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Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.She advised me to keep the evil person at a distance.
2.The money was being kept in reserve for their retirement (retire).
3.The location(locate) of these beaches makes them prime sites for development.
4.Government troops broke up the protest by firing their guns in the air.
5.Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from.
6.She slid (slide) out while no one was looking.
7.You rescued me from an embarrassing situation.
8.It is said that 90% of the engines are exported to Europe.
9.He works from dawn to dusk, nor does he pause for rest.
10.It's beyond me why she decides to quit the rosy job.
Ⅱ.选词填空
roll up,break off, at dawn,from the distance,along with
1.Lee broke off a small piece of orange and held it out to him.
2.At dawn he saw, not far away from him, a long stretch of sand.
3.The baby's mother escaped from the fire along with two other children.
4.I rolled up my sleeves and pitched into cleaning the kitchen.
5.Then after a while, from the distance came a softer call in reply.
Ⅲ.阅读理解
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Teens are now less likely to do parttime jobs,drink alcohol or go out without their parents than their counterpart 10 or 20 years ago.This generation of teens is delaying the responsibilities and pleasures of adulthood.Some people think that today's teens are more virtuous (品行端正的) and responsible.Others have suggested that today's teens aren't working because they are simply lazy.
To figure out what's really going on,we should look at these trends with “life history theory” taken into consideration. A “fastlife method” was the more common parenting approach in the mid20th century,when fewer laborsaving devices were available and the average woman had four children.The parents needed to focus on day to day survival.As a result,kids needed to care for themselves sooner. A “slowlife method” on the other hand is more common in times and places where families have fewer children and spend more time on each child's growth and development.When the average fa