9.Don't worry. The problem will be ________ at the meeting tomorrow.
A.dealt with B.turned up
C.used up D.set up
解析:选A 句意:不要担心,这个问题将会在明天的会议上解决。A项"处理;解决";B项"出现,露面";C项"用完,耗尽";D项"建立"。根据句意,应选A项。
10.-Would you like to go to the party tonight?
-I'd like to, but I must go over my lessons, ________ tomorrow's exam?
A.aiming to pass B.meaning passing
C.applying to pass D.pointing at passing
解析:选A 句意:"你想参加今晚的聚会吗?""我想去,但是我要复习功课,力争通过明天的考试。"aim to do sth."力争做某事";mean doing sth."意味着做某事";apply to do sth."申请做某事";point at"指着"。故选A项。
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At 29, teacher Jennifer Loebsack travelled to Africa hoping to improve the lives of Ugandans and instead found new appreciation for her own good life in Canada.
"When I __1__ back, I thought maybe I need to find out the value of me," said Loebsack, a Grade 6 teacher at King Edward Public School. She __2__ took part in the Jane Goodall College of Canada's teacher training workshops in Uganda where primary school teachers are __3__ to include environmental education into their curriculum __4__ lesson plans, games and activities.
The __5__ was launched in 2008 and new teachers must raise $2,500 each before starting the threeweek task. Loebsack said she __6__ with five Canadians. She and her friend Taylor had been __7__ a summer adventure, but one with a purpose.
"I've always had the travel bug," said Loebsack, who completed her teachers training in Australia and did teaching __8__ in China. That overseas experience made her __9__ for more. It was Taylor who came upon the online application in February. __10__, they were accepted and had to struggle to raise the __11__ before leaving.
On July 1 the __12__ landed in Entebbe, Uganda. They then started out to __13__ their own workshops with 28 Ugandan primary teachers who travelled from around the country, all __14__ for by the college. In a country where teachers receive little professional development, such an opportunity was __15__ and there was the expectation that the teachers would return to their home schools and pass on __16__ they learned.
As she was equipped with a basic __17__, Loebsack admitted they "took what they wanted us to teach and made it our own" and along the way __18__ there were plenty of simple techniques that could make a __19__ difference.
As for the Ugandan teachers, she believes the Canadians made a difference.