一、根据句意及首字母提示完成单词。
1. Jia Ling who played the lead role in the film Hi, Mum is l______ and humorous.
2. Reading s______ the way we think and makes a full man.
3. In the Chinese lunar c______, there are 12 animal signs.
4. Many people like to keep dogs as pets because dogs are l______ to their owners.
5. There are fewer and fewer f______ telephones now.

1. lively 2. shapes 3. calendar 4. loyal 5. fixed

二、选用方框内的单词或词组的正确形式填空。
say form believe in practice include
1. — Mum, I won the first prize in the speech competition!
— Wonderful! As long as you ______ yourself and keep trying, you will succeed.
2. It is ______ of my grandmother to make all kinds of clothes.
3. It ______ drinking tea during Grain Rain can make people stay away from illnesses.
4. Some people believe their personalities __________ by nature and the environment.
5. The course covers many topics, __________ the knowledge of English grammar.

1. believe in 2. practical 3. is said 4. are formed 5. including

( )1. — It's said that ChatGPT has both good and bad sides.
— Well. It all ______ how you use it.
A. leads to
B. sounds like
C. turns into
D. depends on

D

( )2. — How do you like the film Avatar: The Way of Water?
— Wonderful. I have watched it twice ______.
A. above all
B. in all
C. first of all
D. at all

B

( )3. To get everybody in the discussion, Miss Su has ______ our class ______ six groups.
A. divided; into
B. mixed; with
C. translated; into
D. covered; with

A

( )4. — Jack, the Maldives(马尔代夫) may ______ because of the rising sea levels.
— Oh God! We must do something to stop that from happening.
A. rise
B. move
C. grow
D. disappear

D

四、(2024·镇江)根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。
Zodiac animals are important to the Chinese people for long. Many years ago, a president from a foreign country 1. v______ China. At the dinner, he presented people with a riddle, "There are twelve things that can be given to all the Chinese, and each person can get his or her 2. o______. What are the twelve things?" The answer is of course the "12 zodiac animals". As a cultural sign that stays with a person since his or her 3. b______, zodiac animal of the year plays an important role in 4. e______ life. Even today, many Chinese people will use "What is your zodiac animal?" instead of "How old are you?" when they ask about a person's 5. a______.
In ancient times, people formed clans(氏族). Different clans had different signs. The clans usually used the looks of animals. 6. O______ an important meeting was held. At the meeting, the animals used by the most powerful clans were 7. d______ as the zodiac animals.
Just 8. l______ China, many other countries also have similar systems of zodiac animals. For example, India has a system of 12 zodiac animals, which is 9. a______ the same as that of China, with only the lion in the place of the tiger. The Vietnamese(越南的) system has cat instead of rabbit, but the other 10. e______ animals remain the same. It is widely believed that it was the Chinese zodiac culture that spread to the countries nearby.

1. visited 2. own 3. birth 4. everyday 5. age 6. Once 7. decided 8. like 9. almost 10. eleven