[单项选择]Never before (has) (so many) people (in) the United States been (interested in) soccer.（）
A. has
B. so many
C. in
D. interested in

[单项选择]Never before (has) (so many) people (in) the United States been (interested in) soccer.
A. has
B. so many
C. in
D. interested in

[单项选择]I had never seen so many people with so many disabilities. I returned home, silently （）. thinking how fortunate we really were.
A. retrospective
B. introspective
C. perspective
D. prospective

[单项选择]Never （　） seen so many people cooperating in such an event.
A. is the world
B. has the world
C. the world is
D. the world has

[单项选择]Never （） seen so many people cooperating in such an event.
A. is the world
B. has the world
C. the world is
D. the world has

[单项选择]Never（）seen so many people cooperating in such an event.
A. is the world
B. has the world
C. the world is
D. the world has

[单项选择]He had never given a speech for so many people, so he felt ______.
A. excited
B. stupid
C. disappointed
D. nervous

[单项选择]He had never given a speech to so many people, so he felt _____.
A. exciting
B. stupid
C. disappointed
D. nervous

[单项选择]There are 19 people waiting before me, so I'm the ______.


A. twelfth
B. twentyth
C. twentieth

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Text 3
Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so insecure. The Euro area’s "stability and growth pact" was supposed to stop irresponsible member states running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3% of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the threat of large fines if member governments breached the limit for three years in a row. For some time now, no one has seriously believed those restraints would hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th, the Euro’s fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the seams.
The pact’s fate was sealed over an extended dinner meeting of the euro area’s 12 finance ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of the Euro’s two largest members, France and Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than 3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year. Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in 2004. Earlier this year the European Commission
A. vocal in their own interests.
B. angry in face of potential threats.
C. considerate of large members.
D. supportive of a proposed treaty.

[单项选择]Before the war broke out, many people （） in safe places possessions they could not take with them.
A. threw away
B. put away
C. gave away
D. carried away