[单项选择]From the story the phrase "committing a crime" means______.


A. breaking the law
B. keeping the law
C. escaping punishment
D. receiving punishment

[单项选择]Because a degree from a good university is the means to a better job, education is one of the most areas in Japanese life.
A. sophisticated
B. competitive
C. considerate
D. superficial

[单项选择]So far (the story) is from being true that (I was surprised) anyone (could have believed) it (was)so.
A. the story
B. I was surprised
C. could have believed
D. was so

[单项选择]What can be inferred from the story

[单项选择]From the passage, we can infer that "big bang" means______.
A. the explosion happened billions of years ago, from a single point of nearly infinite energy destiny, which brought about the present universe
B. the restructuring of the securities industry which took place in London during the late 1980s
C. the financial system reform that will happen in Japan
D. a thorough reform in the system of economy or politics etc

[单项选择]What can we infer from the story ending

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Here is the story of rubber. From the earliest time it was common knowledge to the Peruvians(秘鲁人)that when a cut was made in the outside skin of a rubber tree, a white liquid like milk came out, and that from (21) a sticky mass of rubber might be made. This rubber is (22) when warm, so that it is possible to give it any (23) . The Peruvians made the (24) that it was very good for keeping out the wet. Then in the early 1800’s, the Americans made use of it for the first time. First they made overshoes to (25) their feet dry. Then came a certain Mr. Mackintosh, who made coats of cloth covered with natural rubber. From that day to this we have been coating cloth with rubber as Mr. Mackintosh (26) , and our raincoats are still named after (27) .
These first rubber overshoes and raincoats were all soft and sticky (28) summer, and hard and inelastic (没有弹性的)in the winter (29) it was cold. (30) the rubber
A. discovery
B. invention
C. search
D. research