[单项选择]Have you ever bought something just because the salesmen _________ it


A. talked you from
B. talked you into
C. talked you in
D. talked to

[单项选择]The new guppies I bought have just a tinge of yellow.
A. dot
B. mark
C. touch
D. tingle

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Passage Two
If you have ever been mistaken for somebody else, you can certainly sympathize with two young women from Maryland, both named Wanda Marie Johnson.
One Wanda was living and working in Washington, D.C., when she became confused with the second Wanda, a former resident of the area, whom she’d never met. Both Wan- das were born on June 15, 1953, and their social security numbers are the same except for the final three digits. Amazingly, they both moved from Washington to St. George’s Grenada.
Both women drove cars of the same year and model, which really confused the computers at the Department of Motor Vehicles. When one of the Wandas applied for her driver’s license, she was told she already had one and that she was required to wear glasses while driving. She spoke to four supervisors before convincing the authorities that her vision was perfect and that she really did need a license. She then received two licenses instea
A. computers caused the problem for the two Wandas
B. the only similarity between the two women was their name
C. the newspapers helped solved the problem for the two Wandas
D. the women's problems were solved when one moved to Grenada

[单项选择]If you have ever been without meat or other animal foods for some days or weeks, you that you tend to get physically rather weak.
A. will notice
B. will have noticed
C. would notice
D. would have noticed

[单项选择]Have you ever been to the Great Wall in China Have you heard of the saying "He who doesn t reach the Great Wall is not a true man" Like the Pyramids(金字塔) of Egypt, it is one of the seven wonders in the world and is known to people all over the world.
Every Chinese will tell you that it was built in the Qin Dynasty, the ruler (统治者) of which was Qin Shihuang. In fact it took a long period of time to build it in China’s history. We can hardly tell how many years it took. We don’t know how many stones were used to build the wall. We don’t know how many people died in building the Great Wall. We only can say that it was built with the blood and sweat (汗水) of the Chinese working people.
The Great Wall has stood there for thousands of years. It is the pride of the Chinese nation. If you have a chance to go to China some day, be sure to go there and have a look at the great wonder.
How many years did it take to build the Great Wall
A. 1,000 years. B. 200 years. C. Not mentioned.

[单项选择]Have you ever stopped to think seriously how many of the things used in your everyday life are made by the hard work of thousands of people（）
A. 你日常生活中所用的东西有多少是经过了成千上万人的辛勤劳动才做出的，你有没有停止对这个问题的认真思考
B. 你是否曾经停下来严肃地想一想，你在日常生活中所使用的东西有多少是经过成千上万人的辛勤劳动才做出的
C. 你有没有停下来认真地想过，你口常使用的东西有多少是经过了成千上万人的辛勤劳动才做出的
D. 你有没有停下来认真思考，日常用品中有哪些是经过了成千上万人的艰辛劳动才做出的

[单项选择]Mark Twain usually forgot something because he ______.


A. was ill
B. was very busy
C. couldn’t remember anything

[单项选择]She could have done just as well as you, （　） the chance.
A. given
B. to give
C. giving
D. give

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