That they would win had been predicted and __...

That they would win had been predicted and _________.

A. the result was such                  B. such was the result

C. the result was so                    D. so was the result

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He told me that by the end of this year they______together for twenty years．

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The flowers were so lovely that they ______ in no time.

A．sold              B．had been sold      C．were sold         D．would sell

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Scientists announced that they had found the gravitational waves (引力波) that confirmed a prediction made by Albert Einstein a century ago. The discovery, made with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational—Wave Observatory, known as LIGO, is the milestone in a decades-long search for signs of this phenomenon. “The discovery will open a new window onto the universe,” said David Reitze, executive director of LIGO.

Since humans first watched skyward, we have relied on light of all wavelengths to describe the universe. The light that could be seen first showed the starry heavens, while infrared (红外线的) waves allowed us to see older and more distant stars.

But now, researchers will be able to sense the universe in a whole new way: with their “ears”. “We can hear gravitational waves. We can hear the universe,” Gabriela Gonzalez, LIGO’s spokeswoman at Louisiana State University, said. “‘That’s one of the beautiful things about this: We are not only going to be seeing the universe, we are going to be listening to it.”

Gravitational waves, which Einstein predicted as part of his general theory of relativity, occur as objects accelerate or decelerate through space, much the way a boat moving on a lake sends waves across the water’s surface. But they’re so tiny that until now it’s been nearly impossible to find them, even those caused by something as large as a planet moving around the sun.

To pick up this signal, scientists have to look for violent events in the universe. This particular signal appears to have been caused by a collision. That occurred about 1.3 billion years ago between two black holes, holding 29 and 36 solar masses (太阳质量).

Fiona Harrison, chair of Caltesh’s division of physics, mathematics and astronomy, guessed that hundreds of new events would be found over the next few years, allowing scientists to perform a range of different types of studies. “There are probably many events we haven’t dreamed of and this is just the beginning,” she said.

1.Why did Gabricla Gonzalez think LIGO’s discovery important?

A. It confirmed Einstein’s scientific discovery.

B. It allowed scientists to see more distant stars.

C. It changed traditional ideas about the universe.

D. It offered a different way to study the universe.

2.It’s hard to find gravitational waves because they ________.

A. are too far to be felt

B. are disturbed by other planets

C. are too weak to be observed

D. disappear soon after they happen

3.What does the underlined word “collision” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. crash　　 B. receiving

C. circle　　 D. movement

4.It can be concluded that ________.

A. gravitational waves also exist in objects at rest

B. there’s a long way to go in studying the universe.

C. gravitational waves show the beginning of the universe.

D. scientists began studying universe in recent years.

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Your headmaster would have been happy to give you two days off, if you had gone and explained that your parents ________ ill at the time.

A．were　 B．had been　　 C．are　 D．would be

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Your headmaster would have been happy to give you two days off, if you had gone and explained that your parents ________ ill at the time.

A．were　     B．had been

C．are　     D．would be

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________, the forest fire would have been discovered much earlier.

A. But for their care            B. Had they been more careful

C. Without their care           D. If they were careful

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The two strangers talked as if they ____ friends for years.

A should be       B would be       C have been       D had been

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Ryan and Lowry had been friends since high school， but it wasn’t until after college that they hit on the idea of a home-care-products company．“We were shocked to learn how toxic cleaning products were” says Ryan．Why couldn’t they create green products that would be just as environmentally pure as Aveda’s skin-and-hair-care lines?

When Ryan’s mom heard about the plan，she stared at him blankly: “I’ve never even seen you clean your room!” Not discouraged，Lowry experimented with nontoxic ways to clean while Ryan focused on marketing．In February 2001，they mixed their first four cleaning sprays and convinced the managers of 20 grocers to try them· Once they had their approval，they tapped friends and family and pooled their  savings to come up with $90，000 in seed money．

From the start，“Go big or go home’’ was their mantra(口头禅)．Their first financing— that $l million—was due to be signed on September 11, 2001. By the time they got it, two months later，says Ryan, "we had$16 in the bank and personally owed$300,000.”

Seeking a national retailer(零售商)proved just as troublesome．The friends set their sights on Target，known for its trendy，affordable goods．“But Target didn’t like the product or the brand，”recalled Ryan．“We thought the deal was dead，but then a new buyer saw that even though we weren’t selling big volumes, we were  profitable, just on a smaller scale．”They won over Target．

Consumers were hooked on the natural things and wonderful fragrance. Today, the partners sell 130 products in more than 8,000 stores，and taxes are over$100 million. Such rapid growth has at times  stressed the men’s friendship. “Eric and I agree on ‘what’ but never on ‘how，’ says Lowry． “Although we are willing to challenge each other，we come up with interesting and smarter solutions．There’s little fire and ice between us.”

1.The underlined word “toxic” in Paragraph 1 most probably means——·

A．poisonous    B．dirty    C．expensive    D．troublesome

2.When Ryan told his mom his plan, ___________.

A．he knew his mom was sure to support him

B．his mom asked him to clean his room

C．his mom suspected his ability

D．he was discouraged by his mom

3.We can learn from the third paragraph that ___________．

A．Ryan and Lowry wanted to give up and go home at first

B．their plan didn’t go smoothly at the very beginning

C．they made profit two months later after their first financing

D．$1 million was not enough as their seed money

4.The partners’ cleaning products are sold very well because_________．

A．the products are made of natural material and smell nice

B．their friends and family offered to use their products

C．they cooperated with a well—known national retailer

D．they convinced 20 grocer managers to try them

5.It can be inferred from the passage that___________．

A．Aveda’s skin-and-hair-care lines are not so successful as Ryan and Lowry’s

B．Target is a famous environment-friendly cleaning brand

C．The friends "cooperation with Target was very successful

D．The partners get on well with each other in their business

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Some members went so wild that they strongly demanded to know why they had been kept____ the true facts until the present stage．

A．in view of                    B．in favor of

C．in place of                      D．in ignorance of

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