-----Jack is Jane’s brother.

-----______he reminds me much of Jane.

A. No doubt    B. No wonder

C. Above all    D. Of course

    Rules for the University Entrance Examination

•   You must be at the examination center ten minutes before the examination starts. If you are more than ten minutes late, you may not enter the examination center. The examination takes place at the same time in different states.

•    You must have proof of your name and grade as well as official examination number. Show these when you come to the examination center.

•    Depending on which examination you are taking, you may bring certain items into the examination center. Mathematics examinations may allow you to use electronic calculators. Other subjects may allow you to use dictionaries and other reference material. Please read the notes sent with your timetable carefully.

•    You must bring your own pencils. None will be provided for you. The following items are not allowed in the examination center: walk-mans and radios, head sets, any food or drink, school bags, electronic equipment (unless specifically permitted for various subjects), and mobile phones.

•    Once in the center, you must sit at the desk with your examination number on it. When you sit down, place your examination number at the top corner of your desk.

•    You must remain silent during the examination. You must not disturb other people who are taking the test.

•    If you need a drink or toilet break, you should raise your hand and wait for the supervisor (监督者) to speak to you. You will be given water or the supervisor will take you to the bathroom. You are not allowed to talk with anyone during the break.

•    You must write your answers in the official answer sheet. Your supervisor will provide extra paper if you wish to make notes.

•    You may leave the examination room at any time if you do not plan to return. If you finish early and want to leave, please move well away from the examination center.

•    The supervisor will warn you fifteen minutes, five minutes and one minute before the end of the examination. When the supervisor says that the time is up, you must put down your pencil and wait at your desk until your paper is collected.

5. What are you allowed to have with you when you take mathematics examination?

     A. Related material.   B. Proof of yourself.   C. A cell phone.    D. A dictionary.

6. What should you do if you finish the test early?

  A. Stay in the examination center.       B. Remain in your seat and check again.

  C. Keep a distance from the center.      D. Raise your hand to inform your teacher.

7. What can be provided for you during the exam?

     A. Pencils.                    B. Food and drink.     C. Extra paper.      D. Calculators.

Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and lack of consumer demand for environment friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic and metal container are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.

    However, today, more and more consumers are choosing “green” and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like these, “Will this shampoo damage the environment?” “Can this metal container be reused or can it only be used once?”

    A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environment safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make and sell their products to make sure that they are “green”, that is, friendly to the environment.

    Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarkets’ products carry labels to show that the product is green. Some companies have made producing of clean and safe products their main selling points and emphasize (强调) it in their advertising.

    The concern for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. No longer will the public accept the old attitude of “Buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it.” The public pressure is on, and gradually business is cleaning up its act.

32. It becomes clear from the passage that the driving force (动力) behind the green products is ______.

A. companies’ desire for bigger sales         B. public caring for the environment

C. new ways of doing business               D. rapid growth of supermarkets

33. Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. Only the productive methods are the cause of the heavy pollution.

B. Manufactures(制造商) made their products clean with cleaners.

C. Not all the consumers would like green products.

D. In fact, it is the public who made the companies produce green products.

34. The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to ______.

A. a selling point                             B. the company name

C. the producing of green products          D. a great demand for health foods

35. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Business Goes Green                   B. Business and People                 C. Shopping Habits Are Changing                D. Supermarkets and Green Products

Here is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.

Please Touch Children’s Museum

This museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have tea parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

This museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石). There are many fossils like the T. Rex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000-square-foot area. Around 10,000 man-made objects, including a 55-ton steam engine and a 33-foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000-square-foot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.

Boston Children’s Museum

This museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.

National Museum of Play

This museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys.  Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.

Children’s Museum of Houston

This museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.

21. One who has interest in environmental protection can choose to visit         .

A. National Museum of Play or Children’s Museum of Houston

B. Boston Children’s Museum or Children’s Museum of Houston

C. Please Touch Children’s Museum or Boston Children’s Museum

D. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play

22. While visiting National Museum of Play, you can take part in         .

A. dinosaur building

B. New Balance Climb

C. cooking food at play or TV studios

D. playing with giant flowers                         

23. If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activities together, they should go to        .

 A. New York           B. Texas              C. Indiana         D. Massachusetts

24. Who might be most interested in this passage?

 A. Teachers.       B. Students.        C. Researchers.        D. Parents.  

Internet Security Awareness

MS-ISAC

“Kids Safe Online”

2017 Virginia Poster Contest(比赛)

Official Rules

Contestants

The contest is open to all Virginia public, private Kindergarteners -12 in the United States, District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories (领土).

