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Richard Ⅲ once offered his kingdom for a horse. Today, a handful of dedicated naturalists are giving time, money and even the occasional home mortgage to help preserve a different kind of horse--the seahorse. The captivating little creatures of legend and myth are fish despite their name, but are unique in nature. Among other things that make them special is the fact that it is the male of the species that becomes pregnant, endures labor and gives birth to the young.
66. ______
The biggest threat, she says, comes from traditional Asian medicine. Seahorses figure in Korean Hanyak, Japanese Kanpo and Indonesian Jamu medicine, as well as in folk healing in the Philip pines. In Chinese communities worldwide, potions made from the little fish are used to treat many conditions, including asthma, impotence, infertility, lethargy, exhaustion, baldness, rabies, gas pains, throat infections and skin diseases. In traditional prescriptions, seahors

[填空题]Professor Richard, together with his wife and two students, (be) ______ to arrive in Beijing this afternoon.

[填空题]Doctor Richard, together with his wife and three children, (be)（）to arrive in Beijing this afternoon.

[填空题]Dr. Richard, together with his wife and three children, ______ (be) arrive in Beijing this afternoon.

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The English author, Richard Savage, was once living in London in great poverty. In order to earn a little money he had written the story of his life, but not many copies of the bock had been sold in the shop, and Savage was living from hand to mouth. As a result of his lack of food he became very ill, but after a time, because of the skill of the doctor who had looked after him, he got well again. After a week or two the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his visits, but poor Savage hadn’t any money and couldn’t pay it. The doctor waited for another month and sent the bill again. But still no money came. After several weeks he sent it to him again asking for his money. In the end he came to Savage’s house and asked him for payment, saying to Savage, "You know you owe your life to me and I expected some gratitude from yon."
"I agree," said Savage, "that I owe my life to you, and to prove to you that I am not ungrateful for yo
A. A Poor English Writer
B. A Skilled Doctor
C. A Life for a Life
D. The Life of Richard Savage

[单项选择]What did Richard Wood consider when choosing his product
A. whether the suppliers could respond quickly to demand
B. whether customers would be worried about the price
C. whether the product could be distributed around the world easily

[单项选择]Only once in his life had Douglas permitted himself（）control of his emotions.
A. to lose
B. lost
C. lose
D. losing

[单项选择]When Brad offered his old wooden desk at a garage sale, no one bought it, even though he offered it for only $10. When he offered it at the local auction house, however, someone bought it for $850.
Which of the following, if true, best explains why Brad was able to sell the desk for a high price at the auction while he could not sell it for a much lower price at the garage sale ？（）
A. Brad advertised that the proceeds of the garage sale would benefit a local charity, while he made no such claims for the proceeds from the auction.
B. One of the legs of the desk was shorter than the other three, producing an unbalanced writing surface.
C. The auction house specializes in selling antique furniture, which is generally valued more highly than the discarded furniture sold at garage sales.
D. Brad insisted that anyone who bought the desk had to use it as an actual workspace.
E. Prospective buyers at auctions are often more interested in the auction process than in the items up for bid.

[单项选择]Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of deaf people （　） the telephone.
A. that the invention
B. than as the inventor
C. for the invention
D. as the inventor