35. The speech made by the scientist has brought to us the days _______ we once looked forward to in our childhood.
A. until B. after C. when D. which
(2)完形填空: (20题, 计20分)
A
Once a man named Henry found a box of old papers(文件) in a room. He __36__ most of them, for he didn’t like old things very much. __37__ one of these papers was an old letter. It was written by a famous writer.
“When this letter was written,” said Henry, “__38__ knew about the writer. But now everyone knows him. Some people like to __39__ and keep letters like this. I will get a lot of money for this letter if I sell it to the right man.”
There were a lot of dirty marks(斑点) all over the letter. He thought, “It doesn’t look __40__. No one wants to buy a letter if it’s dirty.” So he cleaned the letter __41__. At last it looked new and he was very pleased. He took the letter to a ___42__ in New York. He knew that old papers of this kind were bought and sold there.
The man in the shop looked at the letter for a long time. Then he said, “I’ll __43__ you ten dollars.” “Only ten dollars?” said Henry. “But people pay a hundred ___44__ a letter like this. I’ve cleaned it and made it look nice.” “I can see that,” said the man. “That’s the __45__. People who buy old papers like them to be dirty.”
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36.
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A. took |
B. burnt |
C. wrote |
D. dirty |
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37.
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A. And |
B. Because |
C. But |
D. If |
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38.
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A. no one |
B. anyone |
C. all |
D. everyone |
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39.
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A. read |
B. see |
C. buy |
D. sell |
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40.
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A. dirty |
B. true |
C. worried |
D. nice |
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41.
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A. carefully |
B. kindly |
C. heavily |
D. suddenly |
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42.
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A. market |
B. shop |
C. library |
D. bookshop |
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43.
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A. spend |
B. lend |
C. send |
D. give |
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44.
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A. on |
B. in |
C. for |
D. with |
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45.
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A. difficulty |
B. problem |
C. question |
D. answer |
B
Some people say they have an answer to the problems of car crowding and pollution(污染). In many cities, hundreds of people ride bikes to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even __46__ a group, Bike for a Better City. They say if __47__ people rode bikes to work, there would be fewer cars and less dirty air.
For several years this group has tried to get help for bike riders. They want to have special roads for bikes only, because when bike riders must use the same roads __48__ cars, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City feels if there were bike roads, more people would use bikes.
But __49__ bike roads have been ready yet. Not everyone thinks it is a good __50__. Drivers don’t like it, and some shop owners don’t, __51__. And most people live __52__ far from the city to travel by bike. Still, __53__has been done about it. On Saturdays and Sundays, the largest open park in New York is __54__ to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes only, but the group still says this is not enough and goes on fighting __55__ bike roads.
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46.
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A. found |
B. founded |
C. made |
D. looked for |
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47.
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A. fewer |
B. less |
C. many |
D. more |
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48.
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A. as |
B. like |
C. beside |
D. on |
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49.
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A. no |
B. only |
C. some |
D. many |
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50.
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A. hope |
B. way |
C. help |
D. idea |
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51.
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A. so |
B. way |
C. neither |
D. either |
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52.
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A. very |
B. quite |
C. too |
D. so |
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53.
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A. everything |
B. something |
C. anything |
D. nothing |
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54.
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A. closed |
B. open |
C. opening |
D. closing |
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55.
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A. get |
B. to get |
C. ask |
D. to ask |