[单项选择]Why has Australia always been a continent with few people?（）
A. Because Australia is too far away from Europe.
B. Because Australia is the least mountainous and most level of the world.s continents.
C. Because Australia is separated from the rest of the world by seas.
D. Because most of the continent is hot and dry.

[单项选择]Australia has always been a continent with few people mainly because ______.

[单项选择]Throughout his political career he has always been in the ____.
A. twilight
B. spotlight
C. streetlight
D. torchlight

[单项选择]Norwich has always been one of the smallest English cities.

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Text 2 The moral high ground has always been female territory. Men, after all, lie and cheat and rob and pollute the environment and disproportionately populate the prisons, while women do their best to appreciate their good qualities. Some women, at least. But with the rise of feminism, the assaults on men’s moral integrity have become more frequent, and the belief in their arrogance and lack of concern for anything but their own selfish ends has become a truism. It’s the men who are greedy. It’s the men who are disloyal. It’s the men who will do anything for money. It’s the men who are immature. In the world of sport, male athletes are whipping boys of talk radio. They have graced the cover of Sports Illustrate, and on the inside have been spoken evil of for sins, among them greed, disdain for the fans who pay their unreasonably high salaries, and a lack of respect for the game that the fans love and that has made them rich. Female athletes,
A. All female athletes will withstand the temptations.
B. Only a few athletes are able to withstand the temptations.
C. Most female athletes are able to withstand the temptations.
D. The number of female athletes who will withstand the temptations is unknown.

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The dog has always been considered man’ s best friend. Always noted for being particularly faithful in watching over children, he also has his place by the fireside, in the cow pasture, on the sheep range(放牧区), and beside the hunter in forest. He is easy to train, works hard, and often performs astonishing feats. And in the frozen polar regions he was once the principal motive power, before being lately displaced by the plane and helicopter. Because he howls or whines in the presence of impending death, the dog was once thought to have supernatural powers and believed to be capable of seeing gods and ghosts invisible to men. Actually, the basis for these beliefs lies in the hound’ s sensibility to people’ s feelings and his superior hearing ability and sense of smell, which enable him to detect signs hidden from human observation. His record of saving lives is outstanding, for he often gives warning of fire and other dangers not noticed by his master. The dog&rs
A. carried supplies
B. provided companionship
C. tracked prey
D. herded caribou(驯鹿)

[单项选择]Buying such a streamline car has always been ______ his dreams.
A. under
B. over
C. above
D. beyond

[单项选择]The theme of Thanksgiving has always been ______.
A. friendship and happiness
B. peace and plenty
C. cooperation and rich reward
D. love and happiness

[单项选择]The dog has always been noted for ______.
A. protecting children
B. assisting shepherds
C. helping hunters
D. herding cattle

[单项选择]The big man has always been eating on the go,（）he has got stomachache.
A. so
B. however
C. as 
D. because