[单项选择]Despite the fact that they were ______when they married, alter 30 years they live together harmoniously.
A. contradictory
B. incompatible
C. contrary
D. compatible

[单项选择]Despite the fact that they were ______when they married, alter 30 years they live together harmoniously.
A. contradictory
B. incompatible
C. contrary
D. compatible

[单项选择]Despite the fact that they were（　） when they married, after 30 years they live together harmoniously.
A. contradictory
B. incompatible
C. contrary
D. compatible

[单项选择]Despite the fact that they were ______ when they married, after 30 years they live together harmoniously.
A. contradictory
B. incompatible
C. contrary
D. compatible

[单项选择]Despite the fact that the two council members belonged to different political parties. They ______ the issue of how to finance the town debt.
A. complicated
B. agreed on
C. avoided
D. reported on

[单项选择]Despite the fact that the life span of animals is conveniently divided into separate stages, including the prenatal, adolescent, and senescent, these periods are not truly______.
A. (A) co-dependent
B. (B) reflexive
C. (C) distinct
D. (D) coterminous
E. (E) continuous

[单项选择]Despite the fact that the area had been hit by the severest drought in twenty years, a(n) _________ harvest was gathered in.
A. desirable
B. wishful
C. bumper
D. ideal

[单项选择]Many workers were thrown into ______ when the factory closed.
A. unemployment
B. debts
C. danger
D. failure

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Most musicians agree that the best violins were made in Cremona, Italy, about 200 years ago. These violins sound better than any others. They even sound (21) violins made today. Violin makers and scientists try to make (22) like the old Italian violins. (23) they aren’t the same. Musicians prefer the old ones. No one really knows (24) these old Italian violins are so special, (25) many people think they have an answer.
　　Some people think it is the age of the violins. But not all old violins sound wonderful. Only the old violins from Cremona are (26) .
　　Other people think that the (27) to those violins is the wood. The wood of the violin is very important. It must be from certain kinds of trees. It (28) too young or too old. Perhaps the violin makers of Cremona knew (29) special about wood for violins.
　　But the kind of wood may not be (30) important. (31) may be more impor
A. some day
B. some times
C. some time
D. sometimes