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2. (二十五) There was a time in the early history of man when the days 16_____ (have) no names! The reason was quite simple: men had not invented the week. In those days, the only 17_________ (divide) of times was the month, and there were too many days in the month for each of them to have a separate name. had division

3. But when men began to build cities, they wanted to have a special day 18____ which to trade, a market day. Sometimes these market days were fixed at every tenth day, sometimes every seventh or every fifth day. The Babylonians(巴比伦人)decided 19_____ it should be every seventh day. On this day they didn’t work, 20____ met for trade and religious festivals. on that but

4. The Jews followed 21_____ example, but kept every seventh day for religious purposes. In this way the week came into 22________ (exist). It was the space between market days. The Jews gave each of the seven days 23__ name, but 24___ was really a number after the Sabbath day(安息日) which was Saturday. For example, Wednesday 25___________ (call) the fourth day (four days after Saturday). their existence a it was called

5. (二十五)本文主要是讲述星期的由来。 16. had根据语境可知用过去时。 17. division考查名词，根据其后的所有格of times可知该空应用名词形式，division of times意为“时间的划分”。 18. on考查介词，在定语从句中，on作时间介词，on which = when。 19. that引导宾语从句。 20. but考查连词，据前后的逻辑关系为转折关系，故用but。 21. their考查代词，their在此用来指代Babylonians“巴比伦人”。 22. existence考查名词，come into existence意为“形成”。 23. a考查冠词,a表示泛指,give … a name“给……命名”。 24. it指代后面的a number。 25. was called考查谓语动词，主谓关系为被动关系，且根据语境可知。

6. (二十六) Some people have very good memories, and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. There are other people who can only remember things 16_________ (make) they have said again and again. A good memory is 17 ___ great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language 18___ remembering what he hears when he is a small child. that/which a by

7. Some children don’t live in their own country; they seem to learn two languages almost as easily as 19_____. In school, it is not so easy to learn a foreign language 20________ students have so little time for it and they are busy with 21______ lessons, too. A man’s mind is rather 22____ a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but also of 23______ we feel, hear, smell and taste. one because other like what

8. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do when the photo 24__________ ( finish) and ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work 25__________ (do) before we can keep a picture forever in our minds. is finished to be done

9. (二十六)人的记忆力各不相同，好的记忆力对学习有很大的帮助。人的头脑与照相机一样，必须把所看到的一切东西记在脑海中并加以处理。(二十六)人的记忆力各不相同，好的记忆力对学习有很大的帮助。人的头脑与照相机一样，必须把所看到的一切东西记在脑海中并加以处理。 16. that/which引导定语从句，在从句中作宾语。 17. a不定冠词泛指“一个”帮手，前后对应。 18. by表示方式，手段，后面接动词的ing 形式。 19. one表示一种语言，与前面对应，说明学两种语言跟学一种语言一样容易。 20. because引导原因状语从句，因为后面讲到学生们在学校里学习语言的时间很少。 21. other不定代词“其他的，别的”，后面接复数名词。 22. like介词 “像”，指人的头脑就像照相机一样。 23. what作介词of 宾语又引导宾语从句，含有两层成分。 24. is finished用一般现在时被动语态，因主语是相片，所以用被动。 25. to be done不定式被动式作定语，修饰work。

10. (二十七) The beauty of saving a relationship is in knowing that it can become better than it was before. If you can survive the hard times it 16__________ (make) both of you stronger. Regardless of what events lead to the emotional detachment (分离), it can be solved. will make

11. Relationships go sour 17____ a reason and the distance 18_________ (grow) between two people is not healthy. But in order to fix the relationship, first you must fix yourself. Accept what’s happening in your life and make a 19 ________ (decide) to fix it. Start with taking a break, from the fighting and from each other if necessary. Taking a breath is good 20 _______ it allows both of you to settle down, and think about your actions. for growing decision because

12. This is probably the time 21 ______ you will become depressed, if you haven’t already. The 22________ (easy) way to pull yourself out of depression is to do something positive in your life. Positive changes are great for your self-esteem and for your future relationships, so get on it! when easiest

13. Starting out small makes 23 __ big difference so try exercising, better eating habits, and focusing 24 ___ fun. If you can’t get past overwhelming feelings, write them down. Putting bad feelings on paper helps to get 25______ off your mind. a on them

14. (二十七)本文就如何挽救破裂的朋友关系以及如何克服沮丧心理进行了分析并提供了一些可行的建议。(二十七)本文就如何挽救破裂的朋友关系以及如何克服沮丧心理进行了分析并提供了一些可行的建议。 16. will make因if引导的条件从句用一般现在时，所以主句应用一般将来时。 17. for固定搭配：for a reason“因为某种原因”。 18. growing因本句后面已有谓语is, 所以这里要用非谓语。distance与grow之间是主谓关系，所以填growing。 19. decision词组make a decision“做出选择”。 20. because根据前后两个分句的逻辑关系可以判断出。

