[单项选择]The president and his advisors discussed matters that ______ to the war.


A. attain
B. pertain
C. retain
D. sustain

[单项选择]The president and his advisors discussed matters that ______ to the war.


A. attain
B. pertain
C. retain
D. sustain

[填空题]It was the ______that his friend had left in his truck that led the author to change his idea and to go to the hospital immediately.

[单项选择]My younger brother couldn't help ______ when his toy car fell into the river.
A. crying
B. to cry
C. cry
D. cried

[单项选择]Don't get upset about trivial matters.
A. unexpected
B. unusual
C. unimportant
D. uncertain

[单项选择]　 　Family Matters 　　This month Singapore passed a bill that would give legal teeth to the moral obligation to support one’’s parents. Called the Maintenance of Parents Bill, it received the backing of the Singapore Government. 　　That does not mean it hasn’’t generated discussion. Several members of the Parliament opposed the measure as un-Asian. Others who acknowledged the problem of the elderly poor believed it a disproportionate response. Still others believe it will subvert relations within the family: cynics dubbed it the "Sue Your Son" law. 　　Those who say that the bill does not promote filial responsibility, of course, are right. It has nothing to do with filial responsibility. It kicks in where filial responsibility fails. The law cannot legislate filial responsibility any more than it can legislate love. All the law can do is to provide a safety net where this morality provide insufficient. Singapore needs this bill not to replace morality, b
A. received unanimous support in the Singapore Parliament.
B. was believed to solve all the problems of the elderly poor.
C. was intended to substitute for traditional values in Singapore.
D. was passed to make the young more responsible to the old．

[单项选择]Considering his lack of experience, his plan isn't likely to come ______.


A. off
B. out
C. round
D. over

[单项选择]Congratulations to Peter Brooks on his promotion to Brand Manager.Peter Brooks works in

[填空题]Michael Ross resigned and spent his unemployment time playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business for he looked at this as an______, rather than a penalty.

[单项选择]The stories about King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table are ______ not history.
A. legends
B. gossips
C. narratives
D. myths

[单项选择]If a person doesn't care，or doesn't make up his mind to cast his eyes down，he can never learn any thing about this country．


A. 没有眼睛向下的兴趣和决心，他是永远学不会这个国家的任何东西。
B. 没有眼睛向下的兴趣和决心，一辈子也不会真正了解这个国家的事情。
C. 如果他不在乎，不下决心眼睛向下，他永远不会学习有关这个国家的任何事情。
D. 如果他不在乎，不下决心把眼光向下扫，他学不会有关这个国家的任何事情。

[单项选择]His eyes shone brightly when he finally received the magazine he ______.
A. had long been expected
B. had long expected
C. has long expected
D. was long expected

[单项选择]His classes were packed and students, responding to the warmth of his personality and the ______of his lectures, would cluster round him before and after the class to bombard him with questions.
A. propaganda
B. temptation
C. doctrine
D. stimulus

[填空题]His recommendation that Air Force (investigates) the UFO sighting (was) approved (by the commission) and referred (to) the appropriate. A. investigates B. was C. by the commission D. to

[单项选择]—He eventually realized his own fault and wanted to reform. —______.
A. It’s no use pumping a dry well
B. Never too late to mend
C. Better safe than sorry
D. It never rains but it pours