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London's taxis are regarded as ________ best in the worldand New York's yellow taxis came ________ secondaccording to an annual taxi poll.

Athethe? Bthea? C/the? Dthe/

 

【答案】

D

【解析】考查冠词。第一空,形容词最高级前要使用定冠词;第二空,序数词second充当副词使用,前面不加冠词,come second “第二名,也可看成固定用法。

答案 D

 

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Looking thinner and darker, 30-year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and immediately went to hospital.He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be life threatening.He had been drinking only water since September 5.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s.He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends.

Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention.

In 1999, he was buried in a coffin(棺材) for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice.Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar(柱子) in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.

“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they’re able to do what they can do,” he said.“They don’t realize we can survive.The human being is an amazing creation.” But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box.He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.

It is __________ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation.

A.pleasant          B.delicious         C.dangerous   D.important

Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that __________.

A.he had become blind            B.he had serious back pains

C.he lost his sense of taste         D.he was in weak health

Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?

A.Serious       B.Adventurous    C.Mad           D.Crazy

Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?

       A.Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box.

       B.Blaine was born and brought up in England.

       C.In Blaine’s opinion, people can create a wonder.

       D.Blaine didn’t have any food for 44 days. 


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Today, Mary’s business is worth 100 million pounds. She is still designing-not just only clothes,but also a perfume(香水)called“Havoc”and some other things.
She has now opened the Mary Quant Colour Shop in London’s Carnaby Street.
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C.she dressed like a grown-up    D.she became a popular designer
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A.Mary’s designs became very popular. Everyone loved her clothes.
B.Mary changed fashion shows greatly.
C.of Mary’s business, which was worth 100 million pounds
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In 1955 Mary left college and worked for a hat-maker in London’s West End. But soon they opened their own shop. It was called Bazaar and it was the first small shop for women in the King’s Road in Chelsea Mary designed all the clothes and made them on her old sewing machine.

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Soon Mary’s clothes became popular in America,too.

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Today, Mary’s business is worth 100 million pounds. She is still designing-not just only clothes,but also a perfume(香水)called“Havoc”and some other things.

She has now opened the Mary Quant Colour Shop in London’s Carnaby Street.

45.When Mary was thirteen, ____________.

A.she dressed like a little girl     B.she designed her school uniform

C.she dressed like a grown-up    D.she became a popular designer

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A.Mary’s designs became very popular. Everyone loved her clothes.

B.Mary changed fashion shows greatly.

C.of Mary’s business, which was worth 100 million pounds

D.May’s husband also helped to make unusual clothes.

47.Mary’s still designing_______ .

A.just clothes     

B.not just only clothes, but also a perfume called “Havoc”and some other things

C.packaging for cosmetics     

D.beautiful hats

48.The Quants’symbol is _______.

A.a daisy     B.a mini-skirt      C.a sewing machine    D.a hat

 

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