[单项选择]His mother died when he was five, his father never remarried, and by the time he was eight he （）in three different countries.
A. had lived
B. was lived
C. was living
D. will have lived

[单项选择]His parents died when he was young so he was （　） by his aunt.
A. bred
B. fed up
C. grown up
D. brought up

[单项选择]His parents died when he was young so he was（）by his aunt.
A. bred
B. fed up
C. grown up
D. brought up

[单项选择]______, both his father and mother died.
A. At the age of six
B. Being six years old
C. He was six years old
D. When he was six years old

[单项选择]Tom's father, as well as his mother, （　） in New York for a few days more.
A. asks him to stay
B. asks he stays
C. ask he to stay
D. asks he would stay

[单项选择]He never let me （　） when I need his support.
A. in
B. down
C. off
D. out

[单项选择]When people ask him for help, he never turned his back （　） them.
A. with
B. off
C. from
D. on

[单项选择]He is reliable and never goes back on his word．


A. 他是可信赖的，从来不回到他过去所说的话上。
B. 他是可信赖的，从来说一不二。
C. 他是可靠的，从来不后悔他的话。
D. 他是可靠的，从来不食言。

[单项选择]The Day a Language Died 　　When Carios Westez died at the age of 76. a language died, too. Westez, more commonly known as Red Thunder Cloud, was the last speaker of the Native American language. Catawba. Anyone who wants to hear the songs of the Catawba can contact the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where, back in the 1940s, Red Thunder Cloud recorded a series of songs for future generations. __________(46)They are all that is left of the Catawba language. The language that people used to speak is gone forever. 　　We are all aware of the damage that modern industry can do to the world’s ecology(生态).However, few people are aware of the impact widely spoken languages have on other languages and ways of life. English has spread all over the world. Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi have become powerful languages. As well, ___________(47).When this happens, hundreds of languages that are spoken by only a few die out. 　　Scholars believe there are about 6,000 languages aroun

[单项选择]The Day a Language Died 　　When Carlos Westez died at the age of 76, a language died, too. Westez, more commonly known as Red Thunder Cloud, was the last speaker of the Native American language. Catawba. Anyone who wants to hear the songs of the Catawba can contact the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where, back in the 1940s, Red Thunder Cloud recorded a series of songs for future generations. __________(46)They are all that is left of the Catawba language. The language that people used to speak is gone forever. 　　We are all aware of the damage that modern industry can do to the world’s ecology(生态).However, few people are aware of the impact widely spoken languages have on other languages and ways of life. English has spread all over the world. Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi have become powerful languages, as well, ___________(47).When this happens, hundreds of languages that are spoken by only a few die out. 　　Scholars believe there are about 6,000 languages aroun