[单项选择]The ex-president had been（）in the country to refresh his mind before he passed away．
A. given to walking
B. given a walk
C. given for a walk
D. giving a walk

[单项选择]The economic reform in that country has been (accelerated).
A. speeded up
B. put off
C. slowed down
D. stopped

[单项选择]Which part of the country has been buried in snow（　）.
A. Northeastern states.
B. Southeastern states.
C. Northwestern states.
D. Southwestern states.

[单项选择]The ex-president had been （）in the country to refresh his mind before he passed away.
A. given to walking
B. given a walk
C. given for a walk
D. giving a walk

[单项选择]Where had Mary been

[单项选择]Our country had made great efforts to promote the family-planning policy, but （　） the birth rate is getting higher and higher.
A. as it were
B. as it is
C. as it was
D. as is it

[单项选择]Three days later, word came （　） our country had sent up another man-made satellite.
A. when
B. which
C. that
D. where

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Honours had been intended on Florence.

[单项选择]The Hershey chocolate factory had been built
A. 1 year later after Mr. Hershey sold the Lancaster Caramel Company.
B. 3 years later after Mr. Hershey sold the Lancaster Caramel Company.
C. 5 years later after Mr. Hershey sold the Lancaster Caramel Company.

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Americans had always been preoccupied with reforming their society, with "making it over," and between the 1890s and the end of the First World War, the reform spirit intensified. More and more people tried to address the problem of their time directly, to impose order on a confusing world, and, especially, to create a conflict-free society. Their efforts, inspired by a complicated mixture of calculated self-interest and unselfish benevolence, helped what can be called the Progressive era. The urge for reform had many sources. Industrialization had brought unprecedented productivity, awesome technology, and plenty of consumer goods. But it had also included labor struggle, waste of natural resources, and abuse of corporate power. Rapidly growing cities facilitated the accumulation and distribution of goods, services, and cultural amenities but also magnified problems of poverty, disease, crime, and political corruption. Massive inflows of immigrants and the rise of a ne
A. the reasons for the Progressive Movement
B. the problems that American society faced between the 1890s and the end of World War I
C. the causes and contents of the Progressive reform
D. the belief that Americans possessed in their society

[单项选择]John had been working hard （）.
A. so his brother did
B. and so was his brother
C. so did his brother
D. and so had his brother

[单项选择]Although there had been an astonishing variety of small cameras developed, it was not until George Eastman introduced the Kodak in 1888 that the mass appeal of photography seized America and Europe and thereafter spread quickly to the far corners of the earth. Eastman called his new famous camera the Kodak for no particular reason except that he liked the word. It was easy to remember and could be pronounced in any language.
An immediate consequence of Eastman’s invention was a blizzard of amateur photographs that soon became known as snapshots. The word was borrowed from hunters’ jargon. When a hunter fired a gun from the hip, without taking careful aim, it was described as a snapshot. Photographers referred to the process of taking pictures as shooting, and they would take pride in a good day’s shoot the way country gentlemen would boast about the number of birds brought down in an afternoon.
The Kodak made photography not only easy but fun. Almost overnight photography
A. It made the work of professionals more enjoyable.
B. It made picture-taking suddenly popular among ordinary people.
C. It marked the beginning of manufacturing small cameras.
D. It met the need of photographers in America and Europe.

[单项选择]Andy Dole had been a successful electronics manufacturing executive and the owner of a disco in the 1970s and early 1980s．At his (62) , he earned$100, 000 a year．
But his real (63) was the lottery．Andy, 53, remembers the first time he bought a ticket．in 1982．"I knew it was a sucker’s bet, "he says．"But there was no other (64) I could make a million dollars for a buck．"Andy played compulsively every day (65) eight years．
Finally, $100, 000 worth of lottery tickets (66) , he lost his job, his disco business (67) ．and he was$1million (68) debt．After his wife divorced him, he moved in with his mother, vowing (69) his teen—age daughter and son that he would pull himself (70) ．
Andy hit bottom on July 31, 1990, a date he (71) as"a good day for gamblers"because there were three local lottery drawings．"This was my last shot at (72) my daughter’s first semester at college, "h
A. amazing
B. helpless
C. natural
D. worthwhile