[填空题]I’ve heard her name(mention)（）several times, but I’ve never seen her in person.

[填空题]I’ve heard her name(mention)（）several times, but I’ve never seen her in person.

[填空题]After her friends heard about her family difficulties,________________________(都主动伸出援助之手)．

[单项选择]You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.
And it’s all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U. S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.
In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, publicly-funded health care and pension systems which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence (谨慎). There is no chance that will cha
A. The more one saves, the more returns one will reap.
B. A country’s economy hinges on its savings policy.
C. Those who keep saving will live an easy life in the end.
D. A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.

[填空题]When she heard that her father was（）(danger) iii, she burst into tears.

[填空题]When she heard that her father was ______ (danger) iii, she burst into tears.

[单项选择]"Dimpy," as her friends call her, heard about the hazards of smoking in health class. "They showed pictures of lungs of people who smoked. It was gross," says the petite 14-year-old. Yet, as she shops along the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif. , the ninth grader points out all the places where she regularly buys cigarettes without hassle. "All my friends smoke," She shrugs, explaining the habit she developed in the sixth grade. "Once they pressure you, you start. And it’s kind of hard to stop. "
As the cigarette industry draws increasing fire, teen smokers like Dimpy are becoming the focus of concerned policy makers around the country. Supported by a University of Michigan study showing a dramatic rise in adolescent tobacco use, the White House is considering ways to curb the surge. Among the options: eliminating cigarette vending machines, restricting tobacco advertising, increasing the federal excise tax on cigarettes and launching a national media campaign directe
A. began to smoke when she was eleven
B. became the focus of concerned policymakers because she has been smoking for quite a few years
C. showed pictures of gross lungs of smokers to her fellow pupils
D. forgot the shops where she usually obtained her cigarettes

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An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her (1) mother," (2) a miracle can save him now", the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She (3) all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she (4) her way six blocks to the drugstore.
"And what do you want" asked the shopkeeper. "It’s (5) my little brother," the girl answered back. "He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a (6) . His name is Andrew and he has something (7) growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. " "We don’t (8) miracles here, child. I’m sorry." the chemist said, smiling (9) at the little girl.
In the shop was a (10) customer. He stooped d
A. cleverness
B. confidence
C. courage
D. devotion