15. 21. when定语从句，先行词the time在从句中充当时间状语，故填when。 22. easiest根据上下文以及空格前的the可以判断应填最高级。 23. a根据词组make a difference“做出改变，产生影响”。 24. on固定搭配focus on“（注意力）集中于……”。 25. them指代前面的bad feelings。

16. (二十八) As more women in the United States move up the professional ladder, more are finding it necessary to make business trips alone. 16 _______this is new for many, some pieces of advice will certainly be helpful. If you are married, it is a good idea to encourage 17_____ husband and children to learn to cook a few simple meals while you are away. They will be much 18 _________ (happy) and probably they will enjoy the experience. Since your happier

17. If you will be eating alone a good deal, choose good restaurants, 19_______ will be good for your digestion. You may also find 20___ useful to call the restaurant in advance and state that your will be eating alone. Probably you will get better service and almost certainly 21___ better table. Finally, and most importantly, anticipate your travel needs 22___ a business woman; this starts with lightweight luggage which you can easily carry. which it a as

18. Take a folding case inside your suitcase, and it 23_________ (come) in handy for dirty clothes, as well as for business documents and papers you no longer need on the trip. And make sure you have a briefcase so that you can keep currently 24 ________ (require) papers separate. Obviously, experience helps, but you can make things easier on yourself from the first by 25_______ (care) planning, so that right from the start you really can have a good trip. will come required careful

19. (二十八)随着越来越多的女性进入职场并担任要职，她们也需要出差。对此，本文提供了一些有用的建议。 (二十八)随着越来越多的女性进入职场并担任要职，她们也需要出差。对此，本文提供了一些有用的建议。 16. Since根据句子的意思：由于这对很多人而言是新的体验，一些建议应该是有所帮助的。因此，这里使用since作为从句的连词，表示较明显的理由。 17. your根据If you are married可知。 18. happier考测形容词比较级。much位于形容词比较级前表示程度。 19. which引导非限制性定语从句的连接词。 20. it在此句中式作为形式宾语。常用的用法是find + it + adj./n.（宾语补足语）+ to do / that…。 21.a因为table是可数名词，前面有形容词修饰，用冠词a。 22. as在句子中作为介词，解释为“作为”。 23. will come本句式属于“祈使句+and/or/but…”。 24. required过去分词短语作为前置定语修饰papers。 25. careful此处形容词修饰名词。

20. (二十九) In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixties 16______ (find) the opposite. Bilingual people score higher than people who speak only one language. So which is it? found

21. Researchers presented their newest studies last month at 17 __ meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The latest evidence shows that 18______ (be) bilingual does not necessarily make people smarter. 19 ____ researcher Ellen Bialystock says 20 __ probably does make you better at certain skills. a being But it

22. Her work shows that bilingual people 21___________ (continue) practice this function. They have to, because both languages are active in their brain at the same time. They need to suppress one to be able to speak in the other. This mental exercise might help in 22_____ ways, too. Researchers say bilingual children are better able to separate a word 23_____ its meaning, and more likely to have friends from different cultures. continually other from

23. Bilingual adults are often four to five years later than others in developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Foreign language study 24__________ (increase) in the United States. But linguist Alison Mackey at Georgetown University points out that English-speaking countries are still far 25______ the rest of the world. has increased behind

24. (二十九)最新研究表明讲两种语言的人虽然不一定更聪明，但可能更好地掌握某些技巧。(二十九)最新研究表明讲两种语言的人虽然不一定更聪明，但可能更好地掌握某些技巧。 16. found考查谓语动词的时态。通过时间状语in the sixties（在六十年代）可知这里应该用过去的时态。 17. a考查冠词。meeting在本文第一次出现而且非特指。 18. being考查非谓语动词。being是动名词作主语。 19. But考查连词。上一个句子的 does not necessarily make people smarter与本句中的does make you better at certain skills构成转折作用。 20. it考查代词。it代指前文出现过的being bilingual。 21. continually考查副词。continually作为副词修饰谓语动词practice。

25. 22. other考查代词。上文讲述了说双语的人在某方面能力有所发展（They need to suppress one to be able to speak in the other.），下文进一步陈述他们在其他方面的智力发展。 23. from考查介词。separate…from为固定搭配，意思是“把……和……分开”。 24. has increased考查谓语动词。根据上下文可知这段的意思是，虽然美国已经增加外语教学，英语为母语的国家远远落后于其他国家。 25. behind考查介词。far behind意思为“远远落后于”。

26. (三十) Xu Lijia won China’s first sailing gold in this year’s Olympics. This girl does not hide her admiration 16___ China’s former diving queen, Guo Jingjing. However, Xu admires Guo not for her sporting achievements. Interestingly, she looks up to Guo because of her 17_____________ (appear). She thinks Guo’s skin looks so fair. for appearance

