A well-known speaker started off his speech by holding up a ＄20 bill．In the room of 202, he asked, “Who would 1 this ＄20 bill?”
Hands started 2 up．He said, “I am going to 3 this ＄20 bill to one of you, but first, let me do this．”
He crumpled(压皱)the 20-dollar 4 ．He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air．“Well,” he replied, “what if I do this?” He dropped it on the 5 and started to grind(磨碎)it into the floor with his 6 ．He picked it up, now crumpled and 7 ．
“Now, who still wants it?” 8 the hands went into the air．
“My friends, you have all 9 a very valuable lesson．No matter what I did 10 the money, you still 11 it because it did not 12 in value．It was still worth ＄20．”
“Many times in our lives, we are 13 , crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we 14 and the circumstances(环境)that come our way．We feel as though we are worth 15 ; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will 16 lose your value(价值)．”
“Dirty or 17 , crumpled or finely folded(折叠), you are still priceless to those who 18 you．The 19 of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE．”
New York－a team of engineers with expertise in high-rise design, collapse and blasts prevention will 1 why the damaged World Trade Center(WTC)buildings and part of the Pentagon broke into pieces after September 11's 2 attack, they will determine 3 future buildings can be designed to protect more lives 4 disasters．
A 5 of well-known engineers and members of the American Society of Civil Engineers will begin analyzing videotapes and photographs of the attack and the 6 collapse of the two 7 towers as soon as the rescue efforts come to an end, W．Gene Corely, senior vice president of Construction Technologies Laboratories Ince, said．
In addition to studying the crashes, the 8 and the collapses, the team will analyze modifications made at both sites－the World Trade Center's repair after the 1993 basement bombing there and the Pentagon's 9 renovation．
The team also will analyze the size, speed and fuel load of the speeding jets and their 10 as they cut through the buildings．
“From this, we 11 we will be able to determine some things that might be done differently if the building were designed to resist this type of attack and make some 12 related to 13 construction of buildings that might be subjected to this sort of attack, ”Corely said．
The WTC towers built in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707 jetliner．But those plans did not l4 in the effect of the fuel explosion 15 created fireballs at the giant towers．
Based 16 a preliminary review of the events, Corely said the WTC steel-framed towers collapsed not so much because of the impact but 17 the fire that followed．As the 18 from the fire rose, the steel weakened．
Although the towers once were the tallest buildings 19 , their height was not a factor in their collapse, but the fire, Corely said．A shorter building, 20 , would likely have resulted in fewer deaths．
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look into
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look after
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look for
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look up
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dead
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deadly
C．
badly
D．
dying
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whether
B．
why
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how
D．
that
(4)
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against
B．
with
C．
in
D．
during
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large amount
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number
C．
plenty
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good deal
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following
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followed
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follows
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follow
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110-story
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110 stories
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110-story
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110 story
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attacks
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constitutions
C．
repairs
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fires
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later
B．
on going
C．
former
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frequent
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distance
B．
time
C．
positions
D．
height
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expect
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suggest
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think
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consider
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advices
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use
C．
promises
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suggestions
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change
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worse
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better
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protect
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work
B．
take part
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result
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bring
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what
B．
which
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one
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it
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in
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on
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for
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at
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because of
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also
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as well
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because
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ruins
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air
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heat
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temperature
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in earth
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on the earth
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after all
D．
on the world
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yet
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but
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however
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otherwise
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character．
R．W．E, erson
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to 1 her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful 2 in the garden．
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香)，he said, “I know where we can find 3 that you want．Get the children and come on．” So they went, 4 down the country roads．
There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to 5 the flowers． 6 , she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were 7 a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They 8 the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the 9 in her hands, and smiled at her．The old granny 10 her again and again．She smiled happily, too．
11 the young mother came back to her car, her 12 asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”
“I don’t know her,” their mother said．“But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children．I have all of you, and I 13 have my mother．Just think how much those flowers 14 to her．”
Hearing 15 their mother said, all the children were greatly 16 ．
As we know, everyone needs love．In our society, only more love is 17 to the people, 18 those who are in great 19 , we will feel happy． 20 by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world．
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expect
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persuade
C．
consider
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wish
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nature
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lilacs
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tree
D．
building
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all
B．
something
C．
anything
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nothing
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walking
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rolling
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driving
