[单项选择]That French novel had been translated into English and published in Britain by ________ of the author.
A. permission
B. agreement
C. courtesy
D. contemplation

[单项选择]The French pianist who had been praised very highly ______ to be a great disappointment.
A. turned up
B. turned over
C. turned out
D. turned down

[单项选择]The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin had an important influence on______.
A. the Abolitionist movement
B. American isolationists
C. the carpetbaggers
D. the colonial militia

[单项选择]Some important documents had been missing.

[单项选择]Lewis had to travel by bus (as) his car (had been damaged) in an accident some days (before) and he (was failed) to get it repaired.
A. as
B. had been damaged
C. before
D. was failed

[单项选择]______ English well, he translated the story without much difficulty.
A. Knowing
B. Knew
C. Known
D. To know

[单项选择]I had trouble in understanding the French, so I got the English ______ of the book from the library and read it.
A. message
B. theory
C. version
D. presentation

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　　Although there had been various small cameras developed, it was not until George Eastman introduced the Kodak in 1888 that the mass appeal of photography attracted America and Europe and thereafter spread quickly to the far corners of the earth. Eastman called his new famous camera the Kodak for no particular reason except that he liked the word. It was easy to remember and could be pronounced in any language.
　　An immediate consequence of Eastman’ s invention was a blizzard of amateur photographs that soon became known as snapshots. The word came from hunters’ jargon. When a hunter fired a gun from the hip, without taking careful aim, it was described as a snapshot. Photographers referred to the process of taking pictures as shooting, and they would take pride in a good day’s shoot the way country gentlemen would boast about the number of birds brought down in an afternoon.
　　Photography became not only easy but fun because of the Kodak. Almos
A. celebration.
B. one hundred years.
C. a noteworthy year.
D. an annual celebration.