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talking D. to not talking 4. ________ some people regard as a drawback is seen as a plus by many others. A. Whether B. What C. That D. How 5. The language system must constantly ________ a new environment and situation to survive and flourish. A. refer to B. adjust to C. see to D. tend to 6. It’s about time that you ________ to study English. A. begin B. will begin C. have begun D. began 7. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any ________. A. sense B. trouble C. effort D. difference 8. We are waiting here for a long time just ________ the star’s winning her prize. A. in celebration of B. in need of C. in favor of D. in charge of 9. — What made Tom so upset? — ________. A. He lost his cellphone B. Because he lost his cellphone C. Losing his cellphone D. Lost his cellphone 10. — John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month. — Oh, ________! A. cheer up B. well done C. go ahead D. congratulations Ⅴ. 閱讀理解 In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition (學(xué)會 ) of each new skill such as the first spoken words, the first independent steps,or the beginning of reading and is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the might happen at any baby might be forced to use a toilet too early; a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he the other