1、 Press reports say that firearms (枪械) kill or harm 10,000 American children each year.

2、 A computer has many （ ） and the most important one is the Central Processing Unit, which is where the brains of the machine are.

3、 Those days the number of the unemployed, especially in the big cities, kept going up almost ( )

4、 I was hoping （ ） to leave early today.

5、 Most plants use the sun’s light to （ ） food for themselves.

6、 Thousands were forced to （ ） to cities in search of job opportunities.

7、 The king tried to overcome the difficulty, immediately holding a meeting on how to （ ） the economy.

8、 （ ） materials and troops in times of war is no easy job.

9、 She had no liking for aimlessness, and （ ） thought it vulgar (粗鄙的).

10、 The travel agency apologized to the clients who missed the tour bus. In addition, it （ ） the additional travelling costs.

11、 As the outdoor concert attracted crowds of teenagers, the organizer made sure police and volunteers were present throughout the event, just in case. ( )

12、 Because she spoke Spanish, she got around the country very well ( )

13、 We （ ）notice the presence of other cultures when they come into contact with our own.

14、 This mistake （ ） in his over-confidence.

15、 The research team has made all necessary preparations for the project to start and they are frustrated to learn that it is to be （ ）indefinitely.

16、 We aim to do better at （ ） the limitless power of the sun.

17、 Mary （ ） my repeated warnings and lost all her money in the stock market.

18、 His paintings will be （ ） in Paris later this year.

19、 The city officials drew up and （ ） a plan to promote creativity through the maker movement.

20、 What disturbs investors is the fact that the market has been fluctuating (波动) irrationally (非理性地) ( ）

21、 Our friendship finally broke up mainly （ ）my fault: I failed to keep in touch with him.

22、 The latest developments have （ ） that their worst fears were not unfounded/groundless.

23、 The client was very hard to please and had been complaining （ ）、despite all our efforts to satisfy her demands.

24、 The company’s new products are （ ） in the countryside.

25、 The maker movement is （ ） business, education and many aspects of our lives.

26、 It’s natural for young people to （ ）adventure and romance.

27、 The paintings （ ） i n this room are not for sale.

28、 The proud woman （ ） her son and would do anything to please him.

29、 Howard Hughes was （ ） in aviation design.

30、 （ ） I wanted to keep our friendship, we could not help but be apart for some reason.

31、 Our train is already （ ）. I wonder whether we will be in time for Tom’s wedding.

32、 While in New York, Sara developed a （ ）for oil painting.

33、 The new leader is determined to （ ） his party away from its past mistakes.

34、（填空题） 今日事今日毕

35、（填空题） He found that people differ dramatically in what they see as the appropriate thing for a good friend to do.

36、（填空题） 一直等到我经历了可怕的孤寂以后

37、（填空题） If there’s someone who knows about difficult, if not impossible, undertakings, then that’s Piccard, a third-generation adventurer.

38、（填空题） “You have to be ready in your head to really visualize all the solutions,” says Piccard. “Otherwise it’s very, very difficult.”

39、（填空题） 传说谁踩上 (step onto) 这块石头就会有好运。

40、（填空题） As the name suggests, Pan is hoping that, by joining forces, the small twigs of China’s emerging maker culture can stoke a creative fire.

41、（填空题） Indeed, more than just setting new records, it’s this desire to chart a sustainable path for future generations that seems to motivate the Solar Impulse founders.

42、（填空题） Dominating the workspace is a large wood table, used as a work surface for anything ranging from soldering to programming to socializing.

43、（填空题） They saw Cheryl as too controlling — many thought she needed to mind her own business and not try to change Megan to be someone she is not.

44、（填空题） 有传言说我公司的总裁明年要退休了

45、（填空题） As China begins to lose its cost advantage over other countries, it can no longer count on manufacturing’s traditional low-margin, high-volume economics.

46、（填空题） 等车停稳了再下车

47、（填空题） Your friend is put on trial and you are called to testify.

48、（填空题） 我肯定当你最终坠入爱河的时候你就不这么想了

49、（填空题） 我敢说你们不少人并不知道

50、（填空题） Yet, he or she feels no strong obligation to bend the truth just to save a friend from serving jail time, especially since the friend was clearly in the wrong.

51、（填空题） 根据传说，那个人发明象棋 (chess) 是为了取悦他的国王。

52、（填空题） What makes Chaihuo special is its connection to both the broader maker movement and an ongoing shift in global manufacturing.

53、（填空题） Their CVs combined look like the envy of all true air adventurers.

54、（填空题） 谣传他把他所有的钱都花在这个荒唐又危险的计划上了