| A house may serve many purposes, but its main __________ is to provide shelter. |
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| The girl was nervous in front of so many strangers and we did all we could to make her feel more ____. |
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| — Have the peace talks broken down? — Yes. Armed conflict is __________ to break out between the two countries. |
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| It is said that the girl will have a chance to __________ her country to take part in the 2012 London Olympic Games. |
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| — What do you know about that tennis player? — He __________ third in the world. |
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| A. ranks B. functions C. dashes D. considers |
| A notice was__________in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time. |
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| Smoking is one of the________causes of cancer, killing millions of people each year. |
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| A. major B. similar C. commercial D. chemical |
| Work hard, dear. With your work done, you will feel much __________. |
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| A. at ease B. out of work C. in peace D. as usual |
| Parents, of course, will do everything they could to ________ their children from harm. |
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| A. defend B. convince C. overcome D. reduce |
| She felt sorry that she had disturbed the __________ calmness of a man she respected. |
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| A. regular B. curious C. usual D. various |
| 完成句子 1. He is a fugitive from justice trying to avoid ______________(被警察抓住). (catch) 2. Do tell me the ways you think of ________________(解决这个问题)as soon as possible.(solve) 3. Seldom ________________(他们玩)video games ever since they entered college.(play) 4. The two old sisters, ________________(被分隔了很长时间), held each other and burst into tears. (separate) 5. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds on ________________(支撑)his argument in favor of the new theory.(base) 6. __________(暴露在阳光下)for too much time will do harm to one's skin.(expose) 7. At the thought of the progress in English __________(他已取得的), he will think of the strict and kind teacher.(progress) 8. ________________(靠近市中心时), we saw a stone statue of about 10 meters in height.(approach) 9. The country life he was used to ________________(变化) greatly since 2000.(change) 10. She was the first athlete ________________(获得金牌的) in the 29th Olympic Games.(win) |
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| When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it.But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the __1__ side is as much interesting.It may be a discussion of the way to __2__ in good health, or __3__ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society.If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to __4__ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text __5__ the title.Therefore, the scissors would __6__ before they start, __7__ halfway done when I find out the __8__ result. Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your __9__.You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be __10__ up. But you know the future is unpredictable-the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left __11__.Thus you are __12__ in a difficult position and feel sad.How __13__ that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once?It may happen that your life __14__ greatly on your preference of one choice to the other. In fact that is what __15__ is like:we are often __16__ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting.It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only __17__ we get into another.The __18__ may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind.I __19__ remember a philosopher's remarks, "When one door shuts, another opens in life."So a casual __20__ may not be a bad one. | ||||
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| A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television,the more likely they are to develop depression(抑郁) as young adults.But the extent to which TV may be to blame is a question that the study leaves unanswered. The researchers used a national longterm survey of adolescent health to investigate the relationship between media use and depression.They based their findings on more than 4,000 adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in 1995. As part of the survey,the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily.They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of 5 and onehalf hours a day.More than 2 hours of that was spent watching TV. 7 years later,in 2002,more than 7 percent of the young people had signs of depression.The average age at that time was 21. Brian Primack at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School was the lead author of the new study.He says every extra hour of television meant an 8 percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio.But the study did find that young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use. Doctor Primack says the study did not explore why watching TV causes depression.But one possibility,he says,is that it may take time away from activities that could help prevent depression,like sports and socializing.It might also interfere with sleep,he says,and that could have an influence. The study was just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. In December,the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives.Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people.The study found that happy people are more likely to be socially active,to read,to attend religious services and to vote. 1. According to the first paragraph,what remains unsolved in the new study? A. Who is more likely to be influenced by TV. B. How much teenagers are depressed by TV. C. Whether teenagers are influenced by TV. D. What should be done to help the teenagers. 2. More than 4,000 adolescents were chosen as the subjects of the study because they ______. A. were free from depression B. were keen on using the media C. attached much importance to their health D. could afford the time for the long－term survey 3. What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph? A. Depression is not related to the use of other media than TV. B. Every extra hour of media use increases the chance of depression. C. Longer use of media other than TV doesn't increase the chance of depression. D. The influence of movies,video games and radio on depression varies respectively. 4. In the last sentence of the eighth paragraph,"It"refers to ______. A. depression B. watching TV C. lack of activities D. the result of the study 5. The study done by the sociologists from the University of Maryland was mainly intended to ______. A. tell the difference between happy and unhappy people B. prove the relationship between TV and depression C. stress the importance of being socially active D. provide a happy recipe(秘方)for all people |