[单项选择]Mr. Nott is far too wise a man not （） that.
A. see
B. seeing
C. to see
D. being seen

[单项选择]Mr. Nott is far too wise a man not _______that.
A. see
B. seeing
C. to see
D. being seen

[单项选择]The leader is no longer the wise and sensible man ____ he was.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. that

[单项选择]She is far too sensible to believe these ridiculous lies.（）
A. 她很聪明，不会相信这些荒谬的谎言。
B. 她太敏感了，竟然相信了这些荒谬的谎言。
C. 她太聪明了，以至于不能相信这些花言巧语。
D. 她很敏感，以至于认为这些是荒谬的谎言。

[单项选择]The problem with activists is that far too often they merely ______ the protection of various ecosystems, instead of taking a lead role in their ______ .
A. (A) circumvent.. stability
B. (B) abridge.. solution
C. (C) diversify .. precedent
D. (D) advocate .. management
E. (E) abhor.. demise

[单项选择]Far too many owners of electric appliances have a hard time （） qualified repairmen to fix their ma- chines.
A. finding
B. to find
C. to finding
D. having found

[单项选择]The hotel was awful!（）, our room was far too small. Then we found that the shower didn’t work.
A. To begin with
B. After all
C. In reality
D. As a whole

[单项选择]The wise old man knew why the boy was unhappy.

[单项选择]What the wise man said suggests that

[单项选择]He is so wise a man that all the people______.
A. look him up
B. look into him
C. look up to him
D. look to him

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As a wise man once said, we are all ultimately alone. But an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isn’t the stuff of gloomy philosophical contemplations, but a fact of Europe’s new economic landscape, embraced by sociologists, realestate developers and ad executives alike. The shift away from family life to solo lifestyle, observes a French sociologist, is part of the "irresistible momentum of individualism" over the last century. The communications revolution, the shift from a business culture of stability to one of mobility and the mass entry of women into the workforce have greatly wreaked havoc on (扰乱) Europeans’ private lives.
Europe’s new economic climate has largely fostered the trend toward independence. The current generation of home-aloners came of age during Europe’s shift from social democracy to the sharper, more individualistic climate of American-style capitalism. Raised in
A. It has fostered the trend towards small families.
B. It is getting closer to American-style capitalism.
C. It has limited consumer choice despite a free market.
D. It is being threatened by irresistible privatization.