[单项选择]It ______ almost every day so far this month.
A. is raining
B. rained
C. rains
D. has been raining

[单项选择]It______almost every day so far this month.
A. is raining
B. rained
C. rains
D. has been raining

[单项选择]It______ every day so far this week.

[单项选择]It ______ every day so far this month.
A. has rained
B. rains
C. rained
D. is raining

[单项选择]Actually almost every worker has a highly developed sense of how much work ______ him.
A. expect for
B. is expected for
C. expect of
D. is expected of

[单项选择]Indeed, almost every scientist now finds it impossible to read all the works relevant to his own subject, ______ extensively outside of it.


A. much more to read
B. much less to read
C. much less reading
D. still more reading

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Passage Four
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day, Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important e vents that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful in formation. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and, of course, advertisements. There are all sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their advertising space, b
A. Five hundred years ago news did not take a long time to reach other countries.
B. Large companies put big advertisements in the newspapers to make their products known.
C. The news that we need in Our newspapers is up-to-date.
D. Though the newspapers are sold at a low price, their owners still gain profit.