16.Do you think a war is likely to between the two countries?It must be terrible for people.( )
| A. | break out | B. | break down | C. | break up | D. | break off |
15.I've come to learn that the best time to debate with family members is they have food in their mouths.( )
| A. | how | B. | when | C. | whether | D. | that |
14.Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on TV.The news was about a prize for scientific discoveries.The(21)Asaid something that caught my(22)C."All great discoveries,"he said,"are made by people between the ages of 25 and 30."Being a little over 30 myself,I wanted to(23)Awith him.Nobody wants to think that he has passed the age of making any (24)B.The next day I went to the public library,spending several hours,and (25)Dto find the ages of famous people and their discoveries.The announcer was right!
First,I looked at some of the(26)Bdiscoveries.One of the earliest,the famous one that (27)Bthat bodies of different weights(28)Dat the same speed,was made by Galileo when he was 26.Madam Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28.Einstein was 26when he(29)C his world-changing Theory of Relativity.Well,(30)Aof that.Yet I wondered if those"best years"were true in other(31)A.
Then how about this in(32)B?Surely it needs the wisdom of(33)Ato make a good leader.Perhaps it does,but look when these people(34)Ctheir careers.Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26.Abraham Lincoln(35)Dthe life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age?Twenty-six!
But why don't best years come after 30?After 30,I (36)A,most people don't want to take risks or try new ways.Then I thought of people (37)CShakespeare and Picasso.The (38)Dwas writing wonderful (39)D at the late age of 50,(40)B the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was 90!
Perhaps there is still hope for me.
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First,I looked at some of the(26)Bdiscoveries.One of the earliest,the famous one that (27)Bthat bodies of different weights(28)Dat the same speed,was made by Galileo when he was 26.Madam Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28.Einstein was 26when he(29)C his world-changing Theory of Relativity.Well,(30)Aof that.Yet I wondered if those"best years"were true in other(31)A.
Then how about this in(32)B?Surely it needs the wisdom of(33)Ato make a good leader.Perhaps it does,but look when these people(34)Ctheir careers.Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26.Abraham Lincoln(35)Dthe life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age?Twenty-six!
But why don't best years come after 30?After 30,I (36)A,most people don't want to take risks or try new ways.Then I thought of people (37)CShakespeare and Picasso.The (38)Dwas writing wonderful (39)D at the late age of 50,(40)B the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was 90!
Perhaps there is still hope for me.
| 21.A.announcer | B.conductor | C.speaker | D.hostess |
| 22.A.mind | B.care | C.attention | D.surprise |
| 23.A.disagree | B.talk | C.meet | D.advise |
| 24.A.chance | B.discovery | C.research | D.fortune |
| 25.A.happened | B.wanted | C.succeeded | D.managed |
| 26.A.last | B.scientific | C.oldest | D.modern |
| 27.A.found | B.proved | C.doubted | D.showed |
| 28.A.disappear | B.move | C.drop | D.fall |
| 29.A.invented | B.improved | C.published | D.made |
| 30.A.plenty | B.enoug h | C.much | D.all |
| 31.A.fields | B.science | C.courses | D.ages |
| 32.A.election | B.politics | C.leaders | D.society |
| 33.A.age | B.brain | C.living | D.leadership |
| 34.A.finished | B.won | C.started | D.defeated |
| 35.A.led | B.devoted | C.began | D.gave up |
| 36.A.guess | B.know | C.believe | D.agree |
| 37.A.as | B.to be | C.like | D.about |
| 38.A.first | B.writer | C.poet | D.former |
| 39.A.painting | B.idioms | C.fiction | D.works |
| 40.A.when | B.while | C.who | D.after |