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A representative in Watkins offered him a job to sell household products in a quite rich section.
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It is not indeed, my friend, but this child has seen this man in the full career of his success and villainy. And it is his wish, even at the cost of some pain and fear that he should see him now.
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When I told him that I wrote _________, he thought for a long time that it was _________ the handwriting which I meant, for he could write a _________ good hand himself.
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The prime minister __________ the suggestion that it was time for him to resign.
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It has been quite a long time ______ the two companies established a business relationship.
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You can borrow some money from him this time but don ’ t make a of it. (5.0分)
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We shall be glad if you see ______ it that amendment is cabled ______ any delay, as our goods have been packed ready ______ shipment for quite some time.
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It's quite early. We ______ worry about the time.
A.mustn't
B.may not
C.needn't
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Man: Hows your new job? Woman: Its quite all right, but itll take me some time to learn the ropes. Question: What does the woman say about her new job?
A.She has some problems with her job.
B.She"s not familiar with the work yet.
C.She"s not satisfied with her new job.
D.She doesn"t have time to learn to do her job well.
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I certainly got stuck when I bought this raincoat; every time I go out in the rain, it shrinks some more.
A.was cheated
B.couldn't resist it.
C.got a good bargain
D.got shocked
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听力原文:Why don’t we hurry up and get it over soon so that we can take some time off ()A
C.
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It is high time that some measures by the government to control the situation.( )
A:are taken
B:be taken
C:were taken
D:must be taken
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听力原文:George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.
Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it—that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."
"Well, George," answered Jim, "I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other 11 people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me."
George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.
The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.
Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.
"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those 11 men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!"
Question : What did George manage to do when his trial was about to begin?
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A.Decided that he would plead guilty.
B.Told another prisoner about his old friend.
C.Succeeded in seeing his friend secretly one day.
D.Told his family about his old friends.
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Mr. Chen living next door to us has a habit of drinking. The best present to him, of course, is wine, Now his eldest son brought him a bottle of Mao Tai. He was glad and stared at it for some time, then wrote “105” on the corner of the trademark with a pencil, meaning he had already drunk 105 bottles of the famous wine. Two days later a stranger came. He offered to pay 5 yuan for the empty Mao Tai bottle. Mr. Chen was pleased and sold it. Several weeks later, his second son brought him another bottle of Mao Tai. While examining and enjoying it, he was suddenly terrified—he found “105”—the very mark on it.
1.The story is mainly about _______.
A、two sons of Mr. Chen’s
B、wine, the best present
C、the secret of “105”
D、an empty bottle worth 5 yuan
2.The story tells that the stranger was a man who _______.
A、took back empties
B、produced famous wine
C、promoted (促进) the sale of Mao Tai
D、knew how to meet people’s needs
3.Mr. Chen sold his empty Mao Tai bottle because ________.
A、he had already numbered it “105”
B、he knew his second son would bring him another
C、the price offered was high enough
D、he hoped the bottle could be used again
4.When examining and enjoying the wine sent by his second son, Mr. Chen was terrified because he found _______.
A、the wine was mixed with water
B、he should have marked it “106”
C、the wine had exceeded (超出) the time limit
D、his second son had been cheated
5.According to the story, who do you say learned a lesson_______.
A、The stranger
B、Mr. Chen
C、His neighbour
D、Mr. Chen’s eldest son
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It would be nice if someone went to __________ some water; it's time for us to prepare dinner.
A.fetch
B.take
C.hold
D.bring
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It seems oil______from this pipe for some time. We' 11 have to take the machine apart to put it right.
A.had leaked
B.leaked
C.is leaking
D.has been leaking
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It&39;s almost 5 0&39;clock,time to quit
A.increase
B.stop
C.continue
D.keep
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Mark Twain once observed that giving up smoking is easy. He knew, because he'd done it hundreds of times himself. Giving up for ever is a trifle more difficult, apparently, and it is well known that it is much more difficult for some people than for others. Why is this so?
Few doctors believe any longer that it is simply a question of will power. And for those people that continue to view addicts as merely "weak", recent genetic research may force a rethink. A study conducted by Jacqueline Vink, of the Free University of Amsterdam, used a database called the Netherlands Twin Register to analyze the smoking habits of twins. Her results, published in the Pharmacogenomics Journal, suggest that an individual's degree of nicotine dependence, and even the number of cigarettes he smokes per day, are strongly genetically influenced.
The Netherlands Twin Register is a voluntary database that contains details of some 7,000 pairs of adult twins (aged between 15 and 70) and 28,000 pairs of childhood twins. Such databases are prized by geneticists because they allow the comparison of identical twins (who share all their genes) with fraternal twins (who share half). In this case, however, Dr. Vink did not make use of that fact. For her, the database was merely a convenient repository of information. Instead of comparing identical and fraternal twins, she concentrated on the adult fraternal twins, most of whom had completed questionnaires about their habits, including smoking, and 536 of whom had given DNA samples to the register.
The human genome is huge. It consists of billions of DNA "letters", some of which can be strung together to make sense (the genes) but many of which have either no function, or an unknown function, To follow what is going on, geneticists rely on markers they have identified within the genome. These are places where the genetic letters may vary between individuals. If a particular variant is routinely associated with a particular physical feature or a behavior. pattern, it suggests that a particular version of a nearby gene is influencing that feature or behavior.
Dr. Vink found four markers which seemed to be associated with smoking. They were on chromosomes 3, 6, 10 and 14, suggesting that at least four genes are involved. Dr. Vink hopes that finding genes responsible for nicotine dependence will make it possible to identify the causes of such dependence. That will help to classify smokers better (some are social smokers while others are physically addicted) and thus enable "quitting" programs to be customized.
Results such as Dr. Vink's must be interpreted with care. Association studies, as such projects are known, have a disturbing habit of disappearing, as it were, in a puff of smoke when someone tries to replicate them. But if Dr. Vink really has exposed a genetic link with addiction, then Mark Twain's problem may eventually become a thing of the past.
Mark Twain is mentioned in the passage in order to show that
A.he is a man with very Strong will power.
B.it is easy to give up smoking temporarily.
C.famous writers are often heavy smokers.
D.only few people have his determination.
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听力原文:Woman: Of course, I was looking forward to it. I mean, it meant seeing the results of quite a lengthy process to find the right person, which I myself had invested quite a lot of time in. It's a demanding post, with a lot of responsibility. I think the new manager's going to deliver that sort of
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One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. (79) It is extremely hard some times to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that," and it is even harder to say, "I was wrong, and you were right about that."
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons. Then he related an incident and I began to remember vaguely the incident he was de scribing.
I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular clay, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident tool place.
(80) There must have been a special sale on eggs that day be cause there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together; so I went to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees inspecting some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was culprit(罪犯). He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, apparently the manager did not.
How old was the author when he wrote this article?
A.About 8.
B.About 18.
C.About 23.
D.About 15.
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He is charming nevertheless I don’t quite trust him.()
A.however
B.therefore
C.despite
D.afterwards
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It can be argued that memory and foresightedness are the essence of intelligence; that man’s ability to manipulate time, to employ both past and future as guides to present action, is what makes him h
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He’s not gotnother job yetnd it’s not ______ he will for some time.likelyB.possiblyC.probblyDHe’s not gotnother job yetnd it’s not ______ he will for some time.likely B.possibly C.probbly D.esily
A.likely
B.possibly
C.probably
D.easily
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I like being friends with him, for he is quite
A.depending
B.depended
C.dependent
D.dependable