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M: Prof.Jordan has been very busy this term.As far as I know.he works until mid-night every day.
W: I wouldn’t have troubled him so much if I had known he was so busy.
Q: What does the woman imply （）

A. She has trouble getting along with the professor.
B. She knows that the professor has run into trouble.
C. She knows that the professor has been very busy this term.
D. She regrets having taken up much of the professor’s time.

[单项选择]The circus has always been very popular because it______both the old and the young.
A. facilitates
B. fascinates
C. immerses
D. indulges

[单项选择]The price of pork has been very（）these days.
A. costly
B. high
C. expensive
D. cheap

[单项选择]Our company has been very（　） to react to foreign competition. Most of our products are out of fashion.
A. slow
B. quickly
C. smart
D. clever

[单项选择]—The weather has been very hot and dry.
—Yes. If it had mined even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables （　）.
A. wouldn’t die
B. didn’t die
C. hadn’t die
D. wouldn’t have die

[填空题]He has been working very hard and his schoolwork has shown much ______ (improve) since last term.

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M: It’s been very cold in the past two days.
W: We haven’t seen the worst of it yet, More snow is forecast next week together with strong winds.

What will the weather be like （）
A. Cold and windy.
B. Snow will be replaced by strong winds.
C. It will get better.
D. Rainy and cold.

[填空题]The epidemic has been spreading very fast ______.

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The two men have been very intimate and reliable friends throughout their lives.

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I have been very lucky to have won the Nobel Prize twice. It is, of course, very exciting to have such an important (1) of my work, but the real pleasure was in the work itself.
Scientific research is like an exploration of a voyage of discovery. You are (2) trying out new things that have not been done before. Many of them will lead (3) and you have to try something different, but sometimes an experiment does (4) and tells you something new and that it is really exciting. (5) small the new finding may be, it is great to think "I am the only person who knows this" and then you will have the fun of thinking what this finding will (6) and of deciding what will be the (7) experiment.
One of the best things about scientific research is that you are always doing something different and it is never (8) . There are good times when things go well and bad times when they (9) Some peop
A. anywhere
B. nowhere
C. everywhere
D. somewhere