We _____ live in a small flat but last year we bought a house.

Hundreds of species are declared to _____ in the coming century.

Miss Green contributed fifty dollars, but she wished she could contribute _____.

In the competition to be held, a gold medal, together with a certain sum of money, _____ the champion.

______ the chairman of the council, the vice chairman does duty for him.

 Please keep me _____ what happens.  

At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement ______.  

These experiences ______ me _____ the drug’s harmful effects.  

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Most children want to be pop stars or footballers when they grow up. But 11-year-old Amy Jones had the chance to ____16____ more about her ____17____ job—a medical biologist —when she won an essay writing competition for primary students.

Amy’s __18__ for the best essay on “What I want to be when I’m older” was a day at Oxford Medical Science Institute. Staff organised a special programme for the would-be __19__, introducing her to the projects being worked on by medical biologists at Oxford. The sessions included a look at the ___20___ of medical biologists in fighting cancer and ___21___ to become a medical biologist.

Amy said she was ___22___ to become a biologist after watching a television programme. In her essay she wrote: “The medical biologist plays a big part in many discoveries and it would be a challenging, exciting and ___23__ job.”

Dr. Kathryn Robson, the Institute director said: “ It’s ___24___that we encourage young people to study science and think about scientific research as a job. I hope Amy now has a better __25__of what it takes to become a medical biologist.”

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46～55的相应位置上。

Many people like to read the (46) _____ (late) newspaper. But (47) _____ is it produced so quickly?

The most important man may be the chief editor. He decides (48) _____ to do. Every morning the (49) _____ (journal) are sent to report the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people (50) _____ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor (51) _____ (send) a photographer to take the pictures they need.

Later in the day, they pass the stories and the (52) _____ (develop) photos to the editor. (53)_____the chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. (54)_____ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. Finally the newspaper is printed and (55) ______ (deliver) to different places.