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| He should________his attention________the main problems. |
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| Ann never dreams of________for her to be sent abroad very soon. |
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| He________live in the south, so it is hard for him to________the climate here. |
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| — What has made you so happy, Mary? — Oh, I've just________an old friend I haven't seen for years. |
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| We lost our way in the street and the heavy rain________our helplessness. |
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| The conference has been held to discuss the effects of tourism________the wildlife in the area. |
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| The clerk________his letter is working in our company. |
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| It is recommended that the project________until all the preparations have been made. |
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| I just returned from a twoweek tour of Europe. On my teacher's salary, I could_1_afford to travel there with Western tours, _2_I decided to go travelling with a Chinese tour. Besides the affordability, the truth is that I am a_3_traveller. Making all the reservations and connections is a nightmare for me, so I am_4_to sacrifice autonomy(自主权)_5_security. This does, however, _6_that one should always follow its leader. In most aspects of my life, I am extremely_7_. No one carries my purse and parcels. I have gone bravely into wildly different life changes, _8_when it comes to_9_, show me a flag and I'll follow it. The group leaders were a bit nervous at first. But I promised them that my not speaking Chinese was not a problem. I'd just go 10 they pointed. There was one little 11 however. I wouldn't be eating Chinese food with them. I would find an eatery(小餐馆) nearby and enjoy local cuisine. It worked out fine. Since I was single, I usually 12 a room with another woman. On my first trip, to Egypt, I couldn't have been 13 . They paired me up with Shelley, who 14 fluent English and we adored each other almost instantly. The second time, my potential roommate took one look at me and said she'd rather sleep with her friends on a rollaway in 15 room. I was 16 at first, but then realised I'd have a room to myself, so why got upset? Travelling in a group meant that the first day we were all 17 , but we got familiar 18 each other on the bus and 19 each other's faces quickly in a crowd. We got 20 comfortable with each other and soon a family atmosphere developed. | ||||
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| It seems that fate likes to play strange jokes on those who are famous.The manner in which fate saved Clive of India for his mission in history is a matter of record.Downhearted, ill, and depressed, Clive, then a young clerk, placed a revolver(左轮枪手) to his head and snapped the trigger time after time.It refused to fire and he realised that suicide was not to be his lot.A subordinate (下属) took the same pistol from Clive's hand and fired it six times in succession(连续). A somewhat different but disturbing fate laid in store for Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of the Civil War President.Young Lincoln had received orders to report to Washington.In White House he was told that his parents had gone to Fords Theatre and they had requested that he join them there. Robert Todd Lincoln went to the theatre and, just as he entered the building, he was stretched back by a crowd of excited people, among whom were the stretcher bearerscarrying the dying President. During the administration of President Garfield, Robert Todd Lincoln became Secretary of War. He was a close personal friend of President Garfield and, when the President prepared to leave for a visit to the seashore at Elberton, New Jersey, Secretary Lincoln accepted an invitation to go along.As Secretary Lincoln reached the railway station, he encountered the stretcher bearers carrying out the fatally wounded President Garfield, victim of an assassin's(刺客) bullet. Twenty years later, as Robert Todd Lincoln entered the Temple of Music in Buffalo to greet President McKinley, the President was carried past him by stretcher bearers.Garfield, Lincoln, and McKinley were the presidents to be assassinated (暗杀), and Robert Todd Lincoln was the only man who was on the scene immediately after all the shootings. 1. From the first paragraph, we can infer that Clive____. A. tried to kill himself but was saved by a subordinate B. remained a clerk all his life C. became famous later in life D. was a man who liked to play jokes 2. Which of the following is true about the subordinate? A. He fired the gun. B. He tried to kill himself but failed. C. He didn't know how to use a revolver. D. He was not pleased with his position. 3. What kind of fate was lying there for Robert Todd Lincoln? A. He escaped narrow death three times. B. He was lucky enough to hold important positions in the government of three presidents. C. He was the only man who saw the deaths of three presidents. D. He was the only man who arrived immediately after the three presidents were shot. 4. Who was the most lucky of the people mentioned in the passage? A. The subordinate. B. Clive. C. Robert Todd Lincoln. D. McKinley. |
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| Finally, there is the evolution of Yao's mind. He has become a wise man who has devoted time and money into life after the NBA. Yao said he did not only see his investment in the current CBA system in purely financial terms, but also as a way to support the development of basketball in China and return the favour to Shanghai for looking after him in his early days. A few days before our most recent interview, Yao was asked to attend an award ceremony for top athletes in China. He realised his superstar friends and fellow athletes were often forced to take lowpaying jobs because they had little formal education. As boss of the Shanghai Sharks, Yao has invited both teachers and mentors to help his players better manage their financial futures. Another of Yao's problems has been balancing the knowledge he has gained in the NBA with the traditions of home. As head of the Sharks he has to consider what's best for his team, even if it means hurting some of his closest friends. Like his first coach, Li Qiuping, who was in hospital when Yao told him he was going to have to replace him with an American coach. Navigating traditional Chinese society, he said, can be tricky at times. He sometimes wistfully thinks back to his early days, when he just played basketball. Even so, he never shies away from the challenge. When I think about these aspects of Yao's life, I admire him as an example of someone who is downtoearth and has not let fame go to his head. As Yao will enter a new phase in his life, his 30s, fatherhood, returning to the NBA, and the next step in his career as manager, he shows the courage to make a difference in the world. Yang Lan One On One is shown on Shanghai Dragon TV, Sat.23:10 PM. 1. Which of the following statements is true? A. Yao invests in CBA just because he wants to make money. B. Yao pays his fellow athletes little money. C. Yao has become a father of a boy. D. Sometimes Yao has to hurt some friends for the profit of the whole team. 2. What is the meaning of the underlined word "tricky"? A. helpful B. difficult C. easy D. special 3. Yang Lan believes that Yao is a person who________. A. is depressed B. runs after fame C. is dependable D. loves the earth 4. This article may be extracted from________. A. a TV program B. a novel C. a memoir D. an essay |