Judging Criteria

Posters will be judged on the following criteria:

• Clear message conveyed by the text and artwork

• Creativity, originality and artistic quality

• Visual clarity - easily read

• Bright and colorful

• Must not use published materials.

Winners

Virginia will select the top 5 winning posters from each grade group (K-5, 6-8, 9-12) and send them to the National Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Internet Security Awareness Poster Contest. The Virginia winners will receive a certificate of appreciation. MS- ISAC will select four winners in each grade and award a prize. These winners will have the honor of having their artwork made into a poster calendar which will be handed out throughout the country and may also be used in campaigns to raise awareness among children of all ages about the Internet.

Posters will not be returned!!!!!!

Deadline

All posters must be received by midnight, Jan. 6, 2017.

Poster should be mailed to:

Kids Safe Online Poster Contest Virginia Information Technology Agency Commonwealth Security & Risk Management

11751 Meadowville Lane Chester, VA 23836

Electronic posters can be sent to: CommonwealthSecurityvirginia.gov

Contest Timeline

Now through Jan. 6, 2017

Students create their posters and the school can choose up to 15 posters to send to VITA by midnight January 6, 2017.

No Later than Jan. 27, 2017

Virginia posters will be judged and the top 15 posters will be sent to MS-ISAC for national judging.

Jan. 30 to March 3, 2017,

MS-ISAC will perform national judging. Winners will be declared no later than March 24, 2017

1. Why is the contest held?

A. To develop children’s creativity.

B. To discover poster talents.

C. To raise kids’ Internet security awareness.

D. To make the Internet convenient for kids.

2. Which of the following posters is likely to win the contest?

A. A poster presented by a British child.

B. A poster copied from a published magazine.

C. A poster made with a black pencil.

D. A poster originally created by an American kid.

3. How will the national winners be honored?

A. They will receive a certificate of appreciation.

B. Their posters can be made known to the public.

C. Their posters will be returned if they want them back.

D. They are to attend a campaign about the Internet security.

4. What can a Virginia child do in the contest?

A. Create an either paper or electronic poster.

B. Complete a poster from Jan. 6 to 27, 2017.

C. Send a poster to VITA directly.

D. Call MS-ISAC to see if the poster wins.

My wife Julie and I were out on the road that 21 around where we live, when we saw a（n）  22  worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked 23 to the dog and patted it. I 24  and there was a collar with a phone number. I called 25 no one answered.

The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s 26 while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk 27 our new friend made short work of the food. 28 we got her home. After trying for many times we got a 29 from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She 30 that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was  31 returned home. Here is the  32 of the story:

Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to 33 me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing  34  that made that sound likely. I was 35 to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more 36 than our problem to worry about. There was a creature 37 right before us and we had to work together to help it. We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family. In the 38“Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, 39 God send angels to guard the door.”Sometimes angels come 40 as dogs.

21．A. flows                B. reaches             C. runs                  D. walks

22．A. young            B. old                    C. tired                  D. ugly

23．A. gently            B. carefully            C. angrily                     D. slowly

24．A. comforted         B. touched             C. tested                D. checked

25．A. or                     B. and                   C. but                   D. so

26．A. clothes              B. food                  C. toys                  D. basket

27．A. while                B. when                C. until                  D. though

28．A. Gradually          B. Successfully   C. Eventually          D. Surprisingly

29．A. letter                 B. phone                C. note                  D. response

30．A. explained       B. declared            C. suggested          D. insisted

31．A. happily           B. safely                C. quickly              D. loudly

32．A. secret            B. point                 C. truth                 D. background

33．A. advise            B. allow                 C. urge                  D. persuade

34．A. anything            B. nothing              C. everything         D. something

35．A. going             B. about                C. supposed           D. used

36．A. important       B. influential           C. effective            D. foolish

37．A. in order          B. in danger        C. in need.             D. in use

38．A. song              B. story                 C. film                  D. book

39．A. should            B. may                 C. would               D. could

40．A. treated                  B. regarded            C. worked             D. disguised.

The news spread quickly through the village ________ the war had ended, ________ made villagers wild with joy.

A. which; that    B. that; what

C. that; which    D. what; which

下面文章中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A number of volunteers is involved in the aid and relief work in areas hit by such nature disasters as earthquake and droughts, as well as in such events as Shanghai Expo.Such volunteering  activities are significant in many ways. In the first  place, they have undoubtedly contribute greatly to this society. Secondly, by working as volunteers, the younger generation, especial college students, can  open their eyes, improve their abilities and associate themselves well with the society and so on. Of course there exists some problems. For example, the volunteers may be short enough training and the management of volunteers may be loose. Still, we have reasons to believe that it can surely be solved in the near future. In a word, volunteering activities benefit the world.Do you share with my standpoint?

