8. — What do you think of our English teacher?
— He is a strict teacher. As soon as he ______ into the classroom, all the students stopped ______.
A.entered; talking
B.walked; to talk
C.walked; talking
D.entered; to talk

C

9. Rose was drawing ______ her sister was playing with the pet cat.
A.until
B.after
C.while
D.since

C

10. — Why does the little boy like staying with his grandmother?
— Because she can always ______ new stories for him.

A.put up
B.look up
C.make up
D.take up

C

11. (2024·连云港市海州区模拟)— Indian street food may taste a bit strange.
— Well, ______ we are here, why not give it a try?

A.if
B.although
C.unless
D.since

D

12. (2025·连云港期末)Our English teacher is very kind and helpful. He always encourages us ______ part in all kinds of after-class activities.
A.to take
B.take
C.taking
D.to taking

A

13. Jim is good at singing. He ______ the Award for Best Singer last year.
A.presented with
B.was presented with
C.presented to
D.was presented to

B

14. — Do you like the music ______ by Tan Dun? — Of course. It sounds ______.
A.was written; wonderful
B.written; wonderfully
C.was written; wonderfully
D.written; wonderful

D

15. — Let's get some coffee for Mum. She hasn't got any. —
A.All right.
B.No, I couldn't.
C.I'm not sure.
D.You're welcome.

A

He was a poet known for the nostalgia he describes in his poems. Now, it's time for us to 1. our nostalgia for this great writer. On December 14, 2017, the famous Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong passed away in Taiwan, China. He was born in 1928 in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Yu and his family moved to Taiwan, China in the 1950s. He lived and worked there 2. his death.
"Nostalgia" is Yu's 3. poem in which he expresses his homesickness for the Chinese mainland when he was in Taiwan, China. The poem came out in 1972, and it remains highly popular 4. Chinese speakers worldwide. Even those who know little about literature enjoy lines from the poem. The poem is 5. in Chinese high school textbooks.
Besides his 6. in poems, Yu was 7. a successful translator, essay writer and critic. He once 8. English poet Siegfried Sassoon's poem "In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet" into Chinese. It is regarded as a perfect and powerful translation, in which the most famous line is "心有猛虎,细嗅蔷薇" for "In me the tiger sniffs the rose".
Yu spent his whole life 9. . In the 2015 interview with People's Daily, he said, "The 10. why I keep writing till today is my passion for the Chinese language. " He then added that his love for his mother and his motherland made this passion stronger.

1. express 2. until 3. first 4. among 5. included 6. achievements 7. also 8. translated 9. writing 10. reason