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8．_______it took 200 years to move from the steam engine to the Internet，there could be major development in _______ are now considered frontiers（尖端） of science in just the past few ten years．（　　）

7．Seeing his mother seemed uninterested in the story and _______she remained _______with her cellphone，he chose to massage her back．（　　）

	A．	/，occupied		B．	that，occupying
	C．	/，to be occupied		D．	that，occupied

6．_______ are playing an important part is well known to us all．（　　）

5．_______about the hero's love story，most teenagers are interested in the novel _______the Second World War．（　　）

	A．	Concerned，concerned		B．	Concerning，concerning
	C．	Concerned，concerning		D．	Concerning，concerned

4．The teacher told us to remain silent unless _______．（　　）

3．---What does the model plane look like？
---Well，the wings of the plane are ______ its body．（　　）

	A．	twice as longer as		B．	twice longer the length of
	C．	more than twice the length of		D．	twice than the length of

2．At first glance，why anyone would want to save California condors （秃鹫） is not entirely clear．Unlike the closely related Andean condors with their white neck feathers，California condors are not much to see．Their dull black color，featherless head and neck and oversized feet are hardly signs of beauty or strength．Their appeal begins to become evident when they take flight．California condors can fly almost effortlessly for hours，often covering hundreds of miles a day------far more than other creatures of the air．
When it was discovered that the condor population was becoming dangerously small，scientists and zookeepers sought to increase Condor numbers quickly to preserve as much of the species'genetic （基因的） diversity as possible．From studying wild condors，they already knew that if a pair lost an egg，the birds would often produce another．So the first and sometimes second eggs laid by each female were removed，and artificially hatched．Such techniques quickly proved effective．
Despite these successes，the effort to save California condors continues to have problems．Artificially hatched condors released （释放） to the wild have died at what to some people are alarmingly high rates．Others have had to be brought back again after they acted foolishly．
Some of the odd behavior on the part of these re-released birds is hard to explain．At times they landed on people's houses，walked across roads and airport runways，walked into park visitor centers and fast food restaurants，and took food offered by picnickers and fishermen．None are known to have died by doing so，though．Most recently，some of the first chicks hatched in the wild died after their parents fed them bottle caps，pieces of plastic and other man-made objects．
Mike Wallace，a wildlife specialist at the San Diego Zoo，has suggested that some of the condors'problems represent natural behavior that helps them survive．The real key to successful condor reintroduction lies in properly socializing young condors as members of a group that follow and learn from older，preferably adult birds．That，he argues，was missing from earlier condor releases to the wild．
28．What is the California condor's most impressive feature？B
A．Its beautiful colors．
B．Its remarkable flying ability．
C．The large size of its neck and feet．
D．The similarity it has to the Andean condor．
29．In the initial stage of the conservation programme，A，
A．eggs were taken from the nests of wild condors
B．female condors were caught and studied carefully
C．scientists and zookeepers tried to create genetic diversity
D．condors were encouraged to produce a lot more eggs
30．What did some of the condors released into the wild do？!B
A．They adapted surprisingly quickly to their new surroundings．：：
B．They showed a tendency to seek out human contact．
C．They died from eating too much fast food．
D．They kept changing their eating habits．
31．According to Mike Wallace，there will be fewer problems ifD．
A．young condors are trained not to eat man-made objects
B．the chicks are surrounded by older birds when they hatch
C．the chicks are released into the wild as soon as they hatch
D．young condors are taught appropriate behavior by adult birds．

1．Becoming a lexicographer （词典编纂者） was completely an accident．I came across a want ad for an editorial assistant．I got called for the interview and found out it was for Merriam-Webster．I thought，"Oh，I could do that．"Within a couple of months，I realized this was exactly what I needed to do．
My job is to define new words and update old ones．When I first started，I thought I'd keep a list of words I wrote new entries for.1gave up after a year and a 50-page-long list．The list would grow long and never end．At this point when people ask how many words I've entered，I can't tell them．I have probably looked at every single entry in all of our dictionaries．
To be a new entry，a word must meet three criteria．First，widespread use．Second，it has to have sustained （持续的） usage over a certain period of time （usually years）．People think of the dictionary as being the bleedingedge，but it's not．By the time a word is in a dictionary，most people have at least seen it．Third，it has to have a meaning．
Most words don't enter the language in a smooth way．Words will drop out，then increase in use again．There's an uneven upward trend．AIDS，I think，we entered within a year of its first use．It was clear it was not going away anytime soon．
I've been at this job for almost 17years．That's kind of crazy in this day and age，but it doesn't get boring．At some time you will have had enough of doing the same work over and over again，but you can find things that are new and fresh and interesting．
24．The author's job as a lexicographerC．
A．was her dream job
B．disappointed her at first
C．went beyond her expectations
D．was due to several months of effort
25．Why did the author give up on her new entry list？B
A．She felt it was useless．
B．There were too many entries．
C．There was no need to keep it．
D．She was too busy to stick to it．
26．What does the underlined part"the bleedingedge"in Paragraph 3mean？A
A．Something that is new．
B．Something that is right．
C．Something that is formal．
D．Something that is powerful．
27．What does the author think about her job？A
A．She likes it．
B．She finds it boring．
C．She is crazy about it．
D．She feels it is challenging．

20．Great news came _____ the missing child had been found by a dust man．（　　）

19．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：
l．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词：
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
　　Well，ladies and gentlemen，there I am-Kenny Powers，Yes，I'm a famous baseball player．I've asked to speak to you today about how it's like to be so well known．Actually，they asked me then to talk about the cars they're trying to sell you，so I don't want to talk about cars．I want to talk about me．What is it like to be so famous？It feels well．People who stare at me because they admire me．Believing it or not，there is nothing better．I walked into the grocery store the other day，and a little boy pointed at me．Well，I just walked up to him and patted him in the head，saying，"Son，one day you might be like me．"

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