1、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。
It is often said that if you are in Beijing, there are ①_______(basic) two things that you must do; one is to climb the Great Wall of China, and the other is to eat Peking Duck. Once ②_______(limit) to the kitchens of the palace, the legendary Peking Duck now ③_______(serve) at thousands of restaurants around Beijing, as well as around the world.
The origin of the Peking Duck ④_______(date) back to the Ming Dynasty. Cooks from all over China travelled to the capital Beijing ⑤_______(cook) for the Emperor. It was a prestigious(有声望的) occupation as only the ⑥_______(good) chefs could enter the palace kitchens. A top cook was even able to reach the rank of ⑦_______minister!?
It was in these kitchens where dishes of exceptional quality such as the Peking Duck were first created by palace chefs. ⑧_______, many of the recipes for such "foods of the Emperor" were later smuggled(走私) out of the kitchen and onto the streets of Beijing. With the eventual fall of the Ching dynasty in 1911, court chefs ⑨_______left the Forbidden City set up restaurants around Beijing and brought Peking Duck and other delicious dishes to the ⑩_______(mass).
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。
Diets have changed in China—and so too has its top crop. Since 2011,the country ①__________ (grow) more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over ②__________past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.
A taste for meat is ③__________(actual) behind the change:An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn’s rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice ④__________(improve) water quality. Corn uses less water ⑤__________ rice and creates less fertilizer(化肥) runoff. This switch has decreased ⑥__________ (pollute) in the country’s major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.
According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total ⑦________ (globe) fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005—when the government ⑧__________(start) a soil-testing program ⑨__________gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers — and 2011, fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons.That prevented the emission(排放) of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide.China’s approach to protecting its environment while ⑩__________(feed) its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide." says the bank’s Juergen Voegele.
3、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。
As the saying goes, “Confidence in ①__________ (you) is the first step on the road ②__________ success.” Confidence plays an important role in our study. With confidence, we can plan our own study. With confidence, we can ask ③__________ we don’t know without feeling ④__________ (embarrass). With confidence, we can be open-minded all the time.
We may gain self-confidence in many ways. Making friends or ⑤__________ (exchange) ideas with classmates may be of help. Besides, taking ⑥__________ active part in all kinds of activities and ⑦__________ (compete) requires not only great courage and skill but also self-confidence. We need to have confidence.
⑧__________, “confidence is a plant of slow growth”. For me, I prefer to offer help to others. This is a chance ⑨__________(understand) others as well as to test what I suppose I know. In our study, we must learn to share, which in turn helps us learn to learn, and ⑩__________(hope), self-confidence is the key!
4、 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。
Charles Dickens is often thought of as one of England’s greatest ①_________(writer) , yet his language is old-fashioned and his story plots are often unlikely to happen. How then to explain Dickens lasting ②_________ (popular)?
His stories,though often overlong by today’s standard, are well written moral(道德的) tales. They are tilled with ③_________ (color) characters.
But what makes his books stand out from other English works is his insight into human nature. Dickens,like Shakespeare, tells us truths about human behaviour that ④_________ (be) as true to citizens of the 21st century as they were to his readers in the 19th century.
Readers ⑤_________ (return) to Dickens’s books again and again over the years ⑥_________ (see) what he has to say about readers’ own time. No surprise then that ⑦_________ was Dickens that Britons turned to, during the economic crisis, to make sense of a world ⑧_________ (rapid) falling apart.
One of his less well-known novels, Little Dorrit,was adapted ⑨_________ a popular television drama that introduced many Brits to the novel for the first time by the BBC. It’s a dark story about greed and money ⑩_________ is perfect to explain the bad times.
As long as Dickens’s novels have something to say to modern audiences, it seems likely that he will remain one of Britain’s best loved writers.
