[单项选择]Though we ______ serious natural disasters, we are sure to overcome all difficulties.
A. undergo from
B. suffer from
C. experience with
D. put up with

[单项选择]Though we ______ serious natural disasters, we are sure to overcome all difficulties.
A. undergo from
B. suffer from
C. experience with
D. put up with

[单项选择]The most serious potential natural disasters in New Zealand are ______.
A. storms and earthquakes.
B. volcanoes and floods.
C. earthquakes and volcanoes.
D. floods and storms.

[单项选择]We have to work even harder though we feel quite ______ our success.
A. secure of
B. nervous about
C. worried about
D. competent for

[单项选择]We'll try to finish the work in time though we are short of manpower.
A. 尽管我们人手不够，但还是要努力按时完成工作。
B. 我们将在人员减少的情况下设法把工作做好。
C. 我们尽力完成工作，尽管有时人员会有所减少。
D. 尽管我们人力紧张，但我们时常能设法完成工作。

[单项选择]Man: Though we didn't win the game, we were satisfied with our performance.Woman: You did a great job, you almost beat the world champions. It's a real surprise to many people.Question: What do we learn from this conversation
A. They both enjoyed watching the game.
B. The man thought the results were beyond their expectations.
C. They both felt good about the results of the game.
D. People were surprised at their wining the game.

[单项选择]We still know little about outer ______ though we have made much effort in research.
A. heaven
B. universe
C. space
D. sky

[单项选择]Even though we had been to her house several times before we did not remember ______.
A. what street it was on
B. what the street it was on
C. what street was it on
D. what a street it was on

[单项选择]We'll have to ______ to the idea even though we don't like it.
A. allow
B. approve
C. accept
D. agree

[单项选择]You've never been to my home though we are good friends. Please do______my house.
A. come round
B. come up to
C. come along
D. come over to

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Text 3 The costs associated with natural disasters are increasing rapidly. As a result, officials in government and industry have focused more attention on disasters and their effects. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has estimated that disasters cost the country, about 1 billion per week. Hurricane Andrew, the Midwest flood of 1993, and the Hanshin earthquake have shown that individual disasters can cost tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars. This increasing cost has resulted in greater funding from government and industry for the development of technologies related to disaster prediction, and has led to more research into the effective use of predictive information. The insurance industry has long been aware of the dangers of natural disasters; the 1906 earth-quake in San Francisco, California, bankrupted scores of insurance companies. But the industry has focused particular attention on disaster prediction in recent years, as spiraling costs
A. Scientists are afraid of making mistakes.
B. We will never predict disasters with certainty.
C. There are a lot of things that human beings don’t know.
D. Disaster prediction is a tough task.

[单项选择]I have few ___________ with him, though we work in the same departments.
A. contrasts
B. contests
C. contracts
D. contacts