Now, please allow me to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (introduce) Lhasa to you. Lhasa is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} capital city of Tibet, which is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (locate) in the Southeast of Tibet. It is a city with a history of more than 1300 years. It is famous for the Potola Palace. Besides, it's also an {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attract) city, attracting tens of millions of visitors from home and abroad each year. There are many {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (place) of interest and people  are very {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (friend). With the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (develop) of modern transportation, traveling becomes{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (easy). It takes only 2 hours to fly {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Chengdu to Lhasa. If you have a chance to come to Tibet, welcome {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Lhasa.

—Yes. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(visit) it twice when I was in Harbin.

    A graduation speech given by Chief Justice John Roberts became a talking point after The Washington Post published it.

    Roberts {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(address)his son's ninth grade graduating class. He advised the young graduates{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(take)life's setbacks in their stride(从容地). But he did not wish{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(they)good luck.

    “Now, the speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(wish) to you. I will not do that, and I will tell you why,” Roberts said.

    “From time to time, in the years to come, I hope you will be treated {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(unfair), so that you will come to know the value of justice. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time, so that you don't take friends {#blank#}6{#/blank#}granted. I wish you bad luck again, from time to time, so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand your success is not completely deserved and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the failure of others is not completely deserved either.”

    He continued, “I hope you{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(ignore), so you know the importance of listening to others{#blank#}9{#/blank#}I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.”

    In the end, each graduate received a pocket-size copy of the Constitution {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sign) by Roberts.

    Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.

    Is Climate Change Consuming Your Favorite Foods?

    Due to climate change, the world's endangered lists are no longer just for animals. We may not only need to adapt ourselves to living in a warmer world but a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (tasty) one as well.

    As the increased amount of carbon dioxide in the air linked to global warming {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (continue) to affect weather, we often forget that they are also impacting the quantity, the quality, and the growing locations of our food. Some foods have already felt the impact while {#blank#}3{#/blank#} may even become scarce within the next 30 years.

    Whether or not you try to limit yourself {#blank#}4{#/blank#} one cup of coffee a day, the effects of climate change on the world's coffee-growing regions may leave you little choice.

    Rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall patterns are reported to have been threatening coffee plantations in South America, Africa, Asia, and Hawaii. The result? Significant cuts in coffee yield.

    According to organizations like Australia's Climate Institute, half of the present coffee-producing areas {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (estimate) not to be suitable by the year 2050, if current climate patterns continue.

    With temperatures continuously rising, oceans are absorbing some of the heat and undergoing warming of their own, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cause) a decline in fish population, including in lobsters that are cold-blooded creatures, and in salmons (鲑鱼) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} eggs find it hard to survive in higher water temperatures. Warmer waters also encourage some poisonous marine bacteria to grow and lead to illness in humans whenever {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) with raw seafood, like oysters.

    And how about that satisfying “crack” which you get when you are eating crabs and lobsters? It could be silenced {#blank#}9{#/blank#} shellfish have been struggling to build their calcium carbonate (碳酸钙) shells, which is a result of ocean acidification.

    Even worse is the possibility {#blank#}10{#/blank#} we will have no seafood to enjoy at all. In a 2006 Dalhousie University study, scientists predicted that if over-fishing and rising temperature trends continued at their present rate, the world's seafood stocks would run out by the year 2050.

    Electric bicycles have made life a lot {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(easy) for food delivery workers here in China. More than 10,000 kilometers away, there was a familiar sight in New York City. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, owing to a new policy, e-bikes can no longer be{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(common) seen on the street over there.

    City officials in New York are promising a crackdown(严厉打击) on e-bikes  The pollution-free vehicles are loved by environmentalists and the often poor workforce {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. relies on them. But there are also frequent complaints{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the bicycles from drivers and pedestrians(行人) who consider them{#blank#}6{#/blank#} public danger.

    Now it is legal to own and sell the bicycles, but{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ride) them on the street could lead to a fine of up to $500. Businesses that equip their{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(employ) with the bicycles will also be heavily fined.

    The bicycles, which look just like regular bicycles, can reach speeds of 30 km/h and are sometimes operated recklessly (鲁莽的). Lots of people have stories about dangerous situations where they{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(step) out into the street, only to be nearly hit by a quick-moving e-bike.

    Police enforcement (强制执行) against the bicycles has already been tightened. Almost 1,000 of them{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (take) away by police since last year, an increase of several hundred from the year before.

    For those who just love to shop online, Nov 11. is the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(good) time of the year. Online group buying is quite popular{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the young. The main reason is that things in this way are{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(cheap) than those bought in usual stores. Then, it is convenient to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(make) orders and pay. Besides, it is a trend and young people love following trends. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, every coin has two sides. Online group buying has{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(advantage). It is sometimes unsafe. One of my friends was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(cheat) once. He bought {#blank#}8{#/blank#}MP4 on a group buying site. Several days passed, he still didn't receive the MP4. He called to find out{#blank#}9{#/blank#}the problem was, and found that the site was a trick. Therefore, we must be careful when{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(do) such shopping. In addition, buy only what we need and never buy unnecessary things just because they are cheap.