14. They have a beer together ____, talking about their separate life, but not often.

A. by and by B. now and then C. all the time D. more or less

15. It's your decision - you must ____ the responsibility if things go wrong.

A. bear B. take down C. put up with D. stand

参考答案：31-15 ADADA BBABD DBCBA

二 短文语法填空

卷Ⅰ

Yangshuo, China

It was raining lightly when I arrived (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn't care. A few hours before, I'd been at home in Hong Kong, with its (it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.

I'd skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River which/that are pictured by artists in so many Chinese paintings (painting). Instead, I'd headed straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it's only an hour away by car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

Yangshuo is (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers conducted (conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top ten destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it regularly (regular) arranges quick getaways here for people living (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

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The adobe dwellings built (build) by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even the most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their ability (able) to "air condition" a house without using (use) electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat slowly (slow) during cool nights thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough to cool (cool) the house during the hot day: At the same time, they warm up again for the night This cycle goes (go) day after day: The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and thus always a timely offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As natural (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly how thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

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When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city, but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out. We must found ways to