27. has been sailing Xu 18______________ (sail) for 14 years, but it was after her success in London 19______ she, and her event, became well known. Her medal came at 20 ___ price. The 24-year-old has cut her hair short 21_______ (help) her sail. Years of hard training have left 22____ with a sun burned skin color. “Sailing has never been that popular in China. that a to help her

28. I’ve learned most of my skills and got most of my information through speaking English, 23______ also plays a part in my success,” she said. “I wouldn’t have won 24 ________ learning this language. 25___ wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that language learning has marked every progression in my career.” which without It

29. (三十)在2012年伦敦奥运会为中国夺得首枚帆船金牌的徐莉佳在成功的路上付出了14年的努力和汗水，同时她也从英语学习中收获了很多。(三十)在2012年伦敦奥运会为中国夺得首枚帆船金牌的徐莉佳在成功的路上付出了14年的努力和汗水，同时她也从英语学习中收获了很多。 16. for词组the admiration for sb 意为“对某人的崇拜”。 17. appearance从介词of 和物主代词her可知，后面应跟名词，在此处意为“外貌”。 18. has been sailing动词sail在句子中作谓语，需要考虑时态和语态变化。根据时间标志for 14 years 可知，应该用现在完成时。而主人公还在一直进行帆船运动，因此用现在完成进行时为最佳答案。 19. that强调句型It was…that…。 20. a因单数可数名词price前没有限定词，应填限定词；词组at a price意为“要付出代价的”。

30. 21. to help此句谓语是cut，所给动词help为非谓语动词。这里用不定式表示目的。 22. her在谓语动词leave后缺了宾语，而纯空格所填的词类中代词可以充当句子的宾语，根据文中意思，应填人称代词her。 23. which因先行词为English, 指物，而且是非限制性定语从句，所以用which引导，并在从句中作宾语。 24. without前文和后文都说明学习了这门语言对她成功起了重要作用，此句应是“如果不学习这门语言，我就不会成功”，故填介词without。 25. It在句中作形式主语。

31. (三十一) David McConnell sold books door-to-door. Housewives were not interested in the books and 16_________ (frequent) closed the door in McConnell’s face 17______ he had a chance to make his sale. Instead of giving up, McConnell decided 18_______ ( give) away a free gift, a small bottle of perfume (香水), which he made himself. frequently before to give

32. He soon discovered that the women preferred the perfume 19__ the books. He stopped selling books and created his own company Avon, which is 20 ___ great success. When you do nothing, you learn nothing. 21_____ when you try and fail, you learn 22 _____ doesn’t work. to a But what

33. That puts you one step 23______(close) to what will work. 24___ doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It does matter that you 25___________ (succeed) sometime. closer It will succeed Van Gogh had failed in several careers before he began to paint. And he did succeed. Success once is enough for Van Gogh. And the same for you—success once is enough.

34. (三十一)本文讲述了国际品牌雅芳（Avon）的创始人麦克康奈尔（McConnell）的创业故事，揭示了失败是成功之母的真理。告诉人们要努力尝试，不怕失败，不论失败多少次，一次成功足矣。(三十一)本文讲述了国际品牌雅芳（Avon）的创始人麦克康奈尔（McConnell）的创业故事，揭示了失败是成功之母的真理。告诉人们要努力尝试，不怕失败，不论失败多少次，一次成功足矣。 16. frequently词性转换，修饰后面的动词closed, 作状语，要副词形式。 17. before引导时间状语从句，表示“在……之前”。 18. to give在decided后作宾语，后接动词不定式。 19. to因为prefer…to… (喜欢……胜过……)是固定搭配。 20. a因success作“成功”解时是不可数名词，但作为“成功的人或事”时是可数名词，前面可用不定冠词。

35. 21. But前后句子有转折关系。 22. what引导宾语从句并在从句中作主语，用连接代词what。 23. closer根据上下文，你尝试过，尽管失败了，但是距离成功“更近”一步。 24. It代词。形式主语，代替后面的真正主语how many times you fail。 25. will succeed在主语you后作谓语动词，指尝试和失败对你在将来某个时候成功很重要，故用一般将来时。

36. (三十二) After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: the damage and death toll could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake 16___ similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims. of

37. Injuries and deaths were 17 _______ (relative) less in Los Angeles because 18___ quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, 19_______ traffic was light on the city’s highway. In addition, changes made to the construction methods in Los Angeles during the last 20 years 20 ________________ (strengthen) the city’s buildings and highways, 21 ________ (make) them more resistant to quakes. relatively the when have strengthened making

38. Despite the good news, engineers today are determined to come up with a new design 22____ would offer even 23________ (great) security to buildings during earthquakes. In the past people used steel and rubber, materials that bend without breaking to make buildings resistant to earthquakes. that greater

