4.下面的句子中每个句子都有四处括号并标以A、B、C、D，其中有一处是错误的。指出你认为错误之处。
1)The message (itself)/A is usually short,often (no more than)/B a slogan (which)/C the public (identifying)/D with the product.
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2)Our first acquaintance (with)/A these words comes (not)/B from our mother's lips or from the talk of our classrooms,but from books that we read,lectures that we hear,or the (more)/C formal conversation of (high educated)/D speakers.
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3)Only when you (go through)/A the mental exercises to (come up with)/B a tentative definition (you should open)/C the dictionary to see (if)/D you're right.
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4)(Rising)/A living costs are considered by (almost)/B everyone (as)/C a reason both for holding sales (or)/D forattending them.
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5)The task of (writing)/A a dictionary (begin)/B with the reading of vast (amounts)/C of the literature of the prtiod or subject that the dictionary is (to cover)/D.
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6)(In theory)/A,every person will have (access)/B to an (unlimited)/C amount of (informations)/D in the US.
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7)Vitamins and minerals (such as)/A iron,calcium,(are)/B (another)/C group of essential nutrients,though the body does not need as great a quantity of these (than)/D it does the macro-nutrients.
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8)The reason (for)/A this was that he decided to orientate the map (in)/B the direction of the Pole Star (since)/C Polaris was the immovable guiding light (which)/D the voyagers of the era placed their trust.
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9)When (this)/A comes to respecting the (rights)/B of a mass of anonymous (individuals)/C ,we might not be (so)/D responsible.
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10)We expect other people to act (according to)/A the same “rules”that we (do)/B ,(so much)/C so that the manners and behavior of persons from another culture can be extremely (confused)/D.
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5.本题共有三段短文，每段短文后面有三至四道小题，共计十道小题。每道小题都有四个选择项。找出你认为正确的答案。(20%)
Passage 1
A tornado(龙卷风)can do a lot of damage.The wind of a tornado rushes at great speed around a funnel-shaped(烟囱状的)cloud.It travels in a path a few hundred feet wide and about twenty-five miles long.As the wind circles counterclockwise(逆时针方向地)，the funnel spirals(盘旋上升)higher and higher.The force of the wind sucks up water,dirt,and objects,and carries them along with it.It may drop them again many miles away.Houses and huge trees have been drawn into tornado funnels.At sea,ships have been nearly sunk by tornadoes dropping water on them.
East of Australia,people talk about a “rain of blood”。This is caused by a tornado picking up red dust and mixing it with water to make red rain.There are even stories about a rain of fish and frogs caused by a tornado sucking them up and then dropping them.
1)The path of a tornado is usually________.
A.short and narrow
B.wider than it is long
C.longer than it is wide
D.both A and B
2)the wind in a tornado usually travels________.
A.straight up
B.up and around
C.own
D.down and around
3)Ships have nearly been sunk when tornadoes have ________.
A.dropped water on them
B.drawn them into the funnel
C.blown them in the wrong direction
D.dropped trees on them
4)The “rain of hlood”east of Australia is made of ________.
A.fishes and frogs
B.red dust and water
C.rusty water
D.real blood
