[单项选择]In this passage, the word "annihilated" means ______.
A. destroyed completely
B. understood
C. examined carefully
D. survived

[单项选择]The word "frighten" in the passage means ______.


A. threat
B. terrify
C. happy

[单项选择]In this passage which word can function as a synonym for “discernment”


A. Caution.
B. Prudence.
C. Cleverness.
D. Perception.

[单项选择]According to the passage, the word "Nowcast" (paragraph 3) means ______.


A. a way of collecting raw weather data
B. a forecast which can predict the weather conditions in the small area in an accurate way
C. a network to collect instant weather data
D. a more advanced system of weather observation

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Passage One
A rapid means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United States as settlement(新拓居地) spread over farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the toad, and the development of a safe, effective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there’ were thousands of. miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines.
The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental sys tem. In 1862 congress authorized two western railroad companies to build lines from Nebraska west ward and from California eastward to a meeting point, so as to complete a t
A. 9 years
B. 7 years
C. 4 years
D. 3 years

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Passage Two
A rapid means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United States as settlement (新拓居地) spread ever farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the load, and the development of a safe, effective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there were thousands of miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines.
The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental system. In 1862 Congress authorized two western railroad companies to build lines from Nebraska westward and from California eastward to a meeting point, so as to complete a transconti
A. The possibility of government support for such a task.
B. The need to explore Utah.
C. The need to connect the east coast with the west.
D. The need to develop the railroad industry in the west.

[单项选择]In the second paragraph of the passage, the word "lounge about" probably means _______.


A. like
B. buy
C. kill time
D. hate

[单项选择]In this passage, the word "press" (Par


A. A．2, Line) means ______ . a machine for printingB. the business of printingC. great forceD. print media

[单项选择]In the last sentence of the passage, the word "confinement" is closest in meaning to the word" ______ ".
A. funds
B. solution
C. research
D. imprisonment

[单项选择]According to the passage, the word "Nowcast" ( paragraph 3 ) means ______.


A. a way of collecting raw weather data
B. a forecast which can predict the weather conditions in the small area in an accurate way
C. a network to collect instant weather data
D. a more advanced system of weather observation

[单项选择]The author of the passage puts the word "savage" and "barbarian" (lines 9-10) in quotation marks most probably in order to

[单项选择]In the last sentence of the passage, the word "column" means ______.


A. a pillar used in a building
B. a large number of people
C. anything looking like a pillar in shape
D. a regular article by a particular writer, which appears in a newspaper

[单项选择]According to the passage, the word "Now casts" ( paragraph 3 ) means ______.


A. a way of collecting raw weather data
B. a forecast which can predict the weather conditions in the small area in an accurate way
C. a network to collect instant weather data
D. a more advanced system of weather observation