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After graduation from university, I ________ (able) to secure a permanent（固定的）job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York,
_________I might have a better chance to find a good job.
________ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started working in a local café
________ a waiter. I believe that if I_
_______ (offer) a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already________ (tire) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found_
_______quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that if I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps what my mother had told me was
________ ( deep ) rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty ________ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job. To my delight，after nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned did I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me. Here the air is fresher. Besides, the environment is cleaner
________that in the city.
英语知识运用（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）
There once were a goat and a donkey(驴), lived on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the
(much) food. Sometimes the donkey was given more food
it could eat. This made the goat so jealous
it began plotting against(谋划对付) the donkey. “Hey, donkey,” the goat said one day. “I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don’t you pretend
(get) sick so you can take a day
?” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable(畜栏) on its side with its eyes
(close). Right away, the farmer called the doctor.
looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine
(make) from the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed
goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.
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Until recently, almost everyone thought that growth and progress would make the world a (good) place. They believed that something new was always better than something old. So countries have spent billions of dollars
science to develop new ways of making things and doing work.
, this new technique is the main cause of the world’s problems. One such problem has come from the
(appear) of the car. In some
(crowd) cities, the car has polluted the air
badly that people get sick just from breathing it. Waste from factories is another example of how new technology is hurting the earth. When some waste chemicals
(put) into the sea, it can hurt or kill animals and fish. It’s time that we
(do) something quickly. When the problems get worse, they will not affect just a few
(country). They will be world problems
affect us all.
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In the English Reading Week, one of my classmates recommended a quote to us, goes like this; "Your future depends on many things,
mostly on you." I can't agree
(much) with this view. It's true that our future
(determine) by many things, such as opportunities and help from others, but our own attitude, determination,
hard work play a more important role. In
words, we are the master of our own future.
Take Abraham Lincoln for example. He was born in a poor family, and only received a (limit) education in his childhood. Yet through his painstaking efforts, he changed not only his own fate but also the history of America.
to this day. Lincoln is regarded as one of the most
(inspire) figures in the world.
, I firmly believe that our future is in our own hands.
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First aid is of (important) in our life. There is no doubt
it is necessary to know some knowledge of first aid as dangers lie everywhere and accidents happen from time to time. If a person has an accident, he needs medical care before a doctor can
(find). But in the process of first aid, the injured will be properly treated
(depend) on your knowledge of first aid. As
famous journalist, Yan Song leads a very simple life. But he not only has a good nose
news, but also has
(admire) professional first aid skills, because he thinks if we know
about first aid, perhaps a life can be saved.
Everybody should know some first aid in order to save other people’s lives. Let’s take delight in (acquire) skills of first aid.
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I am extremely honored to be selected as a winner of this year's Lasker-DeBakery Clinical Medical Research Award. I express my wholehearted thanks to the jury members for the recognition(认可) of my ________ (contribute) to the discovery of Qinghaosu(青蒿素) for malaria(疟疾) treatment.
In my childhood, I witnessed occasions when patients __________(rescue) by folk Chinese medicine recipes. However, neither _
____ I dream then of such a close link of my whole life to researching those amazing herbs(草药) nor could I imagine then that today I would experience such an exciting moment when my research has been highly praised by the international ____
____ (science) community. I started research on herbal medicines in 1955. My __
___(curious) about herbs turned into a strong motivation after college training on traditional Chinese medicine ___
___ (arrange) by the institute. Equipped with a sound knowledge in both traditional Chinese medicine and modern pharmaceutical sciences(制药学), we ____
_____(success) accomplished the discovery and development of Qinghaosu from Qinghao.
The discovery of Qinghaosu is ___gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine, ___
__ has served people in China and other Asian countries for many centuries. Continuous exploration and development of traditional medicine will, ____
___ doubt, bring more medicines to the world.…