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advancing
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enjoy
B．
share
C．
compare
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stress
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Simply
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Contently
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Immediately
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Carefully
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watching
B．
passing
C．
experiencing
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finding
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stopped
B．
exchanged
C．
shook
D．
started
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sweets
B．
money
C．
flowers
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care
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thanked
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struck
C．
touched
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communicated
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While
B．
When
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Because
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Since
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husband
B．
friends
C．
children
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mother
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hardly
B．
never
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even
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still
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meant
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repeated
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thought
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expressed
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how
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why
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what
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which
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surprised
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frightened
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combined
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offered
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advised
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especially
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particularly
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luckily
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finally
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sorrow
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excitement
C．
courage
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need
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Then
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Only
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So
D．
Or
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The war against Iraq is a battle between Saddam Hussein and George W．Bush and his ally(盟友), Tony Blair．
Saddam Hussein, 65, has set up 1 over the past 50 years．For 2 reasons, Saddam has several look-alikes．It’s believed that, since the mid-1990s, Saddam has become unreasonably 3 of being followed after many murderous attempts against him．
When 4 talk about him, they use only nicknames(绰号)for fear of 5 ．They refer to him as “uncle” or “the old man who talks too much”．
Even though the allied forces 6 by the US drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait in 1991’s Gulf War, Saddam’s now describing the Gulf War as a 7 ．
George W．Bush, 56, is a man of strong 8 and little self-doubt qualities that have made him a 9 leader in the war on terrorism(恐怖主义)．He has expressed a personal hatred for the Bush family’s long-time 10 , Saddam Hussein．He’s called the 11 part of an “ axis of evil(邪恶轴心)．”
Since September 11, he has 12 the world that “ you’re either with us, or you’re with the 13 ．” The war against Iraq could finish what his 14 started in the 1991 Gulf War．
Tony Blair, 49, is seen by some as George Bush’s foreign minister, or even his pet dog．He has little in 15 with Bush．While Bush is 16 for his mispronunciation and verbal slips(口误), Blair is regarded as one of the better international speakers of the 17 ．He ‘d never talk about his personal life as 18 as Bush does．He’s leading one of the great old working class parties of Europe, the Labour Party, whose 19 are very different from Bush’s．But now his political career depends on whether the war can be won 20 and with few casualties(伤亡)on both sides－and that depends largely on the US president．
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country
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government
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rule
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army
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safety
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personal
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health
D．
political
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fond
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tired
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proud
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afraid
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students
B．
citizens
C．
soldiers
D．
Americans
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enemies
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police
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spies
D．
planes
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sent
B．
started
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formed
D．
led
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victory
B．
chance
C．
game
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defeat
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energy
B．
beliefs
C．
decision
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power
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useful
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good
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weak
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tough
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fighter
B．
runner
C．
enemy
D．
relative
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government
B．
gulf
C．
president
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country
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showed
B．
warned
C．
seen
D．
admitted
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terrorists
B．
armies
C．
countries
D．
friends
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brother
B．
sister
C．
father
D．
uncle
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A．
connection
B．
common
C．
touch
D．
face
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laughed at
B．
praised
C．
regarded
D．
taken
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A．
year
B．
month
C．
week
D．
day
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A．
immediately
B．
directly
C．
softly
D．
quietly
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[ ]
A．
members
B．
families
C．
policies
D．
plans
(20)
[ ]
A．
finally
B．
quickly
C．
gradually
D．
suddenly
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Have you ever imagined that you could be cloned(克隆)like Dolly, the sheep, in the not too distant future?
The news that a human embryo(胚胎)has been 1 cloned for the first time has caused mixed reactions(反应)．
The 2 was carried out by scientists from the Advanced Cell Technology Inc(ACT), in Massachusetts, US．The group 3 the news on November 25．
This is not a cloned human being．“A 4 is alive, it walks, it breathes, ”said Jamie Grifo, an expert on the study of cloning at New York University School of Medicine．
“This is a set of cells in a lab that will be used to 5 someone's life．”
Such research could lead to treatment for 6 such as heart disease, AIDS and even cancer, 7 scientists．
Despite high hopes from other scientists, the news 8 concerns immediately from religious and political leaders．Several 9 in the US do not allow human cloning．President George W．Bush also made it clear that he is 10 any type of human cloning．However, the 11 at ACT said they have no interest at present in developing an early embryo into 12 ．
Animals have been cloned repeatedly since Dolly, the sheep, 13 in 1997．And there were no real technical 14 to stand in the way of scientists making a cloned human embryo．
This time the research group used traditional cloning technology with a human 15 ． 16 it was given DNA from an adult cell, the egg began to 17 ． 18 it was stopped from becoming a baby-at a stage in which it was 19 a ball of cells．The 20 technology has been used to clone sheep, cattle and monkeys．
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