Not everyone has realized what ________important part the balance of ________nature plays in their life.
A．an；the B．/；the C．an；/ D．the；/
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Einstein’s most famous theory is ______ we call the Theory of Relativity.
A．what B．that C．which D．why
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_____ to finish this composition in such a short time is a mystery.
A．How did he manage B．What did he manage
C．How he managed D．What he managed
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—Did you remember to give Mary the money you owed her?
—Yes. I gave it to her ________I saw her.
A．while B．the instant C．suddenly D．once
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Some people ________cruel experiments on animals ________science.
A．make；by the name of B．carry；in the name of
C．make；in the name of D．carry out；by the name of
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I have devoted four weekends to writing papers and now I feel I ________a rest.
A．deserve B．preserve C．perceive D．receive
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—I’m thinking of the test tomorrow. I’m afraid I can’t pass this time.
—________！I’m sure you’ll make it.
A．Go ahead B．Good luck
C．No problem D．Cheer up
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When he looked up，he suddenly found himself ______by a group of teenagers，____looked at him anxiously.
A．to be surrounded；which
B．surrounded；who
C．be surrounded；who
D．having been surrounded；which
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Fortunately，he escaped ________in the accident.
A．to injure B．to be injured
C．injuring D．being injured
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She ________ to catch the early train，but she didn’t get up in time.
A．intended B．was intended
C．had intended D．was intending
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Looking at her _______ looks，we were _______.
A．astonished；confused B．astonishing；confusing
C．astonishment；confused D．astonished；confusing
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________ got on the train when it began to move.
A．No sooner had I B．I had no sooner
C．Hardly had I D．I hardly had
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It was ________I went there ________I began to know something about the matter.
A．until；when B．until；that
C．not until；that D．not when；that
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With a huge amount of food ________，all of the staff are busy preparing for the dinner tonight.
A．would serve B．served C．to serve D．serving
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Successful people always make ________ preparations for any potential setbacks.
A．final B．urgent C．abrupt D．adequate
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Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold__36__he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had__37__schooling, for being so poor, how could they__38__school fees?
When he was fifteen, he worked__39__a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom，he felt__40__for himself. How he__41__to have the same chance! He decided to study by__42__.In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he__43__stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he__44__during the day. He worked__45__hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater__46__he showed in his lessons. A math teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and__47__him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the__48__one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship if he__49__a regular student of the school.
Robeson__50__through six long years with his study of math and wrote several articles which captured the__51__of some university professors. They admired his talent__52__his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and__53__him free guidance. Robeson felt__54__, for he was sure that before him there was a broad road__55__success.
1. A．whether B．which C．that D．what
2. A．many B．few C．little D．much
3. A．buy B．afford C．send D．read
4. A．as B．like C．for D．by
5. A．angry B．happy C．proud D．sorry
6. A．hated B．decided C．wished D．regretted
7. A．the teacher B．himself C．his parents D．his schoolmates
8. A．could B．ought to C．should D．would
9. A．had learned B．has been taught C．has heard D．had been written down
10. A．very B．so C．too D．quite
11. A．joy B．interest C．time D．taste
12. A．allowed B．agreed C．let D．refused
13. A．worst B．only C．last D．laziest
14. A．had been B．has been C．is D．was
15. A．learned B．listened C．mastered D．struggled
16. A．notice B．influence C．eyes D．attention
17. A．except for B．according to C．as well as D．in spite of
18. A．taught B．offered C．lent D．sent
19. A．sad B．angry C．happy D．disappointed
20. A．leading to B．coming from C．made of D．covered with
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A newly-wed couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stranded in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe's worst snowstorms. Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one of the most tremendous tonadoes in the nation's history. From there, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement floor of a shopping centre with 2,500 others. "Trees were being knocked over and big branches were scattered across the streets," Mr Svanstrom told Sweden's Express newspaper. "We escaped by the skin of our teeth," said Svanstrom.
They then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped raging bush fires. The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude 6.3 earthquake destroyed the city on February 22. Mrs. Svanstrom said, "When we got there the whole town was a war zone." "We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan." But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japan's largest earthquake since records began. "The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings," Mr. Svantrom said. "It was like the buildings were swaying back and forth."
