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來說受歡迎的禮物是領(lǐng)帶、巧克力、襪子等,因?yàn)檫@些東西他們即使不想要也總是能夠用得上。popular受歡迎的,流行的;regular規(guī)則的;定時(shí)的;normal正常的,常規(guī)的;moral道德的,道義的。 B.seldom C.never D.a(chǎn)lways答案 D解析 從后邊的“即使他們不想要這樣的東西”這一信息可判斷出,前邊用“總是可以用得上”最為合理。若為其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng),那么送這些東西作為禮物的意義就不大了。17. B.us C.them D.people答案 B解析 根據(jù)后邊的定語從句we can buy中的人稱we可判斷出,giving的賓語應(yīng)該為us。18. B.put C.written D.laid答案 C解析 此with加復(fù)合賓語結(jié)構(gòu)的意思為:上邊寫著“世界上最偉大的父親”的字樣。write表示“寫”;place,put和lay都表示“放”。 B.might C.can D.should答案 B解析 下一句中“British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest”暗示了此處用might最為恰當(dāng)。might有可能;must必定;can有可能;should理所當(dāng)然,應(yīng)該。 B.cook C.boil D.steam答案 A解析 make tea為固定表達(dá)法,意為“沏茶”。cook常用于做飯;boil常用于用水煮食物;steam多用于用蒸汽弄熟食物。2The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred 1721,the printer James ’s older brother,started the New England Courant,and that was what we might recognize today as a real filled his paper with stories of adventures,articles on art,on famous people,and on all sorts of political subjects.Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin’s Courant,few believe that newspapers in their present printed form will remain alive for panies are losing advertisers (廣告商),readers,market value,and,in some cases,their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years chief editor (主編) of the Times said recently,“At places where they gather,editors ask one another,‘How are you?’,as if they have just e out of the hospital or a lost law case.”An article about the newspaper appeared on the website of the Guardian,under the headline “NOT DEAD YET.” Perhaps not,but the rise of the Internet,which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world,has brought about a real sense of American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past three New York Times Company has seen its stock (股票) drop by 54% since the end of 2004,with much o