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As a sophomore (二年级学生),I am feeling the time flies. Recalling about the past one year, so many thoughts (1) _________ (flood) in my mind. At this time, 1 just can’t tell my real idea. The memory is just like so fresh, and all (2) _________ things happened yesterday!
When first day I came to University, I really feel that the school is very good, but at the first sight of the dormitory, something (3) _________ (disappoint) come up to me! The condition of the dormitory is really very poor with only one room, no lavatory! I saw something sad in my father’s eyes, maybe that time he thought of the poor condition! So with a big smile on my face, I told my father “it doesn’t matter, Dad. In this kind of condition, I will get myself (4) _________ (good)!5, My father felt better. But when he was coming back, seeing his back, I just wanted to cry! I felt in this city I was just isolated, from that time, I said to myself, you have no others (5) _________ can help you here, just depend on yourself.
And then I came to my dormitory 303. I considered that I would spend four years here (in fact I moved to another one year later) and my dorm mates (6_________ (be) all there. Most of them came from Sichuan and they were chatting with a happy voice, but I can5t understand them! Again, I felt myself (7) _________ (isolate)! I hated that kind of feeling, and then I said hello to them!
To my surprise they are very friendly to me and warm-hearted! I no longer felt afraid. And I got along well with them. But at the first night here, I burst out to tears in that I was missing my family. I don’t know (8) _________ Everyday when I was at home, I was just eager to go to school, (9) _________ (experience) the wonderful college life but when coming here, I am just eager to go back! Ifs quite strange though, you (10) _________ know this kind of feeling!
答案: 1, are flooding 2, the 3, disappointing 4, better 5, who 6, are 7, isolated 8, why 9, to experience 10, must
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I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I felt in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search I found one and (1) _____ ____ my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked (2) _________ the bars at my jailer (看守).He did not make eye contact with me. I called out to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. (3) _________ he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently (无意地)locked with mine. At that moment^ I smiled. I don’t know why I did that. Perhaps it was nervousness, perhaps it was because, (4) _________ you get very close, one to another, it is very hard not to some. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was (5) ____ _____ a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn’t want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, (6) _________ (look) at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.
I kept smiling at him, now aware of him as a person and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new impression too. Do you have kids? he asked Yes, here, here. I took out my wallet and nervously looked for the pictures of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes (7) _________ (fill) with tears. I said that I feared that I’d never see my family again, never have the chance to see them (8) _________ (grow) up. Tears came to his eyes, too. Suddenly, without another word, he unlocked my cell and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the tow a
My life (9) _________ (save) by a smile. Yes, the smile? The unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people. I really believe that (10) _________ that part of you and that part of me could recognize each other, we wouldn’t be enemies. We couldn’t have hate or envy or fear.
答案: 1, Because of 2, through 3, As 4, when 5, as though 6, looking 7, filled 8, grow 9, was saved 10, if
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Highways turned into free parking lots; high-speed trains shuttled (穿梭)with the minimum possible intervals but still struggled to take the strain; armed police (1) _________ (be) called to help evacuate (疏散)stranded crowds--------
These are not screen shots from Hollywood film 2012 but rather a reality show (真人秀) currently taking place in China, (2) _________ 1.3 billion people are on their weeklong National Day holidays.
(3) _________ the holiday kicked off on Tuesday, relatively comfortable weather across the country, toll-free (免费通行)highways, admission ticket discounts, and lower gas prices have combined (4) _________ (make) this so-called Golden Week the best time for traveling. At least that was the theory. But such miracles rarely happen (5) _________ millions of minds think alike — the hustle and bustle (熙熙攘攘)of crowds have been seen almost everywhere.
No other description (6) _________ (allow) better visualization of the situation than the Chinglish phrase “people mountain, people sea,” as netizens re-branded Golden Week as “golden mess.” 98,000 — The number of visitors (7) _________ (receive) by the Summer Palace in Beijing on Wednesday (8) _________ crowds flocked to catch a glimpse of a giant rubber duck installed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.
The temporary exhibit, (9) _________ has caused quite a buzz in China, was transferred to this former royal garden and residence prior (10) _________ the Golden Week.
