1 . I respect my mother so much as she never treats me as a child, but as __________equal. (用适当的词填空)

2 . __ average of just 15 cm of rainfall(降雨量) last year has made it the driest year since 1850.

3 . Bungee jumping is _____________ adventure and the excitement lasts for days.

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We’ve all turned to sad music to make us feel     1     (good)at some point in our lives, but why does doubling down on the sadness help drag us out of the mire(泥沼 )？

A new study sheds light on what’s going on inside our brains     2    we match our music to our feelings. It looks like sad music can be enjoyable -rather than     3    (simple) depressing- because it triggers positive memories that can help to lift our mood. Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there     4     (be)two groups of possible    5     (explain)for why we enjoy listening to sad music like this: one from social psychology, and one from cognitive neuroscience(认知神经学).

In terms of social psychology, one way of     6    (think) about this is that we feel much better about     7     (we) if we focus on someone who’s doing even worse, a process known as downward social comparison. Everything’s going to be okay, because this person     8    (have) an even worse day than you are.

Another theory from social psychology is that people like to listen     9     music that mirrors the tone of their current life circumstances -the songs act as     10    sort of tuning fork(音叉) for our own situations and they resonate(共鸣) with us.

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Wolf Warrior II(《战狼Ⅱ》) is such a hit that it has put China in the     1    (globe) spotlight(公众关注). It's also the first film     2    (taste) success both in terms of box office earnings and promoting Chinese values.

The film focuses on     3    rescue operation in Africa, led by Leng Feng, played by Wu Jing, the writer     4    director of the film. It is based on the true events of the 2011 evacuation(撤离) of Chinese people from Libya. It describes     5     the Chinese government manages to protect overseas Chinese    6    (city). Just    7    the message at the end of the film reads:"When you encounter(遇到) danger in a foreign land, do not give up! Please remember, at your back     8    (stand) a strong motherland."

China's    9    (rise) military power and its positive role in the world have brought out a bigger sense of    10    (proud) among young people in China.

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Have you ever wondered where Lego(乐高积木)came from? Like many great inventions,the story is not just one of a great idea,     1     one of a ton of hard work and perseverance（毅力）.

The story started in Denmark. Ole Christiansen was a carpenter     2     was struggling with his small business. His wife died     3    (short) after his fourth son was born. He had to work hard to support his family alone. He started making wood toys,but they didn't sell well. He decided his toys needed a name,and he chose     4     name"Lego".

Unfortunately, several years later, his workshop     5     (burn) to the ground. Soon,he started to make a few plastic toys. He got the idea to create a “system" of toys that would build up kids'     6     (imagine) and creativity. He decided to stop     7     (make) wood toys and focus only on the connected plastic toys. Then he started to build more and more kinds of     8     (model). Each one had to be of the     9     (high) quality, which can be reflected in Lego's motto —“Only the best is good enough. ”

Thanks to their perseverance, kids can enjoy Lego toys, movies, amusement parks and clothing. But none of this would have existed at that time if they     10     (give up) when times got hard.

8 . Anvitha Vijay, who is only nine years old, has built two educational apps. One is Smartkins Animals, which helps many    1    (child) identify more than 100 animals and     2    other Rainbow Colors, which teaches kids colors.

With the help of YouTube videos, the young girl from Melbourne, Australia, learned to code (编程)at age 7 all by    3    (she). Soon, she was trying her hand at making apps. “When I first got my iPad, I     4     (attract)immediately by all the apps on it,” she told TFK. “It wasn’t long     5    I wanted to create my own.”

Anvitha’s skills won her scholarship to attend a big tech conference hosted by Apple in San Francisco, California. There, she got tips from the professionals and went to workshops     6    she learned about the latest software for app building. all that training led to an idea for a third app. This one,    7    (call) GoalsHi, inspires kids to practice good habits.

Anvitha’s goal is to continue crating technology that helps kids learn while    8    (have)fun. But what’s even more     9    (importance) to her is that the world sees the power of technology in kids’ hands. “The more training we get in tech at an early age,” she says, “the    10    (good)chance we will have of becoming innovation champions who will one day change the world.”

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There was a young flower in the desert     1    all was dry and sad looking... It was growing by itself,    2    (enjoy) every day and saying to the sun, "     3    shall I be grown up?" And the sun would say "Be    4    (patience) ! Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so pleased,     5    she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
    6    one day the hunter came by and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad, not because she was    7    (die), but because she would     8    (ever) have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.
The great spirit saw her, and was listening. - Indeed, he said... She should be living... So he reached down and touched her -- and gave her    9    second life.
Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And this corner of the desert also became so beautiful because    10    the little flower.