【正文】 usual actions。 A. The editor of the paper. C. The author of the passage. A. interested it is needed by the body cells of all animals. It is also very useful in industry. The method Priestley used produces only small quantities. The large amounts needed for industry are produced in a different way. Air is put into containers under great pressure. This turns it into liquid and makes it very cold. It is then gradually warmed up and each substance evaporates at a different temperature. The boiling point of oxygen is 183176。 A. important B. useful C. helpful D. interesting（4） A. difficulty in seeing B. problem in reading it can be a basket of fun, according to Beth Anaclerio, an Evaston mother of two, ages 4 and 18 months.Q: What does the underlined word “hassle” probably mean in the paragraph?A. a party designed by specialistsB. a plan requiring careful thoughtC. a situation causing difficulty or troubleD. a demand made by guests（6）And if you’ve gathered your friends around you to rebuild a happy family atmosphere(氣氛), you may fear that saying no will bring back the kind of conflict you grew up with— or destroy the nice atmosphere you now enjoy.Q: The underlined word “conflict” in the paragraph means .A. dependent lifeC. bad mannersA. In her opinion it was a loss to the clothes shops where she stole things.C. She thinks it is a loss for her to explain why she stole things from shops. A. people who give up their work C. people who go to bed A. faraway A. the context C. the language根據(jù)下文中All the newspaper says is, “This is what the advertiser says.”可推知，文章中的Somebody Else指的是做廣告的人。從上文可知，在一個(gè)從未到過的地方，在一本從未讀過的書的封面，看到自己親筆寫的姓名和地址，當(dāng)然感到“震驚”。（3）A。（4）B。（5）C。 it can be a basket of ，hassle和a basket of fun肯定是近乎相反的意義。（6）B。答案為B。從上文中她進(jìn)入商店時(shí)并沒打算偷竊，以及下文談到她去看醫(yī)生可以推知她不知道自己為什么會有偷竊的欲望可知答案為B。根據(jù)諺語“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wisdom”以及retirees和risers的對比關(guān)系不難猜出retiree是“睡覺的人”。由合成詞outoftheway的字面意思和下句中的isolation一詞可知，燈塔通?！肮铝懔恪钡卮粼谝粋€(gè)地方，因此答案為A。本段主要講述語言和文化的關(guān)系。 he had lived in Baltimore City for a month and had met no one in the inhospitable city. A. unfriendly B. unfortable C. unhealthy D. enormous8. I found a secluded area where no man or animal could be seen for miles around. A. cool B. isolated C. quiet D. noisy9. The archaeologist spent years studying and searching for remains of the Chinese civilization. A. one who studies the mind B. one who studies cultures C. one who studies the body D. one who studies animals10. CARDIFF, Wales (De, 15) – Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling. “It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions, and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said. A. controlled by rich people B. grasped by good storytellers C. taken good care of D. protected by kind people 11. Eleven people were wounded, several seriously. When the two gunmen walked into the crowded Rising Sun Pub in Greysteel, some 120 kilometers northeast of Belfast, carrying guns. It is said that they went near a frightened teenage girl and made the old “trick or treat” greeting that children worldwidely use to get sweets from their neighbors. “I don’t think that’s funny.” She replied, then she was shot down. A. usually used by children to get sweets from others B. a warning used by criminals to snatch something C. a secret was used by protestant gunman to kill somebody D. an old saying, but not used now12. Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive circle, beauty can bee a liability. A. disadvantage B. advantage C. misfortune D. trouble13. If a language has a large number of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts.A. a special language spoken by Chinese B. the sign used by the Chinese people in a special areaC. the difference between the old and today’s Chinese D. the form of a language used in one part of the country14. If you are a recent social graduate who has had to listen about unemployment from your puter major classmates, you may have had the last laugh. There are many advantages for the social science major because this hightech “Information Age” demands people who are flexible and who have good munication skills. By saying that “You may have had the last laugh,” the author means that you may have ______________. A. shared the jokes with puter majors B. earned as much as puter majors C. found jobs more easily than puter majors D. stopped joking about puter majors15. A traditional Chinese proverb says, “The worst ingratitude towards one’s parents is not to have a child.” But such thinking is being abandoned in the cities. A March survey of nearly 720 women in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu suggested that nearly onefifth do not want any children. The underlined word “abandoned” means ________ in this passage. A. accepted B. discussed C. given up D. criticized, althou