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gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of London at the time of Restoration.
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If a child is brought up in isolation away from human beings, he does not ________ language.
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Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams through which we can see a picture of the life in primitive England.
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Thomas More is well-known for Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people's sufferings and put forward his ideas of an ideal society.
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Which of the following is better shown with a model or a picture instead of the thing itself?
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----- Can I take a picture of you? -----___________.
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A picture of desolation and ruin was described in ______.
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The idiom “松菊延年” pictures a fairly long period of time.
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Homer found himself______an awkward situation when he brought Mrs. Rosa a bad telegram.
A．making up with
B．filled in
C．involved in
D．bursting into
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Although this practice guaranteed the supply of qualified personnel, it brought a heavy burden to the state.（）
A．it brought the state expense and trouble
B．it brought the state suffering
C．it made the state involve in difficulties
D．it caused the state involved in troubles
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Robot. It is a word that seems very modem. A word that creates a strong mental picture. A picture of something that looks and acts like a human. Robots are not human, of course. They are machines.
The word robot and robots themselves are less than 100 years old. But humans have been dreaming of real and imaginary copies of themselves for thousands of years. Early people made little human statues out of clay. And they cut wood and stone to look like humans.
What is the future of robots？ The goal of scientists is to create a true humanlike robot. Some experts have described this robot of the future as one that can act independently with the physical world through its own senses and actions. Humans have the ability to see, hear, speak and solve problems. Engineers have built robots that have one or two of these abilities. But it takes a number of big expensive computers to make the robots work.
The biggest problem in creating a humanlike robot is copying human intelligence. The way the human mind works is almost impossible to copy. A simple computer can solve mathematical problems far beyond the ability of even the smartest human mind. But the human mind is better than a thousand supercomputers at speaking, hearing and problem solving. Several American and Japanese companies are working to develop the senses of sight and touch for robots. The development of these senses will make robots much more useful.
However, the most important human ability the most difficult to copy is problem solving. An intelligent robot must be able to change the way it acts when it faces an unexpected situation. Humans do it all the time. Computers must do it for robots. This means computers must have a huge base of information about many things. They must be able to find quickly the needed information in their systems. And they must make choices about how to act. So far, this is beyond the ability of computers.
According to the passage, however intelligent a robot may be, it______.
A．acts as an ordinary animal
B．is nothing but a machine
C．is viewed as a modem myth
D．is regarded as a human being
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Language is a city, to the building of _____ every human being brought a stone
A.that
B.it
C.this
D.which
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In（),Chaucer created a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society and a wh
A．A.The Canterbury Tales
B．B.The Romaunt of the Rose
C．C.The Legend of Good Women
D．D.Troilus and Criseyde
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Hobbs was an orphan. He worked in-a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn painting pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day the lawyer said to him, "One thousand dollars, and here is the money. "As Hobbs took the package of noted, he was very dumbfounded. He didn't know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, "I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I' d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that？ I should have lost myplace of the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it's too much for one and too little for the other."
"Here is the reading of your uncle's will", said the lawyer, "telling what is to be clone with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it." " Yes, I see. I'll do that. "said the young man.
He wanted to borrow money because he wanted to ______.
A．study abroad
B．work abroad
C．pay for the debts
D．learn to paint pictures
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A huge amount of environmental damage has been brought_____by the destruction of the rainforests.
A．about
B．back
C．up
D．forward
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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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Every_____of a motion picture is the responsibility of the director.
A．section
B．facet
C．character
D．footage
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History tells us that the origin of Santa Claus begins in the 4th century with Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (an area in present day Turkey). One of the legends tells about that he【C1】______ a fortune when his parents died while he was still in his teens. By【C2】______ St. Nicholas was an honest and【C3】______ man. He cared deeply for the poor, and particularly【C4】______ to children. He brought various gifts, money and other useful items to the houses of the poor. He did this at night, and in【C5】______ , so that no one knew,【C6】______ he wanted no glory, he just wanted to help people. He became widely known for his generosity.
There is one famous【C7】______ about Saint Nicholas. The story tells【C8】______ Nicholas hearing one day of three beautiful sisters who lived in a miserable【C9】______ on the edge of Myra. The three sisters were very poor. They could【C10】______ earn enough to keep themselves and their old mother from starving to death. When Nicholas heard of their【C11】______ , he was very concerned. He decided to do【C12】______ to help them.
One night, when everyone was asleep, Nicholas crept through the streets to the【C13】______ of town. He tiptoed up to the hut【C14】______ where the three sisters lived. He climbed onto the roof and【C15】______ three bags of gold through the hole in the roof where the smoke from the fire came out. Now it so【C16】______ that the three sisters has washed their stockings before they went to bed. The stockings have been hung by the fire to【C17】______ . When Nicholas dropped the gold through the smoke hole, each bag of gold fell into a stocking,
The three sisters were overjoyed to find three bags of gold in their stockings when they woke up the next morning. Soon, the story began to【C18】______ . Other people began to hang【C19】______ stockings in the hope of finding bags of gold when they woke up in the morning. From this legend sprang the【C20】______ of hanging stockings up by the chimney on Christmas Eve. Over the years, Saint Nicholas became associated with Christmas.
