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1、nse, 2 for an evening course, booking a holiday abroadeverything nowadays seems to 3 giving information about one“s personal life and habits that has little or nothing to do with the matter 4 hand. When I apply for a job, it may be of some 5 interest to a 6 employer to learn that I collect stamps or had measles as a child, but why 7 he conceivably wants to know that my father was a tobacconist who died in 1988? The authorities who 8 one to fill up forms, frequently demand answers to questions t。

2、blaming themselves. One January, I had to officiate at two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died “full of years,“ as the Bible would say: both yielded to the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence calls on the two families on the same afternoon. At the first home, the son of the deceased woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of th。

3、ad of the Chesapeake Bays. Its claim to 2 consisted of a blacksmith“s shop, flour 3 , and tobacco warehouse. Yet Baltimore was 4 for a more dynamic future than its slow beginnings seemed to 5 . 6 by an agricultural revolution in the Maryland and Pennsylvania countryside as well as dramatic disruptions in the Atlantic economy, Baltimore at mid-century began to 7 . By 1799 it had risen to become the new Republic“s fourth largest city with 8 to overtake the three still 9 : New York, Philadelphia an。

4、the 1 spokesperson for the Lost Generation and also the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1954). His writing style and personal life 2 a 3 influence on American writers of his time. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in a doctor“s family in Oak Park, in the 4 of Chicago. The novel 5 established Hemingway“s 6 was The Sun Also Rises (1926). The story described a group of 7 Americans and Britons living in France. That is to 8 , it described the life of the members of the 9 Lost。

5、ake a difference in how long the misery lasts. The American Lung Association (ALA) has issued new guidelines on combating colds and the flu, and one of the keys is being able to quickly tell the two apart. That“s because the prescription drugs available for the flu need to be taken soon after the illness sets in. As for colds, the sooner a person starts taking over-the-counter remedy, the sooner relief will come. The common cold and the flu are both caused by viruses. More than 200 viruses can c。

6、r with a toy 1 . He broke off the paint on the car. The man was so 2 that he ran to his son, took away his hammer(锤子) from him, and used the hammer to hit the boys 3 as hard as he could for punishment. The poor boy cried 4 but his father didnt care at all.When the father calmed down, he took his son to the 5 as soon as he could. Although the doctor tried to save the broken bones, he had to 6 the fingers from both of the boys hands in the end.When the boy 7 in the hosp。

7、restaurant. After walking into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are 1 But youre not in Chinayoure in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see 2 things in many other cities. Chinese products have been 3 worldwide.Chinese food has been enjoyed in western countries for a long time. To 4 local peoples tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the 5 . Unlike Chinese, Australian people dont like to eat meat with the bone 6 ， so Chinese restaurant。

8、 boy. Hes my son.” The man said.Then, he _3_ his watch and called to his son, “Shall we go, Todd？”Todd answered, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man _4_ and Todd continued to swing.Five _5_ passed and the father stood and called again to his son. “Time to go now.” Again Todd said, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”The man smiled and said, “OK.”“You are _6_ a patient father.” the woman said.The man smiled and then said, “My elder son Tommy。

9、示转折或对比关系的词有but, (al)though, instead, however,yet, otherwise等；表示结果、层级的词有firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally等；表示逻辑关系的词有even, thus, therefore,so等。
,We were very friendly. We said goodbye and went on ourway. But at home we often our loved ones in a differentway. Ahelp Btreat Ccriticize Dencourage,【解析】 B 由but可知，前后是两种截然不同的对待人 的方式，故所填词用treat，表示“对待”。
,2通过上下文的联系解题It was a strange noise that made the man 1 his car soon after he left a village for London. He got out of his carand examined the。

10、 boy. Hes my son.” The man said.Then, he _3_ his watch and called to his son, “Shall we go, Todd？”Todd answered, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man _4_ and Todd continued to swing.Five _5_ passed and the father stood and called again to his son. “Time to go now.” Again Todd said, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”The man smiled and said, “OK.”“You are _6_ a patient father.” the woman said.The man smiled and then said, “My elder son Tommy。

