—I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for ...

—I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

—Oh, how nice! Do you know when she 　　　　　　 ?

A. was leaving　　　 B. had left

C. has left　　　　　 D. left

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—I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

—Oh, how nice! Do you know when she _____?

A. was leaving     B. had left         C. has left         D. left

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—I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

—Oh，how nice！Do you know when she ________？

A．was leaving　     B．had left

C．has left　     D．left

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—I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

—Oh，how nice！Do you know when she ________？

A．was leaving　 B．had left

C．has left　 D．left

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—Has Nancy gone back to her home in the UK?

—Yes. She ______ here only for three days with her friend.

A. stayed    B. had stayed    C. has stayed    D. is staying

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--- I hear Robert has gone to Harvard University for his master’s degree.

--- Oh, how nice! Do you know when he ____?

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--- I hear Robert has gone to Harvard University for his master’s degree.

--- Oh, how nice! Do you know when he ____?

A. was leaving      B. left          C. had left       D. has left

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. Tracy has gone abroad for further study. It ____ be her. The girl you saw yesterday is her sister.

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The origin of “holiday” is easy to see, coming from “holy day”, a day of particular religious significance, often celebrating the life of a saint (圣徒), during which no work was to be done. As far back as the 11th century, “holidays”, especially the major feast days, were times of “celebration and amusement”, as the Oxford English Dictionary puts it.

The number of holidays steadily increased during the Middle Ages, until a medieval Englishman would have had the luxury of 40 to 50 days a year off work, depending on where he lived, in addition to a free day on Sundays.

During the Reformation, Henry VIII abolished most of the holidays partly because of the Protestant (新教徒的) suspicion of saints, but more practically, because, according to historian Eamon Duffy, “A large number of holidays were making the people poor by limiting agriculture.” The people took a different view and organized a protest march—the Pilgrimage of Grace—partly to protect their days off.

Though at first the religious and festive senses of holiday were combined, the word gradually came to be used for any kind of relaxing break from work. As the word was drawing away from a religious society, the number of authorized holidays was reduced, until by 1834 most workers had only four official days off a year, in addition to Sundays. Many factory workers amplified this time by staying home on “Saint Monday” to recover from what they had gotten up to the day before.

By the late 19th century, employers were compromising and offering half-day Saturdays, the beginning of the “weekend”, a term first used in 1879. In 1908, an innovative mill in New England gave its employees all of Saturday off, and the practice spread widely during the Great Depression as a way to keep employment up. It took 400 years, but finally workers could enjoy as many holidays as they had in the 15th century.

1.What was the word “holiday” originally intended for?

A. Economy.　　 B. Religion.

C. Entertainment.　　 D. Politics.

2.What’s the main reason for Henry VIII’s ending most holidays according to Eamon Duffy?

A. His people required a thorough reformation.

B. He didn’t believe in God and the saints.

C. People took no interest in the agriculture due to them.

D. Too many holidays stood in the way of the agriculture.

3.Which can best replace the underlined word “amplified” in paragraph 4?

A. lengthened　　 B. wasted

C. shortened　　 D. guaranteed

4.When did most employees get the whole Saturday off?

A. In 1879.　　 B. In 1908.

C. During the Great Depression.　　 D. In the 15th century.

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How would you like to wear the same underwear (内衣裤) for weeks? Owing to the work that has gone into developing intelligent materials, this may not be as 41  as it sounds. Self-cleaning clothes have now been created, and these new materials provide 42  resistance to dirt as well as water. As a result, they require much less cleaning than traditional materials.

The creation of self-cleaning clothes provides an example of how nature helps scientists develop better products. This self-cleaning nature is known as the “lotus effect”. The name comes, of course, from the lotus leaves, which are famous for growing in muddy lakes and rivers while remaining almost 43

clean. By observing nature, scientists are 44  the qualities of the lotus leaves to the materials they have engineered. Because of this, some remarkable new products have been 45 . Among them are special windows that are resistant to dirt and water. A special 46  on these windows not only prevents dirt from sticking to their surfaces, but also allows dust to be easily washed off by the rain. In fact, these new windows have already been 47  to some cars. Even when traveling at high speed through rain, these cars never have to use their windshield wipers (雨刮器).

Although we have already seen some practical applications, even more dramatic 48  will be made in the future, and they will, perhaps, change our world completely. Undoubtedly, technology is an important development, and it will have an even bigger 49  on our lives.

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