[单项选择]Deprived of the financial means to remain independent Thomas Edison was compelled to______ employment as a night telephone operator.


A. obtain
B. chase
C. explore
D. seek

[单项选择]Deprived of the financial means to remain independent Thomas Edison was compelled to______ employment as a night telephone operator.
A. obtain
B. chase
C. explore
D. seek

[单项选择]______the financial means to remain independent Edison was compelled to seek employment as a night telegraph operator.
A. He was deprived of
B. Deprived of
C. That he was deprived of
D. Although he was deprived of

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Passage Four
During the American War of Independence, women were involved in the active fighting in three ways. First, as members of a distinct branch of the Continental Army, referred to as "Women of the Army," women staffed field hospitals and acted as military support in such roles as water carriers. In an emergency, women water carders, who had plenty of opportunity to observe the firing of cannons, could replace a wounded comrade. The second way that women were involved in active fighting was as regular troop members who wore men’s uniforms and fought side by side with their male counterparts. Theoretically, women were not supposed to be recruited into the Continental Army, but if a woman was a good soldier, no one made an issue of sex at a time when the army was so short of: soldiers that boys not yet in their teens were also being recruited in violation of rules. Third, women were occasional fighters affiliated with local militia companies or
A. members of committees of safety
B. support personnel at medical facilities
C. recruiters of soldiers for the Continental Army
D. combat troops in the regular army

[单项选择]Consumers deprived of the information and advice they needed were quite simply ______ very cheat in the marketplace.
A. at the mercy of
B. in lieu of
C. by courtesy of
D. for the price of

[单项选择]Poor children should not be deprived of the opportunity to participate in sports whenever possible.
A. denied
B. retreated
C. oppressed
D. refused

[单项选择](While) some pirate ships deprived early American colonists of (many) needed supplies, (others) smuggled in goods, subverted(破坏) British taxes, and (help) in the Revolutionary War.
A. While
B. many
C. others
D. help

[单项选择]Sickness deprived me （） the pleasure of seeing you.
A. from
B. of
C. out of
D. with

[单项选择]Why does the author say we are deprived of the use of our eyes

[单项选择]Before 1920s, American women were deprived （　）the right to vote to a large extent.
A. of
B. to
C. from
D. with