[单项选择]She _____ her research into the cause of cancer in spite of financial problems.
A. carried away
B. put forward
C. consisted in
D. persisted in

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Passage Two Kathy Allen has breast cancer. She needs to know which kind of medicine to take. Doctors want to know the medical history of her family. But Kathy was adopted and doesn’t know who her parents are More than two thousand, adoptees in Oregon have applied for a birth certificate that would tell them the name of their birth mothers. Any adoptee over 21 years old who was born in Oregon can get a birth certificate for $15. Kathy Allen says of the opportunity, "It’s like getting the key to [my] diary. The diary is my life and it has been locked up for a long time, and having the key might enable me to open up the book and maybe see some answers that I have been wondering about." The new law was passed in 1988. The new law has been fought in court, but now it is going into effect. Some birth mothers don’t want anyone to find them. When they gave up their babies for adoption they were told it would remain private. Under the new law they can ch
A. A diary comes with each birth certificate.
B. The adoptees will have a chance to find out about their mother's life.
C. If the key opens the diary, you get a birth certificate.
D. The adoptee will have to keep a diary before they get a birth certificate.

[单项选择]She had already been very ill in her lung cancer. Now grief ______ her illness when her husband died in an accident.
A. irritated
B. inflicted
C. annoyed
D. aggravated

[单项选择]She had already been very iii in her lung cancer. Now grief ______ her illness when her husband died in an accident.
A. irritated
B. inflicted
C. annoyed
D. aggravated

[单项选择]Has she altered her mind
A. gave up
B. made up
C. alternated
D. changed

[单项选择]She surprised her neighbors（）one of her favourite home-made dishes.
A. over
B. at
C. in
D. with

[单项选择]She lost her when the policeman stopped her to check whether her passport was valid (有效的).
A. language
B. spirit
C. character
D. temper

[单项选择]Her face brightened up when she saw her long-awaited friend _______.
A. turning off
B. turning away
C. turning in
D. turning up

[单项选择]The passage implies that research into the cause of human narcolepsy has been complicated by what aspect of the human brain

[单项选择]She looked round the bus before she put her hand into the old lady's bag, because ______.

[单项选择]She enjoys her stay in England because she has ______ friends there.


A. only a few
B. quite much
C. quite a few