[单项选择]Two thirds of the US basketball players are black, and the number would be greater ______ the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers for the 'sake of balance.
A. was it not because of
B. had it not been for
C. were it not for
D. would it not have been for

[单项选择]Two thirds of the US basketball players are black, and the number would be greater ______ the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers for the sake of balance.
A. was it not because of
B. had it not been for
C. were it not for
D. would it not have been for

[单项选择]Two thirds of the U.S. basketball players are black, and the number would be greater ______ the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers for the sake of balance.
A. was it not because of
B. had it not been for
C. were it not for
D. would it not have been for

[单项选择]Professor Black had us （　） compositions every Friday.
A. to write
B. written
C. write
D. wrote

[单项选择]Professor Black had us（）compositions every Friday.
A. to write
B. written
C. write
D. wrote

[单项选择]Every year some basketball or soccer players are______from one club to another.
A. transmitted
B. transferred
C. transported
D. transformed

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Passage One
Almost two-thirds of overseas students studying in the UK have few or no British friends, according to a survey among 5,000 overseas students, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported last week.
The survey was carried out by the British Council, the council for international education, and Universities UK, an organization supporting the work of all the country’s universities.
The survey revealed only 7 percent of the students said most of their friends were from the UK; 32 percent said they had a mixture of UK and international student friends; and 59 percent said their only friends were international.
Some student leaders say one reason fox’ the trend is that overseas students are dedicate to their courses instead of their social lives.
In addition, many foreign students weren’t interested in the pub-centered drinking culture on British campuses, according to Will MacFarlane, student union general se
A. international students work in part time to have more contact with British people
B. international students have more conversations with British students in pubs
C. the university provide more cultural activities for overseas students
D. universities set up more pubs for students to develop drinking culture

[单项选择]Almost two thirds of the land in the northwest areas of the country （） suitable for farming.
A. are not
B. is not
C. can not
D. not being

[单项选择]Two thirds of the sufferers of the disease were killed.
A. patients
B. spreaders
C. fans
D. pioneers