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I can't put up with my neighbor's noise any longer; it's driving me mad．（）

A. measure
B. generate
C. tolerate
D. reduce

[单项选择]I can't {{U}}put up with{{/U}} my neighbor's noise any longer; it's driving me mad.
A. measure
B. generate
C. tolerate
D. reduce

[单项选择] _____, I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.
A. However the story is amusing
B. No matter amusing the story is
C. However amusing the story is
D. No matter how the story is amusing

[单项选择]A: I wonder whether you could put my friend up for a few days B: Tell me when. A: Next weekend actually. B: ______.

[单项选择]He put it this way, "Unlike others, my wife works because she likes working, not because of money."
A. laid
B. placed
C. stated
D. suggested

[单项选择]______, I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.
A. However the story is amusing
B. No matter amusing the story is
C. However amusing the story is
D. No matter how the story is amusing

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Passage One
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains, but actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun.
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the Chinese were the first to use it in the eleventh century B. C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times , the umbrella was allowed to be used only by the king or by those in high office.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as Protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of
A. Why the umbrella was so popular in Europe
B. When and how the umbrella was invented
C. the history and use of umbrella
D. the development of the umbrella

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Passage Five
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun!
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, as early as the eleventh century B. C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honour and authority. In the Far East in ancient times the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle
A. protection against rain
B. a shade against the sun
C. a symbol of honour and power
D. a way of women' s decoration