[单项选择]Since last century, his family ______teachers.
A. are
B. are being
C. have been
D. were being

[单项选择]Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ______ better health.
A. could have enjoyed
B. had enjoyed
C. have been enjoying
D. are enjoying

[单项选择]How did Sequoyah’s family react to his idea of developing his own "talking leaf" ( )
A. They arranged for his hunting accident.
B. They thought he was crazy.
C. They decided to help him.
D. They asked him to teach them to read and write.

[单项选择]Joseph ______to evening classes since last month, but he still can't say "What's your name" in Russian.
A. has been going
B. was going
C. went
D. to be has gone

[单项选择]At last his goose is ______.
A. alive
B. dead
C. living
D. died

[单项选择]Since last year, she______ of the long distance.
A. have covered three fifth
B. have covered three fifths
C. has covered three fifths
D. has covered three fifth

[单项选择]He has been interested in computer since his childhood, so he specialized______ computer science when he was in college.
A. on
B. at
C. for
D. in

[单项选择]Since his injury was serious, the doctor suggested that he ______ in the game.
A. did not play
B. must not play
C. not play
D. not to play

[单项选择]Since his children have all grown up, he has nothing now.
A. to worry about
B. worrying about
C. to be worried
D. worried

[单项选择]Since he lost his job ______.

[单项选择]Something bad has happened ______ the family last night.
A. to
B. for
C. of
D. toward

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Text 2 Ever since John Burrows and his wife Carol opened their first hair salon in 1983, they have been taking on apprentices. "In my generation, an apprenticeship was the way to learn a trade so it was the obvious way for us to get the skilled staff we needed," Mr. Burrows says. Today, the Burrows’ salon, Upper Cut in Weston-super-Mare, employs 35 people. Of the 16 stylists, 13 progressed through apprenticeships and Mr. Burrows believes a strong culture of training is integral to the company’s success. "Without the apprenticeships scheme our business wouldn’t be anything like the size it is today," Mr. Burrows says. The high-quality training the apprenticeships provide guarantees growth. The more skills staff have, the more effective a business will become. Although Mr. Burrows is an advocate of the scheme, he concedes that occasionally he has suffered problems. They have experienced episodes of theft, poor time keeping and bad discip
A. makes her free up some time to get on with other things.
B. brings many creative ideas to her for innovating her shops.
C. helps her to offer someone else the opportunity to learn a trade.
D. saves her a lot of energies to expand the business.

[单项选择]In the last century and a half, scientific development has been breathtaking, but the understanding of this progress has not ______ changed.
A. incidentally
B. dramatically
C. rigorously
D. temporarily

[单项选择]Since the beginning of the 21 st century, the government has started ______.
A. a plan to produce more milk
B. a plan to offer milk to school children
C. to produce milk for more people
D. to ask schools to offer milk