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It is nice to hear from a close friend. ________, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A. What’s more B. That is to say

C. In other words D. Believe it or not

 

D

【解析】考查短语辨析。A. What’s more“而且”; B. That is to say“那就是说”; C. In other words“换句话说”; D. Believe it or not“信不信由你”,该句句意:“收到亲密朋友的来信这是太好了。‘信不信由你’,我们上次见面是三十多年前。”,故正确答案为D.

考点:短语辨析

 

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Sometimes, however, no one may really knows where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.

They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the man from Hamburg ate and sold in many countries around the world.

Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why a word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.

1.Hamburg is _______ .

A. a kind of food B. a city in Germany

C. the name of a village D. a round piece of beef.

2.According to the story, _______.

A. few Americans like hamburgers

B. hamburgers are made with ham

C. hamburgers are made with beef

D. hamburgers were sold all over the world about a century ago

3.According to the writer, which of the following can be found in any large English dictionary?

A. Where all the new words come from.

B. Where those Germans came from.

C.The reason why English is spoken around the world.

D.The reason why a word has a certain meaning.

4.According to the story, the word “hamburgers” comes from _______.

A. China because it has a long history

B. England because Germans don’t speak good English

C. English speakers because they always make new words.

D. The round pieces of beef those people from Hamburg brought to America.

5.From the passage, we can infer that hamburgers was first sold to the world by _______.

A.Germans B. Americans

C. Chinese D. we don’t know

 

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Users get final connectivity ____ the price of ____ face?to?face conversation. Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are ____ to a different way of being “alone together”.

Actually, ____ text messages or wring micro?blogs allows us to ____ thoughts. _______ bits and pieces of online cannot _______ a “real conversation.” Lan Guo, 19, a freshman English major from Changsha University, said that she would like to hear people's tone of voice and see their faces in a(n) _______. “The give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds.” she said. She also mentions that _______ ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and ______ people.

Turkle mentioned the popular ________ of “I share, therefore I am” among this generation. Liu Xuan, a young writer from Taiwan and psychology graduate from Harvard University, thinks it's a mindset adopted by most young people. They are so busy creating or polishing their online persona (网络人格) that they forget how to live a(n) ______ life. For example, they may ________ more about blogging about attending a party rather than enjoying being _______.

________, experts remind us that it's unfair to blame mobile technology. Chen Chen, a sociology expert at China Youth & Children Research Center, points out that it is still owners of gadgets, such as cell phones and tablets, who're avoiding personal _______. We take advantage of these devices to hide ourselves _______ others. Texting messages or calling may be a(n) ________ to avoid contact with others, such as having eye contact. “Only by strengthening conversation can we understand each other. Simply throwing away the mobile gadgets is not a solution.” she said.

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2.A. off B.back C.away D.down

3.A. beyond B.at C.for D.above

4.A. having B.risking C.sacrificing D.sharing

5.A. related B.committed C.devoted D.accustomed

6.A. sending B.getting C.reading D.taking

7.A. change B.exchange C.deliver D.raise

8.A. So B.And C.Or D.But

9.A. indicate B.replace C.cover D.involve

10.A. conversation B.computer C.party D.Internet

11.A. abandoning B.joining C.burying D.attaching

12.A. interviewing B.introducing C.knowing D.meeting

13.A. feeling B.concept C.fact D.truth

14.A. colorful B.interesting C.real D.meaningful

15.A. worry B.care C.ask D.debate

16.A. there B.out C.down D.in

17.A. Therefore B.Altogether C.Instead D.However

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19.A. from B.of C.behind D.under

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