What does the underlined word “boost ” in the third paragraph probably mean、

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• 1The author develops the second paragraph mainly _____.

  A.by classification

  B.by comparison

  C.by example

  D.by process

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• 2According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn、

  A.To get a well-paid job for himself

  B.To improve relations with his mother

  C.To go to his dream university

  D.To carry on with his father’s business

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• 3Why did the mother renew her membership in the league、

  A.To help with her husband’s business

  B.To raise money for her son

  C.To meet her long-forgotten friends

  D.To better manage her life

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• 4The father started his small shop with the money from_____.

  A.a local league

  B.his university

  C.his relatives

  D.his college friends

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• 5The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because_____.

  A.his father graduated from the university

  B.his mother did not think it a great university

  C.his parents needed him to help support the family

  D.his parents did not have enough money for him

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• 6GM companies promise farmers that they will benefit from _____.

  A.practicing “green” farming

  B.use of less chemicals

  C.fair distribution of their crops

  D.using more crops for fuel

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• 7Which of the following best describes the attitude of the author towards GM technology、

  A.Optimistic

  B.Defensive

  C.Disapproving

  D.Casual

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• 8As awareness of the benefits of humour increases, most of us want to get all the langhs we can. It seems that almost every day there is another new discovery about the power of humour to help us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Every system of the body responds to langhter in some important or positive way .

  A.A sense of humour is not an inborn ability.

  B.A sense of humour can be developed in our life.

  C.A sense of humour helps us from several aspects.

  D.A sense of humour means more than telling jokes.

  E.C.A sense of humour helps us from several aspects.D.A sense of humour means more than telling jokes.E.A sense of humour can be expressed in many ways.

  F.A sense of humour helps people to better enjoy life.

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• 9Many pcople mistakenly believe that we are born with a sense of humour. They think that when it comes to a sense of humour. “either you have got it or you don't .” This is false! What is true, however, is that the ability to laugh and smile is actually something we are born with. For example, we laugh when we are tickled under the arm, even without thinking about how to react.

  A.A sense of humour is not an inborn ability.

  B.A sense of humour can be developed in our life.

  C.A sense of humour helps us from several aspects.

  D.A sense of humour means more than telling jokes.

  E.C.A sense of humour helps us from several aspects.D.A sense of humour means more than telling jokes.E.A sense of humour can be expressed in many ways.

  F.A sense of humour helps people to better enjoy life.

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• 10The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth in human infants, but that is not the same thing as having a sense of humour. (After all, when a baby laughs in his small bed we don’t rush over and say, “That kid has a great sense of humour!”) Your sense of humour is something you can develop over a lifetime. Don’t be nervous before others and try to laugh at yourself-then you will make them laugh too.

  A.A sense of humour is not an inborn ability.

  B.A sense of humour can be developed in our life.

  C.A sense of humour helps us from several aspects.

  D.A sense of humour means more than telling jokes.

  E.C.A sense of humour helps us from several aspects.D.A sense of humour means more than telling jokes.E.A sense of humour can be expressed in many ways.

  F.A sense of humour helps people to better enjoy life.

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