答案: 1, were 2, where 3, Since 4, to make 5, when 6, allows 7, received 8, as 9, which 10,to (4)
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This kind of damage is inevitable if cells exist frozen in permafrost (永久冻土层)for thousands of years and cannot make repairs, Christner said. Imagine that a microbe is in ice for (1) _________ (extend) periods of time and its DNA is progressively getting cut into pieces. There will eventually be a point (2) _________ the microbe’s DNA becomes so damaged that it's no longer a viable informational storage molecule. What is left is a corpse.
The situation would seem dire for the longevity of microbes in ice. But curiously, researchers have been able (3) _________ (revive) microbes buried in ice and permafrost for hundreds of thousands to millions of years. In fact, Christner managed to revive several different types of bacteria from near (4) _________ bottom of the Guliya ice cap on the Qinghan-Tibetan plateau in Western China — ice that is 750,000 years old, from long (5) _________ the age of humans.
But (6) _________ is it possible for microbes to counter expectations and survive (7) _________ such long periods when frozen? The survival of microorganisms in ancient glacial ice and permafrost has typically been ascribed to their ability to persist in a dormant, metabolic ally inert state. But even this explanation (8) _________ (not account) for the background levels of ionizing radiation (9) cause damage to these microbes’ DNA, frozen (10) _________ the bottom of a glacier or not.
答案: 1,extended 2, when 3, to receive 4, the 5, before 6, how 7, for 8, the 9, infecting 10, even though
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A simple change — switching on captions (字幕)一can make a big difference when students watch educational videos, an SF State professor has discovered. Robert Keith Collins, (1) _________ assistant professor of American Indian studies, found that students? test scores and comprehension improved dramatically (2) _________ captions were used while (3) _________ (watch) videos. The tool is often utilized for students with learning disabilities, but Collins says his results show captions can be beneficial to all students.
Collins developed the idea (4) _________ he was a member of a faculty learning committee(教师学习委员会)focused on ways to make the classroom (5) _________ (many) accessible to all students. During the first year of a two-year case study, he showed videos (6) _________ captions to establish a baseline of student comprehension. (7) _________ that baseline was established, he turned captions on and began to see improvements. Those improvements continued into the second year of the study.
Not only were students talking about how much having the captions (8) _________ (help) them as they (9) _________ (take)notes,their tests cores went up, Collinssaid. During the baseline year, there were a lot of Cs. In the second years, they went from Cs, Ds and Fs to As, Bs and Cs. (10) _________ was really significant improvement. 答案:
1, an 2, when 3, watching 4, while 5. more 6, without 7. Once 8. doesn’t account 9. that 10. at (6)
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When people want to direct the attention of others, they naturally do so by pointing, starting from a very young age. Now, researchers (1) _________ (report) in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, on October 10 have shown that elephants spontaneously get the main idea of human pointing and can use it (2) _________ a cue for finding food.
That’s all the more impressive given that many great apes (3) _________ (fail) to understand pointing (4) _________ it’s done for them by human caretakers, the researchers say. By showing (5) _________ African elephants spontaneously understand human pointing, without any training to do so, we (6) _________ (show) that the ability to understand pointing is not uniquely human but has also evolved in a lineage of animal very remote from the primates, says Richard Byrne of the University of St Andrews, noting that elephants are part of an ancient African radiation of animals, including the hyrax (蹄兔), golden mole (金驢鼠),aardvark (土膝),and manatee (海牛).What elephants share with humans is (7) _________ they live in an elaborate and complex network in which support, empathy, and help for others are critical for survival.
It may be only in (8) _________ a society that the ability to follow pointing has adaptive value, or, more generally, elephant society (9) _________ have
selected for an ability to understand when otha's are trying to communicate with them, and they are thus able to work out (10) _________ pointing is about when they see it. . 答案:
1. reporting 2, as 3, fail 4, when 5, that 6, has shown 7, that 8, such 9, may 10, What (7)
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The influence of genes outside the nucleus was known to an earlier generation of
field ecologists and crop breeders, said Dan Kliebenstcin, professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences and Genome Center and senior author (1) _________ the paper published Oct. 8 in the online journal eLife. This is the first time (2) _________ the effect has been quantified (3) _________ a genomic approach, he said.
