For thousands of years, people thought of glass as something beautiful to look at. Only recently (1) come to (2) something to look through. Stores (3) their goods in large glass windows. Glass bottles and jars (4) food and drink allow us (5) the contents. Glass (6) spectacles (眼镜), microscopes, telescopes, and (7) very useful and necessary objects. (8) are used by people who cannot see (9) or by people who want to protect their eyes (10) bright light. Microscopes make tiny things larger (11) we can examine them. Telescopes (12) objects that are far away appear (13) closer to us. (14) in recent years plastics have replaced glass (15) conditions where glass might be (16) broken there are new uses (17) for glass that were never imagined in the (18) . Perhaps the greatest (19) . of glass is that its constituent (形成的) parts are inexpensive and can be found (20) over the world.
A. let
B. watch
C. get
D. make
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Tourism has become a very big (1) . For Spain, Italy and Greece, it is the largest (2) of foreign exchange, and (3) for Britain, it is the fourth. Faced (4) this huge income, no government can afford to look (5) on the business~ questions of hotel bath rooms, beach umbrellas and ice cream sales are now (6) by ministers of tourism with solemn expertise. Before the Second World War the tourist industry was widely (7) as being unmanly and stupid. But (8) has become a new industry, as trade business used (9) ; in Spain, Italy, Greece and much of Eastern Europe, new road (10) have opened up in the country, first to tourists, and (11) to industry and locals. (12) of tourism is a nationalized industry, a (13) part of national planning. In a place west of Marseilles, the French government is killing mosquitoes and (14) six big vacation places to (15) nearly a million tourists. In Eastern Europe, a whole new seaside (16) has sprung up (17) the last few years so that the governments have greatly (18) when tourist’s from the West (19) from half a million four years (20) to nearly two million last year.
A. attract
B. pull
C. hold
D. contain
Can you imagine how you would feel if you fell dangerously ill and could not reach or call a doctor Millions of people (1) the world are in this unfortunate (2) , living in distant places (3) there are no railways, no proper roads and no telephones. Thousands of (4) are lost every year (5) could have been saved if medical attention (6) in time. (7) today help could be brought quickly and easily (8) many of these people (9) full advantage was taken (10) the aeroplane. (11) country has proved this (12) than Australia. The Australians (13) greater use of the aeroplane than any (14) people in the world. In no other country (15) the total number of miles flown by the (16) person so high. In fact, it has been (17) that Australians jump into planes (18) people in other countries jump into trains and buses. It is not surprising, (19) that Australia should have been the first country (20) a Flying Doctor Service.
A. people
B. children
C. lives
D. families
The number of Internet users in China has increased by 28 percent and (1) 87 million, according to a (2) released yesterday by China Internet Network Information Center. The Internet users now account for 6.72 percent of the (3) population of the world’s most populous country, 0.5 percent (4) over the end of last year. It is, (5) , still below the world’s average rate of 12.2 percent and is even lower (6) the rate in developed countries which range from 63 percent in Canada to 77 percent in Sweden. The report defines a Chinese citizen (7) uses Internet for at least an hour a week as an Internet user. "The figure didn’t (8) users in Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan," it said. The survey, which is (9) through online questionnaire and offline interview, said the error margin of the online population is 5 percent. The (10) of broadband users, totaling 31.1 million as at the end of June, soared 217 percent every year. The broadband (11) also maintained a 78.7 percent growth during the first six months of this year. The report by CNNIC also (12) that the percentage using E-mail slipped from 88.4 percent to 84. 3 percent but it still (13) top of the frequently used services provided on the Internet. (14) , the report, which is (15) every six months, also found out that (16) people placed online chatting, online gaming and online education into their oftenused services. The report also said the (17) of China’s e-commerce is improving as over half of the respondents plan to do online shopping within the next year. The percentage of those who use online banking (18) payment also continued to (19) and is now 13 percent more than for those paying (20) on delivery for the goods they bought online, the report said.
A. for
B. with
C. of
D. in
We spent a day in the country and (1) a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the (2) It stood outside a (3) shop. "Buy it," she said at once. "We’ll (4) it home on the roof-rack. I’ve always wanted one like that. " What could I do Ten minutes (5) I was twenty dollars poorer, and the book shelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow and quite heavy too. As it was getting (6) , I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even (7) traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good (8) . After a time my wife said, "There is a long line of cars (9) . Why don’t they overtake" Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers looked at us seriously when they went (10) . But then (11) a kind smile they asked us to (12) their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the (13) came to me. "Right, sir," he said. "Don’t you need any more (14) now" I didn’t quite (15) . "Thanks, officer," I said. "You’ve been very (16) . I live just down the road. " He was looking at our (17) : first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. "Well, well," he said and laughed. "It’s a bookshelf you’ve got here! We (18) it was-er, something else. " My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood (19) the police drove here. I (20) at the officer, "Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again. " I drove home as fast as I could.
A. help
B. interesting
C. funny
D. kind