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。

Queen Elizabeth II was farewelled at an hour-long state funeral in London’s Westminster Abbey, with her body later moved to her final     1    (rest) place.

About 2,000 people attended the funeral, most notably the Queen’s children: King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Her grandchildren,     2    (include) Prince William, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice and Princes Eugenie, were in attendance. Kate and William’s     3    (young) child of three, Prince Louis, stayed home.

As well as foreign royals and state     4    (official), a number of famous faces attended the service. Besides, Peep Show actor Sophie Winkleman also attended, because she is royal by     5    (marry); her husband is Lord Frederick Windsor,     6     only son of the Queen’s cousin.

The service     7    (conduct) by the Dean of Westminster while new British Prime Minister and the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth both read lessons.

On the top of the coffin (棺材) was a wreath of flowers     8    (choose) by King Charles     9     honor of his mother; one of the flowers was myrtle (香桃木),     10     was used in the Queen’s 1953 wedding bouquet. A card from Charles read: “In loving and devoted memory.”

Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ will be buried alongside her late husband, Prince Philip.

3 . 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 other.

Elon Musk Tweets an Ancient Chinese Poem. Here’s What It Means.

The world’s richest man caught up in Twitter spats (小争吵), now wants some peace. In a Monday tweet, Elon Musk wrote “humankined,” followed by the Chinese poem The Quatrain of Seven Steps, a widely known classical poem used     1    (describe) infighting between closely-related people. Here is the poem     2    (translate) into English by Moss Roberts:

Beans a simmer on a beanstalk flame

From inside the pot expressed their ire:

“Alive we sprouted on a single root — What’s your rush to cook us on the fire?”

The verses were attributed to Cao Zhi, the son of famous warlord Cao Cao,     3     lived between 192 and 232 during the Three Kingdoms period. What exactly happened in history is contested. But the popular tale goes     4     after Cao Cao’s death, his oldest son Cao Pi succeeded him to become an emperor. Cao Pi was jealous of his younger brother Cao Zhi’s literary talent and wanted to find an excuse to kill him. One day, Cao Pi ordered Cao Zhi to make a poem about their fraternal (兄弟间的) relationship within seven paces, and swore to have the younger brother executed     5     he failed.

Cao Zhi then made the bean-themed verses     6     the spot, alluding (影射) to Cao Pi’s cruel attempt to murder his own sibling.     7    (feel) ashamed, Cao Pi eventually let Cao Zhi go.

In China, the poem is taught to primary school students and is often quoted by people to describe unnecessary rivalries. Interest users, including people in China, are confused over what Musk     8    (refer) to. Musk later liked a reply to his post that translated the verses as “Humans are from the same ancestor, why are we so eager to destroy each other?” He     9     be talking bout a recent argument with the United Nations’ World Food Program. After the program’s director David Beaslety challenged the ultra-rich to provide $6 billion to help 42 million people, Musk over the weekend said he would sell his Tesla shares if the program could show on Twitter exactly     10     $6 billion could solve world hunger. Beasley invited Musk to talk, but Musk demanded open books (一目了然的事物) from the organization.

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。

Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano located just east of Naples, Italy. It is the only volcano on the continent of Europe that     1     (erupt) in the last one hundred years, though other volcanoes have erupted on islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Vesuvius's earliest     2     (record) eruption is now its most famous. In the year A. D. 79,     3     little or no warning, Vesuvius erupted and completely buried the ancient city of Pompeii. For two days the mountain shot     4     (volcano) material into the air, spreading     5     blanket of ash over the landscape. Pompeii, located seven kilometers from the volcano,     6     (bury) under five meters of ash. The destruction was so complete that it was not until sixteen hundred years later     7     the city was discovered. Evidence of the religion, culture, and everyday life of the Pompeiians, all     8     (leave) behind in the sudden panic of the volcano's catastrophe, are     9     (remarkable) well preserved. And everywhere there are     10     (remind) of its sudden eruption and the shadow of Vesuvius. Even the forms of the citizens remain. Their bodies lie much as they did on the day of their death almost twenty centuries ago.

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。

After 1028 days of detention (拘押)，Meng Wanzhou, the CFO (首席财务官) of Huawei Technology Company, finally returned to China.

    1     the evening of Sept 25, Meng, arrived in Shenzhen airport,     2     (greet) by cheers and applause from a crowd who held a banner (横幅)     3     (read) “Welcome home, Ms Meng Wanzhou!”

On Dec 1, 2018, Meng was detained by the Canadian police at the request of the US, accused of violating US sanctions (制裁) against Iran.

According to a statement issued by one of the lawyers     4     represents Meng, the US side has withdrawn its extradition (引渡) request. Meng pleaded not guilty (不认罪) to all the charges against     5     (she) and didn’t pay any fines.

The news of Meng’s release has aroused a strong reaction among Chinese internet     6    (user). Her return, made possible after the Chinese government’s unremitting (不懈的) efforts, was celebrated     7     a major victory achieved by the Chinese people, noted Xinhua.

“As an ordinary Chinese citizen who     8     (suffer) this difficult situation and been stranded (滞留) overseas for three years, there was never     9     moment when I didn’t feel the care and warmth of the Party, the motherland and the people.” Meng said upon her     10     (arrive) at Shenzhen. “The motherland provides us the strongest backing.”

9 . 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 the spring of 1944, the Allied powers in World War Ⅱ took the fight against Nazi into the fifth year.     1    (plan) for months or even years, the D-Day called “Operation Overlord” was designed     2    (free) north-west Europe from German occupation. After waiting for the perfect combination of weather, moon and tides, the date for the start of Operation Overlord     3    (set) for June 6, 1944.

With General Eisenhower’s encouraging words     4    (ring) in their ears, Allied soldiers prepared for     5     would become known as D-Day. The Allied invasion     6    (stretch) across five beaches code-named “Utah”, “Omaha”, “Gold”, “Juno” and “Sword”. The fiercest fighting was at Omaha Beach. Countless Allied soldiers gave their lives on D-Day in violent attacks. Even though they were     7     the terrible cost of human life, the D-Day landings were     8     success and were considered     9    (wide) as the beginning of the end of World War Ⅱ. By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached the River Seine. Paris was liberated.

Seventy years later, people including     10    (survive) came together for memorial ceremonies in honour of those who fought and died on D-Day.