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[单项选择]But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ______ suffering and poverty.
A. anything but
B. nothing but
C. none other than
D. no more than
[单项选择]Long long ago, there were ______ people in the world.
A. a lot of
B. many
C. only a few
[单项选择]Long, long ago there were very ______ people in this place, but now it has become a town with 5,000,000 population.
A. few
B. little
C. a few
D. a little
[单项选择]I wonder how long ago this school __
A. has begun
B. begins
C. began
D. has started
[单项选择]
D
Not long ago a California policeman stopped a driver for failing to stop at a red light. Asked his name, the driver said," Safety First. "Of course, the policeman did not believe the man. He thought the driver had been drinking. But the man was telling the truth. Safety First was his real name. Thousands of babies are given strange names each year,and many women acquire(获得) strange names through marriage. When Miss Nova Warrick married, she became Nova Cain.
There’s a Katz Meow in Washington D. C. and a Mr. Ache Payne in Illinois. Mr. Darling Dear resides(居住)in Wisconsin. A New York music teacher is named Love Sweetheart. Fish Hook lives in Illinois. Orange Vanilla Lemon resides in Idaho. But perhaps the strangest name of all is that of a Georgia man-W·5/Sths Smith.
Why did the writer mention Mr. Darling Dear in this passage（）
A. Because Mr. Dear lived in Wisconsin.
B. When Mr. Dear got married, he felt very happy, then he changed his name.
C. Because the name sounds strange.
D. Because Mr. Darling Dear was a citizen in Wisconsin.
[单项选择]Why didn't men climb mountains long ago
[单项选择]As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman made ______ the discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed.
A. distinct
B. substantial
C. noticeable
D. significant
[单项选择]Do you remember how long ago （）to China
A. have you traveled
B. you have traveled
C. did you travel
D. you traveled
