Despite his disappointing record this ...

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Almost immediately ______ flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away,by John Hofsess,executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada.

A．a word
B．words
C．the word
D．word

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______ is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions and conventions underlies all social interrelations.

A．What
B．As
C．That
D．It

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Although it is recognized that meaning is constructed by the reader, it is nevertheless essential that the writer"s message ______ accurately.

A．would be received
B．should be received
C．will be received
D．had to be received

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The parents planning to divorce rarely prepare their children for the coming crisis, ______ do they provide them with the necessary assurances that they will be cared for.

A．or
B．so
C．nor
D．never

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In the future industrialized society, computer knowledge will become ______ requirement as the ability to read and write.

A．so basic a
B．so a basic
C．as basic a
D．as a basic

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The elaborate report that has been drawn up by the secretary is known ______ to the president of the board,who needs it badly to make an urgent decision.

A．to have delivered
B．to be delivered
C．having been delivered
D．to have been delivered

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Obviously, there are a number of factors to be considered, one of which is how ______ you intend to be in your investment.

A．involved
B．to involve
C．involving
D．involve

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All these projects require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than ______ through taxes alone today.

A．is raised
B．being raised
C．to be raised
D．raising

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______ the few who have failed their examinations, all the other students in the hall are in very high spirits.

A．In spite of
B．Except
C．Apart from
D．But for

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He got mortally injured because of his faulty brakes. He ______ to see if his brakes were working properly.

A．must check
B．should check
C．must have checked
D．should have checked

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Animal watchers point out that the rabbit chews down trees to get food and material ______ its home.

A．with that to build
B．with which to build
C．which to be built in
D．which to build in

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Schools often have ______ atmosphere,with its timetables and disciplines, to allow him much time for independent assessment of the work he is asked to do.

A．too restricting an
B．so restricting an
C．too restricted an
D．so restricted an

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Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication in that the advertiser pays for the message ______.

A．having been delivered
B．to be delivered
C．being delivered
D．to deliver

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—Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting
—No, I would gladly have paid ______ for it.

A．twice so much
B．twice as much
C．much as twice
D．so much twice

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When the lights came on again, hardly a person in the city ______ on a switch without reflecting how great a servant he had at his finger-tips.

A．can have turned
B．should have turned
C．must have turned
D．need have turned

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In our work it"s ______ unusual to be confronted with failures but we should in no way be discouraged on that account.

A．something
B．nothing
C．anything
D．everything

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You havn"t learned the word-order in spoken questions yet but I"m sure you ______ it before the end of this week.

A．have learned
B．will learn
C．will have learned
D．will be learning

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Even in the days of smoky, coal-burning engines, trains made their own ventilation ______ pushing and pulling air through tunnels.

A．by
B．for
C．with
D．in

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Today"s consumers buy, enjoy, use and discard more types of goods ______ could possibly have been imagined even a few years ago.

A．that
B．as
C．but
D．than

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I"d just as soon you ______ by plane because I think you will have to get there in time for the conference which is to be held tomorrow morning.

A．would go
B．will go
C．went
D．should go

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John didn"t know what had happened;otherwise he ______ such a stupid mistake.

A．did not make
B．had not made
C．would not make
D．would not have made

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It"s true that the suggestion they made will save a large amount of money. We won"t adopt it, ______, because it will probably lead to disastrous consequences.

A．somehow
B．though
C．therefore
D．otherwise

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There was no traffic visible, but Tango held up his right arm majestically, as though he ______ a crowd of roaring trucks.

A．is halting
B．had halted
C．would be halting
D．were halting

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We cannot hope to solve the problems of industrial life, many of which arise directly from the frustrations created by inequality at work, ______ we tackle it head-on.

A．provided
B．as
C．unless
D．when

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Martin from time to time offered remarks ______ the effect that he was a wonderful scientist and that he had a good command of psychology.

A．to
B．in
C．with
D．for

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Every detail which we will have to deal with ______ into consideration,our design seems to be feasible.

A．has been taken
B．is taken
C．taken
D．having taken

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In spite of the fact that Jim violated these regulations, it does not justify ______ him in that way.

A．you to treat
B．your treating
C．you are treating
D．you have treated

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All the papers that have been completed by the graduate students are known ______ to Prof.Smith, who is the acting head of the department.

A．having been handed in
B．to be handed in
C．being handed in
D．to have been handed in

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It was reported by the European Economic Commission that the steel output of China in 1996 was approximately twice.

A．of Russia"s
B．of that of Russia
C．that of Russia
D．much as Russia"s

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Young scientists cannot realize ______ soon that existing scientific knowledge is not nearly so complete, certain and unalterable as many textbooks seem to imply.

A．too
B．so
C．as
D．such

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The expression "not worth his salt" is still used today in English to refer to a person ______ to be incapable of doing a job.

A．feeling
B．to feel
C．felt
D．to be felt

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The chief physician thought it vital to the patient"s health that he ______ this medicine immediately.

A．had to take
B．take
C．must take
D．should have taken

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I would rather not part with the paintings than ______ them to someone who does not appreciate them.

A．sell
B．sold
C．to sell
D．selling

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The new railway station ______ by the end of 1995, but one year or so later, the end was still nowhere in sight.

A．was to have completed
B．were to have been completed
C．was to be completed
D．was to have been completed

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The Italians rejected his complaints ______ such sales they thought were no threat to the U.S.

