题目内容

While prices of houses are rising so fast, many people are working out ways to their expenses.

A. settle downB. put up C. turn to D. cut down

 

D

【解析】

试题分析:A. settle down定居下来,安定下来,B. put up 搭建,张贴,C. turn to求助于,D. cut down砍倒,减少,句意:虽然房屋的价格在快速增长,很多人在想方法减少它们的费用。所以选D。

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1. the top of a hill, our school is very beautiful with green trees surrounded it. (see)

从 山顶上 看 ,我们学校绿树环绕非常美丽。

2.I think that only in this way the knowledge and skills needed for my job. (gain)

我认为只有通过这种方式我们才能获得工作所需要的知识和技能。

3. I got up early, but I so, because I had no work to do that morning. (do)

我起床起得很早,但我本来不必这么做的,因为我那天早上没什么事做。

4.As the professor puts it, it is a positive attitude success for all people. (determine)

正如教授所说,是积极的人生态度决定了人们的成功。

5. and you will pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests. ( go)

向东走, 你会经过群山和成千上万的湖泊和森林。

6.It’s said that the new model car runs than the old one. (fast)

据说这款新车速度可达老款车两倍。

7. it in two hours is a question. (finish)

他能否在两小时内完成它还是一个问题。

8.I began to find it difficult anyone who sticks to their own opinions. (get)

我开始发现,与固执已见的人很难相处。

9.The photo as well as the diaries often my college days, when we were free of trouble. (remind)

这张照片和日记经常使我想起我的大学时代,那时真是无忧无虑啊。

10.The fact is that I was ill, my absence. (account)

事实是我生病了,这就是我缺席的原因。

 

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A teacher teaching math to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple , how many apples will you have?”

With a few seconds Laiq confidently, “Four!”

The confused teacher was expecting a(n) correct answer, three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child didn’t hear ” she thought. She , “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”

Laiq had seen the on his teacher’s face. He again on his fingers. But within him he was also the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”

The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly she that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like apples and that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time with an excitement in her she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many will you have?”

Seeing the teacher , young Laiq calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new to succeed. a hesitating smile young Laiq replied, “Three?”

The teacher now had a smile. Her approach had succeeded. She wanted to herself. But one last thing remained. she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many will you have ?”

Confidently Laiq answered, ‘Four!” The teacher was “How Laik , how?” She demanded in a little annoyed voice.

In a voice that was and hesitating young Laik replied, “Because I already have one in my bag.”

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1.A. told B. added C. replied D. wrote

2.A. worthless B. effortless C. careless D. selfless

3.A. possibly B. actively C. clearly D. strictly

4.A. repeated B. ordered C. whispered D. complained

5.A. satisfaction B. disappointment C. punishment D. determination

6.A. recognizedB. discovered C. calculated D. insisted

7.A. searching for B. waiting for C. arguing for D. talking about

8.A. decided B. noticed C. expressed D. remembered

9.A. eyes B. hands C. mouth D. nose

10.A. sad B. happy C. pitiful D. lovely

11.A. inventionB. system C. reform D. approach

12.A. On B. In C. With D. By

13.A. precious B. satisfied C. lasting D. appealing

14.A. thank B. congratulate C. help D. enjoy

15.A. Above all B. In vain C. On purpose D. Once again

16.A. astonished B. concerned C. amused D. relaxed

17.A. high B. low C. easy D. clear

18.A. strawberry B. apple C. coin D. box

19.A. Before B. After C. Until D. When

20. A. absent B. free C. different D.safe

 

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It was finally in 1949 that she started to find her place in the world when she changed her name to show her Calypso dance performances at the night club where she worked. It was there that she won a scholarship and trained in African dance and modern dance. She formed a group and they traveled all over Europe with an opera production. As she traveled, she studied different languages and became excellent in several of them. During this time, she made her first album, Miss Calypso, and it was a success.

In the 1950s, she moved to New York and started to work more on her writing. She heard Dr Martin Luther King speak in 1960 and began organizing different benefits for Civil Rights(人权). In 1961, she began to play a large role in the Civil Rights Movement and is remembered for her work around the country.

She later moved to Ghana with her son and worked in the University of Ghana’s School of Music and Drama. It was there that she became close friends with Malcolm X. She returned to the US in 1964 to help Malcolm X with a new Civil Rights movement. Shortly after she returned to the US, Malcolm X and Dr King were both assassinated(暗杀). To deal with the deaths of her friends, she wrote her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which finally made her famous around the world. The 1970s were some of her most productive years as a writer, poet, as well as a singer.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Maya Angelou: a life of hard work and success

B. Maya Angelou: a life of bad luck and sadness

C. The hard and terrible life of Maya Angelou

D. Some Unknown facts about Maya Angelou

2.What finally made Maya Angelou well known around the world?

A. Her friendship with Martin Luther King.

B. The books I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

C. The books and poems she wrote in the 1970s.

D. Her unbelievable work as a Civil Rights protector.

3. From the passage, we know that Maya Angelou was a .

A. writer, salesgirl, teacher and dancer

B. singer, painter, dancer, poet and writer

C. writer, poet, singer, dancer and Civil Rights protector

D. singer, publisher, Civil Rights activist and writer

 

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