13．No sooner than the wedding ceremony was announced to begin．( )A．had the limousine arrivedB——青夏教育精英家教网——

13．No sooner ______ than the wedding ceremony was announced to begin．（　　）

	A．	had the limousine arrived		B．	did the limousine arrive
	C．	had the limousine arrive		D．	arrived the limousine

12．In spite of severe financial crisis，many countries refuse to seek economic development the environment．（　　）

	A．	at the risk of		B．	at the cost of
	C．	at the mercy of		D．	at the service of

11．My daughter，_________ all kinds of meat，would not like to eat any vegetable，which worries me a lot．（　　）

10．_______ what I had previously thought，my new deskmate turned out to be a very interesting guy．（　　）

9．An evolving game
Asia has already become a center of the women's professional game，and much of the growth in participation across the world is coming from women's golf．
Family-friendly facilities （33）will be developed（develop） for a new golfing demographic（人群） in the following years，（34）as/because more women are playing the game and men and women are increasingly spending their leisure time together．
Children's engagement with the game will increase．In China，golf is recognized as a game （35）that/whichteaches children important life principles．Free golf training is offered to kinder-gartners and some parents are now prepared to spend up to 300，000yuan a year on lessons for their children．
"Asia will play an increasingly vital role in the furture development of golf，"say top players past and present．
More top events will be added to the schedule in China and other places in Asia，（36）where the game is becoming more popular．Back-to-back Open Champion Padraig Harrington agrees：You only（37）have to look at the European Tour's schedule and see how many tournaments are now being hosted by Asia，whether in the Middle East or Far East，"he says．
"Change is the price of survival，"says golf legend Gary Player，one of a handful of players（38）to have achieved/having achieved（achieve） the Career Grand Slam（大满贯）．"With the eyes of the sport now firmly（39）focused（focus） on Asia，I can see several of the world's Top 10coming from Asia and several more global tournaments hosted there by 2020．"
The game will also become more technologically engaged．Advances in digital technology will change the face of（40）coaching（coach） with"smart clubs"which memorizes golfers's grip and swing，allowing them to analyze their performance and learn from their mistakes．

8．The Problem with Top-School Lists
There are around 4，000 accredited universities and other higher education institution in the United States．They offer an immense range of educational experiences，（25）fromlarge research universities to small，friendly liberal arts colleges．This helps explain （26）whythe United States attracts more international students than any other country，says Allan E．Goodman，president of the Institute of International Education，（27）anon-profit group promoting student exchanges to and from American．
"While elite（精英） U．S programs are among the top ten in the world，"Goodman says，"the unique strength of the U．S．higher education system is diversity．"
There is no official ranking system to indicate which institutions are better than others，（28）though/butseveral unofficial rankings are listed by magazines and associations．However，educators urge caution in using a ranking table and emphasize that （29）the best（good） choice for one student may be very different for another．
Institutions of all types （30）are spread（spread） across the United States．Some students want a campus that will give them the excitement and rich cultural life of a big city such as New York，Chicago，or Los Angeles．（31）Othersvalue the peace and beauty of a rural setting，whether the quiet forests and snowy winters of the Northeast，subtropical Florida，the dry expanse of the West，or the Pacific coast with its seashore and nearby mountains．
Many institutions have particular strengths in certain academic areas，（32）making（make） them a good choice for students interested in those fields．

7．I have found that spreading kindness is not always about（28）what you do for someone，but it can also be what you say．One day I was standing in line at the gas station．Ahead of me were（29）four/4 other people．（30）None of them had a smile on their face and they all seemed to be in a hurry．After the cold，snowy winter，we were having a warm，sunny day．I wanted to cheer them up，so I spoke up and said，"I don't know（31）which/whether/if one of you ordered this fantastic day for us，but l want to say I really appreciate（32）it and thank you．"After that，the five of us smiled （33）and/so we started talking to each other．What I had said made （34）a big difference to everyone's day．You can see that it is much easier to spread kindness（35）with/through/in/by words．

6．A walk in your shoes
If you could exchange lives（61）with someone for a short time，would you like to do that？A US TV show（62）called（call）A walk in Your Shoes gives people the chance to try．
In last week's show，an eighth-grade student Schylar dreamed of（63）running （run）the school，so he became the headmaster for a day and the headmaster became an eighth grader again!Schylar（64）quickly （quick）realized that his dream job had pressures and responsibilities，and he had to make some tough（65）decisions（decide），And the headmaster had（66）ahard time with all the homework！
For those（67）whotake part，the program not only offers the chance to live out a fantasy，but pro-rides some valuable life lessons．They come to more fully value（68）whatthey already have：their families，their friends and the opportunities and benefits their own lives provide．They also learn to（69）better（well）appreciate the situation of others；to not only think about things from their own points of view，and to understand that other people have problems too．
And one thing most participants eventually realize（70）is（be）that the grass is not always greener on the other side．

5．People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show，in a movie，or even in someone's home．The parrot has learned（61）to copy（copy） sounds that people make．Dolphins，bats，and some apes also copy sounds．Now we can add elephants（62）tothis list of copycats （盲目的模仿者）．
Dr．Joyce Poole is a zoologist，（63）whostudies the sounds of elephants．While she was in Kenya，she would hear strange noises（64）made（make） by Mlaika after sunset．Mlaika was（65）an 8-year-old African elephant（66）andit lived near a highway．
Dr．Poole says that she couldn't tell the difference between Mlaika's call and the（67）distant（distance） truck noise．Why did（68）it copy the sounds of the trucks driving by？Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy（69）practicing（practice） new sounds．When they are kept outside of their natural environment，they may copy unusual sounds．
So far Dr．Poole（70）has spent（spend） 18years with two female Asian elephants．Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another．
Parrots，dolphins，humans，and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones．

4．Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when （61）choosing  （choose）where and what to eat．This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald's has struggled financially．
McDonald's is one of the best-known（62）restaurants  （restaurant）in the U．S．and even around the world，（63）but  these days the company leaders are seeing numbers they probably do not like．In the last quarter of 2014，McDonald's income dropped by about$300million．The January earnings report brought more bad news．Worldwide sales dropped for the（64）eighth （eight）month in a row and even more than expected．
McDonald's is （65）working （work）hard to get their customers back．In January，the company ran an advertisement during the Super Bowl．The football game is the most watched TV event every year in the U．S．McDonald's has wanted （66）to reach  （reach）those viewers．
Shake Shack is （67）a  new kind of restaurant becoming popular in the U．S．The restaurants are not"fast food．"They are known as"fast casual．"（68）When/While  McDonald's is struggling to get their customers back，Shake Shack is doing well financially．The New York-based burger chain had a very （69）successful   （success）IPO，or initial public offering，of shares at the end of January．（70）On   its first day of trading，Shake Shack went from＄21a share to just under＄46a share．
Shake Shack's a quality hamburger．It's fast food，but not‘fast food'food．"Being part of the"fast casual"trend has helped Shake Shack．

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