It was not until this year _____ scientists m...

It was not until this year _____ scientists managed to make a cat and a goldfish disappear from sight using an invisibility cloak(斗篷)

A .that                 B. when             C. while               D. As

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Because of the bad management, this restaurant was not _______ it was 10 years ago.

A．half as good as what                     B．as half good as that

C．as good as half what                     D．half as good as that

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It was not until the end of last year _____ the economy in our country began to develop rapidly.

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

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It was ___ the quality of life in the future ___ I took this training course, not just to make more money.

A. to improve; that  B. improving ; when  C. to improve; when  D. improving ; that

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We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears. 36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37  to see—or look at—on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter 38  the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 39  days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 40  out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 42  all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 43  I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 44 her.

“Did she have an accident? Something 45 ?” I thought to myself about her 46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 47  her. I began to realize that part of our 48  life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50  walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 51  markers in our lives. They add weight to our 52  of place and belonging.

Think about it. 53 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 54  a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though  55 , person?

20.A unnamed        B. unforgettable    C. unbelievable     D. unreal

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Although man has known about asbestos for many hundreds of years, it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent. H. W. Johns, owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers, was responsible for （对……负责）the opening of that first mine.

Mr. Johns was given a piece of asbestos which had been found in Italy. He experimented with the material and then showed its surprising powers to his customers. After putting a pair of asbestos gloves, which looked much like ordinary work gloves, he took red-hot coals from the fireplace and played with them in his hands. How astonished the customers were to discover that he was not burned at all. You can well imagine that he had increasing business in asbestos roofing materials. However, because it was very expensive to transport(carry) them from Italy to the United States, Mr. Johns sent out a young scientist to seek a source nearer home. This young man found great vein（岩脉）

in the province of Quebec in Canada.

Ever since 1881, Quebec has led the world in the production of this unusual mineral, which is made up of magnesium, silicon, iron, and oxygen. When it is mined, the asbestos is heavy, just as you would expect a mineral to be. When it is separated, a strange thing happens: the rock breaks down into fine, soapy fibers（滑腻的纤维）。

Scientists do not know why the rock can be separated easily into threads（线）,but they have found thousands of uses for this fireproof material, often called the “cloth of stone”.

1. The title that best expresses the main idea of the passage is _____.

A. Asbestos mined in Canada          B. Fireproof matter

C. A “wonder” mineral               D. A new roofing material

2. Johns proved his ability （能力）as a salesman by_____.

going into the roofing business

carrying asbestos from Italy

sending a trained scientist

showing the use of asbestos gloves

3. Which is the most important character of asbestos that the author wants to show us?

A. It is like thread               B. It feels soapy

C. It bums easily                D. It is unusually heavy

4. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to______.

show the need for more scientists

compare asbestos with other minerals

increase the sales of asbestos

present facts about asbestos

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It was not until early this morning _______ my father came back from work, which surprised us.

A．when            B．where            C．that              D．who

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In the first book, Lyra’s scientist father makes ______ possible to enter other worlds.

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Scientists say it may be five years ______ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients．

A. since                B. until                C. before               D. when

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Scientists say it will be five or six years _____ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.

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