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Mike spent time with ____native people to gain ____ better understanding of the country. A. the; a B. the; / C. a; the D. /; a
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I like taking risks, too. I suppose it ______ in the family. A. jumps B. walks C. runs D. keeps
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Shackleton kept his promise ____he would return to Elephant Island ____the crew had been left. A. which; that B. that; which C. what; where D. that; where
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The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every day, 85% ____ sold abroad. A. of them are B. of them is C. of which is D. of which are
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Beneath our feet_____ that our lives depend on for food and clothing. A. lies the earth B. lay the earth C. the earth lies D. does the earth lie
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You are _____ careful than your brother. You two can’t do the work that needs care and skill. A. not more B. no more C. not less D. no less
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Realizing that everything she said had no effect on her son, __________. A. her son’s teacher was asked to help solve the problem. B. it was decided that her son’s teacher should help solve the problem. C. She had to ask her son’s teacher to help solve the problem D. there’s nothing she can do but ask her son’s teacher to help solve the problem.
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A ______ road goes ______ from one place to another. A. straight, straight B. straightly, straightly C. straight, straightly D. straightly, straight
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Bill always seems so confident, but ________ he’s extremely shy. A. in vain B. in contrast C. in reality D. in surprise
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I hope there are enough books for each student to have ___________. A. it B. those C. one D. them
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Napoleon is famously said ______, "When China wakes, it will shake the world．" A．to declare B．declaring C．to have declared D．having declared
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______ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally confident． A．If B．Since C．Once D．Unless
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I had a busy and tiring weekend because ______ the house for the Christmas cost me a whole day． A．decorating B．to decorate C．decorated D．decorate
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She got stuck in a terrible traffic jam on the highway to Shanghai, or she ______ dinner with her family now． A．will be having B． would be having C．is having D．was having
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In the weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony, movie reviewers make predictions about which movies and actors ______． A．have awarded B．will award C．are awarded D．will be awarded
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It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step. "Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them. I was busy. I wanted to say “no” __ __looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals (凉鞋),wet with heavy snow. “Come in and I'11 you a cup of hot cocoa.” They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet shoes left on the floor．I __ them cocoa and toast with jam the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front door __ __me. I looked in. The girl__ the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat ," Lady ．．． are you rich?" "Am I rich? Mercy, !" I looked at my shabby slipcover(家具套)．The girl put her cup back in its saucer（茶碟） . “Your cups match your saucers．” Her voice was ___ __with a need that no amount of food could supply．They left after that, holding their against the wind．They hadn't said thank you． They didn’t to. They had done more than that. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they __ __. I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a __ over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these things matched, too． I moved the chairs back from the fire and the living room．The muddy prints of small scandals were still on my floor. “ them be for a while,” I thought. Just I should begin to forget how I am. 1.A． when B． after C． while D． until 2.A． make B． provide C． do D． cook 3.A． signs B． signals C． marks D． symbols 4.A． showed B． served C． carried D． supplied 5.A． against B． from C． on D． in 6.A． beat B． struck C． got D． noticed 7.A． watched B． lifted C． held D． put 8.A． word B． method C． state D． voice 9.A． yes B． sure C． no D． always 10.A． suddenly B． carefully C． quickly D． anxiously 11.A． hungry B． satisfied C． pleased D． curious 12.A． books B． papers C． dishes D． drinks 13.A． dare B． plan C． want D． need 14.A． shone B． matched C． broke D． equaled 15.A． house B． ceiling C． roof D． curtain 16.A． washed B． rubbed C． wiped D． tidied 17.A． dry B． gone C． wet D． new 18.A． Made B． Let C． Got D． Kept 19.A． in case B． as if C． if only D． only if 20.A． nice B． free C． busy D． rich
