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。

In a refreshing shift from conventional methods, some post-90 teachers in China are using memes (表情包), cute comments, and personalized feedback in their grading practices,     1     (receive) praise from parents and students alike. This innovative approach in education is reshaping the way students receive feedback on     2     (they) exams and assignments, making the learning process more engaging and enjoyable.

Gone are the days of impersonal and serious     3     (comment). Teachers are now using more conversational language in their evaluations, addressing students as “you” or “dear” instead of the formal “the students”. This change in tone creates a more personal and direct connection, fostering a positive learning environment.

The use of memes and hand-drawn images in marking papers     4     (be) not just about adding a touch of fun; it serves as a motivational tool for students. This trend has caught the attention of the online community,     5     many expressing their wish to have such creative and supportive teachers

    6     adoption of memes and personalized comments in grading represents a significant shift in educational practices in China. It not only aids in reducing the stress and pressure     7     (associate) with academic performance but also builds a     8     (strong) relationship between teachers and students. This method reflects a broader movement toward more empathetic and student-centered teaching     9     the focus is on encouragement and individual growth rather than solely on grades.

As these innovative practices gain     10     (popular), they promise to transform the educational experience for students, making learning more enjoyable and less frightening.

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。

When night falls, the hustle and bustle of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou turns to the banks of the Pearl River in Liwan district. Hundreds of people and cars     1     (decorate) with colorful lights and eye-catching shop signs swarm (挤满) a local car boot sale bazaar (集市).

Liang Jinsheng, a local youth, sells lemon tea at the bazaar,     2     was opened to the public on July 15 last year. The almost one-square-meter car trunk is his space for tea making.

“I used     3     (work) in the catering industry. I saw on the Internet many people doing business at car boot sale bazaars. So I decided to give it     4     try, as doing business is low-cost and low-risk,” Liang says.

“Although my ‘shop’ is small, I have obtained the necessary business licenses     5     will stick with hygienic (卫生的) standards to ensure food     6     (safe),” Liang adds.

While     7     (make) the lemon tea, Liang also livestreams on short-video platforms to drive traffic.

“Recently, a lot of residents     8     (come) to my tea booth after watching my livestream. I make around 1,000 yuan ($148) at the bazaar every night,” he says.

    9     most cases, Guangzhou will support these new types of business activities, says the city’s commerce department, noting that many commercial plazas (露天广场) have offered     10     (much) space for car boot sales and introduced night-themed activities to stimulate consumption.

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。

When a person is “phubbing” (低头玩手机) , he/she is using his / her phone to surf the Internet, check messages, play games and so on, instead of focusing on the conversation or       1     (enjoy) the time with the people he/she is with. Nowadays, phubbing has become     2     common social problem.

Most people would agree that     3     is rude to have your attention     4     (constant) focused on your phone when you’re spending time with another person. And there’s even scientific evidence       5     phubbing can damage your relationships with others. Studies have found that phubbing can make people feel ostracized (受到排斥的) and that those who “phub”     6     (regard) as less polite and attentive.

Science has shown that phubbing is not good for us, but why do we do it? It might be because we are feeling bored,     7     (anxiety) or nervous. Or it might be because we are addicted       8     checking our phones, especially social media. Whatever the reason may be, phubbing is bad for our relationships with others and can make us miss out on those real       9     (moment) with the people around us. So the next time you’re spending time with a friend or a family member, try and keep your phone out of sight       10     (show) respect.

5 . 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。

Japan said on Tuesday that it had decided to    1    (gradual) release tons of treated wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (福岛第一核电站) into the ocean,    2     (describe) it as the best solution to dealing with the leftovers (残留物) from the Fukushima nuclear accident, one of the    3    (serious) in the world.

The    4    (decide) ends years of debate over how to deal with the water,    5    is enough to fill more than 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

“The Japanese government ignores concerns and strong opposition both at home and abroad. Such an    6    (responsilble)act not only directly harms the interests of the people in Japan’s neighbouring countries, but    7    threatens the global marine environment and international public health security,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.

Greenpeace(绿色和平组织)criticized Japan’s plan and said there are other solutions that should    8    (censider). “    9    than using the best available technology to store and process the water    10    the long term, they have chosen the cheapest solution, damping the water into the Pactfie Ocean.”

6 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a giver 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.

Literacy (读写能力) exactly changes the human brain. The process of learning to read changes our brain, but so does what we read, how we read and on what we read. This is especially important nowadays,     1     many people are tied to screens at any given moment.

We are still in the early stages of understanding the impact of digital-based learning    2     the development of children’s reading brains. Transforming new information into solid knowledge in the brain     3     (require) multiple connections to abstract reasoning skills. Each of    4     needs the kind of time and attention often absent in digital reading.

Researchers have found declines in students’ comprehension when they read the same information on screens rather than print. Yet readers thought themselves better on screens because they were “faster”. More than 80% of college educators see a “shallowing” effect by screens on their students’ reading comprehension, according to new research. Similar results     5    (find)in Israeli fifth and sixth graders recently.

The reasons are multiple, but they are not because deep reading is impossible on a screen. It is simply harder, because screens are linked with distraction (分散注意力的事), which in turn leads to less time     6     (give) to abstract thought.

