Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A. major |
B. determined |
C. promotion |
D. prosperous |
E. stressed |
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F. surprisingly |
G. impressed |
H. questions |
I. cooperation |
J. increasingly |
Barack Obama has been a hit in China. Apart from holding talks with Chinese leaders, the president ___1.___ the Chinese with a lively question-and-answer session with college students. In fact, he is the first U.S. president to visit China inside his first year in office.
“The United States insists we do not seek to contain China’s rise,” he told Chinese students in Shanghai. “On the contrary, we welcome China as a strong and ___2.___ and successful member of the community of nations.”
The U.S.-China relationship has opened the door to partnerships on ___3.__ global concerns including economic recovery, clean energy, climate change, and the ___4.___ of peace and beyond, he added.
Indeed, given these pressing issues, China and the United States have ___5.___ found their future linked together. They discovered that the largest developing nation and the most powerful industrialized country have to work in concert.
Obama’s visit to China on November 15-18 highlighted the complexity of arguably the most important bilateral (双边) relationship in the world. Moreover, for all their differences and disagreements, Beijing and Washington are ___6.___ to manage their relations in a way that will contribute to world peace and development.
Obama kicked off his first state visit to China in the country’s financial and economic centre, Shanghai, where he held a “town hall” meeting with more than 500 Chinese students. The one-hour discussion, during which Obama took ___7.___ ranging from antiterrorism to recipes for success with his signature charisma (领袖魅力), was broadcast live on the websites.
He ___8.___ that young people could help build bridges in U.S.-China ___9.___ — a process that he said must grow beyond the two countries’ governments to take root in the people.
The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest ____ rapid progress they’ve made.
A. however B. how much C. whatever D. no matter
He was disappointed ____ he had learned from books quite differed from his actual life.
A. what B. that C. which D. how
It was the A/N1H1 epidemic ____ spread almost throughout the country ____ promoted the research and production of the flu vaccine.
A. that…that B. that…which C. what…that D. that…what
The traffic in Shanghai will be blocked and people will come to blows _____ the government plans in advance.
A. as long as B. unless C. even if D. since
— Where’s your assignment?
— ____
A. I had already handed it in. B. It was handed in.
C. It’d been handed in. D. It’s been handed in.
