1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

SPACE:THE FINAL FRONTIER

“Are we alone? What's out there? ”    1     (look) up at the stars, people have always wanted to learn more about space, and scientists work hard to find answers. They make     2     (vehicle) to carry brave people into space to find out the secrets of the universe.

Before the mid-20th century, most people felt travelling into space was an     3     (possible) dream.     4    , some scientists were determined to help humans realize their dream to explore space.

On 4 October, 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite     5     (launch) by the USSR and     6     (success) orbited around Earth. Afterwards, the USSR focused     7     sending people into space, and on 12 April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in the world     8     (go) into space. Over eight years later on 20 July, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong     9     (step) onto the moon, famously saying,“That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” Following this, many more goals were achieved. For example, America's NASA space agency launched Voyager 1 on 5 September 1977 to study deep space,     10     it still transmits data today.

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。

At 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake.     1     seemed as if the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city one of the greatest     2     (earthquake) of the 20^th century had begun. It was felt in Beijing,     3     is more than two hundred kilometers away. One–third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty metres wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of     4     (dirty). In 15 terrible seconds a large city     5     (lie) in ruins. The     6     (suffer) of the people was extreme. Two-thirds of the people died or     7     (injure) during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left     8     parents. The number of people     9     were killed or     10     (serious) injured reached more than 400,000.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Several days before July 28,1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. The water in the village wells     1    (rise) and fell. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. They were     2    (sign)for the earthquake. But people in the city didn't think much     3     these events. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began to shake,     4     destroyed the city. Many people,     5     (include) rescue workers and doctors, came to rescue those     6     (trap) under the ruins.     7     (late) that afternoon, another big quake struck Tangshan. More people     8     (kill) or injured and     9     (many) buildings fell down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. Team were organized to dig out     10     trapped and to bury the dead.

4 . 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式

Because this was Li Qiang's first trip, he was worried and     1    （settle）so that he suffered from "time lag".     2    （hit）by a lack of fresh air, his head ached. His guide gave him some green tablets and a mask which helped him solve the problems. However, he experienced something new.     3    （arrive）home, he was shown into a large, bright clean room     4     a wall of trees.     5    （exhaust）, he slide into bed and fell fast asleep.

Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales     6    （include）as well. Next England and Wales     7    （join）to Scotland and the name was changed to "Great Britain".     8    （happy）this was accomplished without conflict. Finally the English government tried to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was     9    （willing）and broke     10     to form its own government.

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。

At 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end! Eleven kilometres     1    (direct) below the city, the    2    (great) earthquake of the 20th century had begun. It was felt in Beijing,     3    is more than two hundred kilometres away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut       4       houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes   in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city       5     (lie) in ruins. The       6     (suffer) of the people was extreme. Two-thirds of       7     (they) died   or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many   children were         8     (leave) without parents.

    9     number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan. More buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were hard     10    (get). People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.

6 . Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

American Mikah Meyer has an unusual goal. He wants to visit all of the more than 400 properties operated by the National Park Service.

He spent January 2017 visiting historic areas in the southeastern United States.

One of his first stops was Fort Sumter,     1     former military position in waters just off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is famous for being the place where the first shot of the Civil War     2    (fire). It is also     3     the first person killed in the conflict died.

After years of rising tensions between Northern and Southern states, the two sides clashed in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861. That was when the Southern army launched an artillery attack on Fort Sumter. Federal troops surrendered the fort a short time later. Union forces eventually fought     4    (regain) control of the base, and defeated the South in 1865. A lone cannon symbolizes the fierce battle that took place on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this federal fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, marking it     5     the day when the Civil War began.

As he stood inside the large walls of Fort Sumter National Monument, Mikah Meyer looked across the water to the port at Charleston. He imagined what the area must have looked like more than a century and half ago. “You’ll see across that bridge, Charleston, South Carolina. It was under siege at one point for 17 months. There were cannons that     6     fire from where I'm standing on the fort all the way to the old town...” Meyer also visited the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in South Carolina. There he had a chance to learn about Charles Pinckney, who helped write — and was a signer of — the U.S. Constitution. Charles Pinckney was 29 years old when he helped draft the United States Constitution,     7     he signed as a representative of South Carolina. He dedicated his considerable political and legal talents to     8    (establish) a strong national government. “Some people call him our forgotten founding father, but he was a political figure of early America who helped shape     9     our eventual constitution ended up looking like...” The National Park Service helps care for what remains of Pinckney’s former home and farm. Park service workers tell the stories of 18th-century plantation life for free and enslaved people.

