[单项选择]It was ______ that this matter be considered at the next meeting.
A. proposed
B. opposed
C. supposed
D. composed

[单项选择]It was ______ that this matter be considered at the next meeting.
A. proposed
B. opposed
C. supposed
D. composed

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Passage Two
American has long been considered the land of opportunity by those from other countries. Americans, too, believe that the United States provides almost limifiess opportunity for those who want to open businesses on their own.
Today, Americans are still fond of trying their hand at becoming small business people, even though only one out of two survives the first two years. Many of these people start their businesses for the wrong reasons: to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for freer life styles. But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business. John Shuttleworth, owner of the recently successful life-ecology news magazine Mother Earth, reports having had to work sixty hours straight in order to bring out the first issue.
John Shuttleworth waited years after conceiving the idea for Mother Earth before he attempted to put out
A. continuously
B. honestly
C. alone
D. not curved

[单项选择](Applicants) will be considered (provided that) their files (are complete) (due to) the deadline.
A. Applicants
B. provided that
C. are complete
D. due to

[单项选择]In fact, no matter what lengths others go to in their attempts to destroy your arguments or
______your confidence, you are certain to remain unmoved and unimpressed.
A. erode
B. undermine
C. deprive
D. underestimate

[单项选择]______is considered to be the very beginning of the American War of Independence.
A. Lexington Gunshot
B. Boston Tea Party
C. The Stamp Act
D. The Gunpowder Plot

[单项选择]Although economists have traditionally considered the district to be solely an agricultural one, the （） of the inhabitants' occupations makes such a classification obsolete.
A. productivity
B. diversity
C. predictability
D. profitability

[单项选择]Why is universal education considered important


A. The educated can make good decisions in voting.
B. There are class distinctions in the U. S.
C. Only educated people can become rich.
D. People are created with equal opportunities.

[单项选择]Edison considered his deafness（）
A. a disadvantage
B. a blessing
C. something from a priest
D. a necessity

[单项选择]The Cheyenne Indians were considered spectacular riders and fierce warriors.
A. hunters
B. defenders
C. enemies
D. fighters