Bindu Joseph, a postdoctoral researcher in Kliebenstein5s lab, and Kliebenstein studied how variation in 25,000 nuclear genes and 200 organellar genes (4) _________ (affect) the levels of thousands of individual chemicals, or metabolites, in leaf tissue from 316 individual Arabidopsis plants.
They found that 80 percent of the metabolites (5) _________ (measure) were directly affected by variation in the organellar genes — about the same proportion (6) _________ were affected by variation among the much (7) _________ (large) number of nuclear genes. There were also indirect effects, (8) _________ organellar genes regulated the activity of nuclear genes that in turn affected metabolism. At first ifs surprising, but at (9) _________ level you almost expect it, Kliebenstein said. These organelles produce energy and sugar for cells, (10) _________ they are very important.
答案: 1,on 2, that 3, with 4, affected 5, measured 6, that 7, larger 8, where 9, another 10, so
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Earlier studies have suggested that texting while driving is on a par with (和 一样) driving while intoxicated with alcohol as a significant risk factor for highway accidents. Indeed, some research suggested that texting (1) _________ (slow) driver reaction times more than being drunk. Other studies reinforce the myth of multitasking and show that very few (2.5%) people can competently undertake two or (2) _________ (many) tasks at once. Moreover, our brains allow us (3) _________ (focus) completely only on a single task at any given time, so those people demonstrated as multitaskers are simply better at switching seamlessly between two activities. Texting (4) _________ driving is already banned in some countries, (5)
_________ (include) the UK for this reason.
There seems to be a mentality that use of electronic devices is dangerous (6) _________ everyone but me, the team says. While the US government has introduced a public awareness campaign (7) _________ (base) around the “distraction.gov” web site, the means to correct for such a risky practice as texting while driving is in dispute. The team’s study provides useful evidence (8) _________ (regard) attitudes to this issue.
If further research conclusively demonstrates that texting while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk this study suggests that a promotional campaign should be undertaken to assure that this point (9) _________ (understand), the team suggests. Lantz points out that, our study, particularly our measurement of impulsiveness, is exploratory. We have been working (10) _________ (develop) that measurement and it is still a work in progress, he says. 答案:
1, slows 2, more 3, to focus 4, while 5, including
6, for 7, based 8, regarding 9, is understood 10, to develop (9)
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New research on the reproductive habits of zebrafish offers an explanation as to why some animals5 bodies repair tissues. The research team previously (1) _________ (notice) that male zebrafish regenerate their pectoral fins (胸鳍)poorly, as (2) _________ (compare) to females. Their latest findings, (3) _________ (publish) in the October 14 issue of the Cell Press journal Developmental Cell, reveal the basis for
this sex-specific regenerative deficiency: structures that are used (4) _________ (improve) reproductive success. The scenario represents an example of the tradeoffs (权衡,折衷)between reproduction and survival. (5) _________ (lead) by first author Junsu Kang, the scientists identified anatomical (解-剖的)structures (6) _________ male fish use during mating that produce a signal (7) _________ impedes regeneration of the pectoral fins after injury. As such, fish (8) _________ (appear) to trade an ancient ability to regenerate tissue easily for a new-found way of enhancing reproductive success. This valuable information could help scientists begin to explain (9) _________ humans are less able to regenerate tissue and (10) _________ also be used to improve the body’s tissue regenerative capacity.
