一、词汇运用
1. If you walk ____________ (向东北方) along this road, you'll reach the beach.
2. Reading books is a powerful way to increase your ____________ (知识) of different cultures.
3. A healthy diet ____________ (包括) foods from each food group.
4. Here are ____________ (大约) 50 students in the library studying for the final exams.
5. ____________ (企鹅) are not able to fly, but they can swim quite well.
6. Mum manages a ____________ (保持平衡的) lifestyle by planning time for work and family.
7. The rabbit hid under the thick bush, using it as the ____________ (躲避处) from the fox.
8. Mr Li once ____________ (扮演) as a king from the 15th century in a historical drama.

north-east
; knowledge
; includes
; around
; Penguins
; balanced
; cover
; acted

( ) 1. — I don't think keeping a cat is a good idea. Cats always ______ a lot of trouble.
— Not really. I think they can bring you much fun.
A. cover
B. cause
C. improve
D. fill

B ;

( ) 2. We didn't think she could reach the final of the match, ____________ she won the first place.
A. but B. for C. or D. so

A

( ) 3. The sentence structure of "My grandma cooked me a nice meal." is ______.
A. S+V+O
B. S+V+P
C. S+V+O+C
D. S+V+O+O

D

( ) 4. Hearing that her puppy dog is dead, Linda cried even ______.
A. sad
B. sadly
C. sadder
D. more sadly

D

( ) 5. — What can we do to ______ the illness from spreading?
— Try not to hang out here and there and just stay at home.
A. support
B. prevent
C. reduce
D. hide

B

( ) 6. In Western countries, women often keep their ages to themselves. ____________, you'd better not ask private (私人的) questions like this.
A. However
B. Instead
C. Therefore
D. Moreover

C

( ) 7. Our neighbourhood decides to ______ the old facilities to make space for a square.
A. take care of B. put up with C. look forward to D. get rid of

D
;

三、动词填空
1. A down jacket（羽绒服）keeps you warm by ____________ (trap) air within it.
2. Heavy rain ____________ (cause) floods in this area every summer.
3. — Let's play badminton outside. — In such weather? The wind ____________ (blow) hard.
4. Boys, ____________ (raise) your hands if you have any question.
5. Throughout history, water played an important role in ____________ (create) cities.
6. I ____________ (return) your laptop once I complete the task.
7. I was surprised to know the tour ____________ (include) a chance to feed wild elephants.
8. The sports centre ____________ (hold) 20 000 fans during the concert (音乐会) last month.
9. The government will do everything it can ____________ (set) up nature reserves to protect the wildlife.
10. Mr Green will not leave until he ____________ (solve) the problems.

trapping
; causes
; is blowing
; raise
; creating
; will return
; included
; held
; to set
; solves

四、还原信息
How do farmers usually kill weeds（杂草）in the fields? Many of them use chemicals（化学品）to kill weeds. The trouble is, these weedkillers also kill wildlife, pollute rivers and are bad for the fields. 1. ______ This kind of robot can cut weedkiller use by 90%. The robot is really smart because it only kills weeds but not crops.
2. ______
Several cameras are built into the robot. The cameras facing the ground take photos to help the robot "see" the plants it passes. The robot compares（对比）each photo to a library of plant photos to decide which plants are weeds. Robot arms move to give a small dose（剂量）of weedkiller to the weeds. The robot is energy-friendly. 3. ______
How the robot will develop
The scientists think that the robot they have made isn't perfect. 4. ______ The improved model of robots will find weeds and dig（挖）them out instead of using weedkillers.
5. ______ They could be designed to leave some harmless weeds in the fields to support wildlife living there.
A. How the robot works
B. Where the robot is used
C. It is powered by the energy from the sun.
D. But scientists have created a farmyard robot.
E. Moreover, new robots will help create a more balanced ecosystem.
F. They're working on the new designs to improve the model.
G. We are very happy that people are paying attention to the ecosystem.

D
; A
; C
; F
; E