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The virture choir was the idea of award- wining     1     (作曲家) and conductor Eric Whitacre.     2     (出生于) in the USA on 2January 1970, Whitacre began studying music   at the University of Nevada in 1988.He     3     (爱上) Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He     4     (毕业于) university in 1995, and then     5     (获得) a master’s degree in musical composition from the Juilliand School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s     6     (原创的) compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This     7     (导致) the     8     (创造) of the virtual choir.

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    1     (…有) so much more to learn about the interesting history and culture of the United Kingdom.     2     (学习) the history of the country will make your visit much more     3     (快乐的). The capital city London is great place to start, as it is an ancient port city that has a history     4     (追溯到) all the way back to Roman times. There are     5     (数不清的) hisroric sites to explore, and lots of museums with ancient relices from all over the UK. The UK is a fascinating mix of histoy and modern culture, with both new and old traditions. If you     6     (留心), you will be surprised    7     (发现) that you can see both its past and its present.

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Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and     1     (对生活的态度). They are occasions that     2     (让我们放松并享受生活), and forget about our work for a little while. They help us understand where we came from, who we are, and what to appreciate. And if you study festivals carefully, you may     3     (惊讶地发现) that different cultures actually     4     (有许多共同点) after all.

7 . 根据《新概念》原文填入正确的单词。

......I sat down on one of those chairs     1     holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.

“You     2     buy things we don’t need,” I remarked suddenly. I     3     saying it almost at once……

8 . Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d    1     the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h    2     these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e    3    , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R    4    , that among these are life, L    5    , and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g     6     are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P     7     to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l    8     its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f    9    , as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d     10    , to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

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The three men built a small boat and set sail. All of a sudden, two dinosaurs rose to the surface and began to fight each other. The small boat was almost     1    by the dinosaurs before they were able to get away

They sailed to shore and explored the forest. They came across huge insects and many strange creatures. As they were     2     around, they noticed a man sitting    3    a tree in the distance-he was at least four meters tall. The men became afraid, and ran back to the boat.

They set sail again, and saw what looked like an exit, but it was    4    by rocks which had fallen down from the ceiling. They made a bomb to blow up the rocks. After the bomb exploded, their boat rushed     5    forward into a large hole. The boat floated down with the water. It was too fast for them to escape, They could only hold on to the boat in terror.

10 . Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Mr. Smith used to be in prison for three years, which may have you think he is not a good man. But       1     a matter of fact, he is kind-hearted as well as honest. The reason     2     he was put into prison was not that he himself broke the law,     3     that his six-year-old son blew up(使……爆炸) the bridge near his home, imitating what he had seen on TV.     4     this little boy did break the law, he was too young to be put in prison. According to the local law, the boy’s parents had to be punished. As a result, Mr. Smith received the punishment. He was arrested and taken to     5     police station finally. Most of the people in the town showed pity on him, but it was useless. After all, law is law. Everybody is to obey     6    . As the proverb of “When it rains, it pours”, Mrs. Smith was out of work before long. She had to move to a southern state,     7     she was born and grew up. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.     8    the Smiths have experienced does teach us a good lesson.