[单项选择]She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it ___________ enough to eat.
A. mild
B. slight
C. light
D. tender

[单项选择]She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it ______ enough to eat.
A. mild
B. slight
C. light
D. tender

[单项选择]She cooked for a long time so as to make it ______ enough to eat.
A. mild
B. slight
C. light
D. tender

[单项选择]It will be quite a long time （　） she is back again, so don't be too cross with her.
A. that
B. since
C. before
D. until

[单项选择]It took Jenny a long time to make the sweaters.

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Passage Five
Once upon a time (not so very long ago, either!) industrial goods were made to last forever. If you bought a ear or a stove, it was a once-in-a-lifetime investment(投资). You paid good money for it, and you took care of it. Nowadays industry has persuaded us that products shouldn’t last a long time. It’s cheaper to throw them away than it is to repair them. This has led directly to the "throw-away society" which is a tremendous waste of the earth’s resources.
Just think of the cars that are traded in daily, just because they are out of style. Think of the expensive packaging material that is thrown away every time a new object is bought. And we consumers have to pay for that material! Our industrial society has turned us into spoiled children. This wastefulness has got ten us into the mess (困境) we are in now. When we have no resources left, then we’ll start to take care of what we have. But why can’t we act
A. they should change their taste
B. it is difficult to find a repair shop
C. they will spend less money buying a new object than repairing an old one
D. industrial products will be out of style too soon

[单项选择]We ______ having picnic for so long time.
A. have desired
B. have hoped
C. have looked forward to
D. have expected

[单项选择]What is one reason astronomers make long-time exposures


A. To spend less time at their telescopes.
B. To overcome the problem of weak light.
C. To take more photographs.
D. To photograph astronomical objects without using a telescop

[单项选择]Every time when she tried to move her body, she let out a ______in pain.
A. wail
B. whimper
C. moan
D. weep

[单项选择]A long time ago, at
A. A．a .national conference on biology, he cautiously ______ his new theory on life. advancedB. relievedC. producedD. thrust

[单项选择]Ann（）the piano hard for long and now she is a successful pianist.
A. practices
B. is practicing
C. has practiced
D. practiced