The great challenge now is     7     (learn) how to use both print and digital media to their best advantage for all. As a society we must ensure that there are always books    8     our children’s digital devices. It doesn’t matter    9     the books are new or old, owned or borrowed from the library.     10     matters is that they are there, and that children are encouraged to read them.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese netizens are passionately discussing the “Kong Yiji mindset,”     1     term inspired by an influential figure in modern Chinese literature and used to refer to college     2     (graduate) who consider themselves above manual labor.

    3    (set) a few years after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the story starts with Kong Yiji being ridiculed by the working-class customers in the tavern he frequents for continuing to wear his long scholar’s gown, even though he never passed the imperial exam     4     could have landed him a decent job back in the past.

As The Paper, a Chinese media company based in Shanghai, writes, “Kong Yiji would rather steal than do     5     he considers a menial job(粗活)just to make money. This is relatable in the eyes of some, who think their academic qualifications didn’t lead to the job they wanted or deserved.”

The related term, “Kong Yiji mindset,” refers to those who see Kong in     6     (they) as they face the pressures of a job market that can’t keep up with the record-breaking number of college graduates. Kong is a     7     (sympathy) figure to some recent college graduates whose reality is not living up to expectations.

Some netizens are concerned that education itself may one day be seen as superfluous (多余的). “When we were young, we     8     (tell) to study hard, and when we grew up, we would become astronauts and scientists,” a Weibo user commented. “Now it has become study hard to screw screws, to be a cleaner, to collect junk. It’s not that I look down on those professions—every profession is respectable—     9     it is strange that the wind is blowing in this direction.”

In recent years, China has been pushing to expand vocational education as a means to solve the surplus of college graduates. However, the transition remains challenging as the prejudices     10    blue-collar jobs lingers.

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.

Zibo, a city which     1     (lie) in the middle of ShanDong province, has become a hot destination. “College students going to Zibo for barbecue” and “taking a high-speed train to taste Zibo barbecue” have become hot topics on Chinese social platforms. Customers can process skewers (肉串) themselves     2     then wrap them in a thin pancake, usually with a spring onion inside.

A report of data from Meituan and Dazhong Dianping shows that booking volume for accommodations in Zibo during the five-day May Day holiday is 800 percent higher than     3     in 2019. Local media in Zibo said     4     number of passengers arriving and departing through Zibo railway station has reached 50000 a day, setting a record in the past three years, with most of tourists     5     (come) to taste Zibo barbecue.

The local government has grasped the chance     6     (bring) by the sudden trend to attract more tourists. In order to encourage people to visit the city, Zibo set up a specially customized “barbecue map” and add 21 new barbecue bus     7     (line) so that tourists can “get on the bus to rest, get off to eat”.

“     8     will be more people to get to know Zibo’s enthusiasm and business environment, which will attract more investment and create more jobs. But the example is not easy     9     (follow) in that not every government has the commitment and innovation.” Wang Dazhuang, a local Zibo citizen said.

At present the     10     (big) problem is that the passenger flow is too big for this city so that many owners of barbecue restaurants are trying to expand their barbecue scale, according to an owner of a barbecue restaurant.

9 . 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。

Ever since February, the public concern over the giant panda Ya Ya in the US has grown into a “campaign” among Chinese people all around the world to check how our cute and     1     (innocence) pandas are surviving in overseas zoos.

Enthusiastic Chinese netizens (网民) around the world     2     (respective) visited nearby zoos and posted on Chinese social media platforms videos that showed pandas’ living conditions.

In a video, a panda was showed     3     (eat) bamboos in the yard of the Beauval Zoo in France while another panda was sleeping on the grass and a third one climbing a tree.

Among all the overseas zoos “surprisingly     4     (inspect)”, Moscow Zoo and the Panda World of Everland Resort in South Korea gained Chinese netizens’     5     (recognize). They stood out as Chinese netizens     6    (praise) their efforts in taking good care of two lovely pandas,     7     names are Ding Ding and Ru Yi.

“They are real kungfu pandas.” Chinese commented     8     the videos of Ding Ding and Ru Yi.

The life of these energetic     9     lovely pandas revealed a sharp contrast to that of Ya Ya at the Memphis Zoo. We hope the issue of Ya Ya could raise public attention on the living conditions of pandas, animals that     10    (refer) to as “living fossils”.

10 . 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。

Like many people, Jessica Batchelor prefers to go to bed at 3 pm and wake up at noon. Jessica Batchelor is represented     1     an “extreme night owl”. She is one of the estimated 8.2% of the population     2     natural tendency is to fall asleep well after midnight. However, she struggles with feelings of guilt and shame. It is mistakenly assumed that sleeping little and rising early is in     3     (associate) with virtue. As     4     matter of fact, around eight hours of good-quality sleep     5     (be) essential for better health for almost everybody. Why do natural night owls exist? There is no single     6     (universal) accepted theory. Evolutionary biologists think that communities with more variation in chronotypes (作息类型) may have been more likely     7     (survive). Natural night owls are fundamentally different to insomniacs (失眠者). As a medical writer Jessica Batchelor puts     8    , she is most     9     (product) at 11 pm. However, she can’t tell anyone     10     she goes to sleep, wakes up, showers, or eats a meal, because natural night owls are not well understood.