[单项选择]All our attempts to （　）the child from drowning were in vain.
A. regain
B. recover
C. reserve
D. rescue

[单项选择]All their attempts to ______ the child from the burning building were in vain.
A. regain
B. recover
C. rescue
D. reserve

[单项选择]"We vowed to fight on until all our demands were met" is a ______ sentence.
A. coordinate
B. complex
C. compound
D. simple

[单项选择]Our real American foods have come from our soil and have been used by many groups—those who already lived here and those who have come here to live. The Native Americans already had developed an interesting cuisine using the abundant foods that were so prevalent.
The influence that the English had upon our national eating habits is easy to see. They were a tough lot, those English, and they ate in a tough manner. They wiped their mouths on the tablecloth, if there happened to be one, and they ate until you would expect them to burst. European travelers to this country in those days were most often shocked by American eating habits, which included too much fat and too much salt and too much liquor. Not much has changed! And, the Revolutionists refused to use the fork since it marked them as Europeans. The fork was not absolutely common on the American dinner table until about the time of the Civil War, the 1860s. Those English were a tough lot.
Other immigrant groups added
A. You bet they would never stop to eat till they are full.
B. What you can expect is that they would not stop eating unless there was no more food.
C. The only thing you would expect is that they wouldn’t stop eating till they had had enough of the food.
D. The only thing is that they wouldn’t stop eating till they felt sick.

[单项选择]We grow all our fruit and vegetables, ______saves money, of course.

[单项选择]______ all our goodwill to see her through the hard time, Sarah declined politely.


A. On
B. At
C. In
D. For

[单项选择]All our preparations went _________because the exams were called off.


A. at nothing
B. beyond nothing
C. for nothing
D. into nothing

[单项选择]Human beings differ mostly from all other animals in that they have the ability to ______ tools.


A. employ
B. tackle
C. deal
D. utilize

[单项选择]Weather observations come from all the sources EXCEPT ______ .


A. computers
B. satellites
C. the ground
D. radar

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Demonstrators from all over Italy gathered in a Rome square Saturday for the Family Day rally. They listened to songs like this one whose words evoked the need for children to have both a mother and a father. Married couples with their children raised their voices to protest a proposed law that would give greater rights to unmarried couples, including gays and lesbians. This woman says the family is important because society is based on the ～family and it is a value for everyone, not just Christians. Lay Catholic groups and family associations organized the rally. They stressed the importance of policies that will favor the traditional family unit and family values based on marriage between a man and a woman. Thousands of supporters of the controversial bill organized a counter-rally in Rome’s famed Piazza Navona square. They said Italy would be a more civilized country if it gave rights to unmarried and gay couples. The draft legislation still requires parliamentary approv
A. Married couples.
B. Demonstrators.
C. Children.
D. Family associations.

[单项选择]More than 800 people from all walks of life attended the opening ceremony of this company.（）
A. 八百多名各界人士参加了这个公司的开幕仪式。
B. 八百多老百姓对这个公司的开幕表示祝贺。
C. 来自各方面的八百多人参加了这个公司的开幕仪式。
D. 起初在这个公司工作的超过八百多人，他们来自全国各地。

[单项选择]Athletes from all over the world will （　） for championships in Beijing.
A. complete
B. compete
C. compensate
D. concentrate

[单项选择]"The landscape seen from our windows is certainly charming," said Annabel; "those cherty orchards and green meadows, and the river winding along the valley, and the church tower peeping out among the elms, they all make the most effective picture. There’s something dreadfully sleepy and languorous about it, though ; stagnation seems to be the dominant note. Nothing ever happens here; seedtime and harvest, an occasional outbreak of measles or a mildly destructive thunderstorm, and a little election excitement about once in five years, that is all that we have to modify the monotony of our existence. Rather dreadful, isn’t it "
"On the contrary," said Matilda, "I find it soothing and restful: but then, you see, I’ve lived in countries where things do happen, ever so many at a time, when you’re not ready for them happening all at once. ""That, of course, makes a difference,"said Annabel.
"I have never forgotten," said Matilda, "the occasion when the Bishop of Bequar paid u
A. bring to light.
B. keep away from.
C. chatter on about.
D. keep dark.