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1, noticed 2, compared 3, publishing 4, to improve 5, Led 6, that/ which 7, that 8, appear 9, is understood 10. to develop
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Researchers studying young bonobos (倭黑猩猩)in an African sanctuary have discovered striking similarities (1) _________ the emotional development of the bonobos and that of children, suggesting these great apes regulate their emotions in a human-like way. This is important to human evolutionary history (2) _________ it shows the socio-emotional framework commonly applied to children works equally well for apes. Using this framework, researchers can test predictions of great ape behavior and, as in the case of this study, confirm humans and apes (3) _________ (share) many aspects of emotional functioning. Zanna Clay, PliD, and Frans de Waal, PhD, of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, conducted the study at a bonobo sanctuary near Kinshasa, (4) _________ capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The results (5) _________ (publish) in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Detailed video analysis of daily social life (6) _________ the sanctuary allowed Clay and de Waal to measure how bonobos handle their own emotions as well as (7) _________ they react to the emotions of others. They found the two were related in that bonobos that recovered quickly and easily from (8) _________ own emotional upheavals (剧变,隆起),(9)_________ (lose) a fight, showed more empathy for their fellow great(10)________ (note) those bonobos more often gave body comfort (kissing, embracing, touching) to those in distress. 答案:
1, between 2, Because 3, share 4, the 5, the 6, at 7, how 8, appear 9, why 10, could (11)
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The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurs in the Pacific Ocean but plays an important part in the world’s climate system. Researchers have (1) _________ now been unsure as to how (2) _________ (rise) temperatures would affect ENSO in the future. But this new study suggests that droughts and floods (3) _________ (drive) by ENSO will be more intense.
(4) _________ ENSO phenomenon plays a complicated role in the global weather system. The El Nino part of the equation sees a warming of the eastern and tropical Pacific, (5) _________ its cooler sister, La Nina, makes things chillier in these same regions.
Like water in a bathtub, the warmer or cooler waters slosh back and forth across the Pacific Ocean. They are responsible for rainfall patterns (6) _________ Australia and the equatoria(赤道的)region, but their effects are also felt much (7) _________ (far) away. During the Northern Hemisphere winter, for example, you can get more intense rainfall over the southern part of the US in a (8) _________ (warm) El Nino phase.
For years, scientists have been concerned about how this sensitive weather system (9) _________ be changed by rising temperatures from global warming. Now,
in this new paper, published in the journal Nature, researchers (10) _________ (give) their most “robust” projections yet. Using the latest generation of climate models, they found a consistent projection for the future of ENSO.
答案: 1,until 2, rising 3, driven 4, The 5, while
6, across 7, further 8, warmer 9, might 10, give (12)
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People like to climb mountains on this festival, so Double Ninth Festival Ls also called “Mountain-climbing Festival”. The 9th lunar month, (1) _________ clear autumn sky and bracing air, is a good time for sightseeing. So people, both ancient (2) _________ present, love to go sightseeing this month.
Apart from expelling bad luck and disasters, climbing mounting also indicates “climbing to a (3) _________ (high) position”,and it is also an important reason why ancient people pay much attention about this custom. Another reason (4) _________ climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the elderly is that is has a meaning of “climb to a longevous life”. Also for this reason people believe that (5) _________ (climb) mountains can make people live a more longevous life. It is really (6) _________ (refresh) to climb mountains and enjoy the beauty of nature at this bright and clear time in autumn. Climbing mountains on Double Ninth Festival was already prevailing in the Tang Dynasty, and a lot of poems were devoted to this custom.
Chrysanthemum (7) _________ (originate) in China and was recorded in some Chinese books as early as the 5th century B.C. Chrysanthemum blossom in the ninth lunar month have a beautiful name of “flower of longevity”. The chrysanthemum flowa- wine is unique in brewing. In ancient times, people usually picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and brewed the mixture of them and grains into the wine, (8) _________ would not be drunk until
the same day next year. The wine is said to have wholesome effects on sharpness of the eye, alleviation of headache, drop of hypertension, reduction of weight and removal of stomach trouble, thus (9) _________ (contribute) to longevity. It is said that the drinkers of the chrysanthemum wine would be free from evil and have strong physique (10) _________ cold weather.
答案 : 1, with 2, and 3, higher 4, that 5, climbing 6, refreshing 7, originated 8, which 9, contributing 10, against (13)
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The authors examined how discounts influence pleasure-related consumption experiences. They found that discounts generally make consumers happier. But they also found that (1) _________ (pay) a lower price for a product reduces the need to justify the expenditure, (2) _________ causes people to pay less attention during consumption, dampening enjoyment. The relative strength of these opposing forces (3) _________ (depend) on when the product is consumed after payment — right away or after a delay.
