_____ everybody enjoys fresh cut flowers﹙插花﹚ ...

_____ everybody enjoys fresh cut flowers﹙插花﹚ around his house, few people know how to keep them for as long as possible.

A. Because　　 B. Since　　　　　 C. While　　 　　 D. If

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When you buy fresh-cut flowers, do you think about where they came from？You might think they were grown somewhere nearby. The reality, though, is that the cut flower trade is increasingly International. Today, thanks to airplanes and high-tech cooling systems, even the most delicate flower be exported and sold thousands of kilometers away from where it was grown.

The Netherlands handles about 60 percent of the world’s cut flowers. And its auction houses（拍卖行）are very large---Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, is auction house in the sense that Tokyo is a city, or Everest a mountain. About 120 soccer fields would fill its main building. Nineteen million flowers are sold here on an average day.

The Netherlands is also a world leader in developing new flower varieties. Dutch companies and the government invest a great amount of money in flower research. Their scientists look for ways to lengthen a flower’s vase life, to strengthen flowers to prevent them from being damaged while traveling, and also to strengthen the natural fragrance of the flowers.

There are also many other places with a better climate for growing flowers, and the climate of Ecuador is almost perfect. With predictable rainy periods and 12 hours of sunlight each day, Ecuador’s roses are famous for their large heads and long, straight stems（茎）. Every year, Ecuador sells about 500 million flowers to the U.S. alone. The industry has brought employment opportunities and a stronger economy to the country. “My family has TV now. There are radios.” says Yolanda Quishpe, 20, who picked roses for four years.

To others, the increasingly international nature of the flower trade is very bad news. In recent years local growers in the U.S. faced huge competition from international flower companies, and many lost their businesses. Lina Hale, an independent rose grower said her father had predicted the situation in the 1980s. “I see a train coming down the track,” he warned her, “and it’s coming straight towards us.”

1.What do we know about Aalsmeer?

A.It’s very large.

B.It’s as big as Tokyo.

C.19 million flowers are grown there.

D.60% of the Netherland’s flowers are sold there.

2.What is one aspect of the Netherlands’ flower research?

A.How to increase flower production.

B.How to avoid climate’s effect on flowers.

C.How to speed up the process of flowering.

D.How to keep flowers fresh during transportation.

3.What does the author want to show through Yolanda Quishpe’s words?

A.Flowers from Ecuador are beautiful.

B.Ecuador could grow even more flowers.

C.The flower trade in Ecuador benefits the local.

D.Rose-picking is a very popular job in Ecuador.

4.What Lina Hale’s father said suggested that ______.

A.he was excited to see the train

B.he knew his business would be affected

C.he was sure customers wouldn’t want

D.he thought trains were a new way to deliver flowers

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Don’t always stay inside the house. Go out and enjoy the fresh air. It will

________your health.

A.     look forward to  B. stick to  C. get down to  D. contribute to

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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入一个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Trees, plants and flowers are all around us and we enjoy their beauty every day. However, we are so used to them 1. we may even take them for granted without　 2.(realize) how much inspiration they have given us. In fact, nature has inspired many of the most　 3.(fascinate) designs around us, including those in architecture. Nature 4. (present) in various architectural designs.

Today, architects continue to explore ways 5. (capture) the beauty of natural forms, to mimic the way nature works or even to make natural organisms part of a building. ArtScience Museum, Singapore was designed to show the 6. (connect) between nature and the modern city environment in which it sits. Visitors are often amazed to find themselves in an urban building that so 7.(true) captures the beauty of natural forms. Harare's Eastgate Centre is 8. superb example of biomimicry（仿生学）. To use biomimicry is to create structures 9.(base) on natural forms and processes. Creating buildings such as these enables us to live 10. closer harmony with our environment.

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—Did you enjoy your tour around Beijing， Mr Singh？

—Yes. But I hate 　　　 when the tour guide held out his left hand to shake hands with me.

A.　 one　　　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　 C. it　　　　　　　　　 D. this

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—Did you enjoy your tour around Beijing， Mr Singh？

—Yes. But I hate 　　 when the tour guide held out his left hand to shake hands with me.

A　 one　　　　　　 　 B. that

C. it　　　　　　　　　 D. this

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The flowers have ___________ to the little room. All things appeared fresh.

A. made trouble 　　B. made a difference 　　C. made room　　 D. made way

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I asked the gardener to _________all those bushes and plant flowers instead.

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---In the countryside you can enjoy fresh air, blue sky and quiet surroundings.

---_______ more and more retired people are escaping from the crowded city.

A. It is no wonder              B. It is no doubt

C. there is no need                 D. there is no possibility

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The plastic bottle, ________ top cut off, is used to grow a flower in.

A. whose            B. of which         C. its          D. which

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