《中高级阅读（一）》补考

The team doesn't mind_______ at weekends as long as they can finish the task.

We are a non-profit company_______ team members are from all over the country.

The meeting room is so small that it can hold 20 people_______ .

She gave us a detailed______ of the local government's new health-care proposal.

Linda______ her training in a joint company by the end of next month.

It was not until yesterday ______ they decided to re-open the business talk.

We have to______  the cost of setting up a new hospital in that area.

We need to  _____ an eye on all the activities to make sure that people stay safe.

 The local government has always placed a strong emphasis _____ education and vocational training.

Their talks next week are expected to focus______  business management.

There are no openings at present, So the company will not _____anybody.

 I wanted to know when' 'and where we should _____ our assignments.

We considered______   to California at first, but decided not to in the end.

Australia has its own_____ identity, which is very different from that of Britain.

unhappy taxpayers     ＿＿         

an unequal treaty   ＿＿ 

disobey the order ＿＿ 

unfortunate results ＿＿ 

unexpected visits ＿＿ 

disarm the guards ＿＿ 

feel discouraged ＿＿ 

changeable weather ＿＿ 

undrinkable water    ＿＿ 

a forced smile ＿＿ 

guided missiles ＿＿ 

canned food ＿＿ 

 broken home ＿＿ 

 dried food   ＿＿ 

a torn jacket ＿＿ 

At that moment the boy returned with an armful of green bananas. The man cut one in half and pressed the cut end＿＿ (with/against) the radiator jacket. The banana melted ＿＿ (into/to) a glue against the hot metal, stopping the leaks 3.  ＿＿ (slowly/instantly). I was so ＿＿ (astonishing/astonished) at this that I must have looked rather foolish and everyone laughed. They then refilled my radiator and gave me extra bananas to take along  ＿＿  (when/in case) my radiator should give me trouble again. An hour later, after using the green banana once more, my radiator and I reached our ＿＿ (home/destination). The local  ＿＿ (mechanic/mechanical) smiled. “Who taught you about the green banana?” I gave him the name of the village. “Did they show you the rock  ＿＿ (labeling/marking) the center of the world?" he asked. I ＿＿ (assured/doubted) him they had. “My grandfather came from there,” he said. “The  ＿＿ (exactly/exact) center. Everyone around here has always known about it.”

What do people generally believe about aging?

How do many scientists view aging now?

What does Alex Zhavoronkov think of “describing aging as a disease”?

What do we learn about the medical community? 

What does Professor Leonard Hayflick believe? 

 I didn’t believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throw me into the huge, high-walled building.

Those who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves.

Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority.

Before long you will see a paper, a quite important paper for which several men and women have risked their lives, come to me in the next-to-last step of its journal into official hands.

As a product of American education I have never paid the slightest attention to the green banana except to regard it as a fruit whose time had not yet come.  

It took me a little longer to fully grasp the importance of the rock which the villagers believed marked the center of the world.