As a doctor, I became the 1. (great) surgeon ...

As a doctor, I became the 1. (great) surgeon in the country and the president of the National Society of Surgeons. For this reason, a celebration　 2. (hold) in my honor But I couldn’t help feeling sad.

On the day, my friend came up to me and said: “You’ve achieved something that others can’t even dream about. 3. are you so sad?”

“I’ve achieved something that I didn’t even want,” I said, “I 4. wanted to be a surgeon and now I can’t escape from it. If I would suffer a 5. (fail) then maybe I would have a chance to do something that I really love. But for now, I’m chained to a thing that I don’t evenlike.”

“You 6. be joking?” my friend cried out, “The biggest honor for a surgeon is　 7. (become) the president of our national society. Your wife is happy, your children are happy. Everyone has the highest respect for you!”

But I don t respect myself, that’s 8. is wrong. I wanted to be a dancer, but my parents were against 9. and I listened to them. I was weak. I became a great surgeon, but I am not working in the field that I wanted to devote my life　 10.. That is why I am unhappy.

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As soon as _______ new film was released, it became _______ great hit in all big cinemas across the country.

A. a ; the               B. the ; a              C. the ; /              D. a ; a

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After studying in a medical college for five years, John _______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

A. set out  B. took up   C. set up           D. set off

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After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ________ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

A. set out 　　　　　　　　　　 B. took over

C. took up 　　　　　　　　　　 D. set up

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In my mind, no such _____ thing in our country as _____ Great Wall can stand for the image and culture of China.

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As soon as __________ a new film was released, it became __________ great hit in all big cinemas across the country.

A. a; the         B. the; a         C. the;/          D. a; a

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Having mastered the technologies of manned spacecraft, China became the third country in the world ______ manned spaceflight independently.

A. develop                             B. to develop                      C. developing            D. developed

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At a rough estimate ( 估计), this country is ___________ Great Britain.

A．three times as the size of                 B．three times large than

C．three times as larger as                   D．three times the size of

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In the mid-nineteenth century, as iceboxes became increasingly common in American homes, there were efforts to find cheaper and more reliable sources of ice. In the eighteen-thirties, scientists discovered a way to make ice, which is similar to how a refrigerator works. In 1860, there were four artificial-ice plants in the United States; in 1889, there were about two hundred; by 1909, there were two thousand. Ice now came from factories, not ponds, and it was turned out in three-hundred-pound blocks by lowering steel cans of pure water into tanks of refrigerated salted water. Kept below thirty-two degrees, the salted water did not freeze, but the water in the cans did. Those cans were then lifted from the tank, and the ice was taken out of them.

The ice blocks were delivered to home users, and to the fishing and chemical industries. On the railroads, trains carrying fruit and vegetables had cars at each end filled with blocks of ice. It was a growing industry.

The great trade began to fall away in the middle years of the twentieth century. The railroad business shrank, and, in the immediate postwar period, block ice lost out to home refrigerators and then to small commercial ice machines. By the nineteen-sixties, things looked very dark. “It was scary,” Dan Ditmar, an ice expert in San Antonito, told me. “Your biggest customers were cafeterias and country clubs, and you’d go out there and they’d say, ‘We don’t need you anymore; we’ve got ice machines.’”

Then the companies that survived the slump（a slump is a period when there is a reduction in business）began investing（投资）in newly developed ice-cube machines, and by the late sixties American ice was becoming a packaged-ice business. And packaged ice was exactly what the country needed. These were years of increased leisure time—more barbecues, more cars, and more houses by the lake. “Things exploded in the nineteen-seventies,^ Paul Handler said. Ice cubes evolved. They became hugely popular^ shoveled（铲）here and there into picnic coolers and fast-foof sodas. They became noisier.

1.What happened at the beginning of the 20th century?

A. Ice was mainly used on the railroads.

B. There was a great need for iceboxes.

C. Ice cubes got popular in the US.

D. The ice industry grew very last,

2.What was scary according to Dan Detmar?

A. The slump in the block-ice market.

B. The danger of producing block ice.

C. The social problems in the postwar period

D. The problems caused by home refrigerators.

3.What can we say about the investment in ice-cube machines?

A. It nearly destroyed the US ice industry.

B. It helped increase people’s leisure time.

C. It proved to be a huge success.

D. It caused a decline in ice sales.

4.Which can be the best title for the text?

A. From ponds to factories.　　 B. From ice blocks to ice cubes,

C. From iceboxes to refrigerators.　　 D. From refrigerators to ice machines.

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In January, British actor Eddie Redmayne made headlines around the world as he became the latest member of smartphone refuser. “It was a reaction against being glued permanently to my iPhone during waking hours,” he explained, turning instead to an old-fashioned “dumb phone” handset that could only make and take calls.

He is not alone. There is a small but busy market for phones that are simple and cheap at a time when smartphones are becoming ever more complex and expensive. Basic phones — handsets with some basic functions such as playing music and accessing the Internet — are gradually being replaced by low cost smartphones, according to Francisco Jeronimo, research director for European mobile devices at IDC, the research group. But there is still a significant demand for older-style phones.

Strategy Analytics, a research group, estimates that 44,000,000 basic phones were sold in 2015, accounting for 2 percent of the global market. Some phonemakers, such as Sony and LG, have already turned their back on the market. But others like Microsoft and Samsung are still producing devices every year aimed at the basic phone market.

Many smartphone users beef about having to buy devices that are easily broken, require daily recharging and which will be replaced by a new, better version within a year. Even basic smartphones offer more functions that not many people need.

Some users buy phones with limited or no Internet connections in a conscious attempt to keep away from the modern digital world. Analysts say that there is a growing number of “second phoneys” who use an expensive smartphone during the day, but turn to cheaper, pocket-sized devices when they go out in the evening.

Light Phone founder Joe Hollier falls into this camp. He has developed a credit card-sized phone without a data connection and no extra functions other than to make calls. He describes a feeling of huge relief when the ability to check emails or status updates is removed. Light Phone functions as a companion device to a smartphone but Mr Hollier hopes it will also encourage people to unplug from the modern Internet world.

1.What is the function of paragraph 1?

A. To lead to the topic.　　 B. To summarize the whole passage.

C. To analyze the situation of phone usage.　　 D. To deepen the theme.

2.The expression “beef about” may be replaced by “________” in the passage.

A. care about　　 B. approve of

C. complain of　　 D. think over

3.Joe Hollier developed the new card-sized phone to ________.

A. save money　　 B. relax the mind

C. save time　　 D. keep healthy

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Some people prefer basic phones to smart phones.

B. What are the functions of basic phones.

C. The old-fashioned phones have many advantages.

D. The future of smartphones is gloomy.

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