1、My uncle and aunt's biggest dream was to own a farm. When they were fedup ①_________ their life in the city last year, they bought a farm and began to live there. Last month, I paid a visit to them and lived on their farm for several ②_________ (day). Growing up in a city,I had never tried horse riding. While I was there, my uncle often rode a horsearound ③_________ farm. One day, he suggested that I should try riding a horse,but I④_________ (immediate) refused. "What will happen if I fall ⑤_________ the horse suddenly?”I thought. But my uncle insisted that I should have a try. He said that every man should try horse riding. But I did not climb on the horse that ⑥_________ (prepare) for me whatever he said. The next day. some people came to visit the farm. Among them was a 10-year-old boy ⑦_________ biggest dream was to ride a horse. ⑧_________ he had never tried horse riding,he wasn't afraid at all. He climbed on a horse and enjoyed himself very much. I was so ⑨_________ (shame) of myself when I saw that. I finally decided ⑩_________ (try). You know what? It wasn't as scary as I thought at all.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。

“The only female giant panda in Britain ①(believe) to be pregnant,” Edinburgh Zoo said Thursday. The zoo said, “Tian Tian is being②(close) monitored, but it’s unclear ③she will give birth. It’s hard to predict exactly and the panda breeding (繁殖) season can last until late September.”Tian Tian and male panda Yang Guang, who are both 14, ④(arrive) in Edinburgh on a decade-long loan from China in 2011 and are ⑤only giant pandas in Britain. Tian Tian, or Sweetie, has been pregnant several ⑥(time) before in the U. K. but has never given birth.Giant pandas have difficulty breeding and their pregnancies are very difficult⑦(follow). The animals also experience “pseudo-pregnancies (伪怀孕)”, during ⑧their behavior and hormonal (生理的) changes indicate they are pregnant even when they are not.The zoo’s statement came after the Edinburgh Evening Nevus used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain communication between the zoo and Scottish government ⑨(show) that Tian Tian had been artificially inseminated and could give birth as early as this week. In a July 25 email, Iain Valentine, panda ⑩(direct) at the RoyalZoological Society of Scotland, said he thought Tian Tian was about 30 days away from giving birth.3、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。

As we all know, Columbus was a great explorer. He left Spain in August1492, ①____________ (look) for gold. Native Americans greeted him, offering gifts of corn. Columbus found little gold on that trip, but he collected many ②____________ (plant),including corn, to bring hack to Spain.Columbus didn't know it, but the corn was much more valuable than gold. Farmers from Europe to Asia accepted it ③____________ (immediate). They grew it on cold mountainsides and in rainforests. So it ④____________ (feed) millions of people all over the world today.On his second trip, Columbus brought back a few chocolate beans to make chocolate. Europeans and Asians loved this new drink, and soon they were paying ⑤____________ great deal of money for the beans. Chocolate beans became so valuable in CentralAmerica ⑥____________ they were used as cash for 200 years.Tomatoes and potatoes ⑦____________ (take) some time to become popular. Eventually, however, they became the basis of a lot of popular foods. ⑧____________ is hard to imagine life without fried potatoes or chocolate. Thanks ⑨____________ native American culture, many people are able to enjoy lots of ⑩____________ (taste) food.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。

It was my first time visiting the United States. Before ①__________(leave) for Washington D.C.,I downloaded some introductions about some tourist ②__________(attract) in the city. Therefore I knew something about this city before the trip. A lot of things happened during my trip to Washington D.C. However, ③__________impressed me most is the International Spy Museum, which I visited on the④__________(three) day of the trip.In my spare time, I often watched movies about spies with my parents because l was⑤__________(extreme)interested in spies. I acquired ⑥__________ good knowledge of that after I read the descriptions in the museum. I learned that spies usually hid important letters in an umbrella, in a shoe, or even in a pair of ordinary ⑦__________(glass).When they thought they were probably found out, they could have their appearances ⑧__________(change) in a fewminutes. They put on fake hair, eyes or teeth. If they had an emergency, they even changed a smaller pair of shoes to change their walking styles in order not to ⑨__________(recognize).⑩__________ conclusion, it was a nice trip. I had a good time in Washington D.C.. I will remember this trip forever.5、Do you know that what you think you like and don't like is often the result of false beliefs? As humans, we tend to be ①(easy) influenced when it comes to liking or disliking something, and we're happy to have our existing beliefs confirmed. But once these beliefs become fixed, we often lose our ability to be ②(object) and we don’t like to have our ideas challenged. Generally speaking. human beings are not good at taking a ③(balance) view of things. For instance，we unconsciously start to listen for and select information that ④(match) our beliefs and turn a blind eye to information that doe sn’t，⑤(reject) it out of hand. We don't always like to accept new information that doesn’t match up with what we already believe.As a result, we often don't even consider the reasons behind ⑥opposing point of view. Instead, we look for evidence that confirms ⑦we have already thought，and which conforms to our own point of view. We’re more likely ⑧(give) meaning to information that matches the beliefs we already have. In other words, we are biased (偏见) towards certain information. ⑨can come as a shock when information we ⑩(trust) is actually exposed to be untrue.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。