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15．The company's _______ to providing quality at a reasonable price has been vital to its success．（　　）
A．considerationB．commitmentC．competitionD．contribution

分析 该公司以合理的价格提供优质产品的承诺对它的成功起了关键作用．

解答 答案：B
A．consideration考虑；照顾，关心； B．commitment 承诺，许诺； C．competition 竞争，比赛； D．contribution 贡献，捐赠；根据句意可推测出："providing quality at a reasonable price"指的应是对消费者的承诺；故选B．

点评 本题考查了名词的词义辨析．在做类似的题时，首先应根据句意提示，并结合选项中各名词的意思，进行逻辑推理，从而判断出空缺处应填的单词．因此，在平时的学习中，一定要积累一些词汇量，并熟练掌握它们的意义及用法．

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35．The tone used in the passage isC．
A．discouraging        
B．negative         
C．positive        
D．critical
36．Which statement does the writer probably agree with？A
A．If you want to cry，cry．
B．Smile in face of death．
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D．share it with some of his friends．
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A．by dreaming what we want to dream           
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C．so long as we are full of hopes                 
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56．Why does Hamburg launch the"car-free"program？A
A．To build a greener environment．
B．To fix a worldwide road network．
C．To call on people to take exercise．
D．To replace the public transport．
57．The underlined word"banishing"in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by"C"
A．putting out                           
B．giving away
C．driving away                        
D．setting out
58．Professor Michael Sivak uses the examples in Paragraph 5D
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B．to persuade American people to give up their way of life
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D．to show many Americas have already abandoned cars
59．What does Michael Sivak think of the result of his research？B
A．Terrifying
B Amazing
C．Exciting       
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60．What can be learned from the last paragraph？C
A．Most people like to work in the countryside．
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C．is often too busy to feed his dog    
D．doesn't like to feed Tody by hand
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A．He doesn't want Toby to get too fat．
B．He fears the machine will run out of food．
C．He wants hid friends to stop feeding Toby．
D．He doesn't want Toby to be woken up at night．
33．It can be learned from the passage that TobyB
A．sits beneath his feeder all day long
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D．no longer receives tweets from Nat's friends
34．Which of the following shows the correct order of how the Twitter Feeder works？
C
a．The bell goes off．
b．A message is sent to@feedtoby．
c．The mini-computer gets the message．
d．The digital camera takes a photo of Toby and sends it to Nat．
e．The motor starts to work and opens the door to release dog food．
A．a，b，c，e，d    B．b，c，e，a，d       C．b，c，a，e，d       D．c，b，a，d，e
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-（61）C  
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C．they preferred to ride tricycles
D．tricycles could carry young children as well
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A．They were very hard to ride．
B．Riding tricycles was an enjoyble arnusement．
C．They were not as fast as bicycles．
D．They were not proper for women to ride．
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A．the writer's father popularized it       B．air-filled tyres began to be used
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C．she could keep secrets
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A．she could not control the car well           B．she was very old then
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5．People believe that climbing can do good to health．Where can you learn the skills of climbing then？If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb，you're wrong．Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms （体育馆）．Here，people are learning on special climbing walls．The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet．
    How do people climb the wall？To climb，you need special shoes and a harness （保护带） around your chest to hold you．There are ropes （绳索） tied to your harness．The ropes hold you in place so that you don't fall．A beginner's wall is usually about 15 feet high，and you climb straight up．There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to．Sometimes it's easy to see the next piece of metal．Sometimes，it's not．The most difficult part is to control your fear．It's normal for humans to be afraid of falling，so it's difficult not to feel fear．But when you move away from the wall，the harness and the ropes hold you，and you begin to feel safe．You move slowly until you reach the top．
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21．What can we infer from the passage？D
A．It is always easy to see holding places in climbing．
B．It is impossible to build up one's body by climbing．
C．People can only learn t he skill of climbing outdoors．
D．People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays．
22．The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing isC．
A．to fasten ropes to your harness    
B．to move away from the wall
C．to contain your fear or horror      
D．to climb straight up
23．The word"wo rkout"underlined in the last paragraph most probably meansB．
A．settlement         B．exercise       C．excitement        D．tiredness
24．Why does the author write this passageC？
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B．To prove the basic need for climbing
C．To introduce the sport of wall climbing    
D．To encourage people to climb mountains．

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