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C. characteristic D. particular 9. We hold these truths to be selfevident: that all men are created _____and should be treated ______. A. equal。 equal 10. [ 2021 黃岡模擬] Leave it to me! I feel more _____about myself and my abilities these days. A. confident B. curious C. sensitive D. worried 11. Several panies are _____each other ______ a contract. A. peting against。 to 12. What you said just now did _____her a lot. She felt very sad. A. injure B. damage C. wound D. hurt 13. On the Eve of the Spring Festival, parents always _____ lucky money to their children. A. give up B. give in C. give out D. give off 14. [ 2021 三明模擬] _____the crisis of economy getting more and more serious, the government is searching for ways to improve people’s life. A. As B. With C. While D. If 15. Last year a ship was sailing normally on Arabian Sea ____some pirates appeared and hijacked it. A. unless B. until C. while D. when Ⅳ . 完形填空 When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor 1 me to do so. She said, “Now it is the time for you to travel around the world, 2 your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun. ” I 3 her. Since I started to work for a 4 pany, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Inter. By using the Inter, I have seen the 5 of many cities on my puter screen. And I have really made business 6 , too. With the help of the Inter, I have also got 7 about food in different countries. Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were 8 necessary when I happened to read a famous chef’s (廚師 ) ment on the Inter. He said, “It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the 9 around us at the same time. So why don’t you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian 10 ? “Those words reminded me of my 11 advice. As information technology 12 , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various 13 you can get from traveling. Today there are people who 14 direct munication with others and spend much of their time on the Inter. It is not surprising to see a group of people 15 not with each other but into their micro phones. It seems as if such people are 16 by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to 17 an