As I will be away for at least a year,I’d appreciate from you now and then me how everyone is getting along.
A.hearing;tell B.to hear;tell
C.hearing;telling D.to hear;to tell
With the rapid growth of population, the city ____ in all directions in the past five years.
A.spreads B.has spread
C.spread D.had spread
Don’t ______ your notes too often when you give a speech, or you will leave a poor impression on the audience.
A.stick to B.refer to C.get to D.point to
The teacher was so pleased with the progress that I had _____ in my study this term that she sent me an English-Chinese dictionary.
A.made B.had C.kept D.graded
A Box of Biscuits
My mom received a large box of cookies from her property management company for Christmas. It was a lovely ______, but neither she nor I eat cookies so we decided to pass along the gift to someone who would really ______ it. It ended up being a fun ______ of figuring out who would be given the cookies.
Airports are ______ a busy place during the holidays; I ______, why not give them to a/an ______ airport worker? I put them in with my stuff and brought them to the airport. I ______ in line at the check-in counter for my flight home.
I had plenty of time to ______ the line of agents, and I started wondering who would ______ me and who would become my gift ______. When it became my ______, I approached the agent with my bag. He was pleasant but I could tell he was a bit ______ from the holiday queues. He took my ______ and gave me my boarding pass.
“Do you ______ cookies?” I asked.
“Of course! Who doesn’t?” he said.
“Here, Merry Christmas!” I said as I ______ the already-wrapped cookie box on the counter.
He smiled and said “Thank you! Merry Christmas indeed!” and began to ______ the next passenger. I smiled and went on my way to the security line.
What could have been a/an ______, uneventful wait in a check-in line turned into an exciting wait by giving something ______ to someone who could use it as a ______. By doing this, I was ______ knowing that he had a box of cookies to look forward to after a long day at work.
1.A.inspiration B.success C.kindness D.payment
2.A.enjoy B.order C.benefit D.store
3.A.adventure B.project C.movement D.thing
4.A.slightly B.surely C.hopefully D.approximately
5.A.begged B.hesitated C.thought D.doubted
6.A.busy B.acedemic C.intelligent D.honest
7.A.complained B.looked C.wandered D.waited
8.A.assist B.judge C.drag D.resist
9.A.arrest B.follow C.serve D.interview
10.A.seeker B.maker C.receiver D.sender
11.A.turn B.chance C.action D.performance
12.A.fortunate B.confused C.amazing D.tired
13.A.duty B.bag C.advice D.photo
14.A.make B.like C.have D.buy
15.A.placed B.stole C.bought D.sold
16.A.see off B.refer to C.watch over D.deal with
17.A.worrying B.boring C.embarrassing D.interesting
18.A.small B.rare C.basic D.absurd
19.A.tool B.barrier C.treat D.means
20.A.nervous B.anxious C.sad D.content
The Ayaidah, a Bedouin tribe in north-eastern Egypt, is the last to practice the Bisha’h to determine whether a suspect (嫌疑犯) in a crime is innocent or guilty. They have to lick (舔) a red-hot spoon in the presence of officials. They are guilty, 1..
Believed to date back to ancient Mesopotamia, Bisha’h was used by most Bedouin tribes (部落) throughout the centuries, but all except the Ayaidah eventually abandoned it. 2.. Considered by many of the world’s oldest rude system, Bisha’h was mostly used in situations where a crime was committed, but there were no witnesses. Suspects had to lick a heated spoon to prove their innocence.
The principle behind Bisha’h is that a lying person is nervous and has a dry mouth. 3.. If they are innocent, they are relaxed, so the saliva (唾液) on the tongue will protect it against the red-hot metal.
4.. This way not only causes physical harm to suspects, but also often leads to their mental damage.
Today, the Bisha’h is used as a last way, 5.. It’s also used as a way of scaring suspects into admitting their crimes. For example, if the suspects admit what they had done, there is no need to move on with the Bisha’h. That is considered another weakness of this lie detection system, as some people will accept the blame if it means not having to lick hot metal to prove they are innocent.
A. if their tongue is hurt seriously
B. when they have used these methods
C. So their tongues will be burned by the hot metal
D. when there is no other proof or witnesses available
E. All the countries like the way of punishment
F. This way of punishment is banned in countries like Jordan and Saudi Arabia
G. However, those who are against the punishment think that it is not always the case
