The whole hall _____ to wait for the announce...

The whole hall _____ to wait for the announcement of the winner of the first prize.

A. held its breath                        B. drew a deep breath

C. took a breath                          D. got the breath again

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. With the whole village _______, the villagers had to move to higher land, waiting for help.

A. flooding                                                                         B. having flooded

C. flooded                                                                          D. to be flooded

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All flights______ because of the air traffic control, the passengers had to wait in the hall.

A. were put off　　　　　　　　　　　 B. having put off

C. having been put off　　　　　　 D. have been put off

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All flights________because of the storm, they had to wait in the hall.

A．have put off                         B．were put off

C．have been put off                                        D．having been put off

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I will spend a whole evening _____ in your room waiting for the thief to arrive.

A. locking　　　 　　　 B. in locking

C. being locked　　　　 D. locked

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At the end of the sports meeting,it was announced that class 7 　　 the relay race.

A.has won 　　 B.win　　 C.had won 　　 D.was winning

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Wild applause ______when the crowd waiting heard the announcement of the arrival of the pop star at their community.

A. made out B. broke out C. let out D. worked out

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Yuan Guiren, Minister of Education, announced some measures to reform the NCEE, known as Gaokao, for this year in a media conference.

The first measure is to balance the recruiting quota(招生配额) around the nation, with particular emphasis on recruiting more students in central and western provinces.

In addition to this, Yuan said that 200,000 places would be available in the universities in eastern China for students from western China.

The third measure is to cancel some policies that allow students with special talents to receive extra points on their final result of the NCEE. “All national-level bonus marks for Gaokao will be cancelled in 2015, while over 60 percent of the province-level bonuses will be cut. Ten provinces have already canceled the policies while other provinces have cut down 63 percent of the policies,” said Yuan. The policy was originally introduced to be aimed at making Gaokao fairer because some students have special abilities but fail to get high scores in the national exams. Yet, it has been abused by corrupt officials to get the bonus marks for their children. This is a good example of corruption ruining a good policy.

Additionally, all students can recommend themselves for independent recruitment in some education institutions without any restrictions. Schools can also recommend their students to some universities.

The date for independent recruitment is scheduled for after the NCEE in 2015, and universities will be required to publicize their recruiting requirements, processes and results.

The last measure mentioned by Yuan is to gradually unify the NCEE around the nation. Students in three more provinces will sit for the same exams in 2015. Seven more provinces, totaling 25 provinces, will use the same exam format(版式) in 2016.

1.The passage is most probably taken from a(n) ______.

A. opening address B. historical book

C. news report D. science report

2.How many measures are mentioned for the Gaokao reform in the passage?

A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. More students in eastern China can enter western universities.

B. Independent recruitment will take place after Gaokao in 2015.

C. The policy of bonus marks were designed for corrupt officials.

D. 25 provinces will use the same NCEE format in 2015.

4.The best title for the passage could be “______”.

A. Extra points to be Cancelled

B. The NCEE to be Unified

C. Chances to Favour Western Students

D. China to Reform NCEE

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On a visit to Sussex on February 16th, David Cameron announced that, if the Conservatives win the election on May 7th, young people who are out of work, education or training for six months will have to do unpaid community work to get benefits. The speech was part of a pre-election push to show the Conservative Party is tough on welfare reform (though critics insist such schemes rarely promote employment). “The well-worn path—from the school gate down to the job centre and on to a life on benefits—has got to be wiped away,” said the prime minister.

The welfare bill has fallen a bit as unemployment drops. But the main attempt to reform working-age benefits—known as universal credit (UC)—has gone away. In 2011 Mr Cameron said it would be part of “the most ambitious and fundamental changes to the welfare system since it began”. The latest stage of UC was also started from February 16th, but its future is not certain at all.

UC combines six working-age benefits, including tax credits, housing benefit and job-seeker’s allowance, into a single payment. It aims to provide the poorest Britons with a ladder to climb out of welfare dependency by simplifying a system that provides perverse incentives(反常动力) to stay on benefits rather than work. Its champion, Iain Duncan Smith, the secretary for work and pensions, claims it is as much about changing culture as about saving money.

The project has crawled along, hitting many obstacles on the way, such as an overly ambitious timetable that had to be reset in 2013 and an IT system that had to be abandoned, costing tens of millions of pounds. Mr Duncan Smith debated often with George Osborne, the harder-nosed chancellor of the exchequer(财政大臣).

Other problems have come from technical complexities, such as linking the tax system’s computers with those at the department for work and pensions. Critics say that moving all claims online is foolish when many people do not even have access to a computer. Similarly foolish, they say, are plans to pay benefits monthly rather than weekly to people who cannot budget, and to give housing benefit to applicants who may waste it rather than directly to the landlords of their government-funded housing. Defenders say the poor need to be given more responsibility. “The current benefits system is just ‘process and pay’,” says Christian Guy, Mr Duncan Smith’s former speechwriter, now head of the Centre for Social Justice. “UC makes the assumption of ambition.”

This week’s limited demonstration will mean that 250 job centres—roughly one in three—will offer UC. But these numbers refer to a system used for single recipients with no dependents. The bigger “digital” system, covering complex applicants with children, has not yet been tested. “The reason this week’s announcement means nothing is that we are still not sure if the system works for most people,” says Jonathan Portes of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. “They’re producing a system they are not going to use.” The government hoped that 1 million people would be using UC by April 2014, but only 64,000 have used it so far.

There is no guarantee it will be carried out in full, even if the Tories form the next government. “I wouldn’t put money on UC continuing under either major party,” says Colin Talbot of the University of Manchester. Opponents say gains will be the lowest. They accuse Mr Duncan Smith and his team of trying to change the world. Mr Guy contradicts: “At least someone is trying.”

Title: The government’s welfare reform is in 1.

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We had an anxious couple of weeks,　　 for the results of the experiment.

A.wait 　　 B.to be waiting　　 C.waited 　　 D.waiting

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