| Writing has ________ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of pleasure. |
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| A. taken off B. taken down C. taken away D. taken up |
| The mistake I made last week has been a timely reminder of the need for ________ care. |
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| A. equal B. constant C. accurate D. clear |
| She started studying medicine at college, but ________ to Business Studies in her second year. |
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| A. transformed B. skipped C. adjusted D. switched |
| The new teacher made a good ________ on the students by her rich knowledge and humourous talk. |
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| A. feeling B. effect C. impression D. sense |
| — What do you know about Darwin after he returned from the trip by sea? — Well, he got married and ________ down to live in London. |
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| A. solved B. settled C. stayed D. left |
| How hungry the poor little boy was! He stared at the cakes in the shop window with ________ eyes. |
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| A. anxious B. nervous C. desirable D. greedy |
| A passenger train ________ about 1,500 people fell into the river when the bridge collapsed. |
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| A. carrying B. carried C. to be carried D. to carry |
| Her speech made a great impression ________ the audience. |
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| A. in B. on C. at D. of |
| — Do you have any ________ experience of this type of work? — I am sorry, but I have just graduated from college. |
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| A. previous B. popular C. current D. last |
| ________ to use in January, 2010, the road has solved the longstanding problem of traffic jams of this area. |
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| A. Put B. Putting C. Having put D. Being put |
| I've applied for the job but I'm not very ________ about my chance of getting it. |
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| A. optimistic B. comfortable C. tiresome D. successful |
| We must not ________ the good traditions passed down from generation to generation. |
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| A. catch sight of B. lose the sight of C. lose sight of D. catch the sight of |
| If you want to slow down, you must ________ harder on the brakes. |
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| A. take B. press C. sweep D. carry |
| He will join us ________ the condition that we divide all the profits equally. |
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| A. in B. for C. on D. to |
| Though ________ money, his parents managed to send him to a key university. |
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| When people lose legs after accidents or illnesses, emergency care and artificial limbs(假肢) often allow them to walk again. Newts (蝾螈)in the same situation, on the other hand, can grow limbs back their own! Scientists have known for a long time that certain animals can regrow limbs, but they haven't quite figured out how these creatures do it. Researchers have now come up with some new ideas. Their work may give people the ability to regrow lost limbs. The researchers started with two simple experiments: when you cut a newt's leg at the ankle, only the foot grows back; when you cut off a leg at the very end, the whole leg grows back. In both cases, the regrowth begins with stem cells. Stem cells can develop into nearly any type of cell in the body. How do a newt's stem cells know when to grow only a foot and when to regrow a whole leg? This question relates to another mystery. In newt's, a cutoff leg will grow back only if the nerve bundle(神经束) in it also grows back, but if something prevents the nerve bundle from growing the stem cells at the wound won't regrow a new leg. In its study, a British team focused on a protein called nAG. When the team prevented nerves in a limb from growing, but added the nAG protein to stem cells in the limb, the limb still regrew. That protein seems to guide limb regrowth. People have proteins that are similar to nAG. Further research into these__materials may someday help human limbs recover by themselves. |
| 1. A newt will regrow its leg if________. |
| A. its ankle was cut off but the nerve bundle was good B. its leg was cut off and the nerve bundle stopped growing C. its leg was cut off and the nerve bundle could grow back D. its ankle and the nerve bundle could grow back |
| 2. What do the underlined words "these materials" refer to? |
| A. Nerve bundles and proteins. B. Proteins similar to nAG. C. Stem cells and proteins. D. Stem cells and nerve bundles. |
| 3. The first sentence of the passage________. |
| A. acts as a leadin B. shows where researchers got their new ideas C. states the author's opinion D. describes the result of researchers' studies |
| 4. What's the purpose of studying the newts? |
| A. To find out whether newts would regrow after being cutting off. B. To find out the similarity between human and newts. C. To find out what is nAG. D. To find a way of helping human limbs recover by themselves. |
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| Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader's Choice. _1_ These selections provide practice on employing different reading skills to get the message of the writer. They also give students practice in four basic reading skills:skimming, scanning, reading for thorough comprehension, and critical reading. Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is suitable when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or __2__ Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more concentrated. __3__ When you read to find a particular date or number, you are scanning. Reading for thorough comprehension is carefully reading in order to understand the total meaning of the passage. At this level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the author's ideas _4_. Critical reading demands that a reader makes judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reading requires posting and answering questions such as "_5_", "Do I share the author's point of view?" and "Am I convinced by the author's arguments and evidence? A. Does my own experience support that of the author? B. Reader's Choice is one of the most popular magazines in the world. C. but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas. D. The book contains many types of selections on a wide variety of topics. E. To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information. F. Do I know about the author? G. when there is no time to read something carefully. |
| 短文改错 As student of your age, I understand your situation. That you are facing is common among teenagers. However, it should be wise not to do anything may hurt her feelings. Here are a few suggestion. First, it's advisable to talk most with your mom. Heart to heart talks helped you understand each other better. There are also opportunities to let her knowing your ideas and attitudes toward many things. Second, you should learn to do our own things well, proving to your mom that you are already a "grownup". It's even the better whether you share more in the housework, such as cleaning, washing and cooking. _______________________________________________________________________ |