[单项选择]Man: Have you heard it John has just been promoted again!
Woman: He's the boss's blue-eyed boy at the present.
Question: What does the woman mean

[单项选择]Man: Have you heard it John has just been promoted again!Woman. He's the boss's blue-eyed boy at the present.Question: What does the woman mean

[单项选择]John and I have just been telling stories two of us（）.
A. ourselves
B. to each other
C. each of us
D. both

[单项选择]Man: I hear you have been working part-time.
Woman: Yeah, I must stand on my own feet. My parents are retired and their health is declining.
Question: What does the woman mean
A. She has recovered from an injury.
B. She does not depend on her parents any more.
C. Her parents used to enjoy good health.
D. Her parents used to have a good jo

[单项选择]Rivers have been important to man ______.
A. since the last century
B. for a very long time
C. since a few hundred years ago
D. since a few years ago

[单项选择]—I regret （） you John has been fired.—I can hardly believe my ears. He's such a fine worker.
A. telling
B. having told
C. to tell
D. to have told

[单项选择]—I regret ______ you John has been fired. —I can hardly believe my ears. He's such a fine worker.
A. telling
B. having told
C. to tell
D. to have told

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Passage Two
Have you ever been startled by a loud noise or by someone appearing suddenly behind you on dark night or by a snake in the grass Do you remember the sudden, tight feeling in your chest, the way your heart started go pound, the way you seemed to breathe more rapidly Such reactions occurred because you were frightened. Your brain sent a signal to the special gland (腺) in your body caned the adrenal (肾上的) gland. Other parts of your body were involved, too, but the adrenal gland has a very special function.
The adrenal gland is located on top of your kidney. Since you have two kidneys. You also have two adrenal glands. Each adrenal gland is divided into two parts: a cortex(外皮) and a medulla (髓质). The cortex forms the outer shell; the medulla forms the central core. Both the cortex and the medulla secrete (分泌) hormones, but they have different functions.
The cortex produces more than forty different chemical compounds and hormones. All these
A. a signal sent by your brain
B. the special function of the adrenal gland
C. all stimulated parts of your body
D. All of these