The authors conducted four experiments involving real spending and consumption, (4) _________ (use) a variety of products (chocolates, music, orange juice) and different durations of consumption delay. In one of the experiments, participants (5) _________ (purchase) one of two types (6) _________ chocolate truffles (松露)at either the regular price of $1 or a discount of 50 cents. Half of (7) participants consumed the chocolate right away, and the other half waited for a week (8) _________ consuming the chocolate. Consumers enjoyed the chocolate less when they had to wait a week.
\"'Our research provides new insight for better understanding the mixed effects of discounts on sales and loyalty, (9) _________ (offer) an explanation for why discounts may increase sales in the short run, but (10) _________ have negative
long-term effects on customer satisfaction and brand loyalty,” the authors conclude.
答案: 1, playing 2, which 3, depends 4, using 5, purchased 6, of , 7, the 8, before 9, offering 10, could (14)
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In the study, researchers looked at a group of about 100 patients with speech and language disorders and noticed many of them were teachers. For a control, they compared them (1) _________ a group of more than 400 Alzheimer’s patients from the Mayo Clinic Study on Aging. Teachers were about 3.5 times (2) _________ (many) likely to develop a speech and language disorder than Alzheimer's disease. For other occupations, there was no difference (3) _________ the speech and language disorders group and the Alzheimer^ group.
(4) _________ compared to the 2008 U.S. census, the speech and language cohorthad a higher proportion of teachers, but it was consistent with the differences (5) _________ (observe) with the Alzheimer^ dementia group.
This study has important implications for early detection of progressive speech and language disorders, says Mayo Clinic neurologist, Keith Josephs, M.D., (6) _________ is the senior author of the study. A large cohort study (7) _________ (focus) on teachers may improve power to identify the risk factors for these disorders. \"Teachers are (8) _________ daily communication,” says Dr. Josephs. “It’s a (9) _________ (demand) occupation, and teachers may be more sensitive to (10)
答案: 1, to , 2, more 3, between 4, When 5, observed 6, who 7, focusing 8, in 9, demanding 10, the
_________ development of speech and language impairments (损伤)
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Shoppers are more likely to buy a product from a different location when a pleasant sound coming from a particular direction draws attention to the item, according to a new study in (1) _________ Journal of Consumer Research. \"Suppose that you are standing in a supermarket aisle (通道),(2) _________ (choose)
between two packets of cookies, one placed nearer your right side and the other nearer your left. (3) _________ you are deciding, you hear an in-store announcement from your left, about store closing hours,\" write authors Hao Shen and Jaideep Sengupta. \"Will this announcement, (4) _________ is quite irrelevant (5) _________ the relative merits of the two packets of cookies, influence your decision?”
In the example above, most consumers would choose the cookies on the left because consuma's find it (6) _________ (easy) to visually process a product when it is presented in the same direction as the auditory signal (听觉信号),and people tend (7) (like) things they find easy to process. In one lab study, consumers (8) _________ (ask) to form an impression of pictures of two hotel rooms on a computer screen, one of which was at the right of the screen and the other at the left, while listening to a news bulletin from a speaker (9) _________ (place) on either side. Consumers found it easier to process the picture of hotel room (10) _________ (locate) in the direction of the news and also indicated a greater preference for that room.
答案: 1, the 2, choosing 3, While 4, which 5, to
6, easier 7, to like 8, were asked 9, placed 10, located (16)
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Gedikoglu discovered that the citrus (柑橘)fiber increased the cooking yield of the meatball recipe, and that the texture and color of the meatballs remained acceptable (1) keeping fiber at the 1 or 5 percent levels. A restaurant-sized serving of Gedikoglu's citrus meatballs, containing 2 percent citrus powder, (2) _________ (contain) approximately five grams of fiber. Traditionally, meatballs contain no fiber. The health benefits of dietary fiber, mainly found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, include helping maintain a healthy weight, (3) _________ (prevent) or relieving constipation (便秘),and reducing the risk of diabetes (糖尿病)and heart disease. Soluble fiber, found mainly in whole grains and some fruits, is particularly beneficial for diabetics, (4) _________ fiber slows sugar absorption and improves blood sugar levels. Fiber tends (5) _________ (make) a person feel full faster and stay full longer because it is (6) _________ (little) “energy dense,” which means the product contains fewer calories.
