1 . 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。

Language is sometimes written as a code so that people can communicate secrets. During     1     Second World War, the German Navy （海军）used a code to send messages. The British broke the code and     2     （learn） about many German plans. The Japanese also used a code to talk to     3     （they） ships at sea. It was called the Purple Code. Although the Americans soon broke this code, the Japanese didn’t know it     4    （break）. In 1942 , the Americans began to use their own code to send     5     （secret）. A few Navajo（纳瓦在人）Indians made this code     6    （base） on their language, which only some American Indians spoke. The code described a few things the American army did. Only they could understand this code, so they went with the army as it fought against the Japanese. These Navajo soldiers promised     7    （keep） this code a secret, even though this could cause their     8    （die）. The Japanese never broke the code because they knew nothing     9     the Navajo language. And the code,     10     connected two languages, helped win the war in the Pacific.

2 . 语法填空

Luoyang is one of the cities in China     1     artistic, religious and scientific cultures all once developed like never before. Daoism began there and the first Buddhist temple     2     （build）in the city. This special spot is not only the hometown of China’s most famous     3     （invent）including papermaking, printing and the compass, but also home to the nation's most brilliant poets and painters.

Today, Luoyang still attracts many tourists every year. Located in the middle reaches（中游）of the Yellow River in Central China's Henan Province and     4     （surround）by mountains and plains, Luoyang occupies     5     important strategic（战略的）location.

As one of China's ancient capitals, Luoyang was a seat of power for 13 dynasties and is a city with a splendid historical and     6     （culture）background. Its long history endows（赋予）it with rich culture, which is     7     （easy）seen in grand palaces, temples and caves. The city is also well known     8     the“City of Peony”. In spring, many tourists travel to Luoyang     9     （appreciate） the beautiful peony. Luoyang is now an energetic and charming tourist place that     10     （welcome）guests from all over the world to explore its glorious past.

3 . Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact     1    she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished    2    a driving mistake.
Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without     3    （stop).
When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason     4    she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak     5    old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished     6    he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she     7    choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.
When she had     8    （success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no doubts     9    your eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary     10    (dismiss解雇), and her record remained unbroken.