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1.Why is TOKNOW a special magazine?
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B. It provides serious advertisements.
C. It publishes popular science fictions.
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A. £55. B. £60.
C. £65. D. £70.
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The Best Holiday
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily. _____ to buy a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to _____ extra money.
By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $ 49. I said, “You can pick one from my bicycle____.” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so ______ .” She was right. All my bikes for girls were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would ____ choose.
As Christmas____ near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she ____a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked. “Sorry, Em, I’m out of _____ .”
Throughout December, Emily ______ to work hard. Then one day, she made a surprising ________. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said, a little hesitantly. “I’m going to give it all to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $69 to a volunteer who was really very thankful.
____by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to ______ one my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children. ____ I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a ______ bike took on a glow(发光). Should I contribute two? No! One would be enough! But I still couldn’t ____the feeling that I should give another bike. When I later_____the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very happy, sir. Here are your tickets. ____ each bicycle we receive from the kind people, we’re giving away one chance to ____ a girls’ mountain bike.”
Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the winner? I like to think it was a way of ____ a little girl for a sacrifice beyond her years－ while giving her dad a lesson in the ______.
1.A. Pleased B. Engaged C. Determined D. Used
2.A. earn B. lend C. share D. spend
3.A. path B. collection C. store D. club
4.A. large B. shiny C. expensive D. old
5.A. seldom B. likely C. slightly D. merely
6.A. pulled B. became C. went D. drew
7.A. noticed B. sensed C. realized D. observed
8.A. sight B. work C. change D. mind
9.A. continued B. started C. stopped D. hoped
10.A. lecture B. announcement C. resolution D. difference
11.A. Demanded B. Shocked C. Persuaded D. Moved
12.A. sell B. mend C. contribute D. rent
13.A. As B. Before C. Because D. Though
14.A. distant B. new C. second D. durable
15.A. describe B. shake C. explain D. express
16.A. shared B. returned C. chose D. delivered
17.A. Except B. To C. For D. About
18.A. hire B. replace C. recommend D. win
19.A. rewarding B. praising C. sheltering D. greeting
20.A. project B. process C. struggle D. attempt
（题文）Beijing's new international airport ___________ into use in 2019 will serve 72 million passengers annually.
A. being put B. to be put
C. put D. putting
Choosing the right dictionary depends on ______ you want to use it for.
A. what B. why
C. how D. whether
—Why can't you go with me to the National Museum?
—I ___________ an essay all the morning and haven't finished yet.
A. write B. had written
C. will write D. have been writing
Maria has written two novels, both of ________ have been made into television series.
A. them B. that C. which D. what
