I climbed the stairs slowly, carrying a big suitcase, my father following with two more. By the time I got to the third floor, I was (36) and at the same time feeling lonely. Worse still, Dad (37) a step and fell, sending my new suitcases (38) down the stairs. "Damn!" he screamed, his face turning red. I knew trouble was ahead. Whenever Dad’s face turns red, (39) !How could I ever (40) him to finish unloading the car (41) screaming at me or making a scene in front of the other girls, girls I would have to spend the (42) of the year with Doors were opening and faces were peering out (探出), as Dad walked (43) close behind. I felt it in my bones that my college life was getting off to a bad start.(44) the room quickly," I thought. "Get him into a chair and to calm down." But (45) , would there be a chair in Room 316 Or would it be an empty room(46) I turned the key in the lock and (47) the door open, with Dad (48) complaining about a hurting knee or something. I put my head in, expecting the worst. But to my (49) , the room wasn’t empty at all! It had furniture, curtains, a TV, and even paintings on the walls.And there on a well-made bed sat Amy, my new roommate, dressed neatly. Greeting me with a nod, she said in a soft voice, "Hi, you must be Gori." Then, she (50) the music and looked over at (51) . "And of course, you’re Mr. Faber," she said, (52) . "Would you like a glass of iced tea" Dad’s face turned decidedly (53) before he could bring out a "yes".I knew (54) that Amy and I would be (55) and my first year of college would be a success. 40().
A. lead
B. help
C. encourage
D. get
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There is a public library in every town in Britain. Anyone 76. ______can borrow books if he or she wish. In some places you 77. ______may borrow as more books as you need, but in others 78. ______you are limited in a certain number of books. You may 79. ______keep the books for several weeks so as you can have 80. ______enough time to finish it. If the book you want is out 81. ______you may ask it to be kept for you. Most public libraries 82. ______also have a reading-room, that you can sit at the desk 83. ______and read the daily newspapers, magazines and the other 84. ______books, but you are not permit to take them out. 85. _____
CARIFF, Wales poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling."It might seem strange that people still want to listen to it instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again," said David Ambrose, director of "Beyond the Border", an international storytelling festival in Wales."Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time," he said early this month.Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound.Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings forcing them to say little but listen attentively.Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving storytelling in Wales."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. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling ().
A. will be more popular than TV
B. will be popular again
C. started in Wales
D. are in the hands of some old people
The only solid pieces of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth’ and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots.
(每题的备选项中,只有1个最符合题意) 某工程公司中标承包一城市道路施工项目,道路总长15km,路面采用沥青混凝土。该路地处平原地区,路基横断面的填方3~6m高的路堤为主,借方量大,借方的含石量40%~60%。地表层以黏土为主,地表层土厚7~8cm,土的天然含水量为40%~52%,地表无常年积水,孔隙比为1.2~1.32,属典型的软地基。 重力密度是指土的重力与其体积之比,一般为( )。
A. 15~20 kN/m3
B. 16~22 kN/m3
C. 17~22 kN/m3
D. 14~20 kN/m3