在短文空白处填写适当的词（每空不多余3个词）或所给词的正确形式。
Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours. If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their (life). However, rescue operations are
(prove) difficult. If explosives are used, vibrations will cause the roof of the mine
(collapse). Rescue workers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine. They intend to bring the men up in
special capsule.
there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours. As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go. Meanwhile, a microphone, which
(low) into the mine two hours ago, has enabled the men to keep in touch with the closest relatives. Though they are running out of food
drink, the men are
(cheer) and confident that they will get out soon. They have been told that rescue operations are progressing
(smooth). If they knew how difficult it was to drill
the hard rock, they would lose heart.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Snake dishes have become popular ____ recent years．Snake meat in various flavors (风味) is often seen in restaurant ads．Eating snake seems to be now in vogue(盛行), and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you _
____(consider) “out of date”．But I wonder__
____ all the trends are worth following.
Some people may defend themselves ______ saying that snake meat is nutritious．But these people don’t realize that many parasites(寄生虫)，_
___ do harm to our health, are found inside snakes.
According _____ a survey, about 1000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as
____ as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!
These figures warns us that if no action is taken, ______ number of snakes will drop and make an increase in mice and worms population, which will __
_____ in a decrease(减产) of crop output．Who will see such tragedy happen?
So let’s start not to eat snakes any more because “to protect the snake is to protect ______.”
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the Tibetan language，“Guozhuang dance”means singing and dancing in a circle．It is very popular in Tibet and places like Yunnan，Qinghai and Gansu_________Tibetans live．
In the dance，men and women of an equal number form a circle hand in hand with one．person________（act）as the leading dancer．The whole song begins with slow part．and gradually_____
____（turn）fast．Men always take the first lines of lyrics（抒情歌），____
____women reply．The dance involves repeated_____
____（music）dialogues between male and female dancers．
Guozhuang dance is rich in content and flexible in steps．It changes with the________（develop）of Tibetan life and work，There are dances concerning daily work_____
___crop gathering，wool twisting，cattle feeding and wine making etc；And also there are dances presenting，___
_____Tibetan customs and marriage traditions．
Guozhuang dance is a joyous dance．Whenever there are festivals or happy events，people of all ages will_______（happy）join the dance．
Guozhuang dance________（catalogue）in the first set of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage（非物质文化遗产）since 2006．
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By 2050，Futurologists（未来学家） predict that life will probably be very different_____ 2050.
TV channels will have disappeared.________, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program
______(direct) to the television．Today, we can use the World Wide Web
_______read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away．By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers,
______ books will come to us by computer.
Cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast．Cars will have computers to control the speed and there won’t_____any accidents．Today, many cars have computers
_______tell drivers exactly where they are．By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination．Space planes will take people halfway around the world
_____ 2 hours．Today,
_______United States Space Shuttle can go into space and
_____ on Earth again．By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just 2 hours.
Robots will have ______(place) people in factories．Many factories already use robots．Big companies prefer robots—they don’t ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a
______．By 2050, we will see robots everywhere—in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.
Medical technology will have conquered many ________．Today, there is equipment that connects directly to the brain
___ (help) people hear．By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people to see and hear
______
阅读填空（共1小题）
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。
Last year, my brother and I went to Mianyang for a vacation．Some of my friends who had been there before said ______ was a wonderful holiday destination．Before we went, we had planned for months．When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel．We had made our reservation six months ____ （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake．We ___
___（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, but for the week after．I didn’t understand why this would happen and my credit card had already been ___
_ (charge) for the reservation．What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked．When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out．She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on _
__ top floor．We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
单词拼写（共1小题）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Smith: Hi, Cathy, how did you find yesterday’s speech competition?
Cathy: Well, to be honest, it was quite (disappoint).
S: You didn’t like the speeches?
C: Yes, I did．In fact, I (enjoy) listening to most of the speeches．But I just couldn’t accept the result, you know.
S: Hmm, you mean the judges?
C: I mean, most of the listeners including me didn’t understand the judges didn’t like Samantha．It was such a shock
they announced the winner was Jim．We all thought Samantha’s
(pronounce) was the best.
S: You’re (probable) right．But don’t you think the speech itself is
(important)? As I see it, Jim’s speech was more meaningful．I was deeply moved by the story he told us.
C: That I know now.In my ,we also learned something very important
Samantha’s speech.
S: That’s right．Samantha and Jim were indeed very close．I guess it was difficult for the judges.
C: Well, I wish I (can) agree with you．But I do think Samantha was best.