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(   ) 10.1 guess we've already talked about this before but I'll ask just        .

A. on purpose    B. for sure C. in case    D. by chance

10. C考查介词短语的词义辨析。on purpose故意地;for sure确信;in case万一，以防；by chance偶然地，碰巧地。句意：我想我们以前谈过此事， 但是以防万一，我得再问你一次。

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5.                dangerous animals such as tigers and wolves while travelling in this forest. (watch)

在这片森林里旅游的时候，小心危险的动物，如老虎和狼。

11. My cousin，as well as his parents，                   at their home for another five days. ( suggest)

我的堂兄和他的父母建议我在他们家再待五天。

28.                that I had ever seen him before. (occur)

我突然想起我以前见过他。

(   ) 5. When the whole area was        by the flood,the government sent food there by

helicopters.

A. cut away    B. cut down C. cut up D. cut off

5. Only when your application has already been granted        your experiment. ( carry )

你可以继续你的实验，但必须是在申请获得批准之后。

The later part of the 20th century saw its share of strange financial bubbles (泡沫).There was the real-estate bubble,the stock market bubble, and the .com bubble,just to name a few. In each instance people paid huge amounts for things that shouldn, t have been worth anything like the going price. And each time people stood around afterwards and said "What were we thinking?"

Actually the same thought occurred to the Dutch in the 17th century. As much as the tulip(郁金香)is associated with Holland,it is not native there. Actually it was introduced in 1593 by a botanist named Carolus Clusius,who brought it from Turkey. He planted a small garden,intending to research the plant for medicinal purposes. Had Clusius' s neighbors been morally upright,the tulip might still be a rare foreign plant in the gardening world. Instead they broke into his garden and stole some of his tulips in order to make some quick money，and in the process started the Dutch tulip trade.

Over the next several decades tulips became a craze among the rich of Holland,and prices began to rise. Soon even ordinary bulbs were selling for extraordinary prices, and the actually rare bulbs were extremely large. Here is an example of how many useful items it cost to buy one single tulip bulb: four tons of wheat, eight tons of rye, one bed, four oxen, eight pigs, twelve sheep, one suit of clothes, two casks of wine,four tons of beer,two tons of butter, 1 ，000 pounds of cheese and one silver drinking cup.

The height of the bubble was reached in the winter of 1636―1637. Tulip traders were making fortunes regularly. A good trader could earn up to 60 ，000 florins in a month ―approximately $61 ，710 in current U.S. dollars. With profits like those to be had，nothing local governments could do stopped the passion of trading. Then one day in Haarlem a buyer failed to show up and pay for his bulb purchase. The coming panic spread across Holland,and within days tulip bulbs were worth only a hundredth of their former prices. The tulip bubble had burst.

Looking back through time it's easy to laugh at the foolish Dutch, paying such prices for simple tulip bulbs, but an economic bubble was nothing new even then. We're still doing the same sorts of things today.

(   ) 4. The author wrote the passage        .

A.  to share the information about tulips

B.  to analyze the cause of the tulip bubble

C.  to warn us to reflect on economic bubbles

D.  to present his study of the 17th-century Holland

(   ) 5. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that        .

A.   Carolus Clusius planted tulips for medical purposes

B.   Clusius's neighbors were morally not honest

C.   the tulip is much associated with Holland

D.   the tulip is a common flower in the garden

(   ) 6. In which of the following period did tulip traders find it easiest to make money?

A. From Nov. 12 to Nov. 25. B. From Nov. 25 to Dec. 1.

C. From Dec. 1 to Dec. 12. D. From Dec. 12 to Feb. 3.
(   ) 7. The writer listed all the items for which a tulip bulb was exchanged        .

A. to attract the readers    B. to arouse the readers' curiosity

C. to show its huge potential    D. to show people' s craze of trading

6. As a result of her rise,more and more eyes           China. (focus)

随着中国的崛起，越来越多的目光正聚焦中国。

2. The company is carrying out test after test,trying to seek out                  its production. (approach) 

公司正在进行一个又一个试验，尝试着找到提高生产量的办法。

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