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The volcano was about to blow _____ a large river run caused by rapidly melting glacier ice.

A.when B.if C.but D.till

My friend Jessie is _____ beautiful girl, and _____ girl everyone likes to work with.

A.a, a B.a, the C.the, a D.the, a

    I wasn’t looking forward to Christmas 2017, after the passing of my mom in August. It was on a cold December day that I left work to meet my _______ at our lawyer’s office to sign papers of Mom’s will. With a sense of _______ my sister and I sat down and had a little celebration for what we had done. I have _______ this to the fact that we love each other very much.

That’s when my sister told me her family would probably not be coming to my place on Christmas this year. I had simply _______ I would continue holding a Christmas party. Realizing I was surprised, she explained a lot. _______, we began to call family members to ensure they’d be on that day. _______ no one was at home, we ended up leaving messages.

The first _______ came from my aunt letting me know she wouldn’t come. I said the _______ thing but I was depressed. The next came from my niece _______ me they’d go to Ontario to visit a family there. I felt ________. Then my brother called and ________ me not hold a gathering this year. I doubted my sister had asked him to call me, hoping he could ________ me, but I insisted I need to do this for Mom.

When I arrived at home, I was ________ shocked. A beautiful Christmas wreath (花环) was hanging on my front door. Where had it come from? It ________ my husband wanted to do something ________ for me. He was always busy with work. But to my ________, he had decorated the ________ house. “Where did the wreath come from?” I asked him. “It was in a plastic bag in our basement, so I ________ the wreath.”

It was only then that I remembered it was Mom’s wreath, which had been one of the things I bought home. When I was feeling ________, Mom sent me the very ________. I know she is still with me.

1.A.aunt B.sister C.brother D.niece

2.A.relief B.loss C.security D.humor

3.A.blamed B.owed C.applied D.accustomed

4.A.begged B.recalled C.assumed D.forgot

5.A.Stupidly B.Excitedly C.Calmly D.Awkwardly

6.A.Although B.So C.Because D.Thus

7.A.call B.visit C.greeting D.invitation

8.A.horrible B.appropriate C.urgent D.limited

9.A.warning B.advising C.convincing D.informed

10.A.determined B.nervous C.numb D.innocent

11.A.suggested B.directed C.commanded D.demanded

12.A.admire B.rescue C.sponsor D.persuade

13.A.gradually B.completely C.occasionally D.slightly

14.A.pointed out B.turned out C.picked out D.brought out

15.A.harmless B.obvious C.special D.grateful

16.A.amazement B.amusement C.disappointed D.regret

17.A.temporary B.ideal C.steady D.entire

18.A.paid off B.gave out C.put up D.searched for

19.A.enthusiastic B.delighted C.shocked D.discouraged

20.A.miracle B.saying C.concept D.decoration

    After a long day at work, coming home is a breath of fresh air. Home is a comfortable place to sit back and relax. 1. Below are a number of things we can do to create a healthy home environment that will help to ease the workday stress and promote our physical and mental health.

Cleaning the house regularly is the first thing we should do. It may seem like a tiring thing to clean but there is a reason for doing so. We can remove dust by cleaning the house. Leaving layers of dust everywhere means that there is a build-up of dust. And where do these layers of dust go?2.

Making sure the rooms are full of sunlight is also important. We may not realize it but sunlight is an important part of our growth. We all know that sunlight promotes better working conditions. 3. Think about using a Parans system where sunlight does not reach. This technology gathers the sunlight by using solar panels. It can send out sunlight wherever we are.

4. Going green will help to remove toxins(毒素）in the air. They also give off oxygen, which can lower stress and improve our moods.

Along the lines of being green, it can also be vital to think about what things we are bringing into the house. Try to avoid specific plastics that are harmful to health. 5. They may contain poisonous chemicals that can be breathed in, or simple absorbed through the skin.

A. Into our lungs.

B. However, is it as healthy as it can be?

C. Is our home as comfortable as it used to be?

D. It is also a good idea to add more plants in our house.

E. The same thing applies to things like carpets and paint.

F. Besides, it can reduce both stress and high blood pressure.

G. It is acknowledges that a greener lifestyle is linked to better health.

    NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly expunge, the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased. They are not sure to what degree people’s memories are affected.

The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.

Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

“Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions.” Said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve a lot of that suffering.”

But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I’m not sure we want to wipe those memories out.” Said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

1.What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 mean?

A.decrease B.release

C.reserve D.remove

2.The drug tested on people can ______.

A.cause the brain to fix memories

B.stop people remembering bad experiences

C.prevent body producing certain chemicals

D.wipe out the emotional effects of memories

3.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.all people don’t support the use of the pills

B.the pill will stop people’s bad experiences

C.taking the pill will do harm to people’s health

D.the pill has probably been produced in America

4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A.Some memories can ruin people’s lives.

B.People want to get rid of bad memories.

C.Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D.The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.