2 . 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。

As winter comes, hands and feet can easily get cold, especially among     1     (woman). Thick gloves might be a good choice, yet sometimes wearing them is not     2    (convenience), especially when people want to do something with their hands. However, this was not a problem for ancient Chinese people,     3     had a tool to keep their hands warm: hand warmers.

There is no accurate     4     (write) record regarding the origin of this tool, but there are some tales about its     5     (invent). One folk story concerns Emperor Yangdi from the Sui Dynasty(581-618) who visited Jiangsu in the winter. Due to the bitter cold, manufacturers were ordered     6     (make) a small warmer for the emperor that could     7     (hold) in one’s hands. Thus the hand warmer was created. By the Song Dynasty(960-1279), the tool was     8     widespread use. Techniques for producing the tool were extensively employed in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Many poems and books from this period recorded people     9     (use) hand warmers. The Dream of the Red Chamber, the classic novel by Cao Xueqin from the Qing Dynasty, also featured a maid sending     10     hand warmer to Lin Daiyu in one chapter.

3 . 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。

Archaeologists have excavated the ruins of house foundations     1    (date) back more than 5,000 years in the Yangshao Village site in China’s Henan Province.

“The house was once a large building     2     rammed earth walls that might have covered more than 130 square meters.     3     is believed that it belongs to the late Yangshao Culture period,” said Li Shiwei from Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology,     4     is in charge of the excavation (发掘) site.

“This is the first time that large house ruins     5    (discover) since the excavation of the Yangshao Village site in 1921. The findings can provide new materials for studying     6    (type), shapes and building techniques of houses during the Yangshao Culture period,” Li said.

In 1921, the first excavation on the Yangshao Village site, which is Mianchi County, Henan Province,     7    (mark) the birth of modern-Chinese archaeology.

Originating around the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the Yangshao Culture is considered     8    (be) an important stream of Chinese civilization and is     9    (wide) known for its advanced pottery-making technology.

The     10    (four) archaeological excavation on the Yangshao Village site began on Aug. 22, 2020, and is still in progress.

4 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词(不多于3个单词)或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

In ancient times, builders and architects in Beijing     1     (rely) on five colors to add life to their creations: red, yellow blue white and gray. These colors were connected     2     five different elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The Chinese sage (圣贤) Laozi said that five colors make people blind, so in architectural art, it’s suggested that no more than three main colors should     3     (use) for a design; otherwise, it would look too busy. Then red, yellow and blue gradually became the main colors in the Forbidden City.

Red, the color of fire and blood has long been important in Chinese symbolism.     4     (traditional), red represents warmth and the highest amount of energy. The association of red with good fortune is the reason     5     the color red is important in wedding, New Years, and other important     6     (celebration).

Yellow was another obvious color in old Beijing,     7     (stand) for the power of emperor. The Yellow Emperor is the mythological (神话的) forefather of the Chinese nation while archaeologists find the     8     (early) examples of Chinese civilization in the Yellow River Basin.

The color blue symbolized heaven and heavenly blessings with the best example of the rooftops of structures at the Temple of Heaven.     9     was discovered that blue had a high sensitivity to light, and was the perfect color used     10     (create) copies of drawings.

5 . The English language is the result of the invasion of the island of Britain over many hundreds of first invasions were by a people called Angles about 1,500 years ago. The Angles were a German tribe who crossed the English Channel. Later two more groups crossed to Britain. They were the Saxons and the Jutes. Through many years, the Saxons, Angles and the Jutes mixed their different languages. The result is what is called Anglo-Saxon or old English.

The next great invasion of Britain was done by Vikings about 1,100 years ago. Many English words used today come from these ancient Vikings.

The next invasion of Britain took place more than 900 years ago, in 1066. History experts call this invasion the Norman Conquest. The Normans were a French-speaking people from Normandy in the north of France. These new rulers spoke only French for several hundred years. It was the most important language in the world at that time. It was the language of educated people. But the common people of Britain still spoke old English.

Old English took many words from the Norman French. Some of these include “damage”, “prison”, and “marriage”. The French language used by the Norman rulers greatly changed the way English was spoken 800 years ago. English became what language experts call Middle English. Middle English sounds like Modern English. But it is difficult to understand now. The history of the English language continues as Middle English becomes Modern English, which is spoken today.

1. Who was the first invaders of Britain

A．The Angles.

B．The Saxons.

C．The Jutes.

D．The Normans.

2. Which of the following is TURE about Middle English

A．It sounds like Old English.	B．It’s quite different from Modern English.
C．Few people understand it now.	D．It stopped developing.

3. What is mainly discussed in this passage

A．The historical invasions of Britain.	B．Other languages that have influenced English.
C．The origin and development of English.	D．Old English and Modern English.

