[单项选择]Since the couple could not ______ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.
A. reconcile
B. comply
C. coincide
D. resign

[单项选择]Since the couple could not ______ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.
A. resign
B. comply
C. coincide
D. reconcile

[单项选择]Since the couple could not______ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.
A. resign
B. comply
C. coincide
D. reconcile

[单项选择]Since I could not see anything through the microscope, ______ my careful adjustment, I gave up.
A. for all
B. above all
C. after all
D. in all

[单项选择]Since her father could not drive her to the airport, she requested her uncle to drive her instead（）.
A. take
B. bring
C. dispatch
D. deliver

[单项选择]A couple of minutes earlier, ______ we could have been able to hear his speech.
A. and
B. on
C. but
D. so

[单项选择]Since no one could __________ his scribbling, the chief editor decided to replace him with another columnist.
A. encode
B. decipher
C. clear
D. identify

[单项选择]SUBTLE: DIFFERENCE : :
A. implicit: suggestion
B. comprehensive: gamut
C. gregarious: integration
D. remaining: production
E. characteristic: preservation

[单项选择]Why were the couple frustrated
A. Their dog was not feeling very well.
B. They were trying to sell their house but failed.
C. Their financial position was not on the right track.
D. They had bank loan to pay off.

[判断题]An important difference between presupposition and entailment is that presupposition，unlike entailment，is not vulnerable to negation. That is to say, if a sentence is negated, the original presupposition is still true.

[单项选择]When will the couple be married


A. This July.
B. Next June.
C. This June.
D. This Wednesday.

[单项选择]He could never be content until he could afford to buy that beautiful car.
A. full
B. rich
C. wise
D. happy

[单项选择]The most striking phonetic difference between American and British English is the pronunciation of _______ in words.
A. r
B. a
C. wh
D. er

[单项选择]What is the fundamental difference between conflict and functional theorists
A. Conceptions of political institution.
B. Conceptions of political power.
C. Functions of the ruling class.
D. Functions of the concentration of power.

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Passage Two The difference between biological and physical science is not that one is inexact, the other exact, but in degree of exactness, this being related to the number of variables which must be dealt with simultaneously and the extent to which they can be controlled. In general, the biological sciences must deal with larger errors than the physical sciences; but this is not uniformly true, as the student will realize when he considers the accuracy of meteorological prediction or if he comprehends the meaning of the fact that the structural engineer considers it necessary very often to use a safety factor of two or three hundred per cent. The statistical principles of dealing with error of measurement, or in prediction and generalization, are the same whether the errors are large or small. Statistics is not a means of confusing issues that would otherwise be clear, nor a substitute for obtaining clear answers, but a means of checking and controlling conclusions by pro
A. the skill of the scientist
B. the extent to which variables can be controlled
C. the requirements of the observer
D. the development of more accurate instruments