 In modern times, people have to learn to ______________ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.

A. keep with                  B. stay with                 C. meet with                D. live with

 ______________ fresh air, people  may start to feel sick. So make sure you open the windows while working.

A. For the absence of                                         B. In the absence of             

C. In the honor of                                              D. In the short of

Art is considered by many people to be no more than a decorative means of giving pleasure.This is not always the case,however,at times,art may be seen to have a purely functional side as well.Such could be said of the sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest;these have a medicinal as well as an artistic purpose.

According to Navaho traditions,one who suffers from either a mental or a physical illness has in some way disturbed or get in touch with the supernatural—perhaps a certain animal,a ghost,or the dead.To break away from this,the ill person or one of his relatives will employ a medical man called a "singer" to perform a curing ceremony which will attract a powerful supernatural being.During the ceremony,which may last from 2 to 9 days,the "singer" will produce a sandpainting on the floor.On the last day of the ceremony,the patient will sit on this sandpainting and the "singer" will rub the sick or injured parts of the patient's body with sand from a specific figure in the sandpainting.In this way the patient absorbs the power of that particular supernatural being and becomes strong.After the ceremony,the sandpainting is destroyed so its power won't harm anyone.

The art of sandpainting is handed down from old "singers".The materials used are easily found where the Navaho settle: brown,red,yellow,and white sandstone,which is ground（研磨）much as corn is made into flour.The "singer" holds a small amount of this sand in his hand and lets it flow between his fingers onto a clean,flat surface on the floor,with a steady hand and great patience.He is thus able to create designs of stylized people,snakes and other creatures that have power in the Navaho belief system.The traditional Navaho doesn't allow copying sandpaintings, since he believes the supernatural powers that taught him the craft have forbidden this;however,such reproductions can in fact be purchased today in tourist shops in Arizona and New Mexico.These are done by either Navaho Indians or by other people who wish to preserve this craft.

8.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.The Navaho Indian            B.The Ancient "Singer"         C.Functions of Art        D.The Navaho Sandpaintings

9.How did the "singer" treat the patient according to the passage?

A.By passing his supernatural power on to the patient.

B.By applying a magic substance to the patient's body.

C.By rubbing the patient's sick parts with sand from a sandpainting figure.

D.By destroying the sandpainting figure.

10.The traditional Navsho does not allow copying of sandpaintings because      .

A.anything copied has no effect                                  B.the craft only belongs to the supernatural

C.it's against Navaho belief system                             D.the copying may do harm to other Navahos

11.That the reproductions of sandpaintings are now commercially available shows      .

A.people have realized the artistic value of sandpaintings

B.patients have benefited from the powerful effect of sandpaintings

C.more people have come to believe in supernatural power

D.modern technology has helped the production of sandpaintings

Something seemed different that day when I entered Donna’s fourth-grade classroom.

Each of the students was writing on a piece of paper,   41   things they couldn’t do.

The activity aroused (引起) my   42  , so I decided to check with Donna to see what was going on. As I   43   her, I noticed that she too was busy writing.

“I can’t get John’s mother to come for a teacher conference.”

“I can’t persuade Alan to use words   44   fists (拳头).”

I was at a total loss   45   students and teacher were focused on the negative rather than the more   46   “I can” statements.

Ten minutes later, students were asked to fold their papers in half and placed them into an empty   47  .

When all of the student papers were   48  , Donna added hers. She then put the box under her arm,   49   a shovel (铁铲) and headed out with all the students   50   her. They stopped at the farthest comer of the playground, where Donna began to   51  . The digging took over ten minutes because every student wanted a   52  . They were going to   53   their “I Can’ts”! When the hole was ready, they placed the box of “I Can’ts” at the   54   and covered it with dirt. After that, Donna announced:

“Boys and girls, please join hands and bow your heads.” So they did. Then Donna continued, “As we see, ‘I can’t’ is   55   today, but he is   56   by his brothers and sisters: ‘I Can’, ‘I will’ and ‘I’m Going to Right Away’. From today on, whenever you want to say ‘I can’t’, please think of today’s   57  . May everyone pick up their lives and move forward in the   58   of ‘I can’t’.”

I realized the students would never forget that day. The activity was   59  . It was an experience that would   60   in their mind forever.

