一、根据句意及所给中文提示、首字母或英文解释，写出句子所缺单词，每空限填一词。
1. How wonderful the ______________（景色）of Qingdao are!
2. There are many beautiful ______________（高山）in China.
3. I would like to travel to some ______________（an area that is by the sea）cities with my friends this summer.
4. Why not take a ______________（going straight from one place to another without stopping or changing direction）flight to Hong Kong?
5.（2023·江苏宿迁宿豫区期末）This museum is open six days a week. It means that it is open every day e______________ Monday.

1. views 2. mountains 3. seaside 4. direct 5. except

( )1. —What can you do in winter in Harbin?
— I can go ________ and enjoy the Ice and Snow Festival.
A. swimming
B. boating
C. skiing
D. sailing

1. C 【点拨】根据 winter 可知，go skiing(滑雪)是冬季的运动项目。

( )2. —Is there a train to Wuhan on Tuesday afternoon?
—Wait a minute. Let me ________ it for you on the computer.
A. look
B. count
C. check
D. list

2. C 【点拨】答句意为“稍等，让我在电脑上为你查一下”。故选 C。

( )3. —Alice, would you like to go hiking with us?
—What a pity! I am free every day ______ today.
A. for
B. except
C. besides
D. among

3. B 【点拨】此句是说“我”除了今天没空，其他时间都有空，空处应用 except。故选 B。

( )4. —________ does it take to fly to Canada? —About 5 hours.
A. How far
B. How often
C. How long
D. How much

4. C 【点拨】根据答句“About 5 hours.”可知，问句是对时间段提问。故选 C。

( )5. —Would you like some coffee?
—Yes, please. ________，could you put some milk in it?
A. In all
B. By the way
C. At times
D. Never mind

5. B 【点拨】句意：——你想喝点咖啡吗？——是的。顺便问一下，你能在里面放些牛奶吗？故选 B。

三、阅读短文，在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词，或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Joe Smith is a singer. He ________ his wife like to travel very much. Every year they visit a small town ________（call）Gum Tree in January and July and sing for the people there. They ________（be）there many times.
One summer, they went there again. On the first day, they ________（plan）to go camping in the mountains, but it rained a lot. They decided to go to the only cinema ________ the town and watch a movie.
There were only nine people in the cinema hall. When people saw the Smiths, they started clapping(鼓掌). Joe was ________（excite）and said to his wife, “Aha, I can't believe people here all know me and they are ________（friend）than I thought. They must like my songs.”
After they took their seat, a young man said to ________（they）, “Thanks for your coming! The cinema usually ________（show）the movie only after ten people buy the tickets. There are eleven now, ________ the movie will be on soon.”
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

1. and 2. called 3. have been 4. planned 5. in
6. excited 7. friendlier 8. them 9. shows 10. so