[单项选择]Ever ______ they came to live here, they have hated everything about the place.


A. when
B. since
C. though
D. if

[单项选择]I ______ English ever since I came here in the United States three years ago.
A. am learning
B. was learning
C. have been learning
D. have learned

[单项选择]There are as good fish in the sea ______ ever came out of it.
A. than
B. like
C. as
D. so

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Text 1
I came to live here where I am now between Wounded Knee Creek and Grass Creek. Others came too, and we made there little gray houses of logs that you see, and they are square. It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square.
You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as tile hoop was unbroken, the people flourished. The flowering tree was the living center of the hoop, and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our religion.
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a ci
A. the four corners of the Indians' houses
B. the four elements that are believed to make up everything
C. the four seasons
D. the four directions

[单项选择]My parents have lived here（）
A. since 1986
B. many years ago
C. for many years ago
D. since 1966 ago

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Passage Four
Ever since humans have live on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to resort to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very vivid and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot.
Body language transmits ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of indicating that the part is only joking. A nod signifies approval I while shaking the head indicates a negative reaction.
Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille ( a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals,
A. spelling
B. ideas
C. whole words
D. expressions

[单项选择]Many traffic accidents have happened here, but nobody can account for them.
A. 这里发生过许多交通事故，但是没有人亲眼目睹这些事故。
B. 这里发生过许多交通事故，但是没有人能说明这些事故的原因。
C. 这里发生过许多交通事故，但是没有人能对这些事故讲得清楚。
D. 这里不曾发生过交通事故，但是没有人能追究这些事故。