[单项选择]It usually takes some time to ______ the shock of somebody' s death.
A. overcome
B. do without
C. ignore
D. deal with

[单项选择]It usually takes some time to ______ the shock of somebody' s death.
A. overcome
B. do without
C. ignore
D. deal with

[单项选择]It usually takes much (less) time to fly from one country to (another) than (traveling) (by) train.
A. less
B. another
C. traveling
D. by

[单项选择]The aggressive act usually takes all of the following forms EXCEPT ______.


A. overeating
B. suicide
C. hitting back directly
D. displacement

[单项选择]The garage sale usually takes place outside the house, with the seller______ on benches, chairs or boxes.
A. seated
B. fixed
C. stood
D. kept

[单项选择]The American President usually takes an oath of office, administered by the ______ of the United States in January.
A. Chief Justice
B. House Speaker
C. Secretary of State
D. Senate Majority Leader

[单项选择]The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience ___________ on benches, chairs or boxes.
A. having seated
B. seating
C. seated
D. having been seated

[单项选择]Our eyes need some time, usually several minutes, to ______ to the darkness.
A. apply
B. adjust
C. adopt
D. change

[单项选择]It takes a long time to go there by train.
It's ______ by road.


A. quick
B. the quickest
C. much quick
D. quicker

[单项选择]A) some time C) sometime
B) some times D) sometimes


A. some time
B. some times
C. sometime
D. sometimes

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Some time between digesting Christmas dinner and putting your head back down to work, spare a thought or two for the cranberry. It is, of course, a (1) of Christmas: merry bright red, bittersweetly delicious with turkey and the very devil to get out of the tablecloth (2) spilled. But the cranberry is also a symbol of the modern food industry and in the tale of its (3) from colonial curiosity to business - school case study (4) a deeper understanding of the opportunities and (5) of modern eating.
The fastest growing part of today’ s cranberry market is for cranberries that do not taste like cranberries. Ocean Spray’ s "flavoured fruit pieces" ( FFPS, to the trade) taste like orange, cherry, raspberry or any (6) of other fruits. They are in fact cranberries. Why make a cranberry taste like an orange Mostly because it is a (7) little fruit: FF PS have a shelf-life of two years. Better (8) , they ke
A. although
B. only if
C. because
D. as though