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课后提升练(九) Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking
[对应学生用书P185]
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.Don't beat around the bush.Come straight to the point.
2.Miss Green is in charge of the class consisting(consist) of 60 students.
3.Everyone admired her elegance(elegant) and her beauty.
4.Consumers(consume) had hoped the higher prices would mean more goods in stores.But that was not the case.
5.Prior to the Tang Dynasty,Chinese poems were basically written for singing.
6.At a minimum,the project of constructing the bridge will take two to three years.
7.Each book is stuffed(stuff) with cute,comical pictures full of cuddly animal friends.
8.If you have a juicer,you can simply feed in frozen bananas and some berries or sliced(slice) fruit.
Ⅱ.选词填空
at a minimum,hand in hand,relate to,slice ...off,a case in point,refer to,prior to,consist of
1.We shall discuss the problem as it relates to our specific case.
2.If you need the new equipment for your presentation,you can refer to the instructions.
3.Many countries are willing to join the Belt and Road Initiative.Pakistan is a case in point.
4.Prior to achieving your ambition,you should work hard.
5.Carbon dioxide consists of carbon and oxygen,and we can gain it from burning.
6.Now,the young people usually use scalpels to slice logos off when they buy a belt.
7.We should increase our budget for work environment improvement.At a minimum,the space should not be dull and depressing.
8.They went out of the bower hand in hand,and they were standing in the beautiful garden of their home.
Ⅲ.阅读理解
(2022·山东聊城高二期末)We already know that eating too much salt can lead to heart disease.But could it also affect our mind? Scientists found that a highsalt diet could cause cognitive impairments(认知损伤)in mice,and it could produce the same effect on humans.
Dr Costantino Iadecola,director of the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute,said they fed the mice eight to sixteen times their normal salt intake(摄入量)and then tested the mice.After about three months,the mice had a b