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Using language
I. 将下列各句中画线单词与其相应的词性和英文释义进行匹配。
1. Our goods are superior in quality compared with those of other manufacturers. ________
2. Some companies discriminate against old people by refusing to offer them chances to work. ________
3. In a city that lies close to the equator, the sun's energy meets the airports' needs around-the-clock. _______
4. Tea leaves are produced mainly in the south of China because of the mild climate and rich soil there. ________
a. adj. not violent, severe or extreme
b. adj. better than average or better than other people or things of the same type
c. v. to treat someone unfairly because of their religion, race, or other personal features
d. n. an imaginary line around the earth at an equal distance from the North and South Poles
II. 选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式填空(每个单词限用一次)。
convention, subject, automatic, finance
1. The program provides ________ assistance to every student at the school.
2. After you leave, your credit card is ________ charged for what you took.
3. There are still many ________ shoppers who like to check out the product that they are interested in buying.
4. If people have hopes and always look forward to the future, they are able to imagine a(n) ________ picture of brightness in their mind, and take different measures to live a happy life.
III. 从括号内选择合适的关系词完成下列句子。
1. By 16:30, ________ (which, when) was almost closing time, nearly all the paintings had been sold.
2. I wish to thank Professor Smith, without ________ (whom, whose) help I would never have got this far.
3. A bank is the place ________ (where, that) they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
4. At the height of China's COVID-19 outbreak, in February alone, Taobao was the platform ________ (who, which) saw the largest number of live-streaming sales.
5. Tamdrin, ________ (which, whose) name in Chinese is Ding Zhen, took the Internet by storm after a photographer posted a video of him on TikTok, a short video plat