...dly options. I was so___62___ (excite) when he wrote back
to me.He said he would make sure that the company cut its use of plastic straws
in half.I kept going.
Whenever I heard of businesses using plastic, I’d send an email. One of the
biggest companies I wrote to ___63___ (be) Alaska Airlines. ...
...rray of foods I couldn’t even
name in my native language. Fearing that I would pick out something awful, I
desperately tried to ask the boy ahead of me for a recommendation.
Unfortunately, between us stood the barrier of language.Although
my kindergarten experience feels like a century ago, the le...
... of right now, we’ve received about 120 submissions. The winning stories
would go into our kiosk and then you would be a published artist.”Ridership on transit (交通) systems across the country has
been down the past half century, so could short stories save transit?Trost thinks so.“At the e...
... Fish and Wildlife Service has twice attempted
to de-list grizzlies, which would loosen legal protections and allow them to be
hunted. Both efforts were overturned due to lawsuits from conservation groups.
For now, grizzlies remain listed.Obviously,
if precautions (预防) aren’t
taken, grizzlies ...
...s to play in front of the other students, I was filled with fear. I knew
I would ___17___. When I began to play, my rhythms (节奏) were good, but
my tone was another ___18___. “Did you practice your lesson?” the teacher
barked at me. I felt so ___19___ and my world came ___20___ down in an ins...
...droom every day to remain at my
best and be ___22___ for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He
might feel high school was already hard enough ___23___ my noisy singing. So
space to practise became a(n) ___24___ between us because we shared a room.At the start of the semester, I pract...
... setting up overarching conservation policies and guidelines for the park) would have limited mandate to directly manage the provincial administrations. Such structure is designed to strike a balance between provincial autonomy and direct management of the central government while maintaining both t...
...be he could clean up waste the way nature
did. He decided to build what he would later call an eco-machine. The task
John set for himself was to remove harmful substances from some sludge (污泥). First, he
constructed a series of clear fiberglass tanks connected to each other. Then he
went around ...
...
writing, in and of itself, simply didn’t strike them as important. This would
have to change.As
a new unit started, I asked everyone to write a persuasive piece on a
health-related topic of their choice. This time they found the exercise much
more interesting. For the next two assignments, a pers...
...
writing, in and of itself, simply didn’t strike them as important. This would
have to change.As
a new unit started, I asked everyone to write a persuasive piece on a
health-related topic of their choice. This time they found the exercise much
more interesting. For the next two assignments, a pers...
...any
misunderstanding between us. 我不希望我们之间有什么误会。Would you like there to be a market near
your home？你愿意你家附近有家商场吗？We expect there to be no objections. 我们希望不会有人反对。I don’t mean there to be any
unpleasantness. 我无意引起...
...tack back. B. To get away.C. To protect the young. D. To play dead.26. Why would a balloon frighten
a parrot?A. It may explode suddenly.
B. It may be in a strange
shape. C. It may have a strong color.
D. It may move around quickly.
27. What is the author’s purpose
of writing the text?A. To explain...
...公共汽车已经停止行驶。注意，当 like, love, hate, prefer 与 would, should 连用时，其后只能接不定式，不能接动名词——因为这样用时，它是表示特定的想法，而非一般性喜好。如：He’d like to be a
teacher. 他希望当教师。I’d love to hav...
... way, have you been to the Great
Wall?” “Certainly, everyone back home would laugh at me if I left China without
seeing it. It is wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to speak like
a tourist guide. “The Great Wall of China is one of the wonders in the world.
We are very proud of i...