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[单项选择]Freight costs were reduced to 10% of what they had been because of ______.
A. the decline in taxes
B. the construction of the railroads
C. the construction of the Erie Canal
D. the development of industry
[单项选择]The environmental costs were regarded more as temporary inconveniences than as _____ liability.
A. imaginative
B. peculiar
C. persistent
D. original
[单项选择]______ substantial layoffs, costs were reduced.
A. (A) When
B. (B) Because of
C. (C) Although
D. (D) Since
[单项选择]What had happened in the year 1492
A. The discovery of America.
B. Cocoa beans were exported to Europe.
C. Columbus returned in triumph from the Old World.
D. People began to see the commercial possibilities of cocoa beans.
[单项选择]What had the patient done to his brother
A. He had sent his brother abroad.
B. He had cheated his brother out of his inheritance.
C. He had given just a little share of the inheritance to his brother.
D. He had gone abroad leaving his brother nothing.
[单项选择]What had been the main factor preventing the development of battery buses
A. Their limited range.
B. Their high cost.
C. Their heavy weight.
D. Their loud noise.
[单项选择]What had been the principal use of the antlers
A. To obtain the material for useful tools.
B. To prepare the fields for cultivation.
C. To help in removing trees and bushes so that land could be cultivated.
D. To make many objects useful in everyday life.
[单项选择]The Marriage Protection Act, contrary to what had been expected of constitutional amendment, was intended to ______.
A. legalize the gay marriages in some states
B. strip the federal courts of the power to arbitrate on gay marriage issues
C. prevent the national legalization of gay marriages
D. compromise with supporters of gay marriages
[单项选择]He made a summary of what had been done.
A. outline
B. motion
C. document
D. title
[单项选择]What had been the trend of migration during the 20th century
A. The movement from rural to urban areas.
B. The movement from urban to rural areas.
C. The movement from Europe to America.
D. The movement from Africa to America.
[单项选择]What had been taking place during the time of the Roses
A. the development of England
B. a series of wars
C. the growth of poetry
D. the Battle of the Armada
[单项选择]Stunned by what had happened, the old man stood rooted ______.
A. on the spot
B. to the spot
C. on the ground
D. to the ground
[单项选择]James Marshall didn't know what had happened to the plane until ______.
A. he boarded Air Force One
B. the six Russian journalists interviewed him
C. the plane was hijacked
D. he escaped in a special emergency pod
[单项选择]I'm very sorry for what had happened; the serious consequences ought to ______ out to those concerned at the very beginning.
A. have pointed
B. point
C. be pointed
D. have been pointed
