-blown white roses completely    8    as I picked tomatoes in June. But they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of    9    .

Here I am faced with a painful small decision: To destroy a wonderful and    10    tomato plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. Like Scarlett in Gone with the Wind I'll think about that tomorrow.

5 . 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. rescue 　　　　B. force 　　　　C. captured 　　　　D. beneath 　　　　E. shocking F. drowning 　　　G. original 　　　H. masked 　　　　I. falls 　　　　J. charm 　　　K. adapted

The Paris Opera House is one of the extraordinary buildings in the world. It contains levels beyond levels of cellars, fountains, chandeliers and even its own ghost! The history of this performance hall is dark and interesting, and its mysterious quality is perfectly    1    in architecture, literature and music.

The House seats two thousand and has seventeen stories, taking up three acres of land. Seven of these are    2    the ground, and two contain pieces of the famous lake later pictured in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Part of the    3    of the opera house is the levels that it inhabits underground. There are chorus rooms, green rooms, ball rooms, set rooms, cellars for waste props, closets, dressing rooms, and many more kinds of rooms making up the building. The underground levels contain all sorts of unpleasant and horrible objects from various operas that have been produced. Their    4    effect sparked the idea behind Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera. The lake on the last floor was accidentally sprung when a worker knocked against a pipe underground.

The Phantom of the Opera, later    5    into an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, was a book based upon the opera house. It portrays a young singer, Christine, and the Phantom who    6    in love with her, Erik. Other characters include Meg, a young dancer, and Raoul, the lover that goes to Christine's    7    and eventually wins her heart. In Leroux's tale, the Phantom, a mysterious    8    underground, kills, injures and frightens members of the cast before the audience and the cast in turn chase him down and drive him away from the theater. In the    9    story, the Phantom commits suicide by    10    himself because he fails to win Christine's love.

Work on this House began in 1861 and ended, fifteen years later. , It cost over forty-seven million francs, and gave its creator and workers a big headache.

6 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

A. drowned　　　B. machinery　　　C. shocked　　　D. forced　　　E. suffering F. originally　　　G. mask　　　　　H.released　　　I. restored　　　J. burst

1. You must wear goggles and a ________that will protect you against the fumes
2. They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and________.
3. She was so________ at the news that she could hardly utter a single word.
4. Every year, tourists are drawn to the beautifully________ old town square.
5. His words were ________out by loud cheers and big applauses from the audience.
6. The castle was________ surrounded by three walls, only one of which remains.
7. Worse still, her own father, whom she had depended on, had ________her to leave home after he learned about her condition.
8. For some unknown reasons, one of the boys struck a match and in an instant the room________ into flames.
9. All the prisoners of war were________ and they returned to their home countries.
10. Manufacturing ________is being introduced into the factory to save human labor.

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

A. created     B. single   C. sure   D. attraction   E. evidence     F. free G. ceiling     H. birth     I. led     J. closed       K. series

Carlsbad Caverns National Park contains more than 100 caves below the surface of the desert. Most are     1     to the public. But anyone can visit the main     2     , one of the largest caves in the world.

An elevator lowers you into the world of Carlsbad Cavern. It is really long     3     of chambers. One of these is called the Big room. It is more than three hectares big and the ceiling is 77 meters high. The Big Room is the     4     largest underground chamber ever found in North America.

The Big Room and other parts of the cavern contain huge, sharp formations of minerals. People are     5     to explore the lit formations in the Big Room. But park rangers must guide visitors to other areas of the cave.

Stalactites(钟乳石)hang from the     6     . Stalagmites(石笋)rise from the floor. Some even meet to create a column. Other formations look like needles, popcorn, pearls and flowers.

One of the first questions that visitors have is 'how did Carlsbad Cavern form? ' Guides explain that it did not result from the action of water and streams like other limestone caves. Instead, it was     7     by the action of sulfuric acid(硫酸).

People are not the only ones who visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park. About 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats come to the big cave from Mexico each summer to give     8     .

It is easy to imagine that it was the bats that     9     ancient people to discover the cave. Archeologists and others have found     10     of Ice Age hunters near the cave entrance. They have also found pieces of spear(矛) points left about ten thousand years ago.

8 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

1. Banknotes of this design were first ______ 10 years ago.
2. I ______ many surprises in the near future, due to the recent development of science and technology.
3. Just at that moment, the animals in the zoo began to ______.
4. My mind ______ back to our previous meeting.
5. The workers’ movement presented a direct ______ to their interests.
6. You must pass the examination to get credit for the ______.
7. We must place our common ______ above all else.
8. The machine was ______ “Made in China”.
9. In the U.S., we have a tradition that when you ______ out the candles on your birthday cake, you should make a wish.

9 . 请认真阅读下列各个小题，并从所提供的12个短语中选择10个填入各句空格中，注意保持语义和形式的一致，请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

1. Let’s ________ the drug and see whether it works.
2. Classics are ________ disappearing. Instead, they are still widely read and many of them have even been adapted for films.
3. I need some vegetables to make a pizza. Would you please ________ the onion?
4. People who spend too much time on the Internet tend to ________ the people and the world round them.
5. Estella is a beautiful girl, and Pip ________ winning her love.
6. After a day’s work, Matthew was ________ and he went straight to bed after dinner.
7. If you continue to behave like this, you’ll have to ________ your behavior.
8. Although some people like to ________ their wealth, income is a very private matter for most Americans.
9. The President ________ the idea that the welfare system should be improved.
10. From the blues, there ________ a faster, livelier kind of music called jazz.

10 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

1. The Spring Festival Gala is broadcast _________ on the eve of Chinese New Year, spreading Chinese traditional culture to the world.
2. The scale of China’s digital economy reached 31.3 trillion yuan in 2018, _________ 34.8 percent of the country’s GDP.
3. Game of Thrones made a great hit, meeting the great _________ of its audiences across the globe.
4. Acupuncture is the practice of inserting needles into the skin to _________ physical pain as well as some mental and emotional conditions.
5. An orange cat of around eight months was found in a ship which was _________ for the port of Milan, sealed in a freight container (集装箱) from China.
6. Sunshine and water prove _________ to all the living creatures on the earth for their survival.
7. The visit to museums in Europe helps him develop an interest in art, and he decides to _________ drawing as a hobby.
8. It’s a pity that the athlete has _________ the final competition due to his injuries.
9. The company has provided several sample applications for potential customers to _________.
10. BeiDou Navigation (导航) Satellite System offers users a global positioning capability with great _________.