题目内容
【题目】Look before you leap! You have to __________ the costs of the new system against the benefits it will bring.
A.weighB.matchC.controlD.fight
【答案】A
【解析】
句意：三思而后行!你必须权衡新系统的成本和它带来的好处。
考查动词。weigh权衡；match匹配；control控制；fight打架；weigh sth against sth 表示“权衡什么”，根据“__________ the costs of the new system against the benefits”可知 新系统的成本和它带来的好处，可推测出此处是“权衡”，所以用“weigh”，故选A。
阅读快车系列答案【题目】 In ancient Egypt, women did not go out to work. They stayed and worked at home. Many Egyptian men were farmers. Some men were builders or fishermen. Other men worked as artists. Some other important people did not do any farming.
The weather in Egypt was very hot. Ancient Egyptians did not wear many clothes. Men, women and children often wore simple robes made of thin cloth. On their feet they wore light open shoes. People, including women, shaved (刮掉) hair from their heads to keep cool.
Children in ancient Egypt grew up to do the same jobs as their parents. Girls stayed at home with their mothers. They learned to look after the home. Boys worked with their fathers. They learned to do the jobs their fathers did. They only went to school to learn to write if they wanted to become a scribe (抄写员).
Many of the games played by ancient Egyptians are similar to games we still play today. Children played racing and jumping games. They also played ball games and with wooden toys. Older children played a game like chess.
The kings of Egypt (the pharaohs) were powerful enough to control their country. The people thought that the pharaoh was a god. He owned everything. Everyone had to do what he told them to do. The pharaohs built huge tombs (坟墓). When a pharaoh died, he was buried in the tomb. The tombs were often in the shape of pyramids (金字塔). When a pharaoh was buried, he was surrounded by treasure and by things to help him in the next world, such as food, clothes, furniture and weapons.
Life in 【1】 Egypt | |
Work | Women didn't go out to work, and most of the men worked as farmers, 【2】, builders or fishermen. |
Weather | To keep cool in hot weather, people wore 【3】 clothes, light open shoes; men and women had their hair shaved. |
Children | Girls took 【4】of the home with their mothers. Boys followed their fathers' examples. They didn't go to school 【5】 they wanted to be a scribe. |
【6】 | Children played almost the 【7】 games as we do today. Most of the toys they played with were made of 【8】. |
Pharaohs | The kings had such great 【9】 that everyone had to listen to them. They were buried in huge tombs together with treasure and many items 【10】 to them in the next world. |