()2.(2025·南京市建邺区模拟)When the number of visitors in Nanjing Museum becomes larger at weekends, the Volunteer Club is willing to do something everything in order.

A.to keep
B.kept
C.keeping
D.to keeping

2. A

()3.(2025·常州模拟)Mr Black, Mrs Cherry and three teachers were having a meeting this time yesterday.

A.another
B.the other
C.other
D.the others

3. C

()4.— Why did you come here so late today?
— broken GPS, I lost my way.

A.Because
B.Because of
C.Instead
D.Instead of

4. B

()5.She forgot to for the new shoes, so the shopkeeper stopped her.

A.spend
B.pay
C.cost
D.take

5. B

()6.— How long has the Palace Museum welcomed visitors?
— The Forbidden City, now the Palace Museum, for about 100 years.

A.has opened
B.has been open
C.has closed
D.has been closed

6. B

四、短文填空。
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。
Have you ever been to Thailand? When you travel in Thailand, you shouldn't 1. (miss)the Bangkok Walking Food Tour. It usually takes three hours 2. (finish)the whole tour. During the 3-hour tour, you can eat your fill(饱食)in 3. number of excellent little restaurants and have great fun at the 4. (culture)attractions which you will never find without the local knowledge.
Here you can find lots of eateries(饮食店)that have been open for many years. Enjoy 5. (you)when you have so many kinds of Thai dishes. As you know, they are all influenced deeply 6. Thai history and culture. The food is cleverly designed into small portions, 7. you can try more dishes without feeling too full. The tour starts at 10 a. m. and ends at around 1 p. m. If you are wise enough, you shouldn't eat breakfast.
This tour is one of the visitors' favourite 8. (activity)in Thailand and really gives you a chance to get closer to the delicacies(佳肴)of the 9. (amaze)country. You will also be able to find more 10. (wonder)food in the rest of Thailand with the help of this experience.

1. miss 2. to finish 3. a 4. cultural 5. yourself/yourselves 6. by 7. so 8. activities 9. amazing 10. wonderful

五、完形填空。〔人与社会——社会与文化〕
There are many stories and legends about the history of Chinese New Year. The most 1 one is the legend of Nian. There are two versions(版本)of it.
As the story goes, there was a monster in ancient times with a body of a bull, a head of a lion, and a horn of a unicorn. 2 was a dangerous animal that lived in the mountains and hunted for a 3. Towards the end of winter, when there was nothing to eat, Nian would visit the villages and attack and eat whatever it saw, 4 the villagers to live in fear.
One night when Nian came down from the mountains, some villagers started fires, put up boards painted bright 5, and stayed up all night long to make all kinds of loud 6. When the monster came to the village, the sight in the village made it so 7, and it ran back into the mountains. The next morning, the villagers had a big 8.
The following year, all the villagers came together and 9 that when it was time for Nian's annual visit, they would start a fire in front of every door, 10 a red painted board in front of every house, and not go to sleep 11 rather make noise by the strong beating of drums and gongs(锣), along 12 the heavy use of firecrackers.
In the second version of the legend of Nian, the monster lived at the bottom of the sea most of the year and would only go onto land on the last day of the Chinese lunar calendar to attack and eat both villagers and animals. The villagers learnt from an old man that Nian was afraid of loud noise and the colour red, and began setting off fireworks and attaching “couplet” poems on red paper on their 13 door every New Year's Eve.
Over time all the villagers 14 that the monster Nian was afraid of three things: the bright red colour, fire, and noise. Every year they repeated the custom and it has been 15 from generation to generation(代代相传)until today, and thus the custom of Guo Nian was established based on the legends of Nian.
()1. A. well-known
B. exciting
C. stupid
D. boring
()2. A. They
B. She
C. It
D. He
()3. A. live
B. living
C. life
D. alive
()4. A. causing
B. making
C. advising
D. letting
()5. A. white
B. blue
C. red
D. black
()6. A. noise
B. voice
C. tones
D. whispers
()7. A. scared
B. worried
C. amazed
D. surprised
()8. A. celebration
B. lunch
C. holiday
D. laugh
()9. A. accepted
B. knew
C. agreed
D. told
()10. A. raise
B. hang
C. burn
D. carry
()11. A. because
B. so
C. though
D. but
()12. A. with
B. over
C. on
D. under
()13. A. small
B. side
C. back
D. front
()14. A. watched
B. realized
C. wondered
D. saw
()15. A. passed down
B. passed away
C. passed out
D. passed by

1~5. ACBAC 6~10. AAACB 11~15. DADBA