1 . Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. What is the function of each verb form?

Last Tuesday, a Roots & Shoots project was set up in my community. As I walked down No. 1 Street, I saw volunteers    1    (encourage) people to join in.     2    (inspire)by the message of the project, many people felt that we should act now, as we have seen an     3    (increase)number of highly     4    (pollute)days this year.

While recently, many have become more concerned about environmental protection, there are still some who haven’t,     5    (think)that someone else will deal with the problem. However, if everybody had that attitude, we would never see any environmental problems     6    (solve)in our society. We should remember—it’s not just “me”!

2 . Complete the speech with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

    1    (give) the fast pace of the job market now, 21^st century employees     2    (face) with challenges that their parents never experienced.

    3    (compare) to previous generations, standards     4    (set) higher for them and they     5    (expect) to have more qualifications and a wider range of new and essential skills.     6    (require) to innovate constantly, 21^st century employees need to be ready to adapt to new challenges and roles quickly.     7    (throw) into a hyper-connected workplace, today’s graduates will also have to     8    (prepare) to move around to jobs at different companies.

There are also plenty of advantages to this new working world.     9    (design) to be more dynamic and inspiring, working environments will be more exciting than offices of the past. Workers will happily enjoy many extra benefits, such as gyms and games rooms,     10    (provide) by companies. Alternatively, if someone prefers more independence, technology will allow for greater opportunities for self employment and starting their own business.

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。

More than 300 participants     1     were from international organizations, research institutes, universities and enterprises came together at the 6th International Agricultural Research Conference in Beijing on December 15,2022 to exchange ideas on how to make a     2     (contribute) to global food security, calling for more international cooperation in agriculture.

Themed “strengthening agricultural science and technology cooperation to jointly promote global food security,” the conference was hosted by the Center for International Agricultural Research (CIAR) and the Department of International Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),     3     (adopt) the form of virtual lectures and online broadcast.

Wu Kongming, president of CAAS, said that CAAS remains committed to providing Chinese     4     (solution) and wisdom to help address global challenges such as food security, poverty reduction and green development, and to do so through multilateral and bilateral international cooperation mechanisms.

According to Carlos Watson, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative in China, the conference offered     5     great and timely opportunity to facilitate(使便利)constructive discussion on international joint actions concerning global agricultural development and food security,     6     the face of challenges posed by the pandemic and climate change.

“Given China’s     7     (success) experience in the eradication(消除)of extreme poverty, digital innovations, and agricultural and rural development, China is     8     (unique) positioned to share its innovation experience, innovative technologies, and best practices with the rest of the world,” he said.

During the conference, experts discussed the current situation and future prospects of international cooperation in agricultural science and technology. They also discussed the policy environment, market environment, investment model and service demand for overseas agricultural investment, as well as strategies and measures     9     (ensure) global food security.

The International Agricultural Research Conference     10     (hold) for six consecutive(连续的)years since 2017.

4 . 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。

Have you heard of community fridges? These are spaces     1     locals can share food with one another and save fresh food     2     going to waste. The Community Fridge Network     3    (connect) 300 community fridges across the UK. It offers guidance to people     4     (look) to set up their own fridges, and support to groups running fridges. The fridges are open to everyone. Of course, there are some rules for what can and cannot     5    (share) in order to keep things safe. But otherwise, you’re welcome     6     (take) what you need, and leave anything that might otherwise end up in the waste bin.

According to     7     survey by the Food Foundation, in April 2022, 15. 5 percent of UK households were food insecure, meaning that they ate     8     (little) than normal or went a day without food because they could not access     9     afford food.

The benefit of community fridges has never been clearer. In difficult times, with pretty much all costs increasing greatly, it is reassuring to know that     10    (community) are coming together and helping each other as much as they can.

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Women in Africa experience greater barriers to developing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) than     1     in high-income countries do, with lack of funding a particular problem. Africa’s researchers badly need long-term, stable investment from internal and external funding sources, including venture capital. In the latest poll, 56% of respondents working in science in Africa cited a lack of funding as their     2     (great) career challenge, and it was the top concern for both men and women. If only Africa’s governments and the international donor community     3     do more to help scientists to realize their ambitions: even modest funding increases might go a long way     4     accelerating nation-building.

6 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Tell your friend that attending a TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference can be a potentially life changing event as he will be able to listen, share, and interact with great     1     (think) from all over the world in a variety of fields. If he wants to experience a large event, he can send a     2     (write) application to attend a TED Conference. Whichever type he     3     (choose), he can have a full TED Talk first-hand experience and finds out what all this is about.

7 . Directions: After reading the passages 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.

LONDON—The stabbing of three people at Manchester railway station on Monday night was being treated as terror related, British police said Tuesday.

The British police launched a “terrorist investigation”     1     the knife attack, which came on the New Year’s Eve.

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of     2     (attempt) murder after the incident shortly before 2100 GMT on Monday.

