successful men .They want to stand beside them ,with the same 11 for success .They don`t want to be told that certain jobs or 12 are closed to them .They refused to work side by side with men who do the 13 work for higher pay .
A. liberation woman must be 14 of being a woman and have confidence in herself. If somebody says to her ,“You have come a long 15 ,baby”,she will 16 and answer ,“Not nearly as 17 as I am going to go ,baby ”. This movement is quite 18 ,and many A. merican women do not agree. 19 it has already made some important 20 in women`s lives . 1.A. . Before B.Near C. Behind D. Beside 2.A. . sayings B.words C. letters D. writings 3.A. . family B.society C. earth D. world 4.A. . most B.Few C. All D. None 5.A. . nothing B.something C. anything D. everything 6.A. . jobs B.clothes C. food D. houses 7.A. . be B.have C. make D. receive 8.A. . good B.wonderful C. successful D. much 9.A. . activity B.movement C. affair D. incident 10.A. help B.co-operate C. work D. stand 11.A. . work B.job C. position D. chance 12.A. . offices B.schools C. shops D. places 13.A. . better B.same C. less D. important 14.A. . proud B.afraid C. fond D. tired 15.A. . place B.walk C. way D. journey 16.A. . cry B.smile C. laugh D. sob 17.A. . long B.far C. soon D. much 18.A. . new B.good C. important D. pleasing 19.A. . So B.A. nd C. But D. Or 20.A. . progress B.improvement C. decisions D. changes
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The private automobile has long played an important role in the United States .In fact ,it has become a(n) 1 and important part of the A. merican way of life .In 1986 ,sixty-nine percent of A. merican families 2 at least one car and thirty one percent had 3 one .By giving workers rapid transportation ,the automobile has 4 them from having to live near their workplace .This has encouraged the growth of the cities ,but it has also 5 traffic problems . For farm families the automobile is very 6 .It had made it 7 for them to travel to town very often for business and 8 ,and also to transport their children to distant schools .Family life has been 9 in various ways .The car helps to keep 10 together when it is used for picnics ,outings and other shared 11 .However ,when teenage children have the use of the car ,their parents cannot 12 them .There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs ,or 13 by speeding or breaking down traffic laws .Mothers of victims of such accidents have formed a(n) 14 called MA. DD(mothers against drinking driving).These mothers want to 15 further tragedies .They have worked to 16 the government to limit the youngest drinking age .students have formed a 17 organization ,SA. DD and MA. DD are spreading the same 18 among their friends . For many A. mericans the automobile is a necessity .But for 19 ,it is also a mark of social position and for young people ,a(n) 20 of becoming an adult .A. ltogether ,cars mean very much to A. mericans. 1.A. . necessary B.interesting C. wonderful D. happy 2.A. . changed B.owned C. borrowed D. hired 3.A. . less than B.rather than C. more than D. now that 4.A. freed B.stopped C. prevented D. kept 5.A. . devoted to B.looked forward to C. contribute to D. resultedto 6.A. . dangerous B.impossible C. obvious D. helpful 7.A. . possible B.important C. necessary D. true 8.A. . with pleasure B.for pleasure C. in pleasure D. by pleasure 9.A. . interesting B.moved C. enjoyed D. affected 10.A. . families B.parents C. children D. friends 11.A. . improvement B.confidence C. experiences D. feelings 12.A. . call attention to B.keep an eye on C. take a notice of D. throw right on
13.A. showing off B.putting off C. keeping off D. setting off 14.A. . company B.school C. organization D. hospital 15.A. . prevent B.help C. keep D. protect 16.A. . upset B.forbid C. discourage D. encourage 17.A. . similar B.same C. unusual D. ordinary 18 A. . news B.message C. report D. tale 19.A. . some B.another C. other D. others 20 A. . signal B.appearance C. sign D. decision 8 He has been called the “missing link.”Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Everest. He is known as the A. bominable Snowman. The 1 of the Snowman has been around for 2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the“Yeti,”and they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced as evidence(证据). Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 .In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the A. bominable Snowman might really 9 . Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 10 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as they melted(融化) and refroze in the snow. 13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the A. bominable Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15 , no evidence has ever 16 been produced. These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the A. bominable Snowman 17 .But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 ：Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel?
1.A. . event B.story C. adventure D. description 2.A. . centuries
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C. some time D. many years 3.A. . heard from B.cared for C. knew of D. read about 4.A. . even B.hardly C. certainly D. probably 5.A. . as
B.though
C. when D. until 6.A. . developed B.changed C. occurred D. continued 7.A. . entirely B.naturally C. clearly D. simply 8.A. . found B.declared C. felt D. doubted 9.A. . exist B.escape C. disappear D. return 10.A. . clearer
B.more C. possible D. rare
11.A. . huge B.recent C. ordinary D. frightening 12.A. . strange B.large C. deep D. rough 13.A. . In the end B.Therefore C. A. fter all D. However 14.A. . imagined B.real C. special D. familiar
15.A. . so B.besides C. again
D. instead 16.A. . rightly B.actually C. normally D. particularly 17.A. . lightly B.jokingly C. seriously
D. properly
18.A. . succeed in B.insist on C. depend on D. join in 19.A. . decision
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D. problem
20.A. . zoo B.mountain
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9 Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area. When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping，he doesn’t 1 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 2 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 3 such as strange cars，loud noises 4 windows，or people gathering on street corners. Tim 5 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville，Indiana，USA. . The neighborhood watch group 6 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s 7 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 8 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 9 their homes，streets，and families safe. Tina Stedman，president of 10 neighborhood watch group，agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime（犯罪）happens to other people but not 11 them. Well，it’s never happened to me，” She said，“but I don’t think anyone has the 12 to steal from other people or to make them feel 13 sitting in their own homes. ” A. lex，a member of the group，said that all the neighbors 14 out for one another. “We 15 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right，then we call the 17 . For example，if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 18 ，or someone destroying property（财产），we report to the police. ” A. lex feels the neighborhood watch groups 19 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees，“Police are good people ，but they can’t do 20 . ” 1. A. . yet B. still 2. A. . carefully B. clearly 3. A. . familiar
B. unusual
C. just D. rather C. nervously
D. coldly C. expensive D. interesting