Gedikoglu suggests citrus powder as a replacement for bread crumbs (面包屑)in meatball recipes. Citrus powder, made from citrus peels, can be purchasedonline (7) _________ a relatively inexpensive price.
(8) _________ (base) on her initial test, Gedikoglu also thinks that adding citrus powder to some hamburger recipes would capitalize on the strong flavor. Citrus fruits, particularly their peels, are rich with flavonoids (黄酮类),a nutrient in plants (9) _________ can help prevent diseases in humans (10) _________ cancer and cardiovascular (心血管的)diseases.
答案: 1, when 2, contains 3, preventing 4, because 5, to make 6, less 7, at 8, Based 9, placed 10, such as (17)
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Nearly every body of water, from a puddle (水坑)or a pond to a vast ocean, contains microscopic organisms (微生物)that live attached to rocks, plants, and animals. These so-called suspension feeders are critical (1) _________ water ecosystems (生态)and play an important role in cleaning up environmental pollutants by (2) _________ (consume) bacteria. A study published by Cell Press on October 15 in the Biophysical Journal reveals that by actively changing the angle of their bodies relative to the surfaces, these feeders overcome the physical constraints (3) _________ (present) by underwater surfaces, maximize their access to fresh, nutrient-rich water, and filter the surrounding water. Our findings (4) _________ (allow) scientists to make better estimates about how much water each of these tiny organisms can filter and clean, (5) _________ can help us to make better estimates about how quickly bodies of water can recover after pollution (6) _________ (cause) by oil spills and sewage leaks, sa>« lead study author Rachel Pepper of the University of California, Berkeley.
Microscopic suspension feeders, which (7) _________ (make) up of only one or a few cells, use hair-like or whip-like appendages (附加物)to draw nutrient-rich fluid toward their bodies, (8) _________ filter) up to 25% of the seawater in coastal areas each day. Because they live attached to surfaces, they potentially face several challenges (9) _________ they feed. For example, currents encounter resistance and slow down (10) _________ they flow across these surfaces, interfering with the ability of suspension feeders to efficiently extract nutrients. 答案:
1, to 2, consuming 3, presented 4, will allow 5, which 6, caused 7, are made 8, filtering 9,, while 10, when (18)
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The OHI(海洋健康指数)defines a healthy ocean as one that sustainably delivers a range of benefits to people now and in the future based on 10 different public goals. The 2013 score of 65 out of 100 demonstrates the ongoing need for (1) (effective)
management of this precious resource.
With a score of only 33 (2) _________ 100, food production from wild harvest and mariculture (cultivation of marine organisms in the open ocean) was the second-lowest-scoring goal and one of the most important resources from the sea for people around the world. A score of 100 (3) _________ (give) for wild-caught fisheries if the biomass (总量)of (4) _________ (land) stocks at sea is within ±5 percent of a buffered (缓 冲的)amount below the biomass (5) _________ can deliver maximum sustainable yield. For mariculture (海洋生物养殖),the number of tonnes of product per coastal inhabitant (6) _________ (live) within 31 miles of the coast is calculated for each country, and all countries above (7)________95th percentile receive scores of 100. Countries that have never had mariculture are not scored “Seafood is a major source of protein for one-third of the world’s population, and (8) is estimated we will need 70 percent more food by 2050 (9) _________ (feed) the growing population, said Daniel Pauly, principal investigator of the Sea Around Us project and leader of the University of British Columbia team of science contributors to OHL “The score of 33 out of 100 for food providing (10) _________ (indicate) we are not ready to meet that challenge.”
