It was not until the 1960s and 1970s ________...

It was not until the 1960s and 1970s ________ archaeologists made real progress in understanding the script.

A. when             B. which                C. how              D. that

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As a little girl growing up in the early 1960s in a suburb of Pittsburgh, it was not always easy to find role models, But I was lucky. In my childhood, I knew smart, strong women who had accomplished much, one of whom invented the world’s first computer compiler (编译器).

Recently, though, I learned about a role model who was right under my nose—my own mother.

Growing up, I knew she had worked as a secretary before I was born. I knew that she had joined the WAVES—the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service branch of the U.S. Naval Reserve (海军预备队)—during World War Ⅱ. And I knew she’d worked in an office that was involved with codes (编码). But when she talked about it—rare, because she had been sworn to secrecy—she described her duties as ordinary, routine. I never questioned it. After all, the woman I knew was a reserved suburban mom.

Not long ago, a chance conversation with a colleague led me to the book, Code Girls. It tells the story of the WAVES, who decrypted (解码) and encrypted secret messages during the war. They worked around the clock, knowing that the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers—their brothers, husbands, fathers—were on the line.

Inspired, I began a journey to explore the mystery of my mother’s service that continues to this day. I got some of her working records about her unit, OP19. In two years, she was promoted three times. She was no secretary, and her duties were hardly ordinary.

My mother always encouraged my interest in science and insisted to my father that I go to college. “You’re going to grow up to be another Madame Curie,” she told me. She was always pointing at other women. She did not see herself as someone to model on. Neither did I. Now I see her differently.

1.Why didn’t the author’s mother tell the truth about her job?

A. She was afraid of being fired by her company.

B. She thought her job was just unremarkable.

C. She thought secretary was better than her real job.

D. She knew well what to be expected of her career.

2.Which of the following words can best describe the authors mother?

A. Devoted and faithful. B. Ambitious and reserved.

C. Cooperative and sincere. D. Hardworking and skeptical.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A. The author doubted her mother’s job when she was a child.

B. The author’s mother saw herself as an example to follow.

C. Code Girls’ job is more important than that of the soldiers.

D. Code Girls inspired the author to learn more of her mother.

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

A. Code Girls, My Favourite Book.

B. Mom, My Real Role Model.

C. The OP19, A Buried Secret.

D. WAVES, A Mysterious Organization.

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1.However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries __________ of the botanical world __________. … Brave young men took the opportunity of going on botanical expeditions, __________ many dangers ….

2.Every day, we pass by advertisements on buses and billboards, on trains and in train stations, ___________ and on public notice boards. … With so many messages __________ our daily lives, it is important to understand how advertisements work.

3.When you come to think about it, there are only four __________ deal with rubbish…. The need to produce __________ of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution.

4.She was sentimentally attached to this house, __________ it was far too big for her needs, she __________ living there long after her husband’s death.

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It was not until 3 days later that the boy came back to life and explained to the police what_______ to him.

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It was not until the entrance exams were in sight that      that I had so many books to cover and so many exercises to finish.

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It was ________ very rare find and the archaeologist who made ________ discovery said it was like unearthly a Mona Lisa.

A．a; the     B．the; the

C．the; a     D．a; a

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It was ______ his office.

A. not until the rain stopped did he leave

B. not until did the rain stop that he left

C. not until the rain stopped when he left

D. not until the rain stopped that he left

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After a 5-year absence, we returned to our mother school, and not until then ________ it was such a beautiful school.

A. we realized      B. had we realized      C. we had realized      D. did we realize

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It was not until the 18th century that man realized that the whole of the brain was involved in the working of the mind， 　　　？

A.was it     B.wasn’t it    C.did they   D.didn’t they

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It was not until dark ______ he found that it was the correct way to solve the problem.

A．that              B．what             C．which            D．when

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