1 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

Nowadays, one of the common     1     (phenomenon) is to see ordinary people listening to music with headphones,     2     (absorb) themselves in their own world. Moreover, people often share     3     (satisfy) records with their friends. In     4     (add), we can gain relief from pressure in the deepest part of our being.

    5     is proved that music can be used as a cure     6     diseases. Listening to positive and peaceful music will have     7     positive impact on people, which enables many patients     8     (reduce) pain. Classical music has reached a stage     9     it is often used in cancer treatment     10     the aim of relieving aches and side effects.

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 you are surfing the Internet, you can be anyone or anything. Avatars are a key part while people use the Internet to communicate. and express themselves. The first simple 2D avatars     1    (appear)in role-playing computer games in     2    1980s. Nowadays, avatars are everywhere and people can choose an avatar from a selection of images     3    (make) by others or create their own ones. You can also use avatars that move around and talk while     4    (type) in your message. The avatar that you choose says a lot about your personality. Most people create avatars that have similar features to their personalities and that look more or less like them. People     5    (obvious) make a few improvements to their avatars to make them look nice. Avatars not only let you express yourself but also give you much room for creativity. But the use of avatars has also caused a few     6    (concern). Some users worry that they are spending so much time in virtual worlds     7     they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. Others worry that some people can use avatars     8    (cheat) online. However, there are some people     9    (view) avatars in a more positive light. They look forward to a time     10     their avatar will act like a real person.

5 . 语法填空

David had a car accident yesterday. He had made an appointment with his friend to see a     1    (move) film. After     2    (finish) his housework, he set off for the cinema by car. Since there was only 5 minutes     3    (leave) before the movie started, he decided to give his friend a call.He drove so fast,     4    (have) a chat with his friend on the phone, and a truck suddenly appeared from the side. Although     5    (become) a driver for years, he could not avoid the truck in time and hit it. Luckily, he didn’t get hurt.

6 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.

Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So    1    a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois,     2    (get) a better look. First they cast a rock onto the ice to test it, Cruz told NBC5 Chicago, “Then we stepped on it.”     3    (convince) the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then...FOOMP. He crashed through the seemingly frozen surface. “There was no sound, no crack,” he told ABC 7 Chicago. “I just fell through instantly. ”

Cruz rushed to help his    4    (panic) friend. FOOMP — the pond swallowed him too. Cruz managed to lift himself out of the frigid water and onto a more solid section. He then carefully worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn’t hold, and in he    5    (fall) again. This time, he couldn’t get out.

The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. Any chance of their    6    (free) themselves was slipping away. Cruz was sure he was going to die. Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started screaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbour driving nearby on his way to the grocery store,     7    (hear) her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy,     8    (kick) off his shoes, and ran into the slushy water,     9    (chop) his way through the ice with his free fist.

Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and dragged them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water    10    (lower) their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered, though they are still kind of awestruck by their fearless neighbour. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he wasn’t there, I could have died.”

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。

Tiger Parents Do No Good to Kids’ Development

Digging through kids’ school bags, looking up all the assignments, sitting beside them going through each item, and finally     1     (have) all the homework checked with a name signed is a daily routine for most Chinese parents, as     2     (require) by teachers. A demanding task especially after a long day’s work at office, isn’t it?    3     (luck), some parents in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, have been liberated. A local primary school has recently announced that parents will no longer have to sign their names on their kids’ homework, as students should be responsible     4     their own assignments.

Making mistakes is     5     essential part of the process of understanding. Who cares how much you     6     (score) in your homework after you have settled down in life and found your directions? The     7     (able) to realize one’s mistakes and learn from them is what matters, which is also the main purpose of education.Why not give students a chance     8     (find) out and correct their mistakes themselves?

It is by no means parents’ duty to go through the kids’ assignments.     9     parents are supposed to do is to create a friendly studying environment for kids, and teach them to be an independent learner. After all, independent learning is much     10     (important) than high scores.

8 . 语篇填空

A lot of people define success as becoming     1     millionaire. It     2     (take) them lots of time and energy to dream     3     ways of getting rich and the things they will do once they become rich. In reality, some     4     (millionaire) still worry about money after they achieve their goals and get rich. If they want to continue their     5     (wealth) life, they have to work hard     6     (make) money to ensure the sense of success     7     (achieve). It is believed by most people that they will be free of worries and live     8     (comfortable) after earning enough money. However, few people feel they     9     (earn) enough money. There are other forms of success in our lives     10     it is not how much money you have but the true meaning of life that defines success.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式

Reading a paper book may be a forgotten luxury for many people thanks to today’s busy lifestyles     1     listening to a book while shopping or jogging is a growing trend. Now, audio books can be easily downloaded from the Internet at the same, if not     2     (low), prices as the print     3     (edit).   

Mary Beth Roche, publisher of Macmillan Audio, says many of their readers use audio books as a “multitasking tool”, a way to consume books when their eyes are busy. For others, whose work may involve spending lots of time     4     (look) at the screen, audio books are a way to relax. “It’s sort of nice to sit back and have a story     5     (tell) to you, ” said Roche. In the United States, audio books     6     (be) a serious business for a long time     7     (simple) because Americans on average spend so much time in their cars. “It is a good way for consumers to make the time in traffic quality time,” said Roche. Even way back when it was the cassette and then the CD, the number one place     8     people listened was in the car. When audio books became available     9     the digital form, people started using     10     during other activities—when they are shopping, jogging, performing household tasks and so on.