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将答案写在答卷上（共10小题，每小题1分）Passage 1There are only two 1._______(season) in some countries—the dry season and the2.______(rain) season. They are India, Vietnam and some countries in Africa. It’s never cold there and it doesn’t snow. In the dry season it is as3._______(warm) as it is in the rainy season. When it is the dry season, it doesn’t rain at all. It’s very, very hot. All grass and4.______(leaf) in the trees are yellow. Animals and people are very thirsty. It is a very5.________(difficulty) time for them! When it is the rainy season, the rain doesn’t stop, it6._______(rain) day and night. There is a lotof water around! Some animals like it, but some don’t.There is a place 7._____ there are no seasons at all. It is 8.______ Antarctic. It is very cold all the year round. There are no countries and no cities there. There are some villages there.Who lives there? Some 9._______(science) from some countries go there to learn about 10._______(cold) place, its animals and birds. But there are no trees, no flowers, no fruit there, so people can’t live there long.Passage 2During the 2019 Rio Olympics, people were surprised 1.______(see) the round, purple marks on the body of the famous American 2.______(swim) Michael Phelps. What happened to him? In fact, he just visited a doctor of 3._______(traditional) Chinese medicine (TCM) and had “cupping”(拔火罐).Massage and acupuncture(针灸) are two other importance 4.______(kind) of TCM. Chinese massage can make you relaxed and fresh. In acupuncture, doctors put long 5.______ (needle) into the patients’ heads, faces, arms, etc. It takes away pain, 6._____ the look is funny.TCM is 7._______ important part of Chinese culture. The earliest medical classic in China, Huangdi’s Classic on Medicine, 8.______(come) out more than 2,000 years ago. The book is about the relationship between man and nature. In Chinese culture, yin and yang are the two parts of nature. Nature keeps 9._______(balance) if yin and yang work well together. The human body needs such a balance, too. TCM helps to do that. Quite 10._______(special), for some health problems, a doctor of TCM will not give you medicine. Instead, he may give you just a food plan and right ways to eat.Passage 3I’ve been smoking ever since I was very young. To be 1._____(honesty), I never considered what could happen 2.______ my body if I kept 3._______(smoke). I just knew that I couldn’t help smoking, 4._______(especial) when I felt very anxious. One day, I started to notice that it was getting harder and harder for me to do simple things like walking. Several months 5._____(late), I couldn’t get through a conversation without coughing.6.______(final), I went to see a doctor. He told me I had COPD(慢肺阻). He said I had to stop smoking. I wasn’t sure I could make it. Actually I wasn’t sure I wanted to stop it. He said that it would get harder to breathe7._____ I didn’t stop smoking, and that one day I might have to be seriously ill in bed. That made me so8.______(scare) enough that I decided to give a try.However,after a few days, I failed. I knew it would be harder when I spent a lot of time with my best friend 9.______ was a smoker.Then I tried again. That time, I tried the patch(戒烟贴), which made a big difference. It took almost 5 months, but I was finally able to stop smoking. I could feel comfortable and 10._______(hope). My son has also been a huge help. He has been a non-smoker for almost ten years now. Whenever I wanted a cigarette, I would give him a call. He helped me remember why I had to stop smoking.Passage4I love cycling. This spring my elder brother and I1. _______ (spend) a long weekend cycling in the countryside. We rode 2. _______ (slow) along because we didn’t want to break any speed records. We just wanted 3. ______ (get) some fresh air and a break from schoolwork. We really had a great time 4. _____ (ride) along country roads. And there was one of the best things about our trip that made us happy: every few 5. ______ (kilometre) there was a village where we could find everything we needed.However, 6. ______ the second day, something happened. We were going down the hill when my brakes(刹车) started making a noise, but I didn’t mind at all. At midnight, we were woken by 7. _____ noise in the hotel. We were tired 8. ____ we set off the next morning, but soon felt cheerful when the sun came out.We enjoyed 9. _____ (we) this time. I think nothing is 10. ______ (well) than cycling if you are looking for a break that is active and cheap.Passage 5In 12 seconds in the year 1903, two young 1.