Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

BEIJING—World－renowned Oxford and Cambridge have come to China to attract top－rank postgraduate students in cooperation with the China Scholarship Council.

Oxford made its first 1.(appear) at the China Scholarship Council's annual International Graduate Scholarship Fair，2. opened on Saturday in Beijing.The school wants to encourage excellent Chinese students to consider 3. Oxford can offer for their academic and professional careers.

“The students 4.(come) well－prepared with specific questions and were serious about the chance，”said Sherwood，director of graduate admissions and funding at Oxford，who will make 5. two stops for the fair in Wuhan and Shanghai.

The University of Cambridge has attended the fair since 6. first session in 2009，and stresses that it would continue to invest to train students to be problem solvers.

7. Cambridge and Oxford present at the fair in competition for 8. best and brightest，Osterfield and Sherwood agree that the two universities 9.(usual) have more interest in cooperation 10. competition，except in their traditional annual boat race.

Answer

1.appearance

2.which

3.what

4.came

5.another

6.its

7.With

8.the

9.usually

10.than

【解析】

试题分析：

1.此处用名词形式作宾语，表示“第一次露面”。

2.所填词引导非限制性定语从句，从句缺少主语，故用which。

3.所填词引导宾语从句，并在从句中作offer的宾语，故用what。

4.根据句子and后的were serious about可知应用过去时。

5.上文提到他们首先在北京露面，此处表示“在武汉和上海还有两站”，故用another。

6.指代the fair，故用its。

7.此处考查“with＋名词＋形容词”结构，在句中作状语。

8.最高级前面应用定冠词。

9.修饰谓语动词应用副词形式。

10.根据前面的more interest可知应用than。