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. hardly
B. easily
C. nearly
D. almost
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A doctor was once teaching a (1) of medical students at a famous university in Edinburgh. An injured man was (2) in, and the doctor turned to (3) of the students and asked him, "What’s (4) with this man" "I don’t know, sir," the students answered. "Shall I examine him and (5) out" "There is no (6) to examine him," said the doctor. "You (7) know without asking questions. He had (8) his right knee. Don’t you notice the (9) he walked He hurt it by (10) it in the fire. You see his trouser leg is burnt away at the (11) . This is Monday morning. Yesterday was (12) , but on Saturday the roads were (13) and muddy. The man’s trousers are muddy all over. The man fell down on Saturday (14) . " The doctor then turned to the man and said, "You (15) your wages on Saturday and went to a public house and drank too much. You (16) wet and muddy on the way (17) . You tried to dry your clothes (18) the fire when you got home. (19) you had drunk too much, you (20) on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right" "Yes, sir," said the man.
A. somewhere
B. there
C. here
D. home
What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation In one (1) there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. (2) two speakers speak in exactly the same (3) . We can always hear differences (4) them, and the pronunciation of English (5) a great deal in different geographical (6) . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a (7) This is not a question that can be (8) in the same way for all foreign learners of English. (9) you live in a part of the world (10) India or West Africa, where there is a long (11) of speaking English for general communication purpose, you should (12) to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be (13) in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or (14) of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country (15) there is no traditional use of English, you must take (16) your model some form of (17) English pronunciation. It does not (18) very much which form you choose. The most (19) way is to take as your model the sort of English you can (20) most often.
A. custom
B. use
C. tradition
D. habit
England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west (1) is only about three hundred miles (2) . But for a small country it has a (3) range of climates. People who have (4) visited England, or who have visited only (5) of it, often (6) of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. (7) the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the (8) of England and Midlands. In the south, however, the (9) is much pleasant. One (10) is that when people retire from a job in the south they often prefer to (11) to the milder south. Perhaps the warmest (12) of the country is the southwest, which consists of the counties of Devon and Comwall. The (13) Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the (14) quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo and many semi-tropical plants grow (15) in the southwest of England. Flowers and vegetables ripen (16) a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the area obtain (17) for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there (18) several feet of snow in other parts of England (19) there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be (20) the southwest is one of England’s most popular holiday areas.
A. state
B. weather
C. part
D. city
I live in a big city. It’s noisy and dirty and I get very (1) . At the weekends I like to leave the city and get some (2) air and a good rest. A few weeks ago I decided to go to see my (3) . I was really looking forward to it. My parents live a long way (4) . I went to see them with James, a friend, and we drove on Friday night. In the middle of the (5) it began to rain. The road became very (6) and it was difficult to drive. We arrived home just after midnight, feeling very (7) .The next (8) it was still raining. James took his (9) to a garage which was very good. In the afternoon the (10) improved, we wanted to go for a (11) . My parents lent us their car. That was no good. Their car didn’t (12) . We rang up the garage. "Oh," they said, "your car (13) be ready till tomorrow. " So it wasn’t (14) to go for a drive. We decided to play a word game. When we didn’t agree (15) a word we looked for a dictionary. It wasn’t there. (16) my mother remembered, "I lent it to your sister. She took it with her when she left. " The word game wasn’t any good (17) a dictionary. On Sunday my mother dropped a heavy box on her (18) and we had to hire a (19) to take her to hospital. When James and I drove back we got stuck in a car accident. If I want a rest next time, I’ll stay in the (20) .
A. narrow
B. wet
C. dirty
D. dry