1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, who     1     ( come) to China many times when young, it should be Qingming Shanghe Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This    2    ( create) dates back to the Northern Song dynasty.

This painting is important    3     several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese     4     ( painting) were landscapes, which did not feature people at all or had only a few people.     5    ( two) , this is the first scroll (卷轴)painting to describe both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing ( now Kaifeng, in Henan province). Third, the painting is highly detailed,     6    ( feature ) shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them     7    great deal in understanding     8    the Chinese lived.

The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the    9    ( origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies—the Qing version     10    ( hold) in the M National Palace Museum” in Taipei.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The British have been drinking tea for over 350 years. But in fact, the history of tea goes much     1    (far) back.

The story of tea begins in China. According to the legend, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting     2    a tree while his servant boiled drinking water, when some leaves from the tree blew into the water. Shen Nung,     3     expert in herbal medicine, decided to try the water his servant created. As a result, it tasted so good that later the drink was     4     we now call tea.

It is     5    (possible) to know whether there is any truth in this story.     6    , tea drinking certainly was established in China many centuries before it had even been heard of in the west. Containers of tea     7    (find) in tombs dating from the Han dynasty (206BC-220AD) before tea was firmly established as the national drink of China in the Tang dynasty (618-906AD). It became     8     a favorite thing that during the late eighth century, a writer     9    (call) Lu Yu wrote the first book entirely about tea, the Ch’a Ching, or Tea Classic. It was shortly after this that tea was first introduced to Japan, by Japanese Buddhist monks who had travelled to China to study before. Tea drinking has become a vital part of Japanese culture,     10    may be rooted in the sprit described in the Ch’a Ching.

4 . 阅读下面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dario and his mother loved their new apartment     1    living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them sat side by side at the piano. They played jazz music     2    (celebrate) their new home. The loud music filled the room and made them feel very happy. The next morning,     3    , their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a note under their door during the night. One of their neighbors    4    (write) to complain(抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the doorkeeper     5    he knew anything about it. But he said ‘no’. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they should hold a party at home and apologize     6     their playing.

They    7     loved the idea. Over the next few days, they sent out     8    (invite) and decorated the apartment with party lights.    9    (final), the day of the party arrived. The guests brought different presents. One woman even presented Dario with a book of piano music, which gave them a feeling of warmth. Dario apologized and was already looking forward to     10     (practice ) the new music.

6 . 单句语法填空
1. The supermarket, __________ we bought goods last week, is the biggest in our city.
2. She has the same golden hair and blue eyes __________ her mother has.
3. He told us that it was the most interesting film __________ he had ever seen in his life.
4. The owner of the cinema needed to employ more people to keep it running, __________ meant spending a lot of money.
5. Next month, __________ you’ll spend your summer holidays in your hometown, is drawing near.
6. His sister has become a lawyer, __________ she wanted to be.
7. They seldom take part in the competition, __________ they?
8. __________(interest) in Chinese, Mike bought many Chinese classic novels.
9. At Mary’s birthday party, I saw her classmates, some of __________ looked familiar.
10. He had worked very hard. He failed in the test, __________.

7 . 单句语法填空
1. ________ all our efforts to save the old man, he died of heart trouble.
2. Progress so far has been very good. We are, ________, confident that the work will be completed on time.
3. We did what we could ________（help）him out of the trouble.
4. If you don’t know what you want, you might end up ________（get）something you don’t want.
5. When ________（permit）to play football, the boy jumped with joy
6. It ________（be）Sunday again, we could have a day of our own, and do what we wanted to.
7. ________（read）the interesting novel, he passed it on to me to read.
8. The meeting ________（hold）yesterday is of much importance.
9. We ________（gather）our books when the light suddenly went out.
10. They ________（repair）the fallen bridge all day long and didn’t know it was getting dark.

8 . Once I started thinking about fitness______ than weight, things began to change. （用适当的单词填空）

9 . Many of us were raised with the saying “Waste not, want not.” None of us, _________, can completely avoid waste in our lives. （用适当的词填空）

10 . I am too busy to go for a walk; ________, it is too late. （用适当的词填空）