41. A. learning                          B. describing                      C. settling                          D. discussing

42. A. anger                       B. courage                         C. imagination                           D. curiosity

43. a. approached                    B. reminded                       C. caught                                  D. passed

44. A. except for                 B. apart from                      C. instead of                      D. ahead of

45. A why                           B. when                              C. whether                         D. how

46. A. modest                            B. positive                          C. innocent                        D. friendly

47. A. bag                          B. bottle                             C. box                                D. basket

48. A. torn                          B. corrected                       C. found                             D. collected

49. A. picked up                 B. put away                        C. tried out                         D. took over

50. A. watching                  B. leading                          C. following                        D. supporting

51. A. rest                          B. dig                                 C. wander                          D. move

52. A. hand                        B. choice                                   C. reward                                  D. turn

53. A. plant                        B. hide                               C. bury                               D. honor

54. A. bottom                            B. side                               C. top                                 D. front

55. A. lost                           B. dead                              C. tired                               D. sleeping

56. A. survived                   B. punished                       C. disturbed                       D. mined

57. A. celebration               B. exhibition                       C. funeral                                  D. experiment

58. A. form                         B. hope                              C. course                                  D. absence

59. A. challenging                     B. meaningful                            C. familiar                          D. competitive

60. A. stick                         B. hide                               C. spread                                  D. appear

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36. Which of the following comes from the Nelson Lakes areas?

A. Manuka Honey.    B. West Coast Honey.

C. Honeydew Honey.    D. Apple Cider Vinegar.

37. What is the main purpose of this article?

A. To introduce Nelson Honey & Marketing.

B. To analyze the benefits of honey products.

C. To attract readers to visit cities in New Zealand.

D. To promote products from Nelson Honey & Marketing.

The two girls got on very well with each other, even though it was the first time they  _.

A. have met                   B. met                           C. had met                     D. meet

 The scientist does not study nature ______ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it.

A. until                   B. though                           C. because                 D. unless

Scientists say it may be five or ten years ______it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.

    A few days ago, I was sitting in a Thai restaurant enjoying a meal when I got on a phone call from a friend I hadn’t spoken to in a long time. In my enthusiasm and excitement, I talked quite louder than usual voice and in Spanish, my mother tongue.

    A few minutes into the call, an old lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly offended, and asked the restaurant staff to relocate (重新安排) a table as far away as possible from this man who seemed to be impolite.

    I sank in my seat out of embarrassment. I ended the call soon afterwards and felt the urge to apologize. Before getting up, I looked around to see where she was and she was at the table farthest away from me. I noticed that the lady was alone and staring out the window. I found a tinge (气息) of sadness or anxiety and perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace. But I had obviously destroyed it minutes earlier.

   Right then I abandoned my plan for a conventional apologetic gesture. Seeing those funny smile cards in my wallet, I took one out and wrote some words to express my apology. On signing my restaurant bill, I asked a waiter to secretly charge the lady’s meal to me and hand her the smile card instead of her bill.

    Did she take it the wrong way, I wondered? Did she get confused? Did she refuse the anonymous (匿名的) offer? And so on. I just waited and felt nervous to learn the outcome. To my pleasant surprise, things turned out the best possible way.

    The waiter approached me in a joy, telling me, “In the many times she had dined here before, I had never seen the old lady smile as she did when receiving the smile card and the $0 bill. She thanked me even though I explained that someone else did the job.”

12. The old lady changed her seat mainly because of __________.

   A. her private phone call             B. the author’s loud voice

   C. the views out of the window        D. the restaurant staff’s mistake

13. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

   A. The author didn’t stop talking though he felt embarrassed.

   B. The author went up to the old lady and apologized to her.

   C. The old lady just moved to the farthest table to see outside.

   D. The lady didn’t have a nice mood and liked to stay alone.

14. Feeling sorry, the author offered the old lady the following EXCEPT __________.

   A. an apologetic gesture           B. a smile card

   C. a free meal                   D. some written words to apologize

15. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

   A. A Misunderstanding Caused by Different Cultures

   B. An Unpleasant Experience in Thailand

   C. A Smile Card for a Sincere Apology

   D. An Old Lady Who Never Smiles

I was 9 years old when 1 found out my father was ill.It was l994 but I can remember my mother’s  words as if it were yesterday：“kerrel，I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS.Be very careful when you are around him.”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up.From then on.I knew that this would be a family secret.My parents were not together anymore，and my Dad lived alone.For a while he could take care of himself.But when I was 12，his condition worsened.My father’s children lived far away，so it fell to me to look after him.We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him，and because Dad was unable to work, and I had no school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner.I would sit in class feeling completely lost, The teacher’s words muffled(低沉)as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden with anyone.I had seen how people reacted to AIDS.Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease.And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die.but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret，I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days.Sad and hopeless，I called a woman at the nonprofit National A I DS Support.That day, she kept me on the phone for hours， I was so lucky to find someone who cared.She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died.He took his secret away with him，having never spoken about AIDS to anyone，even me.He did not want to call attention to AIDS.I do.

