| The popularity of potatobased foods has ________ in fast food restaurants in the two decades. |
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| A. elected B. created C. developed D. boomed |
| — How long do you think the terrible snow will ________? — Sorry, I didn't listen to the weather forecast. |
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| A. get through B. cast down C. fade out D. keep up |
| The kind old couple offered to ________ the poor homeless child, though life was hard for them. |
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| A. bring in B. put in C. take in D. turn in |
| His parents, ________, did not look after him very well-the elbows of his jacket and his boots were badly worn. |
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| A. generally B. gradually C. actively D. apparently |
| They are always singing songs to ________ their spirits when they meet with trouble. |
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| A. keep off B. keep back C. keep up D. keep on |
| Many experts have realized that the current medical system needs ________ to meet the needs of our increasingly aging population. |
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| A. reforming B. inspecting C. forming D. achieving |
| — Oh, dear. What happened? — I ________ on the shiny floor and fell. |
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| A. skipped B. jumped C. attacked D. slipped |
| Many streets in this city have been ________ for cultural protection. |
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| A. stretched out B. marked out C. left out D. stood out |
| The agreement indicates that the two companies will ________ with each other again. |
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| A. team up B. turn up C. look up D. pick up |
| _______sending emails, I've kept in touch with my American friend for many years. |
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| By the third year of teaching I'd begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me__1__. I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year. The morning bell rang. I walked__2__through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty two smiling faces__3__me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to __4__ their smiles. Back into the classroom, they__5__, comparing plans for the__6__. I had to remove one student from each arm__7__ I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book(点名册) my desk was covered with__8__and gifts followed by a__9__of "Merry Christmas" wishes. "Oh, thank you," I must have 10 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 11 mood(情绪). It was kind of them to 12 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 13 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 14 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. "This is for you." "Thank you, Sweetheart." I laid it on my desk with the others."Um, could you 15 it now?" I gently tore at the paper and tape. " 16 ," he said, "it's breakable." Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament(装饰物), complete with a hook already 17 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 18 back. Later that day, I sat 19 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 20 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me. | ||||
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| American culture is unique because it is formed and developed under certain conditions.The major factors contributing to the making of this flew nation and the forming of a new culture are the hard environment, ethnic diversity(多民族) and plural religion, which is quite different from other nations in the world.What is more, these elements are still influencing the American culture. The early immigrants who were English Puritans settled down in northeast part of America. From 1607 to 1892, frontiers were pushed further west.The frontiersmen looked for a land of rich resources and a land of promise, opportunity and freedom.Actually they looked for a better life.So individualism (个人主义), selfreliance, and equality of opportunity have perhaps been the values most closely associated with the frontier heritage(遗产) of America. In history, people from different countries in the world rushed to America three times.They brought their own culture to America and later on,different cultures were mixed together.Thus the unique American culture is formed,a common cultural life with commonly shared values. The fundamental American belief in individual freedom and the fight of individuals to practice their own religion is at the center of religious experience in the United States.The great diversity of ethnic backgrounds has produced religious pluralism; almost all of the religions of the world are now practiced in the United States. Nowadays, we can see the continual influence of the three elements in the current American society. American family is typically parents and their unmarried children.Middleaged and elderly people generally do not live with their married children.The people in America have a very strong desire to start a new life in a new place.Quite a number of people change residences every year.The average American moves fourteen times in his lifetime. 1. American culture is unique because of the following factors EXCEPT________. A. hard environment B. ethnic diversity C. plural religion D. advanced modernization 2. We can learn from this article that________. A. the frontiersmen left important society values for American culture B. the early immigrants brought about the unique American culture C. people in the world once rushed to America because of its unique culture D. the American family members don't get along well with each other 3. What's the author's attitude towards American culture? A. He is critical of it. B. He admires it very much. C. He just states the facts. D. He looks down upon it. 4. What might be the most suitable title of this article? A. The Immigrants in America B. Why American Culture Is Unique C. The Influence of American Culture D. Plural Religion and American Culture |
| 完成句子 阅读下列各小题,根据每句后的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子. 1. The scientists finally arrived in ____________________the North Pole. (call) 科学家们最终到达了所谓的北极. 2. ____________________to California is its pleasant climate and relaxed lifestyle. (what) 吸引人们到加利福尼亚的原因在于它宜人的气候和轻松的生活方式. 3. Most applicants know ____________________getting a visa.(little) 大部分的申请者都知道他们几乎没有机会获得签证. 4. The fact __________________in Europe was obvious.(arrive) 显然,他们在很久以前就到达了欧洲. 5. The customs office is ____________________when you enter or leave a country. (inspect) 海关就是你进入或者离开某个国家时你的行李被检查的地方. 6. It seemed as if ____________________a cheat who pretended to know much in the field. (socalled) 看来那个所谓的专家好像是个骗子,他假装自己对这个领域很了解. 7. ____________________ that the disease was almost incurable.(what) 众所周知,这种病无药可救. 8. That large quantities of top soil were polluted severely ____________________.(know) 众所周知的是大量的表层土被严重污染. 9. What surprised them was ____________________the flu. (die) 令他们吃惊的是那个强壮的男子死于流感. 10. It was difficult for students to take in ________________in class.(teach) 学生要理解老师在课堂上教的东西很难. |