Test 1
[2020·福州市高中毕业班质量检测]At about 3 p．m. on October 2, carpentry students from Harvard H. Ellis Technical High School (Ellis Tech) in the United States 1.________ (put) the finishing touches on a ramp (坡道) for the handicapped at Northeast Placement Services. It was a thing of 2.________ (beautiful), leading from a platform outside one building to the entryway of the new Community Education Center. It was one year ago 3.________ students started the project. It took so long, because Ellis Tech has a rotating (轮流的) schedule — two weeks of academic work followed 4.________ two weeks of shop work. Their academic schedule made it difficult 5.________ (finish) the job very quickly. During the summer, work stopped altogether.
6．________ (arrive) at Ellis Tech, Senior Gabe Martel first didn't know he wanted to be a carpenter. He soon found the handson activity was 7.________ (benefit) to him. One thing he learned is that no project goes according to plan. They had to follow building rules and adapt 8.________ (they) quickly. They had to work with the customer and learn to get along with their teammates.
The next project will be at the Brooklyn Fairgrounds, where students will rebuild a part of the main stage. Unless it's 9.________ (extreme) cold in winter, they'll work a couple of 10.________ (month)．
Test 2
[2020·武汉市部分学校高三在线学习摸底检测] Award winning food writer Fuchsia Dunlop went to live in Chengdu, China 1.________ a student in 1994. She was fond of the food there so much that she promised to eat everything she 2.________ (offer) from the very beginning, 3.________ strange it seemed. When she ended her journey, she wrote a book called Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, which describes her 4.________ (friend) relationship with China and its food.
For me, this book has 5.________ very special place in my heart. I was in Chengdu at the same time, living in the same area and 6.________ (eat) in the same restaurants as Ms. Dunlop. I never 7.________ (meet) her and I don't ever remember seeing someone who looked like her. But her description of Chengdu, of Sichuan cuisine, of being a 8.________ (foreign) in China in the 1990s, and of the culture shock when one returns to the West are 9.________ (exact) what I experienced and felt when I lived there.
But what she does that I have never been able to do is to express it so precisely in writing what all of it means — being someone caught between two cultures. So if you want to really understand China from an outsider's perspective, add Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper to your list of 10.________ (book) to read.
Test 3
[2020·绵阳市高中第三次诊断性考试] An elderly woman has broken down in tears inside a Coles supermarket after arriving in the canned food aisle to empty 1.________ (shelf), with all products taken by “selfish” panic buyers.
A heartbreaking image of the woman, 2.________ (take) inside the Port Melbourne supermarket at midday on Thursday and shared on the social media by Nine News reporter Seb Costello, started an outpouring of feelings from the public, with many 3.________ (express) their willingness to help the lady and others currently suffering.
“4.________ (honest), that is the picture 5.________ catches this madness，” one person responded.
“This really breaks my heart. The elderly have already given much to our society. Why aren't we looking after them？” another said.
“This absolutely breaks my heart. If I 6.________ (know) where this lady lives, I'd help her out with food in a heartbeat. This has to stop now，” 7.________ third one wrote.
One lady claimed she “sobbed 8.________ 10 minutes” after seeing the image, and hoped “someone helped her fill her basket and made sure she was OK at home”. Others shared similarly shocking events they had seen during the COVID19 chaos.
“I 9.________ (tell) that the 92yearold mum of a friend had a tin of tomato soup snatched from her hand at a supermarket in Ryde earlier this week. Disgraceful 10.________ (behave)，” one wrote.
