1 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage.

A. nesting       B. signals       C. accessible     D. overnight       AB. decisively       AC. illiterates AD. literally       BC. unaware       BD. motivated       CD. accused     ABC. terrifying

The good news is that today’s teenagers are greedy readers and productive writers. The bad news is that what they are reading and writing are text messages.

It’s an unmissable trend. Even if you don’t have teenage kids, you’ll still see other people’s offspring wandering around, their eyes averted, tapping away, totally     1     of their surroundings. Take a group of teenagers to see the eight wonders of the world. Chances are that they’ll     2     be texting all the way, even if it means missing all those awe-inspiring moments. Show a teenager Jan Vermeer’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring. You might get a quick glance before a buzz     3     the arrival of the latest SMS.

Now before I am     4     of throwing stones in a glass house, let me confess. I probably send about 50 texts a day, and I receive what seem like 200. But there is difference, I also read books. It’s a quaint old habit I picked up as a kid, in the days before cellphones began     5     in the palms of the young.

According to a survey carried about in 2019, half of today’s teenagers don’t read books except when they’re made to. What is more     6     to me as a high school teacher is the fact that almost two-thirds of high school freshmen read for pleasure for less than an hour per week. Nearly half of seniors don’t read for pleasure at all.

Why does this matter? Because, to some extent, this texting craze can and will produce a large number of cultural    7     who are cut off from the civilization of their ancestors if we don’t take some necessary measures.

So how can we encourage our teenagers to read books? Whether in the classroom or at home, one of the best ways to promote reading is by reading together. Another way to encourage reading is to help teenagers set a goal to read a certain number of books or read books from a certain genre. This will help them stay focused and     8     to read. For instance, if your child loves playing football, read the storybook related to football. Or if your child loves going on walks, take along some picture books to read along the way. By making reading more     9     and fun, we can foster a love of reading in them.

But don’t expect children to fall in love with reading     10    . When it comes to reading, trust the process.

2 . 选词填空

convenient, personality, call for, cheat, subscribe, locate, replace, sensible, deliver, explore, concentrate, access

1. At present there are some problems which ________ solution.
2. The three theaters ________ in the center of the town.
3. We all have ________, an no one is exactly like another. Our relationships and memories are built on our interaction with other people.
4. The centre is easily ________ to the general public.
5. We devote several days to the ________ of the magnificent Maya sites of Copan.
6. We all consider it wrong ________ in the examinations.
7. The president ________ a speech about schools next Monday.
8. So, it is ________ to teach children how to cooperate with each other than to educate them how to compare with each other.
9. My main reason for ________ to New scientist is to keep up with advances in science.
10. It is wise for people to enjoy the ________ of smart phones while not depending on them completely.
11. However, people say the Internet is not a ________ for the experience of seeing street art live.
12. Any activities that requires too much ________, such as reading a novel or a long article, demands your focus, so you slow down physically.

4 . 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.

5 . 选词填空

A. accessible       B. diverse       C. associate       D. appeal       E. encounter

1. Social media was created to connect people with others online and has recently been added to smartphones, making it far more __________ than it originally was.
2. It is not easy for teenagers to pursue their study abroad, as they may __________ great cultural shock and feel homesick.
3. In this way, designers can develop products that could __________ to the masses.
4. He’d studied Spanish, and had grown up in New York City — the most culturally __________ place in America.

7 . 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.

8 . 根据句意，选择单词并以其适当形式填空。

1. As a matter of fact, it is a __________ of picking and jogging, which means picking up trash while working out.
2. To start with, people, who are for the idea, believe that university libraries should be__________ to the public.
3. Deal with the most important assignments first, and one will feel a real sense of __________.
4. I’m greatly __________ that you will be impressed by the clothes rental stores.
5. But with the development of modernisation and globalisation, more and more intangible cultural heritages are at great risk of __________.
6. Reading enables readers to see farther because they are __________ to stand on the shoulders of giants.
7. At the same time, nature reserves should be set up to guarantee their living environment is safe and __________.
8. First, the increasingly __________ life has put a good number of people under huge pressure.
9. It is love that makes life __________ living.
10. So __________ were we in being with them that we didn’t realize it was time for departure.

9 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

release     threat     negotiate     assignment     access     objective barrier to     devote oneself to     pay off     stick it out

1. This unique and delicate place is now under ________ from pollution and climate change.
2. Justina’s mother told her to look at the situation ________ and be less emotional.
3. The team was happy because it was ________ to a rather easy group in the Olympics.
4. Not many people are able to ________ their career in their whole life.
5. The beach is easily ________ to visitors who travel by train.
6. The terms of this deal are ________, so it is possible that we can get this item changed.
7. Learning to play a musical instrument can be difficult, but if you ________ you will find success.
8. When an ant finds food, it ________ a chemical to mark the path so that it can find the food later.
9. All the effort of the team ________ when they won the championship.
10. Age should be no ________ living a rewarding life.

10 . 选词填空

A. accessible     B. dedicated     C. supervised     D. implemented       E. processed F. extensively   G. investigate     H. elastic       I. narrowly       J. alternative     K. appealing

1. The 10 groups with the highest scores will then be invited to the Cyber First competition final in London to ________ a complex cyber threat.
2. HandEnergy proved ________ successfully raising over $71,000 in one month from people hoping to get their hands on one.
3. Despite being based in non-English-speaking countries, Yokohma, Japan head quartered Nissan ________ an English-first strategy in the late 1990s.
4. Micro bags are a very canny move by fashion brands as they made designer label more ________ to a younger customer who might not be able to afford a full-size bag for more than $1,500, but could just save up and buy a mini one that’s a few hundred pounds.
5. Only Apple’s Siri offers a male voice as a(an) ________ to the female-dominated line-up.
6. This exercise was inspired by the work of Shelly Gable, a social psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who has ________ studied marriages and other close relationships.
7. Along with its parent organization, Robohand, these groups are ________ to making mechanical hands for people who may have been born without them, or who lost hands or fingers to accidents.
8. Meanwhile, he adds that the right side of the brain plays a crucial role in music. Language, such as English and Mandarin, are mostly ________ on the left side of the brain.
9. As a teenager, Wilma joined the girls’ basketball team at Burt High School. C. C. Gray was the coach who ________ the team.
10. It is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot air balloon or helicopter, with a(an) ________ rope tied to your ankles.