6 . 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。

The Grand Canal, known to the Chinese    1    the Jing–Hang Grand Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the longest canal or artificial river in the world. It runs north and south eastern China. The canal    2    (stretch) over 1,100 miles from the city of Beijing to the city of Hangzhou.

The original canal system began around the year 605,    3    Emperor Yang was in power. He realized that he needed a quicker and    4    (efficient) way to move food from China’s southern rice-growing region to the country’s north. So, the first section of the Grand Canal was ordered to be constructed,    5    (connect) existing canals, lakes, and rivers. An    6    (estimate)one million people, mostly farmers, worked on the construction, which took six years. Future rulers continued to expand and improve the waterway, and it eventually became    7    vital national lifeline.

The Grand Canal    8    (make) great contributions to China’s unification, economic development and cultural prosperity in the past hundreds of years. It is awarded as one of the great    9    (project) of ancient China, and still has a    10    (significance) influence on China both economically and culturally

7 . 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。

Yueyang Tower is    1     ancient Chinese tower on the shore of Lake Dongting. It is one of the Three Great Tower of Jiangnan. Yue yang Tower became famous for Memorial to Yueyang Tower(《岳阳楼记》）    2    (write) by FanZhongyan, who was an excellent minister of the Northen Song Dynasty(960-1127) in China.

    3    (lie) on the city wall of the west gate of the ancient city in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China, Yueyang Tower faces Junshan Island and overlooks Dongting Lake, being extremely beautiful and     4     (impress). Since ancient times, it     5    (enjoy) the good reputation that Dongting Lake is the     6    (famous) among lakes, and Yueyang Tower is incomparable among towers. Yueyang Tower’s roof     7    (cover) with yellow glazed tiles(黄色琉璃瓦)looks like a general’s helmet in ancient China. It is the only ancient building with a helmet roof structure in China.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Yueyang Tower was mainly used     8    the military purpose. After the Tang Dynasty, it     9    (gradual) became a famous scenic spot       10    men of letters chanted poetry and wrote fu.

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Measured more than 6,000 kilometers in length, the Great Wall is known as the longest wall in the world. It had a long history of more than 2,000 years. What’s amazed about the Great Wall is it is mainly made of stones and bricks. Additional, all the construction was done by hands without any machinery. Since it was mainly used to protecting the country from foreign invaders, so every few hundred meters along the Great Wall, there was a watchtower. Now, as a symbol of China, the Great Wall has become one of the more famous tourist attractions in the world. There is no wonder that the Great Wall attracts hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists every year.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Xuan paper, known as one of the Four Treasures of Study, first came into     1     (exist) in Xuan Prefecture in the Tang dynasty. The traditional skill of making the paper     2     hand has been passed down through generations. The process takes as many as 100 steps, all of     3     require a level of delicacy.

Take papermaking master Zhou Donghong for example. He uses a fine screen to filter(过滤) a mixture of water and fibers. He lifts it up, and it’s a sheet of paper. It takes him and his partner only 15 seconds     4     (form) and shape it, but they’ve devoted     5     (them) to perfecting the skills for decades.

“There are a lot of tricks of filtering the fibers, and timing is the     6     (difficult) part of all. We have only one chance to filter the right amount of fibers, and only the proper weight guarantees the paper is neither too thin nor too thick, and the margin for error is     7     (extreme) small,” said Zhou. With just the right degree of thickness, top quality Xuan paper holds ink and water tightly.

The skill of papermaking,     8     (recognize) as a national treasure, has also proven to be an international one. We felt     9     great sense of pride as it was listed as a world intangible culture heritage(非物质文化遗产) by UNESCO in 2009. Since then, in Jingxian County, Xuan papermaking     10    (teach) in schools.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Silk Road is in fact a relatively recent term. These ancient roads had no particular name until in the mid-nineteenth century, Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen    1    (name) the trade and communication network the Silk Road. Since then the term     2    (accept) globally.

In the nineteenth century, a new type of travelers stepped onto the Silk Road: archaeologists and geographers, enthusiastic explorers who were eager     3     (look) for adventure. Researchers who came from many countries traveled through the Taklamakan Desert,    4     is now in Xinjiang, to explore ancient sites along the Silk Road,     5     (lead) to many discoveries and studies, and most of all, a renewed interest     6    the history of these routes.

Today, many historic     7     (build) and monuments still stand, marking the passage of the Silk Road through hotels, ports and cities. What’s more, the long-standing legacy(遗产) of this remarkable network is reflected in    8       large number of cultures, languages, customs and religions that have developed for many years along these routes. The passage of merchants and travelers of many    9     (difference) nationalities resulted not only in commercial exchange, but in a widespread and continual process of cultural interaction.     10     (obvious), it has become a driving force in the formation(形式) of diverse societies.