[单项选择]I hope that the little ______ I've been able to do has been of some use.


A. which
B. what
C. that
D. when

[单项选择]What has the man not been able to do recently


A. Find his glasses.
B. Sit up straight.
C. Get enough rest.
D. Change his tires.

[单项选择]There seemed little hope that the explorers, ______ in the rainforest, would find their way out.
A. having deserted
B. to have been deserted
C. to be deserted
D. having been deserted

[单项选择]But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone.
A. 但是大学不是对每一个人产生它的魔术。
B. 但是大学没有对每一个人工作出它的魔术。
C. 但是大学从来就没有在每一个人身上显示出它的魔力。
D. 但是大学并没有在每一个人身上显示出它的魔力。

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Text 2
Linguists have been able to follow the formation of a new language in Nicaragua. The catch is that it is not a spoken language but, rather, a sign language which arose spontaneously in deaf children.
The Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) emerged in the late 1970s, at a new school for deaf children. Initially the children were instructed by teachers who could hear. No one taught them how to sign; they simply worked it out for themselves. By conducting experiments on people who attended the school at various points in its history, Dr. Senghas has shown how NSL has become more sophisticated over time. For example, concepts that an older signer uses a single sign for, such as rolling and falling, have been unpacked into separate signs by youngsters.
Early users, too, did not develop a way of distinguishing left from right. Dr. Senghas showed this by asking signers of different ages to converse about a set of photographs that each could see. One sign
A. Deaf children are born to tie gestures with meanings.
B. Gestures used by the deaf and the normal are similar.
C. No countries share similar gestures orders in sign language.
D. NSL is to some extent similar to spoken language.

[单项选择]Jane and Tom have been able to reconcile their difference and are a happy family again.
A. settle
B. arrange
C. balance
D. pacify

[单项选择]Many of the successful men, had they been able to choose for themselves, would have selected some quite different professions______ they have made fortunes.


A. from that in which
B. from which
C. in which
D. from what

[单项选择]He had studied hard, he would have been able to pass the exam.


A. He had studied harder
B. If only he studied more
C. Had he studied harder
D. When he studied more

[单项选择]enough time to study, I would have been able to enter university.


A. Have I
B. I have
C. Had I
D. I had