Passage 1
The origin of facial makeup used in traditional Chinese operas can date back to more than 1,400 years ago, 1. leading actors used to wear masks. As the operatic art developed, 2. (perform) gradually took off their masks and painted colourful patterns on their faces instead, so people could better see 3. (they) facial expressions.
Facial makeup is a special makeup method 4. Chinese cultural characteristics.5. painting technique for facial makeup in traditional Chinese operas is closely related to the character’s personality. Over the years of development, it 6. (become) an important part of Chinese culture.
There 7. (be) four roles in facial makeup, sheng, dan, jing, and chou. Facial makeup is 8. (extreme) stylised in the colours and patterns used, but no two painted faces are alike. For example, there are more than 100 face-painting styles 9. (design) for Xiang Yu, the hero in FarewellMyConcubine, and each one is different. Various types of facial makeup enable the audience 10. (know) a character easily and get more involved in the appreciation of the performance.
Passage 2
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In our information technology society, we often have 1. (much) communication online than offline. For example, just compare the number of people to 2. you have sent online messages with that of people you 3.(meet) in the past two weeks.
However, there are now mobile apps which allow you 4. (connect) with strangers online and then meet in person, and I’m not talking about dating apps! Rather, I’m referring to apps which help to connect people with similar interests who live in the same city. To begin with, get online and find a group that 5. (interest) you. Then, simply join 6. group. As long as you’re in a group with like-minded people, you will be able to enjoy 7. (do) the same activities together. You can do this 8. free, although some apps will ask you to pay if you want to create an interest group.
There is a wide 9. (vary) of interest groups out there, such as those for hiking, football, photography, board games, poetry, or dog owners. You name it, and they’ve got it! This is 10. (real) a great way to network and meet people if you’re new to a city, or simply to make new friends.
Passage 3
Whenever I tell people that I teach English at the Berlin Zoo, I almost always get a questioning look. Behind it, the person is trying to figure out who exactly I teach ... the animals
Since June 2017, right before the 1. (arrive) of the two new pandas, Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, I have been helping the panda keepers at the zoo to feel more comfortable and 2. (confidence) speaking English. And who do they speak English 3.
Not the pandas, even though 4. language used for the medical training instructions is actually English. They talk to the flood of international tourists and to 5. (visit)Chinese zookeepers who often come to check on the pandas, which are on loan from China. They also need to be ready to give 6. (interview) in English with international journalists. This is 7. they need an English trainer.
So, what are they learning 8. (basic), how to describe a panda’s life. It’s been an honor to watch the panda programme develop 9. to see the pandas settle into their new home. As a little girl, I 10. (wish) to be a zookeeper when I grew up. Now, I’m living out that dream indirectly by helping the panda keepers do their job in English.
Passage 4
A concrete bookstore in the city of Shanghai is the first 3D-printed in China. It opened 1. the public in March, 2021.The bookstore consists of three parts, one of 2. is the area of about 30 square metres, 3. (accommodate) at most 15 people inside at a time.
Different from simple work such as a 3D-printed flower basin, the bookstore is 4. innovative attempt in the architecture field. Besides saving time, the 3D-printed architecture is relatively 5. (cheap) in comparison with buildings using conventional 6. (technique) as well. In addition, 7. (it) use of fiber concrete is unique, which strengthens the earthquake 8. (resist). Experts say it is as safe as any traditional concrete construction 9. (base) on the experimental data.
Up to now, many similar researches on 3D-printed concrete technology 10. (conduct) in many other countries, such as France, Switzerland and Russia. But China’s research and achievements in this field are among the best in the world.
Passage 5
Some time after 10,000 BC, people made the first real attempt to control the world they lived 1. , through agriculture. Over thousands of years, they began to depend less on 2. could be hunted or gathered from the wild, and more on animals they had raised and crops they had sown.
Farming produced more food per person 3. hunting and gathering, so people were able to raise more children. And, as more children were born, more food 4. (need). Agriculture gave people their first experience of the power of technology 5. (change) lives.
By about 6,000 BC, people 6. (discover) the best crops to grow and animals to raise. Later, they learned to work with the 7.___________ (season), planting at the right time and, in dry areas, 8. (make) use of annual floods to irrigate(灌溉) their fields.
This style of farming lasted for quite a long time. Then, with 9.________ rise of science, changes began. New methods 10. (mean) that fewer people worked in farming. In the last century or so, these changes have accelerated. New power machinery and artificial fertilizers(化肥) have now totally transformed a way of life that started in the Stone Age.
