1 . 语篇填空

Different people have different personality qualities.However,there are some     1     (share) personality qualities,one of     2     is between extroverts and introverts.    3    the one hand,extroverts are people who look outwards.They are     4     (friend),sociable,talkative,enthusiastic and self-confident.Typical extrovert jobs     5     (be) in politics,sales,teaching and management.Introverts,on     6     other hand,look inwards.They feel more comfortable alone and enjoy ideas and     7     (think).Introverts often work as artists,writers,engineers and     8     (invent).Some people say that extroverts and introverts are born not made.Others believe that the environment is more important in shaping     9     (one) personality.Studies have also found that extroverts have     10     (high) happiness levels than introverts.

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Two graduates, from Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei Province, using the names Wanwan and Chaochao,     1     (upload) a 17-minute video online late last year about their lives over the past five years.

In the video, Wanwan,     2     has taken up a dozen jobs since graduating five years ago, said she now only has 5,000 yuan. Her roommate Chaochao got a master’s degree in scriptwriting (编剧) from Communication University of China. But     3     consequence of a tough job market, she had great difficulty     4     (obtain) a job in the film industry. Last year, she started to learn painting but she said she had to work part-time as a cleaner at a hotpot restaurant to support     5     (she).

“When you can accept your failure, you will feel that it is not that bad. When working at the hotpot restaurant, my biggest     6     (comfortable) is that I won’t starve to death no matter what is next,” Chaochao said. “There are many roads in our lives, and no matter which direction you go, you will     7     (eventual) find your own road.”

The video was one of the trending videos of last year, gaining more than 5.44 million views and more than 26,000 comments since it     8     (release), with many netizens sharing their own failures in the comments section.

Netizens said they were warmed by their courage to share failures with the public, strong determination     9     (achieve) their goals, optimism in the face of hardships     10     spirit of never giving up.

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A journey enriched with cuisine and culture

As reported by China Tourism News, the combination of culture and tourism has inspired several cities in China to explore their cooking heritage while transforming food tours into cultural experiences.

Recently the sharp increase in popularity of Zibo barbecue is a clear proof to this effort. Zibo,     1     (locate) in East China’s Shandong province, was not     2     (wide) known as a tourist destination. However, over the past three months, the industrial. city’s delicious barbecue     3     (gain) large popularity and attracted a massive arrival of visitors who have turned it into a tourist hot spot.

“I never expected Zibo barbecue     4     (become) so popular all of a sudden!” said Zhang Linlin, deputy director of the business management department at Shandong College of Tourism and Hospitality. “With the recent much publicity, many of my young colleagues have rushed to try     5     out. They all praised its great taste and reasonable price. “

Zhang is researching the Zibo barbecue craze to identify sustainable strategies     6     can promote youth tourism and support the recovery of the tourism industry.

China boasts a diverse range of cuisine, and     7     (region) throughout the country have been actively exploring the potential of food as a catalyst (催化剂) for tourism growth.

Food plays a vital role in driving tourism spending and     8     (win) a traveler’s heart. Wu Liyun, an associate professor at the China Academy of Culture and Tourism of Beijing International Studies University, illustrated this point by reflecting     9     her own experience: “The attractive skewers (烤肉串) of Dujiangyan, the tasty Yimeng stir-fried chicken of Linyi and the pleasant grilled oysters (蚝) of Guangzhou were not only among the most memorable and important components of my plans, but they were the     10     (great) motivators for me to return,” Wu said.

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Lin Congying, Chairman of JOEONE, a Chinese brand focused on men’s trousers created in 1989,     1     (announce) that the company would remove the English word “JOEONE” from its logo, leaving only the Chinese characters     2     part of its new branding (品牌设计) strategy.

This represented a sharp turnaround of the conventional way of branding, where some Chinese companies tended to design their products with a name sounding the     3     (little) “Chinese.” Examples include Metersbonwe and Semir, both     4     (found) in Zhejiang Province. The names almost have no literal association with Chinese.

Recent years have witnessed     5     increasing trend of Chinese companies becoming popular by integrating Chinese elements into their design and marketing     6     (operation), forming styles known as China Chic. Li Ning, a professional sportswear company, in 2012 suffered a major setback with a huge annual loss of over 20 billion yuan. The situation barely improved     7     (significant) in the subsequent years. Later in 2018,     8     (it) new products, combined with Chinese elements, were quickly sold out and the company returned to the center of the fashion world with a brand-new image.