During his travels in January, Meyer had a surprise. Barack Obama, in his last few days as president, named a new national park site in Beaufort, just south of Charleston. It is called the Reconstruction Era National Monument. The Reconstruction Era National Monument will help tell the story of post-Civil war America.

The Reconstruction Era     10    (stretch) from 1861 to 1898. It was a period when Americans struggled with the treatment of newly freed African Americans. The new national monument will help tell that story.

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。

One important early rail line was the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line,     1     (complete) in 1909. Other rail lines then under development used Western financing and assistance,     2       Zhangjiakou was an important trading post with Russia and the Chinese government felt the line was a high priority, so it decided that construction should be all Chinese. Hence, Zhan Tianyou     3     (give) this important job. When he was 12, he was sent by the government to study in the US,     4     he graduated from high school and Yale University. On his return to China, he gained experience     5     (work) on the railroad between Beijing and Shenyang, before being given the    6     (responsible) of building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line. Through his skill, the railroad was finished two years ahead of schedule.

    7     (unfortunate), development of the Chinese rail networks     8     (be) soon stalled by war.

In the 1950s, the government began    9     renewed push to develop the networks, repairing damaged lines, filling in the gaps and lengthening lines still     10     (far) so that most of the major cities would be connected.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Anne: Margot, our Daddy and Mom look very upset .Do you know why ?
Margot: I’m afraid that we have got to move again. They find     1     difficult to settle in the hiding place .
Anne : If we move to another place , will you be     2     (concern) about whether we will be discovered ?
Margot: Yes, of course. But     3    ( actual ), I’m frightened (害怕) out of my life .
Anne : Oh ! My God ! Why are we so unlucky ?
Margot : Because     4     the German Nazis . They don’t like us Jews. Last week many more Jews     5     (catch ) and killed .
Anne : The German Nazis are so cruel (残酷的)     6     we have no choice but to hide away in order to live .
Margot : Well , I didn’t dare guess     7     will happen to us .
Anne : I wonder if there are     8     ( curtain ) hanging before the windows in that hiding place .
Margot : I hope so . Besides , I wish it would be a     9     ( safe ) place than here .
Anne : Sister , I’m feeling very cold .
Margot : Be closer to me . Have     10     good rest and we will be blessed (保佑) .

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

In September 1939, Britain declared war    1       Germany. The war, which lasted until 1945, known as the Second World War. The most important battle of the war in Europe was Operation Overlord in 1944     2    (invade) France. Operation Overlord started when boats full of soldiers     3    (land) on the beaches of Normandy in France. The operation was so dangerous that many soldiers were killed    4    they got off the boats. The soldiers of Able Company crossed    5    English Channel in seven boats early on the morning of 6 June 1944. Boat 5 was hit, so six men drowned and twenty men fell into the water and    6    (pick) up. The soldiers on Boat 1, 3 and 4 jumped out but the water was so deep that some disappeared under the water. Two thirds of the company were    7    (die). This was Able Company’s contribution to D-Day. On 6 June 2004,    8    (survive) of the D-Day landings returned to France to remember their    9    (lose) comrades. Many of them went to the cemetery and memorial,    10    are situated on a cliff overlooking the beach and the English Channel.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

A great    1    (achieve) was made in 1953. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed to the top of Mount Everest    2    (successful) at 11: 30 am, on May 29. They became the first people    3    (reach)the peak of Mount Everest.

Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, and Tenzing Norgay was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. Both of them were part of the    4    (nine) British expedition(探险)to Everest    5    (lead) by John Hunt in 1953. For this expedition, Hunt selected a group of people who were    6    (experience) in climbing mountains. In the group, Edmund Hillary    7    (select) from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay was actually from India where he lived. Before climbing, the expedition had been organized and planned for months. They made 9 camps on their way up, some of    8    have been still used by climbers up to now The first team made    9    to the place which was just 300 feet below the peak, and they left on May 26. They actually had already reached the point that no man had reached before. They were forced to leave because of the bad weather and besides, there were problems    10    their oxygen tank, too.