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1.when 解析 根据句意和句子结构可知, 设空后部分是非限制性定语从句, 先行词 1,400yearsago表示时间且在句中做状语, 故填when。
2.performers 解析 根据句意可知, 设空处在句中做主语, 表示复数意义 “演员”, 故填名词复数形式performers。
3.their 解析 根据句意可知, 设空处表示他们的面部表情, 需要定语成分, 故填形容词性物主代词their。
4.with 解析 根据句意可知, 设空处表示一种具有中国文化特点的化妆方法, 且在句中做后置定语, 故填介词with。
5.The 解析 根据句意可知, 设空处表示特指意义 “脸谱的化妆技巧”, 应使用定冠词, 由于在句首, 故填The。
6.hasbecome 解析 句首时间状语Over the years of development, 暗示了答案, 即句子谓语部分应使用现在完成时, 此处主语是单数形式, 故填has become。
7.are 解析 根据句子结构可知, 此处使用的是there be句型, 主语是four roles, 句子陈述客观事实, 应使用一般现在时, 故填are。
8.extremely 解析 根据句意和句子结构可知, 设空处应使用副词形式做状语, 故填extremely。
9.designed 解析 根据句子结构可知, 设空处是后置定语修饰前面的名词styles, 逻辑主语styles和design之间存在被动关系, 故填designed。
10.to know 解析 根据句意和句子结构可知, 设空部分使用的是enable sb to do sth, 故填to know。
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1.more 解析 根据空格后的thanoffline可知, 此处应使用比较级形式, 故填more。
2.whom 解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处引导定语从句, 从句中缺少介词to的宾语, 且先行词为people, 关系词在介词to之后, 故填whom。
3.havemet 解析 根据空格后的inthepasttwoweeks 可知, 此处应使用现在完成时, 且主语是you, 故填havemet。
4.toconnect 解析 此处是 allowsbtodosth结构, 表示 “允许某人做某事”, 故填toconnect。
5.interests 解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处在从句中做谓语, 引导词that指代agroup, 故填interests。
6.the 解析 此处特指已经提到的兴趣小组, 应使用定冠词, 故填the。
7.doing 解析 enjoydoingsth意为 “享受做某事”, 为固定搭配, 故填doing。
8.for 解析 此处表示你可以免费做这件事,forfree意为 “免费”, 为固定搭配, 故填for。
9.variety 解析 此处表示有各种各样的兴趣小组,avarietyof意为 “各种各样的”, 故填variety。
10.really 解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处做状语, 应使用副词形式, 故填really。
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1.arrival 解析 考查名词。根据空前的the和空后的thetwonewpandas可知, 此处应用arrive的名词形式arrival。
2.confident 解析 考查名词与形容词的词性转化。根据and前的comfortable可知,and后的词性应与前面的comfortable保持一致, 故用confidence的形容词。
3.with/to 解析 考查考生根据上下文正确使用介词的能力。此句意思是“那么,他们到底要跟谁说英语呢 ”该句谓语动词speak在表达“说话,讲话”这个意思时,既可以用作简单的及物动词,后面只接宾语,如HespeaksGerman,也可以出于特定的交际目的需要将说话的对象明示出来,此时就需要使用介词 with/to来引出这个名词或者词组,以构成HespeaksGermanwith/tosomebody这样一种结构。本句中speak的宾语是English,句首的疑问代词who就是 theyspeakEnglish的对象。因此在句末需要填入介词with或to。
4.the 解析 考查冠词。此处特指前面所提到的英语这门语言, 故表示特指, 应用定冠词the。
5.visiting 解析 考查非谓语动词。空后的Chinesezookeepers与visit之间存在逻辑上的主谓关系, 故用动词-ing形式做定语。
6.interviews 解析 考查名词。根据空前的动词give可知, 此处应用interview的名词形式, 再根据interview是可数名词可知, 此处应用其复数形式interviews。
7.why 解析 考查名词性从句引导词。上文所叙述的是熊猫饲养员需要英语培训师的原因, 故此处用why。
8.Basically 解析 考查副词。根据空后的逗号可知, 此处应用副词做状语。
9.and 解析 考查连词。此处用and连接前后两个动词不定式短语 towatch...和tosee...
10.wished 解析 考查时态。由本句的时间状语whenIgrewup用了一般过去时可知, 此处应用wish的过去式wished。
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1.to 解析 此处表示 “对公众开放”,opento为固定搭配, 表示 “对……开放”, 故填介词to。
2.which 解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处引导非限制性定语从句, 从句中缺少介词of的宾语, 先行词为threeparts, 故填关系代词which。
3.accommodating 解析 分析句子成分可知,空格处为非谓语动词形式, 和逻辑主语构成主谓关系, 应使用动词-ing形式做状语, 故填accommodating。
4.an 解析 此处attempt表示泛指,innovative是以元音音素开头的单词, 故填an。
5.cheaper 解析 根据空格后的incomparisonwith可知, 此处应用形容词比较级, 故填cheaper。
6.techniques 解析 根据句意可知, 此处泛指 “传统的工艺”,technique为可数名词, 故填复数形式techniques。
7.its 解析 修饰名词use应使用形容词性物主代词, 故填its。
8.resistance 解析 此处表示 “增强了抗震能力”, 动词strengthen后应用名词做宾语, 故填resistance。
9.based 解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处为非谓语动词形式, 且与逻辑主语构成动宾关系, 故填based。
10.havebeenconducted 解析 根据句首时间状语Uptonow可知, 此处应用现在完成时;动词conduct意为 “实施”, 和主语researches 存在被动关系, 故填havebeenconducted。
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1. 答案 in
解析 根据空格前的the world they lived可知, 此处指 “他们生活的世界”, live为不及物动词, 后需跟介词in再跟地点名词。故填in。
2. 答案 what
解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处引导宾语从句; 根据空格后的could be hunted可知, 从句中缺少主语, 因此需用what。故填what。
3. 答案 than
解析 根据空格前的more food可知, 此处是将Farming与hunting and gathering进行比较。故填than。
4. 答案 was needed
解析 所给提示词need和主语more food之间为动宾关系, 因此需用被动语态; 根据上一句的were born可知, 此处应用一般过去时且food为不可数名词, 因此需填was needed。
5. 答案 to change
解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处做目的状语, 因此应用动词不定式。故填to change。
6. 答案 had discovered
解析 根据时间状语By about 6,000 BC可知, 此处需用过去完成时。故填had discovered。
7. 答案 seasons
解析 此处表示他们学着随着季节耕作, 所给词汇season为可数名词, 因此需用复数形式。故填seasons。
8. 答案 making
解析 分析句子成分可知, make use of和逻辑主语they之间存在主谓关系, 因此需用动词-ing形式做状语。故填making。
9. 答案 the
解析 with the rise of 意为 “随着……的崛起”, 为固定词组。故填the。
10. 答案 meant
解析 分析句子成分可知, 空格处做谓语。根据下文的时态可知, 谓语动词应用一般过去时。故填meant。
