[单项选择]Rarely ______ such a silly thing.
A. I have heard of
B. I have heard
C. have I heard of
D. have I hear

[单项选择]Performing rote memory exercises rarely improves the______of any given subject, but______may nevertheless be useful to the student preparing for an examination.


A. coherence… exercises
B. clarity… heuristics
C. comprehensibility… mnemonics
D. succinctness … explication
E. (E) volubility … summarization

[单项选择]Incompetent people rarely know the depths of their own incompetence because they ______.


A. are too dull to know what competence is
B. are not skillful at logical reasoning, grammar, and sense of humor
C. lack the basic skills to evaluate their performance realistically
D. have some ability to overcriticize themselves

[填空题]

A.reply
B.silly
C.lonely
D.calmly

[单项选择]In this part of the country, the evergreens rarely experience any ______ to growth through cold.


A. feeling
B. taste
C. check
D. block

[单项选择]A mistake is rarely atoned for by a single apology, however profuse.
A. extravagant
B. produced
C. divergent
D. repetitious

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One silly question I simply can’t stand is "How do you feel" Usually the question is asked of a man in action—a man walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say He’ll probably say, "Fine, I’m all right." But you’ve put a bug in his ear—maybe now he’s not sure. If you’re a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing, you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, "How do you feel"
Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask, "How do you feel" if you are visiting a very close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to catch a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s not ti
A. he is cheerful
B. he is capable
C. he is humorous
D. he is polite