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A For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, ___1___ are about 85 percent water, grow almost ___2_____ in the world but the hottest and coldest areas. Among the leading countries in apple production __3___ China, France and the United States. There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those __4____(grow) for sale. The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Delicious, and McIntosh.. Apples are different __5___ color, size and taste. The color of the skin may be red, green __6___ yellow. They have various sizes, ___7___ Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart(酸的). Generally, sweet apples are tasted fresh ____8___ tart apples are used to make applesauce(果酱). Apple tree may grow as tall as twelve meters. They do best in areas ___9___ have very cold winters. ____10_____ no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree. A.1. which 2. everywhere 3. are 4. grown 5. in 6. or 7. with 8. while 9. that 10. Although B One silly question I simply can’t stand is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action -- a man on the go, ___1_____(walk) along the street, or busily working at his desk. So ___2__ do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say, “Fine, I’m all right,” __3___ “you’ve put a bug in his ear” -- maybe now he’s not sure. If you’re a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, ___4____ he overlooked that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if ____5_____ is all right, while you go merrily on your way ____6____(ask) someone else, “How do you feel?”
Every question has its time and ____7___. It’s perfectly ____8____(accept), for instance, to ask “How do you feel?” if you’re visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking __9__ both legs, hurrying to catch a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question. When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays, was ____10_____ his eighties, someone asked him, “How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age,” Shaw said, “either you feel all right or you’re dead.” B. 1. walking 2. what 3. but 4. that 5. everything 6. asking 7. place 8. acceptable 9. on 10. in C With the society developing rapidly, the campus is no longer an “Ivory tower”. Students must get in touch with the world ___1___ the campus so that they can adapt themselves __2__ the society more quickly when they graduate. Almost all the students keep themselves ___3____(inform) by TV, radio broadcasts and newspapers; some of them ever do a part-time job in their spare time, ___4___(work) as tutors, waiters, salesmen. Doing so has kept the students getting in touch with the society. Now the summer vacation is around __5___ corner and I’ve already found myself a job – working as a ____6___(type) in an office. I have learnt ____7____ to type for several years and I think I can do it well. I consider it a good chance for me to get to know the society, to learn how to get along well ___8__ my colleagues and to see how my knowledge is put into _____9____. I’m planning to do some part-time job like this one next semester. Regardless of the pay, I will do it ____10____ the most important and useful thing is that I can really know a lot about the society. C. 1. outside 2. to 3. informed 4. working 5. the 6. typist 7. how 8. with 9. practice 10. because D A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead __1__ said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the __2____(live). As they ___3_____ (expect) to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their ___4__. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea ___5__ it is considered ___6___(luck) for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is ___7___. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead ___8___ their return journey to the other world. This is a ____9__(move) spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away __10___ they can be seen no more.
D. 1. are 2. living 3. are expected 4. way 5. as 6. unlucky 7. over 8. on 9. moving 10. until