11、sity of strangers 1 me all over Europe, North America, Asia and southern Africa. Some of the lift-givers became friends, many provided hospitality 2 the road. Not only did you find out much more about a country than 3 traveling by train or plane, but also there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night. Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture. It has books and songs about it. So what has happened to 4 ? A few years ago, I asked the same question about 。

12、ours werent very welcoming. Some of them said angrily that we should return to where we came from. The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from school.Most of my teachers simply took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher. Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being treated (对待), but she didnt say this to me. Miss Bean showed her respect (尊重) for me by teaching me just like anyone else. Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a chance to show that。

13、 northern skies at night. Or (3) you have seen sheets or curtains of colored light. Sometimes the lights seem to wave in the wind. It is a truly amazing (4) . You may have seen the aurora borealis.Some ancient people thought the lights (5) from goddesses riding through the sky with shining shields, but astronomers today know (6) . These scientists know that explosions on the sun cause the aurora borealis. From the explosions come (7) pieces of matter which spin around the earth. The small pieces。

14、ondback has killed more humans than (2) snake. It is easily excitable, very aggressive, frequently hungry, and deadly poisonous. Yet it doesnt really hiss. Rather, it (3) its tail. A mature rattler can move its tail up and down between fifty and a hundred times a second! The hollow rattles (4) the tail, beating against each other, create the “hissing“ sound.Why does this creature (5) rattles? Rattlesnakes molt three times a year, shedding their outer layer of skin each time. But the molting。

15、 one or two sharp edges, and (3) attaching it to a wooden handle. The young men would spend many hours practicing to become expert (4) the tomahawks use. It became an excellent weapon. This was especially true when used by a brave (5) .To make a tomahawk, the Native American first had to find a (6) that was the proper shape and weight. Then it had to be attached to a (7) . One way to do this was to bore or burn a hole (8) a wooden stick, then push the stone through it and tie the stone and 。

16、History books U U 1 /U /Umention it, but the truth is that many of our greatest figures were U U 2 /U /U“beatniks“ when they were teenagers. They were given to daydreaming, indecision, plain dullness, and they showed no U U 3 /U /Uof being doctor, lawyer or Indian chief.So, young men and women, if you suffer from the same U U 4 /U /U, dont despair. The world was built by men and women whose parents worried that they would “neve。

17、ock into smooth, gleaming iron. (2) this new technology, he taught his people to make hard, durable weapons for defeating their enemies and sharp axes for cutting the forest to make fields. By the time the first Europeans arrived in the 19th century, iron had become (3) in the kingdom of Rwanda.Other traditional African societies tell stories of (4) ironworkers who descended from heaven or came from other lands. The prevalence of such legends (5) the importance of ironworking in these cultures, 。

18、 The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, and this (1) leads to further sharing. In such a home, the (2) boy and girl learn to (3) the equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for (4) in a world characterized by cooperation (5) by the “battle of the sexes“.(6) the process goes too far and mans role is regarded as (7) important and that has happened in some eases-we are badly off as before, only (8) reverse.It is time to (9) the role o。

19、hand and the free end, (2) straight ahead. Suddenly she (3) . Then she goes no further. Something seems to be pulling the free end of the branch downward so that it points (4) the earth. “This is it!“ shouts the woman, and beckons to the driver of a well-digging machine waiting at the roadside. Soon, excavating thirty feet (5) , the well-digger strikes water.How can this woman know where there is (6) underground? She is a dowser-one who believes that a forked stick or similar instrument will mov。

20、key, golf, or tennis. It may be mountaineering. Those who have a(n)U U 2 /U /Ufor climbing mountains are often U U 3 /U /Uwith astonishment. Why are men and women willing to U U 4 /U /Ucold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, U U 5 /U /U, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity.Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, U U 6。