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That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad didn’t care for insects much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it. For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched for no reason. However, soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back, but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the basement again. A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests. While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower’s(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do. After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence. 1.What do we know about the author’s mother? A. She didn’t like insects at all. B. She liked insects more than his father. C. She cared for insects very much. D. She could only tolerate a few insects. 2.The author’s father drove to the store to buy _______. A. cigarettes for himself B. some poison C. more coffee for his wife D. some gasoline 3.The author’s father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought ______. A. they were no longer useful B. the crickets were afraid of fires C. they became the home of crickets D. the dead crickets came back to life 4.We learn from the last paragraph that ________. A. the author’s family lost their battle against the crickets B. the author’s parents learned to put up with insects C. the author’s family didn’t suffer much in the fire D. the author’s parents got divorced
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It must be something in the air as every company that possibly can is having a baby contest. Of course, babies are wonderful , and many parents would be the first to agree. Companies really bring in much money. Walgreens Baby Contest If you play the new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest
by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could be entered to win $1,000 in Walgreens
& Beauty.com Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant win to
see if you get a $25 Walgreen’s gift card, but you have to plug in your email
address Kids and Babies Kids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2012 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Gallery with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check KidsandBibs.com for their Baby Photo Contest blog’s latest update. Grand prize is $25,000. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them. Parents.com Perents.com has a website only for their members, but if you are into “baby” photos, it is well worth surfing. You could receive offers on free samples, money- saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests. Avon Avon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avon’s only collection for the photos of babies. Babies’ age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to TinyTillia.com and upload your recent baby’s photos. First place Baby will be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybook and win a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. The Cuties will win $300 in Tiny Tillia products. The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. You could be lucky and win enough to put “Baby” through college! Have fun! 1.In the author’s opinion, holding a baby contest __________. A. is not reasonable at all B. is funny and interesting C. attracts parents’ attention D. can cost a company much money 2.If your baby enters for the 2012 Free Photo Contest, you will __________. A. have to help to advertise their site B. take your baby to the gallery in May C. advise the visitors to come to the site D. see the Baby Photo Gallery’s update about Babies’ photos of the contest 3.What can we learn from this passage？ A. Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2012. B. Avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest. C. Parents.com only accepts the photos of its members’ babies. D. You can upload your one-year-old baby’s photos to TinyTillia.com. 4.In the last paragraph, the author advises you to __________. A. try your best to bring up your baby well B. enter for all the contests as soon as possible C. let your kid go to college when he grows up D. get more information about these contests
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Market analysts in the United States have recently been quoted as saying that the biggest threat to the luxury (奢侈品) industry in the US is the tech industry. This is according to an article by fellow journalist Ashley Lutz. Her suggestion is sound. The main idea of her article is that products from Tiffany & Co. find their biggest competition not from other luxury brands but from companies like Apple. Lutz points out that luxury products are often only for “show,” while the attraction behind tech products is functionality. You find few people in the United States today willing to purchase luxury goods at full price. It didn’t use to be that way. Luxury goods used to be actually exclusive. That meant you needed to travel to the right store to purchase them, and you didn’t even have the option of getting a deal. Today, no one wants to pay full price for luxury goods. People have the unfortunate belief that fakes (赝品) somehow are equal to originals, and if you can’t get a deal on eBay, Amazon, or in an outlet store, purchasing a luxury product probably isn’t worth it. Luxury brands struggle to remain high-end (高档的) images despite the reality that the American consumer is motivated much more by discounts than they are by brand names or image. Yet people stand in line to pay full price for a new product from Apple and crowds gather to hear about a new smart phone. While electronics are updating every day, people are purchasing technology at full prices much more than they are purchasing luxury goods. What are high-tech makers doing right that luxury makers are pitifully failing at? Carefully looking at the situation, it would appear as if the Internet didn’t hurt the luxury industry, expectation from the consumers did. What people want these days more than anything is stuff that does something. They want cars that drive, shoes that are comfortable, games that are fun to play, screens that are beautiful to look at, tools that are useful, and entertainment that is entertaining. Little of that fits into what the luxury industry has typically offered with its status, image, and fine materials. The sad reality is that luxury products aren’t that luxury any more. 1.What does this passage mainly talk about? A. Nobody likes luxury goods any more. B. Luxury goods are of poor quality nowadays. C. Tech products become the new “luxury goods”. D. Iphones have taken the place of luxury products. 2.The underlined word “exclusive” in paragraph 2 means _______. A. unique and with no bargain B. low in price C. hard to find D. easy to sell 3.From paragraph 3 we can know that _______. A. people have found that some luxury goods are fakes B. people can buy luxury goods at a low price on eBay C. luxury brands will give up high-end images D. consumers prefer brand names to discounts
