Vacabulary
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
1．She developed a _______ for the natural world, for birds, for mountains, for rivers.
pasture
passage
patience
passion
2．It had to be done, _______ I wouldn’t have done it.
however
otherwise
unless
or else
3．The Everglades National Park _______ 9,000 square miles.
takes on
turn up
takes up
turn down
4．Her parents _______ when she was five, and since then, she’s been living with her grandparents.
operated
separated
neglected
celebrated
5．The book also _______ the beginning of Douglas’s fight to save the Everglades.
made
moved
marked
minded
6．It is better to _______ schoolchildren by feeding them good food.
notice
neglect
witness
nourish
7．The meeting was _______ to discuss the issue of how to protect the natural environment in the area.
shouted
called
cared
taken
8．Today, thanks largely _______ Douglas, that part of the Everglades remains unchanged.
by
to
with
for
9．Bad housing and poverty _______ up the breakdown of the family.
speed
speak
break
wake
10．Unfortunately, all the sewage _______ off into the river.
draws
drives
drops
drains
11．She _______ waited until they had finished, and then, she began to speak calmly but firmly.
peculiarly
pathetically
perfectly
patiently
12．She spoke of how the Everglades were a natural wonder that needed to be _______ .
programmed
produced
preserved
practiced
13．The manager asked her to fill _______ a workmate who was ill on Thursday.
out in
in for
up with
in with
14．This book made people _______ that the area was not a dismal land, but home to many beautiful animals and plants.
reserve
convince
industrialize
realize
15．She is _______ deaf, but if you speak a little louder, it should be OK for her.
slightly
severely
smartly
politely
16．At that time, the public was not yet aware _______ the effects that people have on their environment.
in
at
of
on
17．She is building up an _______ international reputation, and many diplomats would like to work with her.
impressive
impractical
inaccurate
inappropriate
18．When she stood up to speak, her red straw fighting hat firmly _______ place, the crowd began to boo her.
at
with
in
on
19．Born in Minnesota, she was _______ in Massachusetts by her parents.
praised
risen
brought
raised
20．It is such a wonderful natural environment to be _______ , not destroyed.
pretended
preserved
produced
processed
Grammar
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
21．The meeting _______ to discuss the fate of a part of the Everglades in south Florida in 1920.
has called
called
was called
had called
22．_______ a divorce, she moved to Miami, where her father had started the newspaper.
Having sped
To speed
Speeding
Being sped
23．When my brother and I were growing up, we _______ summers with my grandparents in Brazil.
are used to spending
would use to spend
used to spend
got used to spend
24．She _______ for twenty months until they finally ________ to see her.
patiently waited …came
patiently waited … had come
had patiently waited … came
had patiently waited … had come
25．Thanks largely to Douglas, that part of the Everglades remains _______ .
unchanging
unchanged
to be changed
to change
26．In 1913, a year after _______ from WellesleyCollege, she married Kenneth Douglas.
graduating
graduated
being graduated
having graduated
27．As she _______ so many times before, she spoke calmly of how the mountains needed to be preserved.
was doing
does
have done
had done
28．_______ in Minnesota, Douglas _________ in Massachusetts by her mother and grandparents.
To be born … was raised
Born … is raised
Being born … have raised
Born… was raised
29．It had to be done, otherwise I _______ it.
would have done
hadn’t done
wouldn’t have done
had done
30．On the way back, it was snowing so heavily that I couldn’t see anything ahead of me except the footprints I _______ on my way to the river.
have made
make
had made
was making
Dialogue
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
31．– Have you ever given any thought to moving south, to one of those retirement communities?
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These days people tend to stay at home for a lot of their spare time.
I’m not interested in picking up and moving away.
As long as I live near town, I don’t want to trouble anybody.
32．– Congratulations! I just heard you got the highest grade on the English exam.
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No, no. That’s nothing.
Yes, everybody did very well in the final exam.
Thank you very much. I’m very glad I did it.
33．– We used to sit around the fireplace, the four of us. It was warm and cozy inside.
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I hate to get out of bed in summer.
But outside the snow would be falling.
A few years ago, I went back to Brazil.
34．– It’s so quiet around here without the kids.
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Yeah, indeed. I was just thinking back to when I was a kid and still living at home.
After dinner, we’d play card games, right there at the dining room table.
Well, I’m not saying anything is wrong with playing games with the kids.
35．– In fact, I can’t even remember seeing him smile.
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Really? You can tell. It’s just that I’m not comfortable doing it.
I mean, you are always so good with the kids, and the grandchildren.
No, but it’s true. I don’t remember once that he played a game with us.
Reading
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Read the following passages and choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
Passage 3
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The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radios, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
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Yet people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for millions of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity.
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All living cells send out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends out pulses that can be measured and recorded on the surface of the body. When the pulses are recorded, they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain waves of electricity, which can be recorded in an electroencephalogram. The electric currents generated by most living cells are extremely small-often so small that sensitive instruments are needed to record them. But in some animals, certain muscled cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large numbers of these cells are linked together, the effect can be astonishing.
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The electric eel is an amazing living storage battery. It can send a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it lives. (An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four-fifths of all the cells in the electric eel\’s body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it can deliver corresponds roughly to the length of its body.
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36．What is the main idea of the passage? _________.
Electric eels are potentially dangerous
Biology and electricity appear to be closely related
The modern age is an age of electricity.
Scientists still have much to discover about electricity
37．The author mentions all of the following as results of a blackout EXCEPT _________.
refrigerated food item may go bad
traffic lights do not work
people must rely on candlelights
elevators and escalators do not function
38．Why does the author mention electric eels? _________.
To warn the reader to stay away from them
To compare their voltage to that used in houses
To give an example of a living being generating great electricity
To describe a new source of electrical power
39．How many volts of electricity can an electric eel emit? _________.
1,000
800
200
120
40．It can be inferred from the passage that the longer an eel is the _________.
more beneficial it will be to science
more powerful will be its electrical charge
easier it will be to find
tougher it will be to eat
