It’s a mistake to think of Harbin only ______ its ice-snow tourism.
A.at the thought of B.in terms of
C.with the exception of D.in response to
Space exploration provides a ______ of national pride.
A.reason B.portrait C.statue D.symbol
The Students’ Association Union is like a huge stage, _______ everyone spares no effort to achieve their dreams.
A.that B.when C.which D.where
Having considering all the ______ evidence, the court found him not guilty.
A.subjective B.steady C.severe D.solid
To keep slim, Mary ______ Yoga as a form of exercise.
A.added to B.swore to C.took up D.suffered from
Life is like a box of chocolates, and you never know what you’re going to get. Twelve-year-old John Wilson had no way of knowing that his life was about to change completely when he walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931. The class ____ that day was to show how ____ a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles (气泡) to the surface. The container John was about to heat, ____, was not like the containers students everywhere had used. Someone had been ____ and put the wrong label (标签) on the bottle. And ____ John heated it with a Bunsen burner, the container ____, sending the liquid flying in all directions. John Wilson came away from it, completely ____.
Wilson spent the next two months in hospital. After he returned home, his parents ____a hard time to find a way to deal with the ____ that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not ____ the accident as a disaster. He knew he had the rest of his life to live. He learned Braille (盲文) quickly and continued his ____ at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled. There, he not only ____ as a student but also became an accomplished rower, swimmer, actor, musician, and orator.
Many people, faced with the ____ John Wilson met with, would have ____ of their experience. Perhaps they would have considered themselves to be ____ by ill fortune and discouraged in their ____ to do anything significant with their lives. Wilson, however, lost his sight but found a ____. Through his practical action and life attitude, he proved to us ____ that it’s not what happens to us that ____ our lives — it’s what we make ____what happens.
1.A.experiment B.discussion C.analysis D.management
2.A.bringing out B.turning over C.heating up D.picking on
3.A.therefore B.instead C.besides D.however
4.A.light-hearted B.absent-minded C.cold-blooded D.bad-tempered
5.A.as B.if C.once D.though
6.A.leaked B.exploded C.collapsed D.melted
7.A.dumb B.lame C.deaf D.blind
8.A.called for B.drove off C.went through D.depended on
9.A.disaster B.coincidence C.trouble D.drawback
10.A.elect B.appoint C.regard D.recommend
11.A.education B.occupation C.contribution D.recovery
12.A.survived B.shone C.competed D.registered
13.A.discrimination B.resistance C.circumstances D.uncertainties
14.A.dreamed B.thought C.approved D.complained
15.A.criticized B.motivated C.surrounded D.interrupted
16.A.preferences B.requirements C.imagination D.attempts
17.A.bridge B.vision C.reward D.cure
18.A.dramatically B.occasionally C.abruptly D.roughly
19.A.limits B.predicts C.determines D.replaces
20.A.of B.from C.for D.up
