[单项选择]Those who spend a lot of time with children may be aware of the difference in the way boys and girls respond to ______ situations.
A. alike
B. likely
C. similar

[单项选择]People may spend time in making decisions about ______.
A. which shoe to put on first
B. how to have breakfast
C. what clothes to wear to class
D. how to prepare to go to school

[单项选择]Jack would rather spend time complaining than ______ the problem by himself.
A. solve
B. solved
C. solves
D. to solve

[单项选择]Many tourists in Naples like to spend time ______ the city's narrow streets and busy markets on their own.


A. explore
B. explored
C. exploring
D. to explore

[单项选择]The authorities spend a lot of money ______ keeping the streets and parks clean.


A. in
B. on
C. up
D. out

[单项选择]Who may introduce a bill


A. Leaders in the community.
B. Clerks.
C. Members of Congress.
D. Members of special interest groups.

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It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, (21) about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (22) is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to (23) an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (24) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (25) to the future, the individual mentions their past as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (26) living. (27) , the memories form part of a continuing life (28) , in which the old person (29) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (30) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
As the life cycle (31) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending (即将发生的) death. (32) this task is made
A. notorious
B. indecent
C. obscure
D. desperate