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In a society such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious and cultural differences, people highly value individualism--the differences among people. Teachers place a lot of importance on the qualities that make each student special. The educational systems in these countries show these values. Students do not memorize all possible basic knowledge. Instead, they work individually and find answers by themselves.There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions. In most Asia societies, by contrast, the people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the orient reflects society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments. There are advantages and disadvantages of both systems of education. For example, one advantage of the system in Japan is that students there learn much more about math, physics, biology and chemistry than American students by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The system is difficult, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized. The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from school, they haven’t memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have. 1.The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is . A. to share his idea with others in a new way B. to introduce two different systems of education through contrast C. to criticize the society that values memorization D. to prepare students for society 2.Which is NOT true according to the passage? A. The system of education in the West is more creative than that in the East B. Japanese students learn much more about science than American students. C. Canadian students are more individual than Korean students. D. Students in North America are not so friendly as those in Asia. 3.From the facts, we can infer that . A. Asian students are more likely to do better in teamwork than American students B. Chinese students are more hard-working in their studies than Mexican students C. the Western educational system is much better than the Eastern educational system. D. the Eastern educational system is as difficult as the Western educational system. 4.What is the best title for the passage? A. Advantages and Disadvantages of Educational System. B. The Value of Individualism. C. Educational System-an Obvious Difference between the East and the West. D. Memorization-an Important Learning Method.
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Obtaining Fresh Water from Icebergs The idea of getting fresh water from icebergs that are moved to populated areas or places was once treated as a joke. Recently, scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water supply faster than it runs out of food.___ 1.___ Glaciers are a possible source of fresh water that has been overlooked until recently. __2.__It contains fresh water so much that it could sustain(维持) all the rivers of the world for 1,000 years. Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year.__ 3.__ However, they are formed entirely on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea. As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction opposite to the wind. Because they melt more slowly than smaller pieces of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the equator(赤道) in the Atlantic Ocean. __4.__ The difficulty exists such as its rapid melting in warmer climates. __5.__ A. Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea itself freezes. B. Now it is being considered quite serious by many nations. C. 7,659 trillion metric tons of ice are floating on the sea every year. D. But the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced. E. To move them to dry parts of the world would not be too difficult. F. It is not a dream to get water from icebergs. G. Three-quarters of the Earth’s fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Today is Sunday. The sky is full of sunshine, so does my life. At about 9:00 a.m., I go to the bookstore with my friends. There was a lot of new books. I didn’t know what one to buy because these books were all useful to me. At 10:00, we went to cinema. The film was called The Earthquake of Tangshan but some people were waiting outside the booking office. It took us about two hours to see it. Having been seen the film, everyone was deeply moving. Some of my friends even burst into tear. That’s a really wonderful film. It is very worth seeing. What a happy day! I hope tomorrow I will be even happier.
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高三年级是高中生活的最后一年，在这一年中，学生们要面临着沉重的升学压力。因此，很多学生下课后也坐在教室里用功，但学习效率和成绩并不理想。由此你想告诉他们：适当的休息很有必要。现在就请你以“A Ten - minute Break”为主题，按下列要点写一篇短文，让这些同学从中有所启发。短文的要点如下： 1．十分钟的课间休息很有必要。 2．要注意适当的休息方式。 3．你是怎样利用这十分钟的。 注意：①开头已经给出，不计入总词数；②字数120字左右。 A Ten - minute Break As a Senior Three student, time seems much limited. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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