2 . 语法填空（根据课文内容和语法规则完成短文）

On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863, Abraham Lincoln mounted a platform in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was there in memory of the    1    (die)soldiers. The place was the site of a recent battle     2    thousands of soldiers had died.

At that time, America was    3     (bitter) divided. For two years, its people had been deep in a civil war. The Union side won but    4    a great cost. Over 50,000 soldiers    5     (kill)or wounded, and people lost hope and purpose.

Lincoln understood the feelings of the civilian people. His speech gave them hope, belief and a reason     6     (look) to the future. He gave them    7    new vision of what the United States of America should be     8     (base)on the ideals set down by its Founding Fathers 87 years before. It was what the soldiers had died for. Now it was up to the    9     (live) to remove not only the divisions between North and South, but the boundaries between black and white, and work step by step towards the    10     (equal)of humankind.

3 . 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.

LAS VEGAS - A gunman in a high-rise hotel overlooking the Las Vegas Strip opened fire on a country music festival late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring hundreds of others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

The gunman,     1     (identify) by police as Stephen Paddock, was later found dead by officers on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said during a news briefing Monday.

The massacre marked the nation’s    2     (late)   outbreak of gunfire and bloodshed to erupt in a public place, again    3     (spread)   terror in an American city transformed into a war zone. The carnage in Las Vegas surpassed the 49 people slain in June 2016 when a gunman   in   Orlando,     4     later said he was inspired by the Islamic State, opened fire inside a crowded nightclub.

Lombardo said investigators    5     not immediately identify a motive, leaving no clear answer as to     6    a gunman gunned down dozens of people. He also said    7     additional 527 people were injured,     8     he did not specify how many were wounded by gunfire or injured in the chaos that followed. Clark County Fire Chief Greg Cassell said officials were seeing a “wide range” of injuries including gunshot victims as well as people injured by shrapnel, trampling or getting hurt jumping fences attempting     9     (escape).

Paddock, 64,     10     (find) dead in his hotel room by Las Vegas SWAT officers, police said. They believe Paddock, who had checked in on Thursday and brought a cache of guns, took his own life in Room 135 before officers entered.

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。

From 1405 to 1433, Zheng He made seven historic voyages to Asia and Africa. Thanks to frequent friendly     1     (exchange) between China and foreign countries, Zheng He successfully     2     （promote）friendship between China and Southeast Asian countries to new heights. From 1403 to 1424, the number of envoys（使者）visit China a record 318 times,     3     average of 15 times a year.

Zheng He’s fleet traveled from the Western Pacific through the Indian Ocean to West Asia and the east coast of Africa,     4     （involve） three oceans and providing valuable records for the history of Chinese navigation（航海）. His voyages,     5     happened earlier than the Westerners’ Voyages of Discovery, came 87 years before Columbus, 92 years before Vasco da Gama, and 116 years before Magellan’s     6     （arrive） in the Philippines.

Sadly, many of the official Chinese records of these voyages were destroyed     7     his death. Zheng He’s rightful place in Chinese history     8     （confirm） by Deng Xiaoping in 1984. Following a more realistic evaluation of Zheng He’s achievements by scholars East and West, his standing as one of the     9     (great) maritime explorers of all time has at last been     10     (firm) recognized worldwide.

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。

Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969,     1     was one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind, people have become accustomed     2     the idea of space travel. Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, aware of     3     difficult and dangerous an adventure it was. It was a success and all three astronauts made it safely back to Earth.

6 . 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.

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。

The celebrations with the military parade for China's 70th anniversary（周年纪念日）on National Day have clearly shown     1     this nation has developed quickly with confidence in the system     2     (adopt) under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

On the one hand, National Day     3     (say) that China at 70 has achieved scientific and technological developments. On the other hand, it also reminded     4     (we) of the suffering the country experienced after the Opium War of 1840.

The parade also told the     5     (story) of "Made in China" and "Created in China". The achievements did not fall     6     the sky and nor were they stolen. Instead, they were the result of the hard work,    7    (wise) and courage of the Chinese people.

Under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people have created     8     miracle in 70 years. The truth of socialism with Chinese characteristics     9     (prove) by history and practice to be a correct path. It has become evident that China will     10     （sure）achieve the goal of the great renewal of the Chinese nation.

8 . 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形式 。

In the closing ceremony of the 2018 0lympic Winter Games. China put on "See You in Beijing in 2022", directed by Zhang Yimou. The show centered on the talents of a team of 24 roller-skating     1    (perform) from Beijing Sport University. Two of them    2    (dress) as "Panda Captains" led the performance. The performance reviewed China's ancient times,     3    (show) the country's rich cultural heritage (遗产)and singing about the present. as well as the future that     4    (lie) ahead.

In addition to traditional symbols including the Great Wall and lucky animals    5    the Chinese dragon and the Chinese phoenix, the performance also showed China's recent engineering and    6    (technology) achievements. Towards the end of the performance, the Olympic rings     7    (rise) on the stage, as well as images of a global village, children's smiling faces, olive branches and plum blossoms(梅花),    8    stood for China's promise to promote global peace and building a better future for mankind. Finally, the skaters travelled a path on ice     9    (draw) the “Winter Dream" sign of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The performance     10    (successful) sent Chinese people's goodwill and invitations to the world for Beijing 2022.

9 . 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。

The Amber Room was made of several tons of amber. The amber which    1    (select ) had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels,     2    took the country's best artists about ten years     3     (make).

The Amber Room was designed for the palace of Frederick I.     4    , the next King of Prussia Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave     5     to Peter the Great.     6     return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg.

Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room     7    (move )to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.    8    (lucky), although the Amber Room was considered one of the    9     (wonder)of the world, it is now    10    (miss).

10 . 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 digging outside the city walls, researchers     1     (discover) thirty to forty bodies lying one on top of another. They had been murdered.

The men dug with great care, trying not to disturb the       2    (evident) of what had happened. Everyone was curious     3    why all these people had been killed at the same time. Was it just     4     coincidence?

Deep in the ground below the bodies, they found a tomb     5     was made of stone. It contained many valuable things,     6     (include) much gold and many jewels. Inside it lay the body of a man that was     7     (good) preserved. It was clear that the man had been a king,     8     explained why the other bodies were there. The workers who had built the tomb were killed shortly after the king     9     (die). That was because they wanted to keep the tomb a secret, and to make     10     (they) companions for him in death.