5. A fire ___ at the two-family home on Harvard Street in Quincy early Sunday morning.A. broke upB. broke downC. broke awayD. broke out

题型说明：请根据中文翻译，在划线处填写正确的英文表达将句子补充完整。<|im_end|>22. (5.0分) 无论是下雨还是下雪，都不能阻止孩子们去上学。______rain nor snow can______the children from going to school.

In ancient times the mostimportant examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancientGreece and Rome, testing usually was made up of saying poetry aloud and givingspeeches. In the European universities ofthe Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discussquestions in their field of study with people who had made a special study ofthe subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testingcandidates(应试者) for the doctor’s degree. Generally, however, modernexaminations are written. The written examination, where all students aretested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenthcentury. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in populationand the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a stateexamination timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over bymanagers, looks like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly,during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines. One type of test is sometimescalled an “objective” test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personalopinions. To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series ofquestions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each questionthe teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look likeanswers to students who have not learned the material properly. 1.The main idea of ParagraphThree is that ___________ . A. workers now takeexaminations B. the population has grown C. there are only writtenexams today D. examinations are now written and timed 2.The kind of exams wherestudents must select answers are ___________ . A.objective B.personal C.spoken D. written 3.Modern industry must havedeveloped ____________ . A. around the 19thcentury B .before the Middle Ages C. in Greece orRome D.machines to take tests 4.It may be concluded thattesting __________ . A. should test onlyopinions B. shouldalways be written C. is given only infactories D. haschanged since the Middle Ages

13. A strong sense of relief will ___ you once you finish the long-term tough task.A. work outB. wash overC. wind upD. wear out

______ of the twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party last night.A. NoneB. BothC. NeitherD. All

9. It is difficult to ___ the exact value of the antique without professional appraisal.A. assessB. evolveC. summitD. assemble

4. 判断题Save the trouble of writing an agenda.A. 对B. 错

单选题根据材料回答题Cats have the widest hearing range of nearly any mammal” not only can they perceive sound in what we define as the “ultrasonic” range, they can also appreciate all the bass Dr Dre can throw at them. They can swivel their whiskers forwards while hunting to provide a kind of short-range radar. And they can see exceptionally well in the dark thanks to a reflective surface behind the retina that bounces light back, giving it a second chance to hit a photoreceptor. They see more distinct images per second than we do.Dog partisans will appeal to the dog’s allegedly superior intelligence — though if that were the primary criterion for choosing a pet, one would expect to see a lot more crows and squid on leads around town. In fact, cats are rather cleverer than commonly assumed, as the biologist and animal-behaviour expert John Bradshaw shows in his new book. They can even be trained to an extent which was news to me Bradshaw’s book mixes pellets of cat lore with accounts of feline evolution, anatomy, genetics and development from newborn kitten to adulthood, plus descriptions of cat-psychology experiments in the laboratory, many of which he has conducted himself. Some of the most interesting parts indicate holes in our current scientific knowledge. “Many mother cats try to move their litters at least once before they wean them,” he observes, “but science has yet to find out why”. No one knows why cats go crazy for catnip, nor why they are able “to classify shapes according to whether they are closed or open.” Kittens, meanwhile, “may also use special movements of their tails to signal playfulness, but so far no scientist has been able to decode these”. As far as potential research projects go, decoding the tail-language of playing kittens must be about the interesting unsolved problem in science.The cat is an apparentlyphlegmatic beast, but Bradshaw points out that cats experience strong emotions, and sometimes might be suffering in silence. They aren’t particularly sociable, and cats who are housed with others who weren’t litter-mates — perhaps by well-meaning owners who think they need the company — can become chronically stressed.Luckily, then, cats probably aren’t aware that today they are once again hate-figures, the furry target of spittle-spraying ecologists who, armed with dodgy statistics, accuse cats of wildly “murdering” all the country’s songbirds. It’s a bit more complicated than that, Bradshaw shows. Rats also kill songbirds, and cats keep their numbers down; while the RSPB says the disappearance of habitat is a far more important factor in the decline of songbird populations than predator numbers. But we could at least, Bradshaw suggests, reverse the counterproductive selection pressure we currently exert on the domestic cat when we neuter house cats before they reproduce. This means, he explains, that the “friendliest, most docile” cats are prevented from leaving any descendants, while wild cats — which are more suspicious of humans and better at hunting— will leave more offspring. Unintentionally, we arecausing cats to evolve into animals society won’t like as much Cat-haters probably won’t appreciate this book, but anyone else might. It is written in a friendly and engaging way, has helpful tips for cat owners, and is packed with excellent cat facts. Why, you might have wondered, do cats get stuck up trees? Because all their claws face forwards, so none can be used as brakes on the descent. We all know how good cats are at twisting mid-air to land on their feet, but they have an even more impressive trick: some cats adopt a “parachute” position during a long fall, with all four legs stuck out to the side, before coming back to the landing position at the last moment. This cat-parachute pose, Bradshaw calculates, “limits the falling speed to a maximum of fifty-three miles an hour” so enabling some cats to fall from high-rise buildings and walk away unhurt. I’d like to see a dog try that. What can be inferred about cats from Bradshaw’s research? A．Cats’ whiskers can aid them to confuse preys. B．Cats can detect sounds far away from them. C．Cats can process images better than we do. D．Cats’ intelligence has been underestimated.

Today，there's hardly an aspect of our life that isn't being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet，not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail. "If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology，" says Microsoft，"a new car would cost about ＄2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas. And you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza." Probably the biggest payoff，however，is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers. Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution，when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. "We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend，" says Merrill Lynch，"along the lines of printing press，the telephone，the computer，and electricity." You would be hard pressed to name something that isn't available on the Internet. Consider：books，health care，movie tickets， construction materials， baby clothes， stocks， cattle feed， music，electronics，antiques， tool， real estate， toys， autographs of famous people， wine and airline tickets. And even after you've moved on to your final resting place， there's no reason that those you love can't keep in touch. A company called offers a place for you to store "afterlife e-mails" you can send to Heaven with the help of a "guardian angel". Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable future. Nearly all children in families with incomes of more than ＄75，000 a year have home computers，according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers，with 52% of those connected to the Internet. Most kids use computers to play games（some for 30 hours or more a week），and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left. What's clear is that，whether we like it or not，the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back. "The Internet is just 20% invented，" says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum. "The last 80% is happening now."（1）What can we learn from the Microsoft's remark？ ____ A. Information technology is developing at an amazing speed.B. Today's cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced.C. Information technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult.D. There's more competition in information technology industry than in car industry.（2）According to the author， the biggest benefit of the Internet is that ____ .A. it speeds up profit makingB. it saves companies huge amounts of moneyC. it brings people incredible convenienceD. it provides easy access to information（3）The author gives the example of to make the point that ____ .A. there are some genius ideas on the InternetB. people are free to do anything on the InternetC. people can find good bargains on the InternetD. almost anything is available on the Internet（4）What is the message the author intends to convey？ ____ A. The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives someday.B. We should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings.C. The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly.D. Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age.

14. The singer bowed to the ___ audience several times before making her exit from the stage.A. coldB. boredC. ferventD. silent