______(America) changed the world forever. That was the length of the first successful flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s plane.Wilbur was born in 1867 and Orville in 1871. The Wright brothers 2.______(develop) a strong interest in flight from early childhood. They taught 3._______(them) maths and engineering. They started their flying experiments with big kites and gliders(滑翔机) and4.________(final) decided to make their own plane. The two brothers worked very hard to make a small engine and a propeller(螺旋桨) for their plane.Their first plane 5._______(weigh) 340 kilograms. 6._____(it) wings were 12 meters wide. On 17 December 1903, Orville sat in the plane and made the first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. His flight lasted for only 12 seconds and only covered 37 meters, but this was the first time human beings 7._______(successful) sent something 8.______(heavy) than the air to the sky with powered flight. Wilbur also flew the plane on the same day. In the last flight of the day, Wilbur flew for 59 seconds and covered a 9.______(distant) of 260 meters.The Wright brothers improved their plane, and by 1909, it could fly for 32 kilometers. The Wright brothers are surely among 10.________(important) inventors of the 20th century.Passage 6Every day people invent new things. This time it is 1.______ automatic washing machine. What’s so special about the machine? It is 2.______(special) designed for young dog! The washing machine is called the Dog O’Matic. It has a hole for your 3.______(dog) head to pop out.4.______ you lock your dog inside this machine for about half an hour, it will come out clean, dry and sweet-smelling. If your dog feels5._______(frighten), you can pull it out immediately and complete the job in a normal bathtub.The 6. _____(invent) of the machine, Romain Jarry, is a French businessman. He has worked onit 7._____about 2 years. He said “It doesn’t take long 8._____(wash) the dogs—usually a few minutes,” said Jarry. “9. _______(long) part of all is drying. But the dogs d on’t seem to get bored. They just sit there and they come out clean.”The French businessman 10.______(begin) to introduce the washing machine to the world already. He is trying to make the machine best friend of a dog owner.Passage 7Traditional Chinese Medicine is 1._______ important part of Chinese culture. The earliest medical classic in China, Huangdi’s Classic on Medicine, 2.______(come) out more than 2,000 years ago. The book is 3._______ the relationship between man and nature. In Chinese culture, yin and yang are the two parts of nature. Nature keeps 4._______(balance) if yin and yang work well together. The human body needs such a balance, too. TCM helps to do that. Quite 5.______ (special), for some health problems, a doctor of TCM will not give you medicine. Instead, he may give you just a food plan and right ways 6.______(eat).For example, it is common to eat on the way to school, at our desk, or in front of the TV. But TCM thinks it’s wrong. Here 7.______(be) the correct ways: Sit down to eat. While eating, turn off the TV and get away from the work desk. Eat 8.______(season) foods. Do not miss any of the three meals. Also, get your body moving often, just as the 9.______(say) goes, “Running water is never stale.”Nowadays, traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular around the world. A government report says that people in 183 countries and 10.______(area) are now using TCM.参考答案Passage 11.seasons2.rainy3.warm4.leaves5.difficult6.rains7.where8.the9.scientists 10.the coldest Passage 21.to see2.swimmer3.traditional4.kinds5.needles6.though7.an8.came9.balanced 10.specially Passage 31.honest2.to3.smoking4.especiallyter6.Finally7.if8.scared9.who 10.hopefulPassage 41.spent2.slowly3.to get4.riding5.kilometers6.on7.a8.when9.ourselves 10.betterPassage 51.Americans2.developed3.themselves4.finally5.weighed6.Its7.successfully8.heavier9.distance 10.the most importantPassage 61.an2.specially3.dog’s4.If5.frightened6.inventor7.for8.to wash9.The longest 10.has begun Passage 71.an2.came3.about /on4.balanced5.specially6.to eat7.are8.seasonal9.saying 10.areas。