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1、II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.(A)LeftHandednessWhatdoLeonardodaVin
2、ci,MarieCurie,andAlbertEinsteinhaveincommon?Theywereallleft-handed,alongwithotherfamouspeopleincludingBarackObama.Infact,anestimated13percentoftheworld’spopulation(25)______beleft-handed.Mostpeopleareright-handed.Thisfactalsoseemstohaveheldtrue(26)______history.In1977,scientistsstudiedworksofar
3、tmadeatvarioustimesstartingwithcavedrawingsfrom15,000B.C.andendingwithpaintingsfromthe1950s.Mostofthepeople(27)______(show)intheseworksofartareright-handed.Manyresearchersclaim(28)______(find)relationshipsbetweenleft-handednessandvariousphysicalandmentalcharacteristics.However,(29)______ofthese
4、connectionsareveryweak,andothershavenotbeenproven.Whatmakesapersonbecomeright-handedratherthanleft-handed?Asyet,noonereallyknowsforsure.(30)__________________reasonsmaybebehindit,people’sattitudestowardleft-handednesshavechangedalotovertheyears.Thereareevenanumberofshops(31)______(specialize)in
5、sellingproductsforleft-handedpeople,suchasleft-handedscissors,canopeners,guitars,andevenaleft-handedcamera.In1976,Left-HandersInternational,agroupofleft-handedpeopleinTopeka,Kansas,intheUnitedStates,decidedtostart(32)______annualeventinordertoclearupmisunderstandingsaboutleft-handedness.(B)Moti
6、vatingStudents(33)____________ayoungchildmightbenervousaboutstartingschool,heorsheisoftenexcitedonthefirstdayofschool.Perhapsthatexcitementlaststhroughthefirstfewyearsofschool.Butovertime,manychildrenaremuch(34)______(excited)aboutgoingtoschoolbecauseschoolbecomesaplaceof“allworkandnoplay.”Asth
7、eyearsgoby,students(35)______(pressure)todomoreworkandtodoitbetter,makebettertestscores,andhaveahigherclassrank.Itisthereforenotsurprisingthatbymiddleschoolmanystudentsloseinterestinschoolandlearning.Teachersfaceabigchallengeinsuc
