1、 The____of this book explains how the chapters are organized.
2、 He is my____by three years.
3、 Come at your____ because I will be there at all the time.
4、 Her work has____to our understanding of this difficult subject.
5、 The ____manager will have an interview with some job applicants next week.
6、 You are not quite ____when you call a computer an “electronic brain".
7、 The beautiful scenery of the West Lake____thousands of visitors to Hangzhou each year.
8、 Her hard work will____her the respect of her fellow workers.
9、 He_____the letter carefully before putting it in the envelope.
10、 The hero in the story is an____character.
11、 The government has (launched) a massive campaign against crimes in the big ities.
12、 It is very (considerate) of you to remember my birthday.
13、 I was (amazed) at the beauty of the mountain when I reached the top.
14、 He certainly made (profitable) use of the lesson he had learnt.
15、 My life is more (precious) to me than my property.
16、 He made a great show of (reluctance), but finally accepted my offer.
17、 His success in work has (tempted) many to try this new method
18、 She could fix the machine without (referring) to the instructions.
19、 I didn’t have much confidence in my (talent) as a film actor.
20、 Her death was a great grief to him and I doubt if he ever (r***vered) afterwards.
21、How Does Acupuncture Work? Acupuncture has been practised in China for more than 2,000 years, but I ts (41)____in the Western world is still very(42)____. Several hospitals in the United States are now experimenting(43)____acupuncture (44)____a way of treating pain. An American journalist who stood beside a patient during an operation in Shanghai recently described the45and its effects. To(46)____the patient from feeling pain during the operation, four(47)____were used, each about an inch and a half long. Two needles were inserted under the skin on each side of the patient’s neck. The top of the needles were attached(48)____wires which(49)____a small electrical device. Throughout the operation the patient talked50to those(51)____around him. Insisting that he felt perfectly normal. How does acupuncture work?(52)____s it able to keep a patient from feeling pain? No very(53)____ nswer has been given. But there are(54)____three theories. Some doctors believe that acupuncture(55)_____produces an effect upon the central nervous system. Others believe that acupuncture(56)____a chemical change in the body’s fluids. Still(57)____theory is that the needles make(58)____ an unknown system of energy in the body which travels along certain(59)____under the skin. The true explanation may be one of these or a combination of more than one. Or it may be something entirely(60)____. 1、A.use B.definition C.explanation D. Execution 2、 A.another B.the other C.next D./ 3、 A.joint B.contact C.Connection D./ 4、 A.routes B.lines C.ways D./ 5、 A.easy B.similar C.same D.different 6、 A.young B.new C.old D.younger 7、 A.at B.on C.with D.To 8、 A.like B.by C.for D.as 9、 A.process B.Situation C.Symptom D.aspect 10、 A.keep B.leave C.put D./ 11、 A.noodles B.needles C.spites D.pins 12、 A.for B.with C.by D.to 13、 A.caused B.resulted in C.led to D./ 14、 A.calmful B.calmly C.calm D. Calmness 15、 A.standing B.stood C.stand D./ 16、 A.where B.what C.whether D.how 17、 A.satisfied B.satisfactory C.satisfying D.satisfy 18、 A.at least B.at best C.at most D.at any rate 19、 A.somewhat B.anyhow C.somehow D.someway 20、 A.exposes B.produces C.makes D.takes
22、 Sleep Sleep is part of your daily activity cycle, but there are several different t ypes or stages of sleep and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleep er, your sleep cycle will go something like this: When you first drift off into sleep your eyes will roll about a bit, your tem perature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing will slow and b***me quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too. This is called Stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift down through Stage 2 and Stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower your brain waves will be. Then, about 40-60 minutes after you lose consciousness, you will have reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the delta rhythm. This is S tage 4 sleep. You may think that you stay at this deep fourth stage all the rest of the nig ht, but that turns out not to be the case. Instead, about 80 minutes after you fal l into sleep your activity cycle will increase slightly. The delta rhythm will disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to move around under your closed eyelids as if you were looking at somet hing occurring in front of you. This period of Rapid Eye Movements lasts for som e 8-15 minutes and is called REM sleep. During both light and deep sleep, the muscles in