1 . Direction: 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. disbelief B. perceived C. obvious D. primitive E. functioning F. fearfully G. originally H. territory I. prohibiting J. incredible K. bothered

1. Offer yourself compassion and it’s natural to get panicky about heading off into unknown ________.
2. Volunteering to help the homeless patients can show you that things aren’t quite as challenging as you ________ thought.
3. The pioneers who settled the west had to cope with ________ living conditions.
4. Rather than trying to seem perfect, being honest about your shortcomings in an interview or on the job can be ________ as an advantage.
5. Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton underwent surgery to remove bone spurs (骨刺) and scar tissue in his right ankle that ________ him for most of the season.
6. The signals indicate that the spacecraft bus is ________ normally and ready to begin orbital maneuvers (演习) and operational testing.
7. A law has recently been passed ________ the consumption of alcohol in public places.
8. When the virtual clone of legendary Chinese singer Teresa Teng appeared on the screen, millions of online viewers reportedly dropped their jaws in complete ________ at the likeness.
9. There is a(n) ________ contrast between the cultures of East and West.
10. She showed ________ courage and determination in coming back from her injuries to compete again in the game.

2 . 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.diversifying       B.depressed        C.shifted       D.breaking       E.hammer   F.controversial G.initially     H.converting       I.wholly       J.dump          K.circulations

Soaring newsprint costs make life even harder

The cost of paper around the world is rising to record highs, pushing up expenses for newspapers from Mumbai to Sydney. When times were good, before ads     1     online, newspapers had a supportive partnership with paper mills. As ads departed and     2     fell, they are now at the shouting stage.

Paper mills had the worst of it for years as newspapers went     3     digital or shut for good. The papers were able to     4     down the cost of newsprint from firms fighting for business as demand declined. Many hesitated to shut massive machines costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

That hesitance has disappeared; mills are taking out newsprint capacity and     5    . Norske Skog, a Norwegian paper firm, said in June it would close its 66-year-old Tasman Mill in New Zealand, for example. Many mills are     6     machines to make packaging for e-commerce.UPM, a Finnish firm, announced this year the sale of its Shotton newsprint mill in Wales to a Turkish maker of container board and packaging. For JCS Volga, a Russian mill, newsprint used to account for 70% of production; now half of what it makes is packaging. The pandemic, with people working from home, meant even fewer newspaper purchases, which     7     demand for newsprint again and increased the pain for paper suppliers. In the past 24 months European mills have responded by shutting almost a fifth of their newsprint capacity, says a buyer for a large British newspaper group.

Then economies reopened. Newsprint demand shot up. That, combined with much reduced capacity and coupled with soaring energy prices, has resulted in a price shock. Particularly     8     are energy surcharges that some paper suppliers are seeking to pass on.

Newspaper firms reckon this amounts to     9    contracts. European newspapers will have to pay newsprint prices that are 50-70% higher in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year before.

Germany’s print and media industry association has warned that mills are going to force newspapers to     10     paper editions, hurting each other in the process. “It’s about the famous branch that both of them are sitting on,” it said recently. But mills can sell packaging instead. “We’re not going to save the publishing industry by being unprofitable ourselves,”says a mill executive in North America.

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attempt            inhabitant            reflect            tie            conduct Release            convert               transform       orbit          consume

1. Winning the lottery has _________ the poor man’s life.
2. She _______ the old books together and put them under the bed.
3. Our _______ to establish a lunar station will definitely succeed.
4. The government made every effort to help those homeless people whose house ______ in the fire.
5. The ______ of that island are friendly. They will warmly receive their guests.
6. They _______ the spare room into an office.
7. She could see her face _________ in the car’s windshield.
8. The satellite _______ the Earth every 48 hours.
9. These days we _________ a survey of consumer attitudes towards organic food.
10. Water vapour ________ when water reaches 100゜C.