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[单项选择]It's a ______ state of affairs when you can't go out at night for ______ of being attacked.
A. sad; afraid
B. sad; fear
C. sadly; afraid
D. sadly; fear
[单项选择]By the time the war ______, most of the people had already left.
A. broke out
B. broke up
C. intervened
D. happen
[单项选择]By the time the war ______ , most of the people had already left.
A. broke out
B. broke up
C. intervened
D. happen
[单项选择]In the United States at the time of World War Ⅱ, (when) soldiers were screened (for military service) the army defined (a minimal level) of literacy as that (was normally achieved) in the fifth grade.
A. when
B. for military service
C. a minimal level
D. was normally achieved
[单项选择]By the time the war {{U}}broke out{{/U}}, most of the people had already left.
A. began
B. spoiled the country
C. became less widespread
D. intervened
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At this time the state of South Carolina was having hard times. Year after year the soil had been planted with the same crop. It was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves, and the planters knew little about soil conservation. Because the soil was beginning to wear out, crops were smaller.
The younger people were not satisfied to raise cotton on the poor soil of the old South. Many of them moved westward and started cotton plantation (大农场) in Alabama and Mississippi. Moreover, so much cotton had been shipped to factories in England and New England that they had as much cotton as they could use. This brought the price of cotton down. More and more slaves were needed to work on the new and larger plantations, and higher and higher prices were demanded for them. Planters found their expenses rising and their incomes from the sale of cotton reduced. Hard times had come to South Carolina.
Which of the following sentences can summarize the main idea of t
A. Hard times had come to South Carolina.
B. Planters found their expenses rising and their income reduced.
C. The soil was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves.
D. Year after year the soil of South Carolina had been planted with the same crop.
[单项选择]From the time of the Greeks to the Great War, medicine's job was simple: to struggle with ______ diseases and gross disabilities, to ensure live births, and to manage pain.
A. immortal
B. immune
C. lethal
D. toxic
[单项选择]In the war time, some cities were ______to the ground and thousands of civilians became homeless.
A. demolished
B. destroyed
C. razed
D. annihilated