【C1】
A．acquired
B．required
C．inquired
D．lost
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Home found himself ____ an awkward situation when he brought Mrs. Rosa Sandoval a bad telegram.
A. coming up with
B. filled in
C. involved in
D. bursting into
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Which of the following is NOT a result brought out by the Kodak according to the passage？
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With the help of people, the police brought the violence （） in less than a half-hour.
A．to light
B．down
C．under control
D．to an end
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Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, summed up the four chief qualities of money 2,000 years ago. It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about. When we think of money today, we picture it either as round, flat pieces of metal which we call coins, or as printed paper notes. But there are still parts of the world today where coins and notes are of no use .A traveler there might starve if he had none of the particular ‘ local money ’.
Among isolated peoples ,who are not often reached by traders from outside ,commerce usually means barter ,which is a direct exchange of goods .Perhaps it is fish for vegetables or meat for baskets .For this kind of simple trading, money is not needed ,but there is often something that everyone wants ,such as salt to flavor food, shells for necklaces ,or iron and copper to make into tools. These things — salt ,shells or metals — are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today.
Salt may seem rather a strange material to use as money ,but in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetables ,it is often an absolute necessity .Cakes of salt ,stamped to show their value ,were used as money in Tibet until recent times, and they can still buy goods in parts of Africa.
Cowrie seashells have been used as money at some time or another over the greater part of the Old World. These were collected mainly from the beaches of the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean ,and were traded to India and China. In Africa ,cowries were traded right across the continent from East to West .Four or five thousand went for one Maria Theresa dollar ,an Australian silver coin which was once accepted as currency (货币) in many parts of Africa.
Metal was used as money in many parts of the world .Iron ,in lumps ,bars or rings is still used in many countries instead of money .It can either be exchanged for goods ,or made into tools or weapons. The early money of China ,apart from shells ,was of bronze ,often in flat ,round pieces with a hole in the middle ,called ‘ cash ’.The earliest of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old — older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean.
Nowadays ,coins and notes have supplanted nearly all the more picturesque forms of money ,and although in one or two of the more remote countries people still store it for future use ,primitive money will soon be found only in museums.
1.Nowadays we think of money as() .
A.pieces of metal or metallic paper
B.made of either metal or paper
C.some printed notes and papers
D.round and flat sheets of paper
2.In some parts of the world a traveler might go hungry() .
A.even if his money was of the local kind
B.even if he had no coins or notes
C.if he did not know the local rate of exchange
D.even if he had plenty of ready money
3.What can we infer from the passage？
A.Isolated peoples exchange goods by means of barter.
B.Salt cakes are taking the place of picturesque forms.
C.Seashells could be traded with Maria Theresa dollars.
D.The Chinese were among the earliest users of metal ‘ cash ’.
4.Primitive types of money will be used ().
A.to replace more picturesque forms
B.as exhibits to be shown in public
C.at local country markets and shops
D.as entrance tickets in museums
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Wang Yani was born in 1975 in Gongcheng., China Even when she was a baby, she loved to draw lines everywhere see her father decided to help her.He gave her paint brushes and paper.She practiced hard and improved very quick so Her lines became flowers, trees and animals.Some of her pictures were shown in an art exhibition in Shanghai at the age of 4.
By age six, Yani had made over 4,000 paintings.She loved to draw animals, especially monkeys and cats.Although her father was good at drawing, he didn't give her any art lessons.He even stopped painting his own pictures.Instead.he often took the little girl to parks and zoos to get ideas for her work.In this way, Yani developed her own style. of painting with bright colors.All her pictures were different from others.At the age of 8, one of her monkey paintings was made into, Chinese stamp.Later, she started to draw pictures of country scenery and people.
And when she was just 14, she became the youngest person person to have personal shows in Washington D.C.an many other cities around the world.
6.Wang Yani pictures were first shown in Gongcheng.()
A.T
B.F
7.She was especially good at drawing monkeys and A cats before she was eight.()
A.T
B.F
8.Her father took her to zoos and parks because he wanted the girl to get idea.()
A.Te
B.F
9.Yani had her personal shows in Washington D.C.A at the age of 14.()
A.T
B.F
10.Yani's father often gave her art lessons.()
A.T
B.F
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2、多项选择：判断下列句子中平行结构包含了哪几种类型？ After they had eaten, Baba Ayub would sip his tea, watching his family, picturing a day when all of his children married and gave him children of their own, when he would be proud patriarch （男性家长，族长) to an even greater brood. （And the Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini)
A．名词并列
B．分词结构并列
C．分句并列
D．整句并列
