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| All the streets were ________ with flags to welcome the Chinese delegation. |
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| — Do you know the reason ________ pilots turn off the plane's lights before taking off? — The practice is for the passengers to adjust to the dark ________ an emergency. |
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| It is wise to have some money________ for old age. |
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| — How about the concert last night? — Well, at least it's ________ the one I saw last time with Joan. |
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| The plan has to be ________ to meet the real situation. |
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| We've invited Mr and Mrs Brown to dinner. But we'll have to________ because of the baby's sickness. |
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| At the end of 2006, there were around 7,000 foreign printing companies in China, ________ up around 4 percent of national total. |
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| — I promise her daughter ________ get a nice present on her birthday. — Will it be a big surprise to her? |
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| — Well, my daughters take great interest in most of the food on the menu. — Thanks. ________? — Salad, fried fish, chips and orange juice, please. |
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| Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with __1__ and gang(团伙) problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often __2__ trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day __3__. Those fun trips had a(n) __4__ impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day, __5__ working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys __6__. He sensed trouble between them. __7__, one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug. "I __8__ you. You took me __9__ when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the 10 days of my life." Deeply touched by the boy's words, Moody decided to create a foundation(基金会) that 11 teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. "As a policeman, I saw 12 there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging 13 on the kids, "says Moody. By turning kids on to fishing, he 14 to present an alternative way of life. "When you're sitting there waiting for a 15 , "he says, "you can't help but talk to each other, and such 16 can be pretty deep." "Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer(同龄人) pressures in high school, "says Michelle, 17, who 17 the first program. "And I was able to help my little brother 18 drugs." Moody faces 19 in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation fulltime. "I'm living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my 20 to give back, "Moody says. "If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow. | ||||
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| Compared with their continental counterparts, children in the UK start school at a very early age. Our correspondent is not convinced that it gives them any academic advantage. My threeyearold son and I went shopping for his school uniform. As he stood in the changing room, swamped by even the smallest trousers, several people commented that he looked too young to start school. I couldn't agree more. Scarcely will he have blown out the candles on his fourth birthday cake when I'll be waving him off at the school gates. The poor little man still puts his pants on back to front and thinks baby pigs come out of eggs. How is he going to cope with literacy and numeracy hours, let alone the horrors of school toilets? Yes, I am an overanxious mother but I surely can't be the only person who feels that British children start school far too young. A research suggests that channelling children into formal learning structures at such a young age breeds a sense of failure and disaffection that will dog them throughout their school career. The law states that the statutory school starting age for children in the UK is the term after a child's fifth birthday, but it is common practice in England and Wales to admit children to reception class at the beginning of the year in which they become 5, which means that most children start school at the age of 4. The latest government figures indicate that around 80 percent of children enter school before their fifth birthday. By comparison, children in France, Portugal, Belgium start school at 6, while the school starting age in many Scandinavian countries is 7. This is the starting age in Finland, where students recently beat those from 39 other countries to come out tops in maths, science and reading. 1. When her son is going to enter primary school, the writer feels very ________. A. excited B. worried C. surprised D. puzzled 2. In the UK, it is stated in the law that children should start school at the age of ________. A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 3. Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage? A. Do our children start school too young? B. Students starting school too young may cause problems C. Young students may lead to failure D. The age of starting school in some countries 4. What worries the writer is that her child ________. A. can't even look after himself B. can't dress himself C. has some childish thoughts D. has little ability in writing and reading |
| 补全对话 根据对话内容, 从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项多余选项。 (Jerry is at a hotel in Xi'an. He is talking to a clerk.) Clerk: What can I do for you, sir? Jerry: __1__ Clerk: At what time? Jerry: __2__ Clerk: We have a computer wakeup service. __3_ That is to say, dial 2 and then 0615 for the time. Jerry: I see. Then it is 20615. Thank you. __4__ Clerk: Just dial your new wakeup time. The computer will record the new wakeup time. Jerry: If I dial 20700, I will be waken up at 7: 00 a.m. Am I right? Clerk: __5__ Jerry: Thank you. Good night. A.Yes, that's right. B. 6: 15 a.m., please. C. I'd like a room for two days. D. Please dial us for the service. E. Please dial 2 for the service first and then the time. F. By the way, if I want to change my wakeup time, what shall I do? G. I'm Jerry in Room 528, and I want a wakeup call tomorrow morning. |