[单项选择]Before his death last year, Professor Johnson decided that he（）leave $ 2,000,000 to his university.
A. can
B. would
C. may
D. shall

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W: Professor Johnson will finish his speech soon. If you want to see him, please wait for a moment.
M: No, thanks, I’ll leave a note for him.
W: I’ll send it to him as soon as possible.

What does the man ask the woman to do（　）.
A. Send a note to Professor Johnson.
B. Wait a minute to see Professor Johnson.
C. Write a note to Professor Johnson.
D. Listen to Professor Johnson’s speech.

[单项选择]Professor Johnson’s retirement （　） from next January.
A. carries into effect
B. takes effect
C. has effect
D. puts into effect

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A: Professor Johnson, since you are an expert on problems that students face when they follow a course of study through the medium of English-if English is not their mother tongue. Can you tell something about them
B: Sure. The problems can be divided into three broad categories: psychological, cultural and linguistic. The first two categories mainly affect those who come to study in Britain.
A: What are the psychological problems
B: Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the unknown: for example, whether one’s academic studies will be too difficult.
A: What do you mean by cultural problems
B: Well, looking at the cultural problems, we can see that some of them are of a very practical nature, for example, arranging satisfactory accommodation. Others are less easy to define. The largest category seems to be linguistic.
A: Can you be more detailed
B: Yes. Most students, in their own countries, w
A. Problems in learning English.
B. Some of the problems that face learners of English.
C. Foreign students’ problems in Britain.
D. Language problems that face foreign students in Britain.

[单项选择]Professor Johnson is said some significance ______advance in his research in the past year.
A. having made
B. making
C. to have made
D. to make

[填空题]Before his death, the famous philosopher told his friends that he loved his teacher but he loved truth (much)（）

[单项选择]To keep healthy, Professor Johnson ______ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.
A. took up
B. caught on
C. carried out
D. made for

[单项选择]Professor Johnson is said_______some significant advance in his research in the past year.
A. having made
B. making
C. to have made
D. to make

[单项选择]Professor Johnson’’s retirement_______from next January.
A. carries into effect
B. takes effect
C. has effect
D. puts into effect

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听下面一段对话，回答下列问题。
M: Hello, Professor Johnson.
W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today
M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in.
W: What sport did you choose
M: I decided to write about cross country skiing.
W: What are you going to say about skiing
M: That’s the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.
W: So why is that a problem
M: As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn’t so easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that’s not part of my paper. So I guess I should leave it out. But now I don’t know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you
A. A beautiful view in the suburb.
B. Danger of cross-country skiing.
C. Pain and pleasure in having spores.

[单项选择]Last year Mike earned（　）his brother did, who has a better position.
A. twice as many as
B. twice as much as
C. twice than
D. twice as more as