Passage 1 Down-to-earth means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to (1)\_\_\_\__ someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is ea
Passage 3 Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work, they usu
Passage 1 Not long ago, I had my first on-line chat. I thought it would be (1)\_\_\_\__ because I have heard so many people (2)\_\_\_\__ it that way. But it was, disappointingly, quit an unpleasant (
Passage 1 What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or
Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: As the National Park Service celebrate its 100th anniversary(周年纪念), President Barack Obama has announced the establishment of one new nat
Passage 1 Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers? Five hundred years