1. On 3 August 2014, a big earthquake in Ludian, Yunnan.
2. — Why do you often go to the supermarket at the weekend?
— Because at the weekend, there is on some goods at the supermarket.
3. When I was a little boy, my grandmother told me the of Chang'e.
4. There is an old town Tongli in Suzhou and it's a beautiful place.
5. — I'm too thirsty now. — Oh, the bottle water. You can drink it.
6. When they travel on a trip, happens. We should help them at once.

1. happened 2. a special offer 3. tale 4. called 5. is full of 6. something terrible

1. Life is ______ surprise. No matter what you do, try your best.
A.proud of
B.full of
C.because of
D.afraid of

1. B

2. — Who's your favourite teacher?
— Mr Zhang. He makes us ______ English in an interesting way.
A.believe in
B.take part in
C.come up with
D.fall in love with

2. D

3. — , Chinese mobile phones have improved greatly.
— Exactly. That's why products made in China are more and more popular now.
A.In time
B.In the hope
C.In fact
D.In the end

3. C

4. (2024·南京市鼓楼区模拟)— Have you watched China in the Classics on CCTV-1 recently?
— Yes. It brings Chinese ancient books ______ on screen.
A.live
B.alive
C.living
D.lively

4. B

5. — Will you go to the movies tomorrow?
— If you don't go, ______.
A.neither do I
B.neither won't I
C.neither will I
D.neither don't I

5. C

One day a man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched it. Suddenly a small butterfly appeared and it 1. its best to pull its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any 2., so the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that it could come out easily.
However, to his 3., the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon. He continued to watch it, because he hoped that its wings would be strong enough to 4. the body and fly up in time.
5., the flight never happened. In 6., the butterfly kept crawling(爬) around with a heavy body and small wings until it died. It was never able to fly.
The man didn't understand the rules of nature. 7. the butterfly was out of the cocoon, fluid(液体) from its body must be forced into its wings. And then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle(挣扎) to get out of the small opening by 8..
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we 9. in our life. If we go through our life 10. difficulties, we would not be as strong as we could have been. We could never fly.

1. tried 2. progress 3. surprise 4. support 5. Unluckily 6. fact 7. Before 8. itself 9. need 10. without