答案; 1, more effective 2, out of 3, is given 4, landed 5, which 6, living 7, the 8, it 9, to feed 10, when (19)
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages
coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
He loved to sleep on your lap (大腿)as you sat on the couch watching TV He didn’t care if he grew to weigh 451bs, he still expected you (1) _________ (raise) him onto your lap at precisely 8:00 pm every evening where he would fall fast asleep within seconds after snuggling (依借)his wet nose (2) _________ your neck and shoulder. If you didn't respond to his initial “honks”(3) _________ (let) you know it was his nap time, he would bump your legs with his nose until you picked him up. With his weight as it was, you (4) not hold him all evening as he preferred, so you had to slide him off onto the couch next to you where he would sleep for hours (5) _________ all four legs and his nose
sticking (伸向)straight up in the air. He would snore (6) ____ _____ _____ he could feel you next to him but would immediately wake up if you tried to leave the couch. We had hours of fun balancing objects like a salt shaker on his flat nose (7) _________ he slept soundly.
Arnold helped me in all my work around our five acres in the country. Just being there at my feet, interested in (8) _________ I was doing made even the most ordinary tasks enjoyable. When he was out roaming and foraging and you would call out his name, he would come running at top speed, honking the whole way (9) _________ he got close to you whCTe he would dodge (躲)you, zigzagging around with a few victory roles turning in circles before settling down and calmly (10) _________ (walk) up to you with his tail wagging as if to say “hah, got-cha (got you).”
答案: 1, to raise 2, between 3, letting 4, could 5, with 6, as long as 7, while 8, what 9, until 10, walking (20)
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
One Sunday morning, I was told that someone was waiting for me in the office. The young person who answered the door said that it was the woman (1) _________ said she left all the notes. When I saw her I was shocked, (2) _________ I immediately recognized her from church but had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office with her hands (3) _________ (fold) in her lap. Her head was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could barely smile without pain. Her face (4) _________ (disfigure)(毁容),and the skin so tight from surgical procedures (外科手术) that smiling or laughing was very difficult for her. She (5) _________ (suffer) terribly
from treatment to remove the growths (肉瘤)that had so destroyed her face. We chatted for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week. (6) _________ it turned out we went to lunch several times, and she always wore a hat during the meal. I think that treatments of some sort had caused a lot of her hair to fall out. We shared things about our lives. I told her about my schooling and (7) _________ (grow) up. She told me that she had worked for years for an insurance company. She never mentioned family, and I did not ask.
We spoke of authors we both had read, and it was easy to tell that books are a great love of hers. I have thought about her often over the years and how she struggled in a society (8) _________ places an incredible emphasis on looks, class, wealth and all the other fineries of life. She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look attractive. I know that her condition hurt her deeply. Would her life have been different had she been pretty? Chances are it (9) _________ have. And yet there were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that had nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to heart Her words came from a (10) _________ (wound) but loving heart, very much like all hearts, but she had more of a need to be aware of it, to live with it and learn from it. She possessed a fine-tuned (细腻的)sense of beauty. Her only fear in life was the loss of a friend.
答案: 1, who 2, since 3, folded 4, was disfigured 5, had suffered 6, As 7, growing 8, that 9, would 10, wounded (21)
In their research on young mice, for instance, all the subjects died when they were infected with the Nodamura virus, but when Ding's researchers (1)_________
(remove)the suppressor protein called B2 (2) _________ the virus, the infected mice began producing huge armies of the virus-attacking siRNAs and lived, unaffected by the otherwise lethal infection.
\"Many have tried to do this, that is, find the viral siRNAs in mammals, but they (3) _________ not find the key,\" said Ding. The key was our prior knowledge of the B2protein in the Nodamura virus, a virus few people know about. Other scientists asked me, What is the Nodamura virus? They have been studying the (4) _________ (many) well-known human viruses, but Nodamura virus infection of mice (5) _________ (prove) to be the best model.
(6) _________ did Ding know where to look? The China native was partly acting on a hunch that started (7) _________ he was a graduate student at the Australia National University in (8) _________ late 1980s. There, during a lecture, he learned that the genomes of viruses (9) _________ (infect) plants and animals are actually very similar, (10)_______ ________plants and animals are very different
答案: 1, removed 2, from 3,could , 4, more , 5, prove 6, How 7, when 8, the 9, infecting 10, even though
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