The　president　made　a＿＿speech　at　the　opening　ceremony　of　the　sports　meeting，which　encouraged　the　sportsmen　greatly．

A)vigorous?   B)tedious?     C)flat?    D)harsh

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C对四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　In history，a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows ．The work was dirty，tiring and not very well paid．

　　People in the western。states had to 　1　 cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern 　2　 ．But someone had to 　3　 the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the 　4　 was more than a thousand Kilometers away and it could take as 　5　 as six months to move the cattle．The　6　 was long but the cattle were driven 　7　 as not to lose 　8　．Then they could be sold at a good price．

　　Most cowboys were young，　9　 men．A good horse 　10　 their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy 　11　 cows and knew how to control them．At night，he 　12　 to the cows to keep them calm．

　　In the late 1800s，America was changing from a nation of farm to one of 　13　 and cities．The cowboy seemed 　14　 compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs．

　　Today，the 　15　 of cowboys has 　16　 greatly．One change is the use of trucks．

　　The job is not so hard 　17　 it used to be．And cowboys are better 　18　 now．They are 　19　 to be married．Some of them are farmers teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies．　20　 at night and on weekends，they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat，keeping the beef price low．

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China is known　　 greatly in terms of its cultural values over the past few years.

A．to change　　　 B．having changed　　　　　　　 C．changing D．to have changed

 

China is known 　　 greatly in terms of its cultural values over the past few years.

A．to change B．having changed 　　C．changing　　D．to have changed

完形填空:阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1—25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个 最佳答案。

　　

All Fool's Day falls on　　 1st of April. People 1 forget the significance (意义)　　 of the day. In March 1980, I was 2 at Durham University with 3　　 Chinese students. I had 4 to go to 5 university after graduation　　 and had 6 application forms (申请表)　　 to several 7. Every morning I arrived at the porter's office (传达室)　　 and waited my fate. But no 8 came.

　　

On April 1st, as I was　　 eating my 9, Huang came in, with a toothbrush 10 in his hand. 11　　 fearing that he might forget the important news, he passed me the 12.　　 "Morning, Wu," he said, "I saw Mr. Gao this morning. He told me　　 that a letter 13 in his office for you from Manchester University, and　　 asked you to go and get it 14 possible." I jumped with 15.

　　

I even didn't 16　　 my breakfast and rushed 17 Mr. Gao's office but he wasn't 18. I　　 then went to the secretary's room and 19 everything to her. She opened　　 Mr. Gao's room. I looked at everything. There didn't seem to be a letter for me.　　 "If he had asked you to pick it up from here," said the secretary,　　 "he 20 it in 21 or simply 22 it to me."

　　

Greatly 23, I　　 walked out of the room and 24 the secretary lock it. 25 the　　 secretary's eyes brightened. "Sorry," she said. "It's April　　 Fool's Day."

　　

(1) A. sometimes    B.　　 never   C. always  D.　　 seldom    

　　

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(2) A. staying  B. working   C. visiting    D.　　 studying

　　

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(3) A. other seven    B.　　 another seven   C. seven other    D.　　 the other seven   

　　

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(4) A. continued    B.　　 planned   C. managed D. remembered

　　

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(5) A. other   B.　　 another   C. the other    D.　　 the others

　　

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(6) A. returned    B.　　 taken   C. handed D. sent  

　　

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(7) A. people    B.　　 colleges   C. cities    D.　　 offices

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(8) A. application    B.　　 reply   C. report    D.　　 chance  

　　

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(9) A. dinner    B.　　 lunch   C. supper    D.　　 breakfast    

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(10) A. still    B.　　 even   C. yet D. already  

　　

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(11) A. Because of    B.　　 As if   C. After    D.　　 While    

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(12) A. message    B.　　 sign   C. letter  D. notice

　　

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(13) A. had reached    B.　　 arrived   C. had arrived    D.　　 reached

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(14) A. if B. as soon as    C. when    D.　　 as fast as

　　

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(15) A. the news    B.　　 the letter   C. joy    D.　　 luck  

　　

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(16) A. take   B.　　 finish   C. complete    D.　　 have  

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(17) A. to    B.　　 into   C. in    D.out

　　

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(18) A. anywhere    B.　　 in   C. out    D.　　 away  

　　

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(19) A. asked   B.　　 told   C. explained    D.　　 answered  

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(20) A. would put    B.　　 must put   C. might put    D.　　 would have put

　　

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(21) A. the office    B.　　 his desk   C. the room D. an obvious place   

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(22) A. passed    B.　　 gave   C. took D. left    

　　

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(25) A. Quickly    B.　　 Strangely   C. Finally    D.　　 Suddenly    

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