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。

Mid-Autumn Festival this year falls on Oct 1. In a recent survey     1     (conduct) by China Youth Daily, 92.9 percent of all the 1,018 respondents said they would go home for a family reunion     2     (celebrate) it. Since the full moon symbolizes a family staying together, the Mid-Autumn Festival is     3     (traditional) associated with family reunions. To go home to celebrate the festival is a way    4     honoring our traditional culture and observing traditions that have lasted for centuries.

To celebrate, families will usually enjoy a dinner together and eat moon-cakes,which     5     (give) as gifts to express people's best wishes for family reunions. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is special in two     6    (aspect). First, it falls on Oct 1,     7    is also the day that marks the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

As     8     result, it falls at the start of the week-long National Day holiday, so people can have     9    (much) time to go home.     10     people are far apart,the bonds of love bind families together.

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。

A dear friend of mine recently celebrated her     1    (thirty) birthday. Rather than doing     2     most women of her age might do — drinking, buying a new dress, or having a dinner out at     3     expensive restaurant — she decided to host an “acts of kindness” party. All friends, who     4    (invite) to the party, were asked to spend money     5     acts of kindness.

At the party, she prepared cards, which she’d written to each guest     6    (personal), saying what they meant to her as friends, and then passed them around the table for everyone else to add nice comments about each other. She explained to     7    (we) that she was in the process of entering a new phase in her life, one of offering more service to others, and she wanted a special birthday     8    (celebrate).

So my gift to her was that during the     9    (follow) month, I would do 30 acts of kindness in 30 days in honor of her 30 years on earth. So far I     10    (do) 13 acts!

6 . 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Winter Solstice (冬至)

Winter Solstice, also     1    (know)as Midwinter or Winter Festival, means the     2    (arrive) of winter.

Winter Solstice is the 22nd in the present system of solar terms, but it was in fact the first one to     3    (create) and observed by people in ancient China. They     4    (believe) that from Winter Solstice, the next cycle began. Winter Solstice, therefore, was regarded as the     5    (begin) of a new year,     6     explains why Winter Solstice was not only set as a solar term, but has also been observed as     7     important festival.

The winter season starts in most areas in China from the day on. But because     8     its huge land area, the climate differs greatly from place to place. For example, the night time temperature during this period in northeast China drops to as low as -20℃ , while it is still around 10℃ in some places in South China like Guangzhou.

Eating dumplings on Winter Solstice is a tradition in northern China. Compared with dumplings, sweet dumplings (tangyuan) are even     9    (popular) for locals in southern China. In     10    (they) mind, the round shape of sweet dumplings symbolizes the reunion.

7 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Best Time of Year

Depending on your in-laws or your uncles, this might be your best holiday season ever.

Fewer families plan to travel to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas together     1     the corona-virus pandemic. Even those who were originally planning large family celebrations are warier of doing so     2     they were last month, according to a recent poll. Nearly 71% of people in the United States now believe that there is a large or moderate risk     3     (associate) with “attending in-person gatherings of friends and family outside your household,” the Axios-Ipsos poll found. That’s a 9-point increase since this time last month.

There is a reason for their concern. Hospitalizations in several states are increasing rapidly, and much of the country is experiencing a surge in positive cases     4     cannot be completely explained by increased testing. And given recent studies that prove family gatherings contribute to the spread of the coronavirus, cautious people are right to downsize. This is a huge sacrifice for many, especially     5     who live across the country from their mother, father, brother, or sister and rarely get to see them. For others, it’s a mercy: no fights with your social-justice-warrior nieces, no embarrassment at Uncle Brad’s overindulgence (沉溺于) in merlot, and no awkward questions from Aunt Jennie about why you’re not dating anyone.

For those who     6     (decide) to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas as they normally would, don’t worry: The holidays have always been a dangerous time of year, even     7     a global pandemic. Binge-drinking (狂饮) incidents skyrocket around this time each year, and any medical professional     8    (tell) you that deep-fried turkey accidents make up a good chunk of the hospitalizations they see on Thanksgiving Day. So, what’s a little     9     (risky), right?

Either way, the holiday season is bound to be unforgettable. Those who choose to stay home and celebrate with immediate family only will experience a much more intimate setting that might just make this year’s Thanksgiving the most meaningful yet. And those who choose to gather with their loved ones for Christmas will do so,     10     (know) that familial (家庭的) connection is one of the best cures to this year’s many woes. As with anything, it’s all about perspective.

8 . 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。

Last week, a grand ceremony paying respect to Huangdi,    1     legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation,     2     (hold) at the Xiandu Scenic Spot in Jinyun, Zhejiang province, on the Chongyang Festival.

The ceremony,     3     started at 9:50 am, consisted of nine parts, including striking bells, offering flower baskets and wine to a carols. It     4     (have) the theme of "showing respect to Chinese ancestors with efforts all over the world and opening new     5    (chapter) for attaining common prosperity". During the ceremony, drums were played 34 times and bells were rung 15 times,     6     (represent) 1.5 billion Chinese from 34 provinces, municipalities，autonomous regions and special administrative regions in China and overseas Chinese.

The     7     (year) ceremony for Huangdi in Jinyun dates back     8     the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Showing respect to Huangdi in the new times is reverence (敬畏) for the ancestors who started the Chinese civilization. What's     9     (much), it can inspire the Chinese     10     (unite), helping build the common spiritual home for all Chinese.