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1.She was praised for having _________ ________ her sick mother- in –law for over thirty years.

他照顾生病的婆婆三十多年,受到人们的称赞。

2.We had better discuss the issue in detail before we _______ ________ _______.

在得出结论之前我们最好详细地讨论这个问题。

3.As we all know, a year is ________ ________ four seasons.

众所周知，一年分四季。

4.Let’s debate about this matter _______ __________ __________.

在你们方便的时候让我们讨论一下这件事吧。

5.The local newspaper made ______________ _________ an interview with the famous scientist.

当地报纸安排对那位著名的科学家进行采访。

6.The class __________ ________ 80 students is hard to manage.

80名学生组成的班级很难管理。

7.As a leader, you must ______ _________ ________ making promises.

作为领导你必须对承诺保持谨慎态度。

8._______ ________ ________, he never told anyone exactly what had happened.

值得赞扬的是，他从来没有完全地把发生的事告诉别人。

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　“Most people in Britain or America spend four hours every day staring at a piece of furniture,” said a spokesman. “Television eats up half the time you are not working or sleepingten years of an average life. All those things you want to dowhen are you going to do them? TV takes away your real life.”

　　A study of 20,000 British children published in 1999 compared TV viewing habits with social attitudes. Children who watched over four hours TV per day were more likely to agree with statements like “I am not worth much as a person,” and “there is nothing I can do about the world's problems.”

　　White Dot organizes an annual (每年的) “TV turn off week”, which will start from April 23 this year. The group said that last year over 5 million people in Britain and the United States supported the event, mainly concerned parents and teachers.

　　This year they want more people to join in. That's why a spokesman, David Burke, went into the enemy camp. In a TV programme shown in Britain in late March he put the case against television. Next day, the TV critics were unanimous (一致同意的). Mr Burke had made his points with force, wisdom and style. Give this man his own TV series!

1．From the passage we can infer that ________.

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A．David will have his own TV series

B．more people might join in the “TV turn off week” this year

C．the children who watch a lot of TV feel proud of themselves

D．parents and teachers are against the “TV turn off week”

2．“The enemy camp” in the last paragraph means ________.

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A．those who are against watching TV

B．those who enjoy watching TV

C．schools

D．the TV station

3．The underlined word “concerned” in this passage means ________.

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4．White Dot organizes an annual “TV turn off week”, hoping that people will ________.

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A．have a long life

B．work more

C．sleep more

D．have time to do something else