The family returned to Stockholm on March 29,2011 after a much calmer visit to their last destination China. But Mr. Svanstrom, who also survived the destructive Boxing Day tsunami that hit southeast Asia in 2004, said the marriage was still going strong. He added, "I know marriages have to endure some trials, but I think we have been through most of them." "We've certainly experienced more than our fair share of catastrophes, but the most important thing is that we're together and happy." Mrs. Svantrom added: “ To say we were unlucky with the weather doesn’t really cover it! It’s so absurd that now we can only laugh.”
1.How many countries did the couple visit during their honeymoon?
A．6. B．5. C．4. D．3.
2.What's the right order of the following things according to the passage?
a. The couple headed south to Brisbane.
b. The couple flew to Cairns.
c. The couple flew to Christchurch.
d. The couple were stranded in Munich.
A．a-b-c-d
B．a-c-b-d
C．d-b-c-a
D．d-b-a-c
3.By saying "We escaped by the skin of our teeth.", Mr. Svanstrom meant that _____
A．The tornadoes was tremendous
B．They escaped from the tornadoes easily.
C．They had a narrow escape from the tornadoes
D．There was something wrong with their teeth
4.According to the last two paragraphs, which word can best describe Mr. Svanstrom?
A．ambitious.
B．enthusiastic
C．considerate
D．optimistic
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The earth is not the only body that travels around the sun. With it are eight other planets, fellow members of the sun’s family.
Two of them, Mercury (水星) and Venus, are nearer while the other six, namely Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, also in their given order from the sun, are farther from the sun than the earth is. The farther they are, the longer trips they make around the sun. People noticed long ago that these traveling bodies moved around in the sky in definite paths. It is a force called gravity that holds them in their paths.
We know that every little bit of matter in the universe pulls upon every other bit of matter. The pull between two bodies is proportional (成比例的) to the product of their masses. Because the sun is so large the pull between the sun and the planets are thus great. If it were not for this pull, the planets would fly off into space. In the same way there exists a pull between the earth and the moon, which keeps the moon traveling in its orbit around our planet, the earth. Gravity holds you to its surface, and pulls back to it the ball which you throw into the air. Of course the ball also pulls on the larger earth but the earth is so much larger that the pull is not noticed.
Now remember that large bodies exert a greater pull than smaller ones which contain less material. But each object in the universe, no matter how small, pulls on all other objects to some degree.
1.There are ________ that travel around the sun in the sun’s family.
A．nine planets B．eight planets
C．one star and ten planets D．the earth and the sun
2.Which two planets make the longest trips around the sun among all the planets in the solar system?
A．Mercury and Venus. B．Neptune and Pluto.
C．Saturn and Uranus. D．Mars and Jupiter.
3.From the passage we can see__________
A．all the objects, big or small, must exert the same pull on one another
B．large objects exert the same pull on anybody as small objects
C．small objects exert the same on large ones
D．each object in the universe exerts a pull on all other objects
4.From the sentence “The pull between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses.” We can infer that the pull between__________
A．the sun and the moon is greater than between the sun and the earth
B．the earth and the moon is greater than that between the sun and the earth
C．the sun and the earth is greater than that between the earth and the moon
D．the sun and the earth is the same as that between the earth and the moon
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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's greatest art museums. Millions of people have entered its doors to see paintings by the world's fine artists. But if these priceless masterpieces are to be preserved, the Gallery must protect them carefully. The Gallery's 135-man guard force has successfully prevented them from being stolen, but protecting the paintings from nature is a greater problem.
In past times, the owners of paintings did not protect them from damaging changes in humidity (湿度) and temperature. As a result, the life of these paintings were shortened. In the National Gallery, however, humidity and temperature are carefully controlled. The building is air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter. The air-conditioning and heating system are so important to the life of the painting that the Gallery has two of each system. If one should fail, the extra one can take over.
Light is another enemy of paintings. Ultraviolet rays (紫外线) in light cause paintings to fade (褪色). Long ago, paintings often hung in dark churches and palaces. A coat of varnish (清漆) was a protection from the weak light. But when museums took over the care of many paintings, they were often hung in brighter light than before. Soon they were in danger of fading. The damaging effects of light were increased when the museums removed the varnish coating, yellowed with age.
