题目内容
Is it 45 hours _____ the man-made satellite made in our country to orbit the planet around?
A. that B. when
C. that takes D. that it takes
D
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A.freedom |
B.conveyed |
C.fully |
D.claimedE. spirit |
F. publicly G. combined H. produced I. rebel J. especially
Ludwig Van Beethoven was one of the greatest musicians in the 19th century. Living in a period of change, he expressed the ___41___ of his time in his music.
At that time, people were trying to break out of the feudalism(封建主义), and they were trying to pursue ___42___, equality and universal love. Such social change, ___43___ the French revolution, greatly inspired Beethoven. He, together with many contemporary artists, ___44___ many vigorous works, which praised heroism and ___45___ the love for nature. To some extent, Beethoven was a social ___46___. He refused to bow to social traditions and power. When Napoleon was in power, who ___47___ to be a believer of the republic, Beethoven admired him so much that he devoted his Symphony No.5(第五交响曲) to him. But then Napoleon put crown on his own head and became an emperor. Beethoven got very angry and he ___48___ criticized Napoleon, regardless of possible life threat.
Except for all his social and political wishes, he also led to great progress in the history of music. It was he who clearly defined the form of symphony and ___49___ developed it. And his achievements, according to some, marked the end of the classical period and the beginning of the romantic period in the music history.
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A. fast B, stuntmen C. training D. catching E. fall F. seriously G. really H. profession I. fight J. living |
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start, they only __41__ with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn’t __42__ dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from __43__ moving trains, who crash cars of even __44__ fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called __45__. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not __46__ on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and __47__. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get __48__ injured and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a __49 __ for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls, too.
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. poisoned B. destruction C. survived D. increased E. especially F. chemicals G. concern H. decline I. occasionally J. sensitive |
More recent research has shown that many kinds of amphibians(两栖动物) are declining or have become extinct. Amphibians are animals, such as frogs, that live partly in water and partly on land. And they have been around for over 350 million years. They have 41 three mass extinctions, including the extinction of the dinosaurs. Why are they dying out now?
The most serious aspect of amphibian loss, however, goes beyond the amphibians themselves. Scientists are beginning to think about what amphibian 42 means for the planet as a whole. If the earth is becoming unlivable for amphibians, is it also becoming unlivable for other kinds of animals and human beings as well?
Scientists now believe that amphibian decline is due to several environmental factors. One of these factors is the 43 of habitat, the natural area where an animal lives. Amphibians are very 44 to changes in their habitat. If they cannot find the right conditions, they will not lay their eggs. These days, as wild areas are covered with houses, roads, farms, or factories, many kinds of amphibians are no longer laying eggs.
There are a number of other factors in amphibian decline. Pollution is one of them. In many industrial areas, air pollution has 45 the rain, which then falls on ponds and kills the frogs that live there. In farming areas, the heavy use of 46 on crops has also killed off amphibians. Another factor is that air pollution has led to 47 levels of ultraviolet (UV) light. This endangers amphibians, which seem to be 48 sensitive to UV light.
All these reasons for the disappearance of amphibians are also good reasons for more general 49 . These factors affect human beings, too.