Betty is from Italy. Now she lives in Edinburgh . But her parents still live in Italy.

A.because of

B.in spite of

C.because

D.despite

A. leave

B. to leave

C. from leaving

D. of leaving

A.in spite of

B.because

C.caused by

D.because of

All the following are assumptions once made about the Iceman EXCEPT

A．he was a soldier in World War Ⅰ．

B．he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father．

C．he was born about a thousand years ago．

D．he came from Italy．

fork, and dives into his food, someone is likely to repeat that saying.

The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinpole brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe.

By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians were averse to rating food touched with fingers, "Seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean." English travelers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom.

Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Men who used forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show - offs and overnice. Not until the late 1600's did using a fork become a common custom.

The custom of eating with a fork was ______ .

A．brought to Europe from America

B．begun when forks were invented

C．brought to Europe from Asia

D．invented by Italians

beautiful big bungalow and she bought herself a very expensive pearl necklace

The following summer, the Burwoods decided to throw a party. Early on the afternoon

of the party, Betty took her new silk dress out of the wardrobe and put her expensive pearl

necklace on her dressing-table ready to put on in the evening. Then, she went to see how the

preparations for the party were going

The catering company had just arrived - a cook, Mrs. Moore, and her two helpers,

Nancy and Harriet. They were all in the kitchen unpacking the piles of boxes which they had

brought with them. Soon, the fourth member of the team, Charlie Chivers, arrived on his

bicycle

By six o' clock, everything was ready. The garden looked magnificent - with small

round tables and colorful chairs and sun shades. The food and drink was all laid out in the

kitchen, ready to be brought out when the guests arrived

At ten past six, Betty went to her bedroom to get ready. She showered and put on her

best silk dress. It was when she was brushing her hair that she realized that her pearls were

not on the dressing-table. "Bill," she said, "have you moved my pearls？" "No, dear,"

answered Hill, "where were they？" "1 put them on the drussing-tabie this afternoon and

they're not here now. ""Are you sure？" asked Bill. "Maybe you put them down somewhere

else, or maybe you,ye moved them"

For a quarter of an hour they searched for the missing pearls, but couldn't find them

anywhere. It was then that they decided they must call the police

Soon, Inspector Morgan arrived and started to question all the suspects

Read Passage 1 and then try to give short answers 协 Questions 1-5. Write your answers on the

Answer Sheet

i. Why could Betty afford an expensive necklace？

2. Why did she take her necklace out early in the day？

3. How many people were there in the catering company？

4. What do you think was in the boxes？

5. Did the Burwoods call the police after they couldn't find the pear's？

Read again and then fill in the following blanks numbered 6-10 with the information from the passage. Write you answers on the Answer Sheet

the better their intelligence develops. In 1995, Betty Hart and Todd Risley of the University of Kansas found a close【C1】______between the number of words a childs parents had spoken to him【C2】______the time he was three and his【C3】______success at the age of nine. At three, children born into professional families had【C4】______30m more words than those from a poorer background. This observation has profound【C5】______for policies about babies and their parents. It sug gests that sending children to "pre-school"(【C6】______or kindergartens)at the age of four—a favored【C7】______among policymakers—comes too late to【C8】______for educational shortcomings at home.【C9】______, understanding of how childrens vocabularies develop is growing. One of the most striking【C10】______came from Anne Fernald, who has found that the difference【C11】______well before a child is three. Even at the【C12】______age of 18 months, when most toddlers speak only a dozen words, those from【C13】______families are several months behind other more favored children.【C14】______, Dr Fernald thinks the differentiation starts at birth. She【C15】______how quickly toddlers process language by sitting them on their mothers laps and showing them two images; a dog and a ball. A recorded voice tells the toddler to look at the ball while a camera records his【C16】______. This lets Dr Fernald【C17】______the moment the childs gaze begins【C18】______towards the correct image. At 18 months, toddlers from【C19】______backgrounds can identify the correct object in 750 milliseconds—200 milliseconds faster than those from poorer families. This, says Dr Fernald, is a【C20】______difference.

【C1】

A．conflict

B．correlation

C．gap

D．difference

ke this. ___31___ you are going to have a baby, it’s like preparing a vacation trip to Italy. You ___32___ a bunch of guidebooks and make wonderful___ 33___ . You may learn some useful phrases ___34___ Italian. It’s all very exciting. ___35___ several months of eager expectation, the day finally ___36___ . You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours ___37___ , the plane lands in Holland. “Why Holland？”you say, “I sign up ___38___ Italy! All my life I’ve dreamed ___39___ going to Italy.” But you have landed in Holland and___ 40___ you must stay.

The importance thing is to remember that they haven’t taken you ___41___ a horrible, disgusting, filthy place. It’s just a ___42___ place. So you go out and new guidebooks ___43___ you must learn a whole new language. Holland may be slower-paced ___44___ Italy. But you have been there for a while, you ___45___ that Holland has windmills and tulips(郁金香). Everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they all boasting about ___46___ a wonderful time they had there. And for the ___47___ of your life you will say, “Yes, that’s where I was ___48___ to go”. But if you spend your life ___49___ the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to ___50___ the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

31__________

A.When

B.If

C.As

D.Before

32A.buy

B.write

C.pack

D.make

33A.trips

B.plans

C.tours

D.preparations

34A.for

B.of

C.in

D.to

35A.Before

B.Though

C.Through

D.After

36A.passes

B.arrives

C.ends

D.goes

37A.late

B.later

C.off

D.away

38A.for

B.in

C.at

D.as

39A.for

B.of

C.by

D.up

40A.where

B.on

C.there

D.then

41A.at

B.on

C.to

D.through

42A.different

B.new

C.familiar

D.wrong

43A.so

B.and

C.that

D.if

44A.as

B.by

C.in

D.than

45A.find

B.suppose

C.except

D.feel

46A.how

B.what

C.many

D.being

47A.rest

B.whole

C.better

D.more

48A.planned

B.supposed

C.expected

D.finding

49A.remembering

B.regretting

C.memorizing

D.finding

50A.get

B.have

C.see

D.enjoy

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

fork， and dives into his food， someone is likely to repeat that saying.

The fork was an ancient agricultural tool， but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century， when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy， did the custom reach Europe.

By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians were averse to eating food touched with fingers， “Seeing all men‘s fingers are not alike clean.” English travellers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom.

Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Men who used forks were thought to be sissies， and women who used them were called show-offs and overnice. Not until the late 1600‘s did using a fork become a common custom.

76. The custom of eating with a fork was _______.

A.brought to Europe from America

B.begun when forks were invented

C.brought to Europe from Asia

D.invented by Italians

To English travellers in Italy， the use of forks seemed _______.A.clever

B.necessary

C.good manner

D.ridiculous

By the fifteenth century forks were used _______.A.all over Italy

B.only in Constantinople

C.widely in Europe

D.In England

In England， people who used forks at that time were considered ______.A.well mannered

B.sissies

C.show-offs and overnice

D.both B and C

The English thought that Italians used forks in order to ________.A.imitate the people of the East

B.keep their food clean

C.impress visitors with their good manners

D.amuse the English

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