| It is reported that great ______ made to look into the case have paid off. |
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| The patient is still weak in health, and is advised by the doctor ______ more exercise. |
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| ______ the neighbouring countries, the Japanese government refuses to admit the crime they did in World WarⅡin history. |
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| Many students in our school are very concerned about the current ______. They never miss being informed of what is happening at home and abroad. |
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| It's unusual for ______ so few people in the street. |
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| —Will you lend me some paper? —Sorry, mine ______. |
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| School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous ______. |
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| The discovery of new evidence led to ______. |
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| A. the thief having caught C. catch the thief C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught |
| Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains ______ whether they will enjoy it. |
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| A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. seen |
| His idea of having weekly meals together, which seemed difficult at first, has ______ many good changes in their lives. |
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| It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ______ my friend. |
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| We firmly believe that war never settles anything.It only ______ violence. |
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| ______ two giraffes, Zheng He later brought zebras, shells, elephant ivory back to China after his voyages. |
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| Very generally, grammar is ______ with the relations between words in sentences. |
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| However, scientists are delighted by the discovery, because the engineers were all very educated people and scientists feel they can ______ what they described. |
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| Dulas is a computergenerated(计算机生成的) character created by Julia Borbolla, a Mexican child psychologist.It is one of several "emotional agents" Borbolla has invented that are being recognized in Mexico City as capable of gaining access to the inner lives of children. Dulas, like all of these characters, has big eyes and radio antennas(天线). The characters collectively go by the name Antenas because they all have antennas and come from a planet called Antenopolis. Dulas knows nothing about life on earth, not even what a mother or father is. Wearing rabbit slippers in hospital, he doesn't like to talk with adults－so children can trust his companionship. Over the past five years, Borbolla's characters have been used to assist 2,000 children from 3 to 14 years old, and have been employed in three Mexico City hospitals and a center for disabilities in another city, Morelia. Researchers have been using puppets(木偶) to help children express and process their feelings for decades. But Borbolla, who has been working with children for 30 years, has taken this kind of work a step further. The children meet the characters in a room, without adults present; doctors monitor with cameras. They have to handle the information carefully. One principle of the work is that a doctor must not make it known that he knows something that was said to an Antenas character privately. This preserves the trust of the child's relationship with the character. Borbolla originally got the idea to use a drawing of a cartoon character to communicate with children when she was working as a school psychologist in the 1980s. Years later, in private practice, she worked with a puppet maker to develop a software version.She spent six years improving the tool. "The psychologists I spoke with said the tool creates an environment of trust and understanding that enables them to understand children's issues more quickly than they imagined possible," said Borbolla. To date, Antenas hasn't been carefully studied, and Borbolla is working with researchers to examine its effect. "I see how powerful it is," she told me. "It can be used to get into the souls of children." |
| 1. According to the passage, Dulas ______. |
| A. knows a lot about life on earth B. was developed by a Mexican child C. likes chatting with doctors and patients D. is a cartoon character created by a psychologist |
| 2. We learn from the passage that Borbolla ______. |
| A. hopes to study Antenas further B. developed Antenas all on her own C. spent sixteen years improving Antenas D. started to create Antenas in the 1990s |
| 3. When children meet the characters, ______. |
| A. their parents should be present B. their doctors have to stay with them C. the characters will handle the information D. doctors' involvement should be kept secret from them |
| 4. The psychologists mentioned in Paragraph 7 think that ______. |
| A. Antenas is impractical B. it is expensive to use Antenas C. Antenas is helpful to children D. it is difficult to control Antenas |
| Next Halloween, a small vegetable that looks like a pumpkin may appear in a garden near you. The vegetable is a type of pepper that is called "Lil' Pumpkin." It's very special because it has orange, pumpkin－like fruit. You might think that all vegetables are grown to provide food to eat. But some vegetables are grown mainly for the lively color and holiday spirit that they bring to gardens. These are called "ornamentals (观赏性植物)." Just like lights decorate a Christmas tree, they decorate a garden. The peppers were bred(培育) by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists John Stommel and Robert Griesbach. Another pepper the scientists developed is called "Pepper Jack." Because Pepper Jack has orange and black cone shaped(锥形的) fruit, it might remind you of the popular Halloween treat "candy corn." Stommel says that vegetable crops such as peppers were first widely grown in Europe in the 15th century. At that time, people liked these crops more because they looked pretty than because they provided food. Back then, when a gardener grew plants for decoration and plants for food, the garden was called a "potager." An example of this is the large gardens on the lawns(草坪) of castles and very large homes where kings and queens lived, One of those large royal homes was the French king's palace at Versailles during the 1600's. The palace is still there today, and people from all over the world still go there to visit and see the gardens. Today, Stommel says using vegetables as decorations in gardens has become popular again. So you might be wondering, if these peppers are for decoration, can people eat them? Yes, but the fruit from both of these peppers has a sharp taste (kind of like onions！) These peppers are scheduled to become available in mid2011. These pretty peppers can be grown in containers and also in garden beds. They grow best with plenty of light and warm temperatures, Stommel says. |
| 1. What does the passage mainly talk about? |
| A. Different kinds of peppers. B. The history of peppers. C. Peppers with the Halloween spirit. D. Food for the Halloween festival. |
| 2. What do we know about "Lil' Pumpkin" and "Pepper Jack"? |
| A. They are used to decorate Christmas trees. B. They are grown mainly to provide food to eat. C. Their fruits have different shapes. D. Their fruits are the same color. |
| 3. The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 2 refers to "______". |
| A. these vegetables B. these holidays C. these lights D. these scientists |
| 4. According to the passage, a potager was ______. |
| A. the place where kings and queens lived B. the garden in the French king's palace C. a place providing vegetables for the royal homes D. a garden with plants for decoration and for food |