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   根据句意使用恰当的词填空(注意:填入的单词数量不得多于3个)

 1.He's making ______________ great progress in his lessons that everyone else in his class can't believe it.

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When most of us hear the word chocolate, the verb that comes to mind is probably "eat", not "drink", and the most proper adjective would seem to be "sweet". But for about 90 per cent of chocolate's long history, it was strictly a beverage (饮料),and sugar didn't have anything to do with it.

The origin of chocolate

Many modern historians have estimated that choco?late has been around for about 2,000 years, but recent research suggests that it may be even older.

In the book The True History of Chocolate , au?thors Sophie and Michael Coe prove that the earliest lin?guistic (语言 学的) evidence of chocolate consumption dates back three or even four thousand years.

Valuable and fashionable chocolate beverage

It's hard to discover exactly when chocolate was born, but it's clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, ca?cao beans were considered valuable enough to be used as currency. 100 beans could purchase a good hen, accord?ing to a 16th-century Aztec document.

Sweetened chocolate didn't appear until Europeans discovered the Americans and sampled(品尝)the native cuisine. Chocolate didn't suit the foreigners' taste at first―one described it in his writings as "a bitter drink for pigs"―but once mixed with honey or cane sugar, it quickly became popular throughout Spain. By the 17th century, chocolate was a fashionable drink throughout Europe , believed to have nutritious , medicinal func?tions. But it remained largely a privilege of the rich until the invention of the steam engine made mass production possible in the late 1700s.

The birth of solid chocolate

In 1828, a Dutch chemist found a way to make powdered chocolate. His product became known as "Dutch cocoa", and it soon led to the creation of solid chocolate. In 1847, Joseph Fry created the first modern chocolate bar. By 1868, a little company called Cadbury was marketing boxes of chocolate candies in England.

Milk chocolate hit the market a few years later. Prosperous chocolate industry

InAmerica, chocolate was so valued during the Revolutionary War that it was used instead of wages. Even now, statistics show that the humble cacao bean is still a powerful economic force. Chocolate manufactur?ing is a more than 4-billion-dollar industry in theUnited States, and the average American eats at least half a pound of the stuff per month.

1.    The earliest chocolate was most probably .

A.  a dish    B.  a drink    C.  a bar       D.  a candy

2.    It can be inferred from the passage that .

A.    the history of chocolate is at most 4,000 years

B.    people around the world could buy things with chocolate

C.    chocolate was well paid attention to since it was born

D.    an American at least eats a pound of chocolate per month

3.    Why did chocolate suit the Spanish's taste so quickly?

A.    Because chocolate was so tasty and bitter.

B.    Because chocolate was believed to be a source of nutrition.

C.    Because chocolate was sweetened with honey or cane sugar.

D.    Because chocolate became a fashionable beverage.

4.    Which one shows the correct order according to the time of their appearing?

A.    chocolate beverage —chocolate bar ― chocolate candies—milk chocolate

B.    chocolate bar ― chocolate beverage ― chocolate candies—milk chocolate

C.    chocolate bar — chocolate candies —milk choco?late—chocolate beverage

D.    chocolate beverage —chocolate candies choco?late bar—milk chocolate

When I was 17 years old, I left my comfortable home in a wealthy Midwestern suburb to live as a for?eign exchange student in a lower-middle-class neigh?bourhood in a foreign country. I  5  in an apartment with no elevators, no dishwashers and one washer for 300 6  The tile (瓷砖)floors were always 7 and the rainy winter days there seemed endless. I 8 to wash my clothes by hand in the bathtub and 9 water was so costly, I trained myself to 10 my waist-length hair in less than five minutes.

At that time there were no cellphones and the Internet didn't exist, so for six months I had no   11 at all with my family or friends in the US. I had no rela?tives there so I 12 to face the fact that my 13 to adapt and create a life for 14 was one hundred per cent up to me. At age seventeen my need for friends was 15 and not knowing a soul was, needless to say, a bit stressful.

To  16 to my stress, I didn't speak the 17 and had no familiarity with the monetary (货币的)sys?tem nor the transportation system. One more 18 that created stress was my 19  family. Of all the families in the city where I lived, I was 20 with the one who spoke the least (or worst) English.

Living abroad and developing 21 in a foreign language required persistence and determination. I made many mistakes 22 the way. Now I've transformed my 23 memories into my medals of honour (荣誉勋章).They're the treasured stories that offer wisdom, provide me with insights into friends and family and pro?vide me with the 24 that I can surpass future chal?lenges.

5.    A. moved       B. lived

C.  turned     D. took

6.    A. places  B. names

C.  children       D. families

7.    A. warm  B. empty

C.  tidy  D. cold

8.    A. tried   B. asked

C.   learned  D. forced

9.    A. although    B. since

C.  unless      D. once

10.   A.    wash       B.    comb

C.    arrange    D.    adopt

11.   A.    contact    B.    quarrel

C.    letter       D.    chance

12.   A. turned B. needed

C.  pretended D. stopped

13.   A. imagination       B. ability

C.  question   D, career

14.   A. myself       B. other

C.  another    D. none

15.   A. impossible  B. hopeless

C.   beneficial      D. strong

16.   A. adapt  B. apply

C. add             D. reduce

17.   A. truth   B. language

C.  fact  D. word

18.   A. scene  B. shortage

C.  fault D. challenge

19.   A. own    B. former

C.  host  D. guest

20.   A. occupied •  B. housed

C.  compared D. chosen

21.   A. fluency      B. trouble

C.  habit       D. fame

22.   A. over   B. along

C.  in     D. during

23.   A. harmful     B. beautiful

C.  hopeful    D. stressful

24.   A. advantage   B. confidence

C.  promise        D. future

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