首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
公务员
In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah Michigan kept a bull【C1】________an elm (榆树). The bull paced around the tree
In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah Michigan kept a bull【C1】________an elm (榆树). The bull paced around the tree
admin
2021-07-19
20
问题
In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah Michigan kept a bull【C1】________an elm (榆树). The bull paced around the tree,【C2】________the heavy iron chain, which led to a groove (fit) in the bark. The groove【C3】________over the years. Though for whatever【C4】________, it did not kill the tree.
After some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain,【C5】________the loop around the tree and one link hanging down.
Then one year, agricultural disaster【C6】________Michigan in the form of Dutch Elm Disease. All of the elms lining the road leading to the farm became【C7】________and died. Everyone thought that the old elm would be the next.
The farm owners considered doing the safe thing: pulling it out and cutting it up into firewood【C8】________it died. But they simply could not bring themselves to do it. It was as if the old tree had become a family friend. So they decided to let nature take its course.
Amazingly, the tree did not die. Nobody could【C9】________why it was the only elm still standing in the county!
【C10】________experts from Michigan State University came out to observe the tree. They observed the scar left by the iron chain now almost completely covered by bark. The experts decided that it was the chain【C11】________saved the elm’s life. They reasoned that the tree must have absorbed so much iron from the chain that it became【C12】________to the virus.
It’s said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Or as Earnest Hemingway put it " Life breaks us all but afterwards many of us are strongest at the broken places. "
【C8】
选项
A、after
B、because
C、before
D、unless
答案
C
解析
句意:农场主考虑做一件安全的事:在树死之前把它拔出来。并砍成柴。根据句意,应选before。故本题选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/vTdq777K
本试题收录于:
中学英语题库特岗教师招聘分类
0
中学英语
特岗教师招聘
相关试题推荐
货币政策是指政府或中央银行为实现既定的目标,运用各种工具调节货币供应量来调节市场利率,通过市场利率的变化来影响民间的资本投资,通过影响总需求来影响宏观经济运行的各种方针措施。下列不属于货币政策的是()
根据下列给定材料,结合相关法律规定,回答以下问题。一天,刘某在商场购物被盗,朱某目睹了整个被盗的过程,并用手机录了下来。A市B区公安机关经查明事实,认定程某、孙某为盗窃刘某的违法行为人,遂依据《中华人民共和国治安管理处罚法》作出对程某给予行政拘留
下列日常活动的工作原理利用了大气压强的有()
Themethodis___________successandthestudentshavemade___________progress.
Solongasteachersfailtodistinguishbetweenteachingandlearning,theywillcontinuetoundertaketodoforchildrenthatw
Thenewmovie________tobeoneofthebiggestmoney-makersofalltime.
ThefirsthotairballoonwasmadebytwoFrenchbrothers,JosephandEtiennedeMontgolfier.Bothbrothersworkedinthefamily
Mr.Glenisamillionaire.Fiveyearsago,afterreturningfromabroadtohismotherland,he【C1】__________hissmallcompany.Spe
After________seemedanendlesswait,itwashisturntoenterthepersonalmanager’soffice.
IwasinthesixthgradeandhadjustmovedtoCaliforniafromAlaskawhenImetMs.LindaJones.Mostteachersseemedto【C1】___
随机试题
心开窍于(),在液为()。
判断口对口人工呼吸是否有效的依据是()
女,46岁,阴道分泌物增多已半年,近来出现血性白带。妇科检查:宫颈重度糜烂,触之易出血,子宫正常大小,附件(一),为排除宫颈癌,首先做的检查是
小儿前囟早闭见于
混悬型液体药剂中常用的助悬剂有
A.降低介电常数使注射液稳定B.防止药物水解C.防止药物氧化D.降低离子强度使药物稳定E.防止药物聚合青霉素G钾制成粉针剂的目的是()
【背景资料】某大桥施工过程中,设计为钻孔灌注桩施工方法。其中水下土质为砂类土,施工单位选择螺旋钻来钻孔,施工单位在施工前进行了场地平整,清除了杂物,并根据设计图纸用经纬仪现场进行桩位精确放样,并选择了适合的钻孔机械,埋设了护筒。【问题】钻孔灌注桩施
下列属于“货币资金”的有()。
抽查一批小学生的身高情况,则得到的身高变异()
投资风险报酬的大小在一定程度上只与证券资产所含的非系统风险的大小相关联,而与系统风险无关。()
最新回复
(
0
)