1．What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

A.He had stayed in the hospital since he fell i11.

B.He depended on the nurses in his final days.

C.He worked hard to pay for his medication.

D.He told no one about his disease.

2．What can we learn from the underlined sentences?

A.Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.

B.Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

C.Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.

D.Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words.

3．Why did Kerrel write the passage?

A.To tell people about the sufferings of her father.

B.To show how little people knew about AIDS.

C.To draw people’s attention to AIDS.

D.To remember her father.

 From childhood, Bob was different and never seemed to fit in. Bob did complete college, married his loving wife, Evelyn and was grateful to get his job as a copywriter at Montgomery Wards during the Great Depression.

Then he was blessed with his little girl, Barbara. But it was all short-lived. Evelyn was diagnosed with cancer and the disease stripped them of all their savings and then Bob and his daughter were forced to live in a two-room apartment in the Chicago slums. Evelyn died just days before Christmas in 1938.

Bob struggled to give hope to his child, for whom he couldn't even afford to buy a Christmas gift. But if he couldn't buy a gift, he was determined to make one — a storybook! Bob had created an animal character in his own mind and told the animal's story to little Barbara to give her comfort and hope. Again and again Bob told the story, adding more details with each telling.

Who was the character? What was the story all about? The story Bob May created was his own autobiography(自传) in fable(寓言) form. The character he created was a misfit outcast like he was. The name of the character? A little reindeer named Rudolph, with a big shiny nose. Bob finished the book just in time to give it to his little girl on Christmas Day.

The general manager of Montgomery Wards caught wind of the little storybook and offered Bob May a nominal fee to purchase the rights to print the book. Wards went on to print, “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and distribute it to children visiting Santa Claus in their stores.

By 1946 Wards had printed and distributed more than six million copies of Rudolph. That same year, a major publisher wanted to purchase the rights from Wards to print an updated version of the book. Many toy and marketing deals followed and Bob May, now remarried with a growing family, became wealthy from the story he created to comfort his grieving daughter.

12. When did Bob’s life take a turn for the worse?

A. When he was in college.

B. As soon as he got married.

C. Shortly after Barbara was born.

D. Before the Great Depression began.

13. What’s Bob’s main purpose of writing his storybook?

A. To support his family.        B. To comfort his sick wife.

C. To tell his life story.          D. To make his daughter feel better.

14. We can learn from the passage that Bob’s book ___________.

A. was used as a gift at Christmas at first.

B. wasn’t well thought of by his manager.

C. brought no benefits to Bob himself.

D. was a best-seller until the 1940s.

15. The underlined part “a misfit outcast” in paragraph 4 probably refers to “_________”.

A. an experienced writer who is good at writing fables

B. a brave and determined person who is very successful

C. a person who always makes mistake but can escape from being punished

D. a person who is unfortunate and abandoned by the society

51.Xie Lei's preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic r      （要求）of a Western university.

52.Xie Lei highly r      （推荐）it.

53.But I was also very nervous as I didn't know what to expect,"Xie Lei told me when I saw her waiting in a

q       （队伍）at the student cafeteria between lectures.

54.Made me very thoughtful and t      （感激）for my life today.

55.The industry b      （繁荣）attracted Europeans including many Jewish people.

56.From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many Chinese people a      （申请）for right to live in USA.

57.By the time California e      （选举）to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850,it was already a multicultural society.

58.Firstly,gardeners use it all the time to produce c      （商业的）quantities of plants.

59.Cloning plants is s      （直接的）while cloning animals is very complicated.

60.But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a b      （突破）-the cloning of Dolly the sheep.

61.On the other hand,Dolly's appearance raised a storm of o      （反对）and had a great impact on the media and public imagination.

62.The advantage is that if there is a new illness some of these animals may die,but others will survive and pass on the ability to r      （抵抗）that disease to the next generation.

63.All efforts of cloning an animal will be in v      （徒劳）if there is not enough diversity in the group to

overcome illnesses.

64.Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something m      （仁慈的）that would catch snakes but harm them.

65.Of the first Spanish to go to California,the m      （大多数）were religious men,whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.