18 You had better make an _______ before seeing a dentist. You won’t waste much of your time waiting
then. (A) announcement (B) apology (C) appointment (D) approach
9 Young people are the future. The gains of our democracy would be______________ if we did not properly educate
our children and youth. (A) embellished (B) nullified (C) rectified (D) furnished
Does using pictures instead of letters for writing sound like fun to you? That’s what the people in Egypt did a long time ago. This ancient system of writing is called hieroglyphics.
In the old Egyptian system, each picture stood for an idea. These picture words were carved on temple walls and in other places where people gathered. They told stories about the Egyptian gods and rulers. They told stories about animals. The picture words were also used to keep records of taxes and other business information.
You might find it hard to read Egyptian hieroglyphics even if you understood the pictures, because the picture words were written from right to left.
【題組】The word “ancient” in line two means ______ .
(A) very old (B) modern (C) shiny (D) very easy
About ninety percent of human beings living on earth rely mostly on their right hands. They use their right hand to write and draw, to hold chopsticks and forks, and ___226___ basketball and computer games. ___227___, the other ten percent prefers to reach out to the world ___228___ their left hand. These left-handers usually ___229___ a lot of difficulties when using tools designed mainly ___230___ right-handers. ___231___, left-handedness was considered strange or even a disease in the past. In fact, left-handed people are not only healthy and natural, but sometimes as ___232___ as da Vinci and Napoleon. Some scientists think left-handedness is due to heredity遺傳, while ___233___ say it results from hormones. No matter what the causes of left-handedness may be, remember to show your ___234___ to left-handers when you meet them. Better yet, you can join many left-handers ___235___ Left-Handers’ Day on August 13 every year! Left-handers will likely be happy to have your support. 【題組】229.
(A) face
(B) face with
(C) are faced
(D) faced with
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