[单项选择]Two thirds of the sufferers of the disease were killed.
A. patients
B. spreaders
C. fans
D. pioneers

[单项选择]Two thirds of the sufferers of the disease were killed.（　）
A. patients
B. spreaders
C. fans
D. pioneers

[单项选择]Why were two rail companies fined


A. Because they asked young students to work at night.
B. Because their train was not safe.
C. Because they hired college students illegally.
D. Because their work practice system was unsafe.

[单项选择]The manager said that there were two reasons（）our sales dropped sharply last year.
A. because
B. since
C. why
D. while

[单项选择]There were two small gatherings, each ______ by some students.
A. was attended
B. had been attended
C. would be attended
D. attended

[单项选择]The tsunami (海啸)______over 160, 000 people were killed was a terrible dis-aster for human beings.
A. of that
B. among which
C. during that
D. in which

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Passage One
Almost two-thirds of overseas students studying in the UK have few or no British friends, according to a survey among 5,000 overseas students, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported last week.
The survey was carried out by the British Council, the council for international education, and Universities UK, an organization supporting the work of all the country’s universities.
The survey revealed only 7 percent of the students said most of their friends were from the UK; 32 percent said they had a mixture of UK and international student friends; and 59 percent said their only friends were international.
Some student leaders say one reason fox’ the trend is that overseas students are dedicate to their courses instead of their social lives.
In addition, many foreign students weren’t interested in the pub-centered drinking culture on British campuses, according to Will MacFarlane, student union general se
A. be delicate to their study
B. take more social activities
C. be used to the life on campus
D. spend more time on all-English environment

[单项选择]Two thirds of the US basketball players are black, and the number would be greater ______ the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers for the 'sake of balance.
A. was it not because of
B. had it not been for
C. were it not for
D. would it not have been for

[填空题]Research has shown that two-thirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion of the cultural or political problems of the day, not heated debates about films we’ve just watched or books we’ve just finished reading, but plain and simple __51__. 　　　Language is our greatest treasure as a species, and what do we __52__ do with it We gossip. About others’ behaviour and private lives, such as who’s doing what with whom, who’s in and who’s out-and why; how to deal with difficult __53__ situations involving children, lovers, and colleagues. 　　　So why are we keen on gossiping Are we just natural __54__, of both time and words Or do we talk a lot about nothing in particular simply to avoid facing up to the really important issues of life It’s not the case according to Professor Robin Dunbar. In fact, in his latest book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, the psychologist says gossip is one of these really__55__issues. 　　　Dunbar __56__ the traditional view that l
A. A．confirms
B．rejects
C．outlines
D．broadens