39. The new design would install computers in the building and the computers would help the building adjust 24______ during the earthquake. Such buildings would be called smart buildings and could be very expensive to build. However, 25_____ would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes. itself they

40. (三十二)本文通过比较发生于1994年洛杉矶的地震与1988年发生的地震，1994年的地震带来的伤亡以及损失已经大大减少了。(三十二)本文通过比较发生于1994年洛杉矶的地震与1988年发生的地震，1994年的地震带来的伤亡以及损失已经大大减少了。 16. of因为 “of +n.”表示所修饰的名词的特征。 17. relatively修饰形容词less，作状语，要用副词，意为“相对”较少。 18. the特指1994年的这次地震。 19. when引导定语从句，先行词是a holiday，在从句中充当状语。 20. have strengthened由时间状语during the last 20 years可知，要用现在完成时。 21. making因“更能抗震”是“加固了城市的建筑物和公路”后的自然结果，用现在分词作状语，表示自然结果。 22. that引导定语从句，并在从句中作主语补充说明a new design的内容。 23. greater根据句子的意思，新的设计应该是提供更安全的建筑(even greater security), greater为最佳答案。 24. itself本句意思为：……电脑可以帮助楼房在地震中进行调整。 25. they指代上句中的Such buildings。

41. (三十三) A college professor had his sociology class go into the Baltimore slums（贫民区）to get case histories of 200 young boys. They 16 __________ (ask) to write an evaluation of each boy’s future. In every case the students wrote, “He hasn’t got a chance.” Twenty-five years later 17______ sociology(社会学)professor came across the earlier study. were asked another

42. He had his students 18________ (follow) up on the project to see what had happened to these boys. With the exception of 20 boys 19______ had moved away or died, the students learned that 176 of the remaining 180 had achieved more than ordinary success 20____ lawyers, doctors and businessmen. follow who as

43. The professor was astonished and 21_________ (decide) to pursue the matter further. 22_________ (fortune), all the men were in the area and he was able to ask each one, “How do you account for your success?” In each case the reply came with feeling, “There was a teacher.” decided Fortunately

44. so The teacher was still alive, 23___ he sought her out and asked the old but still alert lady what magic formula（准则）24____ had used to pull these boys out of the slums into successful achievement. The teacher’s eyes sparkled and her lips broke into 25 ___ gentle smile. “It’s really very simple,” she said. “I love those boys.” she a

45. (三十三)本文讲述了两名大学教授跟踪调研200名来自贫民区的小男孩，发现他们获得的成就远比预计高，这源于一位老师的影响。(三十三)本文讲述了两名大学教授跟踪调研200名来自贫民区的小男孩，发现他们获得的成就远比预计高，这源于一位老师的影响。 16. were asked在主格人称代词they后，显然是作谓语; they指的是学生，是教授要求他们去做，所以用被动语态。 17. another根据上文twenty-five years later 和后文came across earlier study可知另外一名教授继续这一研究。 18. follow因已有谓语动词had，动词follow前又没有并列连词，即wear不是并列谓语，应是非谓语动词，故填follow。

46. 19. who引导定语从句，指代 20 boys。 20. as因后面都是职业名词，故填介词as。 21. decided与前文的was astonished是并列谓语。 22. Fortunately副词修饰整个句子；故填Fortunately。 23. so因the teacher was still alive与he sought her…是两个句子，且两者之间没有关联词，必定是填关联词；两句之间是因果关系，故填so。 24. she指代句中的the old but still alert lady。 25. a根据后面的gentle smile判断应填不定冠词a。

47. (三十四) In December, the WHO launched a campaign against cigarette smoking in Africa, saying a rapidly growing population is creating “larger and more 16 ________ (access) markets” on the continent for tobacco companies. 17_____________________ the risks of cancer and heart disease are generally well-known, smoking has many other effects 18___the body. accessible While/Although/Though on

48. The act of lighting a cigarette and 19_____ (take) a puff (抽口烟) is simple enough, but it causes complex physical changes within the body. taking Navas-Acien, professor of preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins University, says cancer can be 20 __ long-term consequence of tobacco smoking. “The most addictive component in tobacco is nicotine.” she says. a

49. The brain actually has receptors for nicotine—structures 21__________ receive and bind to specific substances. “So, it’s going to target these receptors that are in the brain cells. And actually the number of receptors is very small in people who do not smoke. But in people who start smoking, the number of receptors for tobacco 22________ (increase). And the younger people start smoking，the 23________ (high) the number of receptors. that/which increases higher

50. 24 ___________ means the more addictive you are going to be,” the doctor says. The physical changes taking place inside the body can’t easily be seen 25________ the aid of medical equipment. But there are telltale（报警的）signs on the outside. That/This/It without