The three victims were taken to a nearby hospital in a serious but not life-    3     (threaten) condition.

A woman in her 50s suffered injuries to her face and stomach,     4     a man, also in his 50s, has injuries to his stomach.

A British Transport Police (BTP) sergeant in his 30s was treated after he was stabbed in the shoulder, but has since been released.

The knifeman     5     (hear) shouting “Allah” on Monday night before he stabbed a police officer and two revellers at Victoria Railway Station in Manchester     6     the New Year’s Eve.

Terrified passengers described hearing a “blood curdling scream” down the platform and were forced to run down the tram tracks after seeing a man wielding a 12-inch kitchen knife.

Two knives were recovered at the scene and a property     7     (search) in the Cheetham Hill area currently.

British counter-terror cops are investigating after the incident took place at Victoria Station,     8    , a combined mainline railway station, is situated to the north of the city center of Manchester.

The stabbing scene is close to the Manchester Arena,     9     terrorist Salman Abedi murdered 22 people in a suicide bomb attack in May 2017.

New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Manchester’s Albert Square went ahead with security     10     (increase) after the incident.

8 . 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.
A SPECTRE is haunting workers—the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)

The fear is that smart computer programs will eliminate millions of jobs, condemning a generation to minimum-wage drudgery or     1     (enforce) idleness. Never mind the robots, fear the software. There is no need to be so gloomy, say Ken Goldberg of the University of California, Berkeley, and Vinod Kumar, the chief executive of Tata Communications, a unit of India’s biggest business house (which stands     2     (profit) from the spread of AI). They have produced a report that is much more optimistic about the outlook for ordinary employees. In many cases, it says, job satisfaction will be enhanced by the elimination of mundane tasks, giving people time to be     3     (creative). Their views are backed up by a survey of 120 senior executives, conducted for the report, which found that more of them (77%) thought that AI would create new roles than believed     4     would replace existing positions (57%; respondents could choose both options). Extra skills     5     be needed to cope with the new technology and more than half of the bosses are already taking steps to train their workforces. No previous technology shifts     6     (have) as negative effects on employment as was first feared. The authors note some well-known examples. Bar-code scanners did not eliminate the role of cashiers in America; jobs in the retail industry grew at an annual rate of more than 2% between 1980 and 2013. The arrival of automated teller machines (ATMS) spared bank employees the job of delivering cash and freed them to offer financial advice     7     customers. Some jobs could be made a lot easier by AI. One example is lorry-driving. Such is the fear     8    truck drivers will be replaced by autonomous vehicles. But maneuvering a lorry around busy streets is far harder than driving down the motorway. So the driver could switch into automatic mode (and get some rest) when outside the big cities, and take over the wheel once again when     9     (near) the destination. The obvious analogy (类比) is with jetliners,     10     the pilots handle take-off and landing but turn on the computer to cruise at 35,000 feet. Using AI may prevent tired drivers from causing accidents.

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    1     majority of people suffer from so-called “Just-me-ism”. That is, you leave the tap     2    (run) while brushing your teeth, leave a light on when going out or drop a piece of waste and are unwilling to pick it     3    . It is absolutely wrong, but in your opinion, it doesn’t matter if only one person does it and no one will know it. But if there are millions of people doing like this, resources would be wasted and litter would be dropped, which     4    (be) quite harmful to our environment.

Therefore,     5    (encourage) people to take measures to protect the environment, Roots & Shoots     6    (establish) by Jane Goodall. The     7    (organise) is called Roots & Shoots because roots can form a firm foundation while seemingly weak shoots can break open brick walls to reach the light. The roots and shoots are you, your friends and young people all around the world, who can change the world into a better place.

Every individual is     8    (value) and useful to the world. Every individual can play a role in our world. It is every individual     9     matters. Now you can make a choice to make a difference to our environment and make Roots & Shoots     10    (root) in everyone’s heart!

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Fisherman with serious heat stroke helicoptered to hospital

A 31-year-old fisherman suffering from serious heat stroke     1     (transport) by helicopter to Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital for emergency treatment on Friday.

The fisherman broke out with a fever, convulsions and confusion in the morning. The Donghai No. 1 flying rescue team contacted Ruijin Hospital and     2     (undertake) the rescue.

The helicopter arrived at the hospital at 11:12am. Doctors conducted an emergency     3     (evaluate) and treatment on the patient,     4     body temperature was 40 degrees Celsius.

He was     5     (immediate) transported to the intensive care unit (ICU). According to Dr Chen Erzhen, vice president of Ruijin, the patient’s condition improved after     6     hour but his high body temperature damaged his liver, kidney, heart and blood system. The patient is still     7     serious condition.

Doctors said local hospitals have treated several     8     (patient) with heat stroke this summer. They urged people     9     (be) extra cautious about heat strokes on hot days, especially those     10     (work) outdoors.