[单项选择]Unlike other leaders who put all blames on others, he took responsibility and resigned ______.
A. gracefully
B. faithfully
C. mysteriously
D. reluctantly

[单项选择]Unlike other leaders who put all blames on others, he took responsibility and resigned ______.
A. gracefully
B. faithfully
C. mysteriously
D. reluctantly

[单项选择]The person who put on the third ad probably wants to ______.


A. look for someone to share the beautiful view of the park
B. find another person to pay for her electricity and gas
C. share her room in the flat with another lady
D. rent one room of her flat to a nonsmoker

[单项选择]To buy stock in a single company is to put all your eggs in one basket，
A. 只买一家公司的股票太危险。
B. 只买一家公司的股票等于把所有的鸡蛋放在同一个篮子里。
C. 只买一家公司的股票是把所有的鸡蛋放在同一个篮子里。
D. 如果你只买一家公司的股票，那你是把所有的鸡蛋放在同一个篮子里。

[单项选择]Adults sometimes envy children who play all the time ______ they themselves have to work, rain or shine.
A. while
B. once
C. since
D. though

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Passage Four
There was once a man who spent all his time in his glasshouse. Flowers was his name, and flowers were his main joy in life. He grew flowers of every color under the sun. He grew these flowers in order to enter them for competition. His greatest hope in life was to grow a rose of an entirely new color that would win him the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers’ glasshouse was close to a public path, which was always used by children walking to and from school. Boys were often attracted to throw a stone or two at his glasshouse. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or close by his glasshouse at the beginning and end of the school day.
However, it was not convenient or possible to be on guard all the time. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to prevent harm to his glass; but nothing that he had done had been successful.
Then, just as he was giving up hope of ever winning the battle, and of growing the Rose of the Y
A. to tell the children not to throw stones at the notice
B. to warn the boys not to throw stones
C. to attract the boys to throw stones at the notice
D. to warn them whoever threw stones would be punished

[单项选择]I wonder who drank all the milk yesterday. It ______ have been Peter because he was out all day.
A. mustn't B. can't C. won't D. needn't

[单项选择]It was (him) who did all the work (on) the invention, but somebody (else) got (all the credit).


A. him
B. on
C. else
D. all the credit

[单项选择]In insurance, the party who insures others against possible loss or damage and promises to effect payment in case of loss or damage is called（）.
A. insured
B. insurance
C. underwriter
D. consignor

[单项选择]— Who ate all the cookies
— Mary Ann ______ .


A. has
B. did
C. ate
D. had

[单项选择]Who usually tries to impress others with his cell phone


A. A person who has just began using a cell phone or a person who intends to show off the latest model of his cell phone.
B. A person who is self-important and pompous.
C. A person who has been using a cell phone for quite a long time.
D. A person who is not so confident about himself.

[单项选择]—I like friends who behave well towards others. —______ I have friends for shopping, and others for discussing my academic studies. What about you —I have different friends too. But they have one or two things in common. For example, I don't care about their accent or social status or what clothes they wear. But I do care about their ideas, their kindness and their helpfulness to others. —I agree.

[单项选择]Who ordered that all communication with the Palestinian Authority be cut


A. Palestinian Prime Minister.
B. Palestinian President.
C. Israeli Prime Minister.
D. Israeli President.