To protect its paintings, the National Gallery put a special kind of glass in its skylights. This glass allows visible lights to enter the building but it keeps out harmful ultraviolet rays. The Gallery has also developed new and better varnishes which help to keep paintings from fading. Thanks to these new precautions, many of the world's greatest paintings are being well protected for future generations to enjoy.
1.The text mainly tells us about ______.
A．the guard force in the National Gallery
B．protecting great paintings from nature
C．priceless paintings of past times
D．the air-conditioning and heating systems in the National Gallery
2.The underlined word "precautions" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A．decorations
B．problems
C．suggestions
D．applications
3.From the text we can infer that_______.
A．great artists painted in dark churches and palaces
B．you can touch these paintings while you are in the National Gallery
C．the care of the world's greatest paintings is both a big responsibility and a great challenge
D．the guard force in the Gallery has not done a good job
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Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialized and encouraged to play with different types of toys by their parents, peers, and the “society”. Growing scientific evidence suggests, however, that boys’ and girls’ toy preferences may have a biological origin.
In 2002, Gerianne M. Alexander of Texas A&M University and Melissa Hines of City University in London surprised the scientific world by showing that monkeys showed the same sex typical toy preferences as humans. In the study, Alexander and Hines gave two masculine toys (a ball and a police car), two feminine toys (a soft doll and a cooking pot), and two neutral toys (a picture book and a stuffed dog) to 44 male and 44 female monkeys. They then assessed the monkeys’ preference for each toy by measuring how much time they spent with each. Their data showed that male monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the masculine toys, and the female monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the feminine toys. The two sexes did not differ in their preference for the neutral toys.
If children’ s toy preferences were largely formed by gender socialization, as traditional sociologists’ claim, in which their parents give “gender appropriate” toys to boys and girls, how can these male and female monkeys have the same preferences as boys and girls？They were never socialized by humans, and they had never seen these toys before in their lives.
1.Traditional sociologists believe boys’ and girls’ toy preferences ________
A．are passed down from their parents
B．are largely formed in later life
C．have nothing to do with gender socialization
D．have a biological origin
2.The study by Alexander and Hines shows that monkeys________
A．also have a sex typical toy preference
B．also play toys as humans do
C．have no toy preferences
D．like to play different toys at different time
3.Alexander and Hines carried out the study to ________
A．find more evidence for traditional sociology
B．test the intelligence of monkeys
C．test whether monkeys like to play toys
D．find out why boys and girls prefer different toys
4.According to the study, if given a stuffed dog, _______
A．only the male monkeys showed interest
B．the female monkeys showed more interest
C．the male and female monkeys showed the same interest
D．neither the male nor the female monkeys showed any interest
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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。
Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. __1___. Here’s how:
1）. Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. __2___. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to be aware of what is happening to your time.
2）. __3___. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
3）. Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Take notes if necessary, because the notes will help you remember what the teacher says and study better.
4）. Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, reading that material. This will help you understand the next class.__4___.
5）. Develop a good attitude towards tests. __5____. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be overly worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your study. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
A．If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful and you will remember it longer.
B．And still it doesn’t end.
C．Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to.
D．The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject.
E. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.
F. Find a good place to study.
G. Remember to put your books in order before leaving the room.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请您修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语文错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11除起）不计分。
One day, there was a blind man sat on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet that read: "I am blind, please help." The kind and creative artist was walking by the blind man and stopped to observing that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat, and with stopping to ask for permission, took the sign, turned it around, and wrote a new message. He had then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left. Late that afternoon the artist returned by the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost complete full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footstep and asked if it was her who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know why the man wrote on it. The blind man didn't know that his new sign read as this: "It's spring now, but I can't see it.
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假如你是李华，美国一所友好学校准备与你们学校共同创办一份中学生英文刊物，该校格林先生来信询问有关情况。请你给他写封回信，主要内容如下：
l.表示赞成；
2.提出你喜欢的栏目；
3.简要说明理由。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好；
3. 适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
4. 参考词汇栏目—column 。
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