[单项选择]Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about ______ compliments to his political leaders.
A. paying
B. having paid
C. to pay
D. to have paid

[单项选择]Peter is a young man of independent thinking who is not about ______ compliments to his political leaders.
A. paying
B. having paid
C. to pay
D. to have paid

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C
David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city. His hobby was fishing, but he didn’t often get a chance to practise it.
Then one summer he decided to have a holiday in a beautiful place in the mountains where here were a lot of streams. "I ought to be able to have some good fishing there," he said to himself.
The first morning after he arrived, he walked to the nearest stream with his fishing-rod. He aw an old man standing beside the water, so he asked him whether it was a private(私人的) stream. The old man answered it was not, so David then said to him, "Well, then it won’t be a crime(犯罪) if I catch some fish here, will it"
"Oh, no," answered the old man. "It won’t be a crime, but it will certainly be a miracle(奇迹)。"

From the story we can know David was an （） man.
A. kind
B. experienced
C. arrogant(自大的)
D. honest but inexperienced(无经验的)

[单项选择]He is a promising young man who is now studying at our graduate school. As his supervisor, I would like to________ him to your notice.
A. commend
B. decree
C. presume
D. articulate

[单项选择]The author once heard a young man who for thirty minutes ______.
A. interrupted an outstandingly witty speaker
B. in a group of witty people, hindered a prince from making a speech
C. in a group of witty people did not allow a prince to get a word in edgeways
D. delayed the speech which a prince was about to deliver to a group of intelligent people

[单项选择]The young man who has applied for the post ______ in the general manager’s office.( )
A. is interviewing
B. is being interviewed
C. to be interviewed
D. had been interviewed

[单项选择]The old lady was ______ to the young man who helped her find her lost grandson.
A. touched
B. grateful
C. cheerful
D. generous

[单项选择]The young man who saw the car ______ into the river telephoned the police.
A. plunged
B. plunge
C. was plunging
D. to plunge

[单项选择]The old lady was ________ to the young man who helped her find her lost generation.
A. grateful
B. touched
C. cheerful
D. generous

[单项选择]Where did the American see the young man

[单项选择]The daring young man rode through the Indian village trying to find his long-lost sister.
A. bold
B. cowardly
C. persistent
D. caring

[单项选择]His initial broadcasting success as a young man was due at least as much to his considerable professional ------- as it was to his father's broadcasting connections.
A. (A) aplomb
B. (B) uncertainty
C. (C) hubris
D. (D) seniority
E. (E) nepotism