题目内容
The human nose has given to the language often word many interesting expressions. Of course, this is 1 Without the nose, we couldn't 2 or smell. It is the part of the face that gives a person special 3 . Cyrano do Bergerac said that 4 large nose showed 5 man courageous, manly and wise.
A famous woman poet 6 that she had two noses 7 a rose! Blaise Pascal made an 8 remark about Cleopatra' s nose (Cleopatra 为古埃及最后一位女王). If it had been shorter, he said, it would have changed the whole face of the world!
Man's nose 9 an important role (作用) in his imagination. Man has referred to the nose in 10 ways to express his emotions. Expressions dealing with the nose refer to human 11 ; anger, pride, jealousy (嫉妒) and revenge (报复).
In English there are a number of phrases 12 the nose. For example, to hold up one's nose expresses a basic human feeling——pride. People 13 hold up their noses at people, things and places.
The phrase, 14 around by the nose, shows man' s weakness. A person 15 is led around by the nose lets other people 16 him. On the other hand, a person who 17 his nose lets his instinct (本能)——guide 18
There are a number of others 19 . It should be 20 the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ (器官) for breathing and smelling.
1. A. not surprising B. surprising C. not surprised D. surprised
2. A. breath B. breathe C. taste D. watch
3. A. feeling B. character C. things D. love
4. A. the B. this C. one D. a
5. A. big B. large C. great D. brave
6. A. wished B. said C. hoped D. expected
7. A. to feel B. to see C. to touch D. to smell
8. A. encouraging B. interesting C. moving D. exciting
9. A. has had B. had had C. had D. will have
10. A. much B. few C. many D. some
11. A. illness B. strength C. courage D. weakness
12. A. with B. of C. by D. about
13. A. must B. can C. need D. should
14. A. to lead B. leading C. to be led D. lead
15. A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
16. A. protect B. control C. remember D. hate
17. A. follows B. leads C. drives D. makes
18. A. himself B. him C. one D. man
19. A. otherwise B. thus C. so D. however
20. A. so plain as B. as plain as C. as clearly as D. not as plain as
解析:

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Many of the world's pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further 1 by industry.
If the rapid increase of world 2 continues at the present rate, there may be much greater
3 to human beings.
Some scientists 4 of the increase in numbers of people as "population pollution''.
About 2,000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million. It 5 a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now six billon.
It is 6 to double by the year 2020. If the population 7 to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the 8 a hundred years from now.
Man has been 9 the earth's resources more and more 10 over the past years. Some of them are almost gone.
Now many people believe that man's 11 problem is how to control the 12 of the population.
The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to 13 the human population if the present rate of increase continues.
There is already over-crowding in many cities and 14 in some countries. Many people believe that human survival in the future 15 on the answer to the question.
1.A. progress | B. pollution | C. education | D. production |
2.A. agriculture | B. industry | C. environment | D. population |
3.A. danger | B. harm | C. benefit | D. hardship |
4.A. dream | B. approve | C. rid | D. speak |
5.A. got | B. took | C. brought | D. reached |
6.A. suggested | B. hoped | C. expected | D. said |
7.A. continues | B. fails | C. tries | D. means |
8.A. world | B. country | C. star | D. end |
9.A. discovering | B. using | C. digging | D. destroying |
10.A. seriously | B. dangerously | C. rapidly | D. steadily |
11.A. greatest | B. easiest | C. lightest | D. simplest |
12.A. existence | B. start | C. growth | D. birth |
13.A. increase | B. starve | C. construct | D. support |
14.A. discussion | B. starvation | C. construction | D. argument |
15.A. depends | B. agrees | C. saves | D. passes |