As reported,     9     over half of the oh-oh group believe is that a foreign brand by itself is not an advantage. They tend to focus on the experience of using the products. With the quality of products of local brands     10     (arise), people’s affection for these brands is also growing.

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Yan’an is known to most people     1     an old, important revolutionary base, but this mountainous city in Northwest China’s Shaanxi has other things to offer than its     2     (rich) in revolutionary history and spirits-the sweet and juicy Luochuan apples that so far     3     (gain) fame and are sold to some 20 countries and regions worldwide.

Luochuan is a county of Yan’an,     4     has become a model again in the nation’s latest strategy toward rural revitalization (振兴). Arriving in early August, the Global Times reporter saw numerous colored bags     5     (hang) on short trees in fields alongside the village roads. But the reporter also noticed     6     strange thing—there were white fishnet-like objects attached to poles in the trees.

Asi village Party chief Li Baoyin told the Global Times that they are an adapted apple strain which is shorter, having smaller crown (树冠), and     7     (quick) to bear fruits. Apples are usually bagged to stop birds and insects from eating     8     (they). A shorter plant and smaller crown mean the bagging and unbagging will be easier     9     the task needs fewer than half of the workers. The fishnet-like objects are established     10     (prevent) hailstorms ((冰雹), which occur every so often in Shaanxi in late summer and early fall.

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When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones — the kind of modern, solar-paneled masterpieces. But the US     1     (have) more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be incredibly wasteful to tear them all down.

An enormous amount of energy and     2     (resource) went into the construction of those houses. And it would take     3     average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources       4     (lose) by destroying an old one. So in the broadest sense, the     5     (green) home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of US carbon emissions come from heating, cooling     6     powering our buildings. They can’t deal with climate change without dealing     7     existing buildings.

The oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.

    8     (fortune), there are a vast number of relatively simple changes     9     can green older homes. And efficiency upgrades can save more than just the earth; they can help protect property owners from     10     (rise) power costs.

7 . 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.

The government is being urged to monitor teachers’ well-being after research has revealed that one in 20 are reporting mental health problems which have lasted for more than one year.

The study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, is the first    1     (examine) the mental health and well-being of teachers in England over the span of three decades, based on the data recorded from more than 20, 000 of them during that time.

It has found that around 5% of teachers today    2     (suffer) long-lasting mental health problems, up from just 1% in the 1990s.

The figures    3     be ringing alarm bells for England’s policymakers. They are having a hard time hiring teachers at a time     4     the number of children of school age is on the increase. The government     5     (make) a series of promises to reduce workload so far, but teachers say they are not seeing the real benefits yet.

According to the report, a third of new teachers leave the job within the first five years. The paper also quotes recent Department for Education (DfE) research,     6     found that “sleeping problems, panic attacks and anxiety issues” had contributed to teachers’ decisions to quit the profession.

The lead author of the report, Johm Jerrim, a professor at the UCL institute of education, says that the teaching profession in England is currently in the middle of a crisis, and that its struggle to hire and retain enough teachers is partly    7     the pressures of the job.

“It has long been known that teaching is a stressful and challenging career and we wanted to see    8     the mental health and well-being of teachers had improved or declined,” he says.

The report admits that the increase in reported mental health problems is not specific to education, but can be seen in other professions,     9     human resources and accountancy.

It concludes, “In our view,     10     (pressing) issue is for the DfE to make a commitment to monitor the mental health and well-being of the teacher profession.”

8 . 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.

9 . 语法填空。

Why people like to climb Qomolangma?     1     (hundred) of people spent good money on an experience     2     they knew would include     3     (crowd), discomfort and danger. For these people,     4     (climb) Qomolangma is an experience like no other, making some feel weak and others,     5     (power). British mountain climber George Mallory wrote of climbing Qomolangma to enjoy life, however, Mallory died     6     the mountain in 1924. And it is still not known if he succeeded in reaching the top of Qomolangma before     7     took his life. American mountain climber Alan Arnette also held the same view, but he thought that it forced you to look deep inside     8     (you), as well as mental, toughness to push when you wanted to stop. In addition, people who like to take risks to have the personalities of “Type T”. Though these kinds of people like to take risks, they don’t want to die, and they don’t expect     9    (die). However, some may expect to benefit from the result. In a word, it’s     10     (total) up to you whether to climb it or not.