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课时达标训练(三)
Section Ⅲ Using Language, Assessing Your Progress &
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Ⅰ. 单句语法填空
1. There will be many challenges ahead, but I have confidence that I'll take on the burden.
2. If you want to make progress in your study, above all, you must be strict with yourself.
3. As far as I'm concerned, nothing is more important (important) than studying hard.
4. My mother could always find fault with something, either in my diet or in my study.
5. Besides, I have such a good command of English that I am elected as assistant(assist) to my English teacher.
6. I was so familiar with him that I recognised his voice instantly I picked up the phone.
7. A fire broke out last night, which caused a lot of damage.
8. The teacher directed the gifted(gift) students towards the more challenging courses.
9. The town walls were built as a defence(defend) against enemy attacks.
10. Mr Bell has been in charge of the house for more than a year.
Ⅱ. 短语填空
1. Tom is the only one of the engineers who has come up with the solution.
2. Her children all came down with the flu last week.
3. When she was a little girl, she dreamed of becoming an actress.
4. Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at that time.
5. Experts point out that fruit juices can be harmful to children's teeth.
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
Women may have good reason to drink coffee as much as they like. According to recent research, women who drank three or more cups of coffee a day were 30 percent less likely to have memory decline at age 65 than those who drank one cup or less daily. And the benefit increased with age. Women over age 80 who drank three or more cups of coffee a day were about 70 percent less likely to have memory decline than those who drank one cup or less, the researchers said.
Caffeinated tea had the same effect in the women, the study found, although more was needed to get the same caffeine boost. “Count roughly two cups of tea for a cup of coffee,”said study leader Karen Ritchie of INSERM,