2020学年第二学期 II. Grammar and Vocabulary（20） Section A（10） Directions: After rending the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Changing China I've visited many amazing cities over the years, but Shanghai is the most spectacular I've ever seen in my life. When you see Pudong's incredible collection of space-age skyscrapers up close, it's almost impossible to believe that in 1990 there was nothing there（21） fishermen's buts. I've been in China for nearly 20 years, and while Beijing is still China's cultural and political centre, Shanghai（22） （see）as the symbol of the country's new capitalist economy. The city' already has more than 2, 000 buildings over 150 metres high, more than on the entire west coast of the USA. Even Chinese people I've known for years are amazed at（23） fast things have changed. Liu Zhang, a property developer（24） has been working in Shanghai for ten years, says. "（25） my company started to build skyscrapers here in 1993, business has been booming. This year we've built three new apartment blocks and are planning（26） （build）another five. I（27） hardly recognize the city anymore." After 25 years of rapid industrial development, China is now（28） （big）producer of manufactured goods in the world However, such rapid economic change has also created environmental problems, and many of China's biggest cities have become more polluted due to（29） （increase）car ownership. For example, 60% of people in Beijing cycled to work in 1998—now the figure is less than 20%. I've just got back to my hotel room, which is "only" on the fifty-fourth floor. And as I look across the Huangpu River at the millions of lights（30） （shine）from Pudong's skyscrapers, one thing seems certain—what happens in China in the next ten years will affect us all. Section B（10） Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. hiding B. viewing C. fed D. immediately E. enabled F. figure G. largely H. attack I. prefer J. balancing K. fit If you have ever had a cat, or have watched one of the many funny cat videos online, you'll know that cats have a mind of their own. A lot of the things they do are hard to understand—they like to climb up tall furniture, 31 themselves in small spaces and attack small objects for no reason at all. Now scientists have managed to 32 out what exactly is going on in the brains of our little friends. According to Tony Bufflington, a veterinarian and professor at Ohio State University in the US, cats' strange behavior 33 comes from their way of life back in the wild. "Cats today still have many of the same instincts that 34 them to live in the wild for millions of years," he said in a TED Talk. ... ...
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