[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, 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 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

[单项选择]The fact that elections were postponed from June to September is perhaps because ______.

[单项选择]Guests were scared when the bomb exploded.
A. frightened
B. killed
C. endangered
D. rescued

[单项选择]The children were surprised when the teacher had them ______ their books unexpectedly.


A. closed
B. to close
C. closing
D. close

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Passage Three
The traffic lights were red when the driver reached them. To the surprise of his passenger, the car did not slow down. Unexpectedly the passenger was thrown forward in the vehicle as the driver put on his brakes at the last moment. The car stopped just in time.
"Sorry, I didn’t notice the light. I thought it was green until I saw that it was the top light which was shining."
This strange story is quite true. About ten men in every hundred are color blind in some way; women are luckier——only about one in two hundred suffers from color blindness.
In some cases, a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all the same as green.
People often like one color more than others. Blue is the color of the sky and sea. Green makes us think of fields and trees. Red is the color of blood and makes some people think of danger. Black is the color of night. In the dark
A. he can see the difference between red and deep red
B. he can see the difference between blue and green
C. he can't tell the difference between orange and green
D. he thinks green is the same as blue

[单项选择]When were pulse rates taken
A. After every exercise period.
B. Every time the ratio of active riding was increased.
C. Every day.
D. After each step-test.