The two girls, born four days ____in January 1986, have been friends since their junior days and both won the championship this year.
A. off B. away C. ahead D. apart
By 2025, when the number of consumers worldwide has reached 4.2 billion, people with high income will be, for the first time, more than _______struggling to meet basic needs.
A. one B. that C. ones D. those
I believe his design is ______for it’s completely different from others’.
A. commonB. reasonableC. practicalD. original
— Shall we put off the match because of the bad weather?
— No. Rain or shine, the match will be held as ______.
A. scheduleB. schedulingC. scheduledD. to schedule
前不久，中央电视台“焦点访谈”栏目曾就“中国式过马路”现象进行了不少采访和评论。请用英语写一篇100-120 词的短文，结合自己的所见所闻或亲身经历描述“行人闯红灯”(pedestrians run the red light)引发的若干问题，并就此提出一些解决措施。 注意;短文的开头已给出(不计词数)。
Not long ago, CCTV “Focus Talk” carried out many interviews and made some relevant comments on the phenomena---“Crossing roads in the Chinese style”._________________________________________________
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阅读下列短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
For 25 years Terry Comm. was a policeman, but for the last 17 years he has been 1. （行走）up and down five miles of beach every day, looking for things that might be u 2. to someone. Terry’s a beachcomber（海滩拾荒者）.
Nearly everything in his cottage has come 3. the sea – chairs, tables, even tins of food. “I even found a box of beer just before Christmas. That was nice,” he remembers. He finds lots of bottles with messages in them, 4. （主要地）from children. They all get a r 5. if there’s an address in the bottle. Shoes? “If you find one, you’ll find the 6. the next week,” he says.
But does he really m 7. a living? “Half a living,” he smiles. “Anyway I have my police pension. But I don’t actually need money. My life is rich in 8. （多样性）.” Terry is happy. “You have to find a way to live a simple life.”
“Some people say I’m mad,” says Terry. “ 9. there are much more who’d like to do 10. I do. Look at me. I’ve got everything I could possibly want.”
