8、Translation 8 Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution may kill people, especially babies, older people, and those who have diseases with their breath. Air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we don‘t know much about. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the chemicals we are apt to take into our body work.
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74.( )with the other applicants, the last girl we interviewed was much more skilled and intelligent.
A. Contrary
B. According
C. Compared
D. Contrast
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199.The students will put off the math until next week,( )they won‘t be so busy.
A. since
B. as
C. when
D. while
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173.My cousin worked all winter vacation, saving money to( )his hobby of collecting stamps.
A. search
B. hunt
C. seek
D. pursue
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42.Some of your suggestions have been( ), but others have been turned down as they are not workable.
A. adapted
B. adopted
C. replaced
D. assessed
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3. Passage 1 The secret of being born lucky is a summer birthday, with May babies most likely to enjoy a lifetime‘s good fortune, according to a study of more than 40,000 people. The time of year at which you are born has an enduring influence on levels of optimism and self-reported luck, according to a research by British and Swedish scientists. May was the luckiest month in which to be born, with 50 percent of those born then considering themselves lucky, while October was the least lucky month, with just 43 percent claiming good fortune. The findings add to growing evidence that the phenomenon of luck is not all down to chance, but is affected by a person‘s general disposition. Other research has shown that whether people think themselves fortunate depends less on objective success than on having a ―glass half-full‖ or ―half-empty‖ approach to life. ―What we are seeing suggests that something is influencing how people perceive their luckiness. My hypothesis is that people create their own luck by traits such as optimism, that luck is a psychological phenomenon rather than a matter of blind chance,‖ said Professor Richard Wiseman, who led the research. The pattern of the result, with those born in spring and in summer reporting themselves luckier than those born in autumn or winter, could have two potential explanations, Professor Wiseman said. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Optimistic people tend to be luckier.
B. Devoted people tend to be luckier.
C. Objective success is more important than one‘s general disposition in feeling lucky.
D. People drinking more water tend to be luckier.
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131.Shopping-centers provide us with a large( )of goods to choose from.
A. type
B. range
C. variety
D. sort
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129.After he retired from office, Rogers( )painting for a while, but soon lost interest.
A. took up
B. save up
C. kept up
D. drew up
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2. Passage 5 Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money. Most of the money today is made of metal paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. In parts of Africa, cattle were one of the earliest money. Other animals were used as money too. The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. People strung them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coins of gold and silver. But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today. Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today. Where were shells used as money in history?
A. In the Philippines.
B. In China.
C. In Africa.
D. We don‘t know.
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41.The teacher( )his instructions so that the small children could understand him better.
A. simplified
B. has simplified
C. has been simplified
D. simplifies
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