[单项选择]Sandy ____ be out of hermind to have spent that much money on an old car.
A. should
B. must
C. can
D. will

[单项选择]Scientists have spent years into the effects of certain chemicals on the human brain, but with no result（）
A. studying
B. researching
C. investigating
D. inspecting

[单项选择]You have spent your money in so free and unrestrained a way. I think you'll have to （）your expenses more or less.
A. cut off
B. cut down
C. cut out
D. cut across

[单项选择]Traditionally, universities have carried out two main activities: research and teaching. Many experts would argue that both these activities play a critical role in serving the community. The fundamental question, however, is how does the community want or need to be served
In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from. both the governments and the public to ensure that they do not remain "ivory towers(象牙塔)" of study separated from the realities of everyday life. University teachers have been encouraged, and in some cases constrained (强逼), to provide more courses which produce graduates with the technical skills required for the commercial use. (78) If Aristotle wanted to work in a university in the UK today, he would have a good chance of teaching computer science but would not be so readily employable as a philosopher.
A post-industrial society requires large numbers of computer programmers, engineers, managers and technicians to mainta
A. traditional universities do a good job serving the society
B. universities must meet the needs of the society
C. research and teaching are of great importance in universities
D. universities play an important role in our society

[单项选择]Enormous sums of money have been spent on space exploration.
A. Much
B. Large
C. Small
D. Fixed

[单项选择]You have spent a whole evening in a French music hall with a dirty—looking fat man who, instead of having messages slipped into his hand by dark-eyed beauties, gets only an ordinary telephone call making an appointment in his room．

[填空题]Scientists have spent years _____ into the effects of certain chemicals on the human brain with no result.

[单项选择]

Scientists who study the brain have found out a great deal about how we learn. They have (21) that babies learn much more from the sights and sounds around them than we (22) before. You can help your baby by taking advantage of her hunger to learn.
From the (23) beginning, babies try to imitate the (24) they hear us make. They "read" the (25) on our faces and our movements. That is (26) it is so important to talk, sing and smile to your child. Hearing you talk is your baby’s first (27) toward becoming a reader, because it (28) her to love language and to learn words.

26（　）
A. how 
B. why 
C. when 
D. what

[填空题]I have spent many（）(sleep) nights thinking about the solution to this problem.

[单项选择]Michael failed the exam. He（）have spent so much time playing computer games and chat ring online.
A. mustn't
B. couldn't
C. wouldn't
D. shouldn't