A．on the grounds that
B．for all that
C．granted that
D．much as

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The base price is set ______ 100,and the other prices are reported as a percentage of the base price.

A．on
B．by
C．at
D．against

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There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer exists in the public mind at present.

A．as
B．than
C．that
D．which

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Plants which refine crude ores are often located in countries ______ than those in which the crude ores are mined.

A．more
B．rather
C．better
D．other

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What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs Richards ______ but common.

A．anything
B．everything
C．nothing
D．something

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When we heard of the disastrous earthquake which happened in Iran,all of us felt sympathy for the people _____.

A．to be affected
B．to have affected
C．affected
D．having affected

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Mr.Smith,who is a respectable person in the community, likes to make friends; our history teacher is ______.

A．a friend of him
B．a friend of his
C．the friend of him
D．the friend of his

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It is generally believed that true friendship is like health, ______ is seldom known till it is lost.

A．the value of which
B．its value
C．the value if it
D．it"s value

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Despite his disappointing record this year,I ______ the less feel that he is the best man we have in the department.

A．never
B．no
C．none
D．nor

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Technology has facilitated the storage and delivery of information, thus ______ more information available to more people.

A．has made
B．makes
C．having made
D．making

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John would have paid ______ for the jacket had the salesman insisted because he really loved its color and style.

A．twice as much
B．much as twice
C．two times more
D．as much twice

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Watching a basketball match on TV is often ______ or even better than watching it in person.

A．well
B．good
C．as well as
D．as good as

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Members of the opposite culture felt a need to point out to us how these actions ______ have the opposite effect of what we intended or desired.

A．could not help
B．could only but
C．could not but
D．could hardly

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______ he has enough money to buy a house,it doesn"t mean he"s going to do so,as is often the case with him.

A．Seeing that
B．Granted that
C．Provided that
D．Considering that

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The target is wrong,for in attacking the tests,critics divert attention from the fault that lies ______ ill-informed or incompetent users.

A．in
B．at
C．with
D．on

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When bird watchers find a nest, they are very careful not to disturb it lest the mother bird ______ frightened and desert it.

A．should be
B．will be
C．would be
D．could be

Despite his disappointing record this year,I ______ the less feel that he is the best man we have in the department.

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Almost immediately ______ flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away,by John Hofsess,executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada.

______ is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions and conventions underlies all social interrelations.

Although it is recognized that meaning is constructed by the reader, it is nevertheless essential that the writer"s message ______ accurately.

The parents planning to divorce rarely prepare their children for the coming crisis, ______ do they provide them with the necessary assurances that they will be cared for.

In the future industrialized society, computer knowledge will become ______ requirement as the ability to read and write.

The elaborate report that has been drawn up by the secretary is known ______ to the president of the board,who needs it badly to make an urgent decision.

Obviously, there are a number of factors to be considered, one of which is how ______ you intend to be in your investment.

All these projects require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than ______ through taxes alone today.

______ the few who have failed their examinations, all the other students in the hall are in very high spirits.

He got mortally injured because of his faulty brakes. He ______ to see if his brakes were working properly.

Animal watchers point out that the rabbit chews down trees to get food and material ______ its home.

Schools often have ______ atmosphere,with its timetables and disciplines, to allow him much time for independent assessment of the work he is asked to do.

Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication in that the advertiser pays for the message ______.

—Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting —No, I would gladly have paid ______ for it.

When the lights came on again, hardly a person in the city ______ on a switch without reflecting how great a servant he had at his finger-tips.

In our work it"s ______ unusual to be confronted with failures but we should in no way be discouraged on that account.

You havn"t learned the word-order in spoken questions yet but I"m sure you ______ it before the end of this week.

Even in the days of smoky, coal-burning engines, trains made their own ventilation ______ pushing and pulling air through tunnels.

Today"s consumers buy, enjoy, use and discard more types of goods ______ could possibly have been imagined even a few years ago.

I"d just as soon you ______ by plane because I think you will have to get there in time for the conference which is to be held tomorrow morning.

John didn"t know what had happened;otherwise he ______ such a stupid mistake.

It"s true that the suggestion they made will save a large amount of money. We won"t adopt it, ______, because it will probably lead to disastrous consequences.

There was no traffic visible, but Tango held up his right arm majestically, as though he ______ a crowd of roaring trucks.

We cannot hope to solve the problems of industrial life, many of which arise directly from the frustrations created by inequality at work, ______ we tackle it head-on.

Martin from time to time offered remarks ______ the effect that he was a wonderful scientist and that he had a good command of psychology.

Every detail which we will have to deal with ______ into consideration,our design seems to be feasible.

In spite of the fact that Jim violated these regulations, it does not justify ______ him in that way.

All the papers that have been completed by the graduate students are known ______ to Prof.Smith, who is the acting head of the department.

It was reported by the European Economic Commission that the steel output of China in 1996 was approximately twice.

Young scientists cannot realize ______ soon that existing scientific knowledge is not nearly so complete, certain and unalterable as many textbooks seem to imply.

The expression "not worth his salt" is still used today in English to refer to a person ______ to be incapable of doing a job.

The chief physician thought it vital to the patient"s health that he ______ this medicine immediately.

I would rather not part with the paintings than ______ them to someone who does not appreciate them.

The new railway station ______ by the end of 1995, but one year or so later, the end was still nowhere in sight.

The Italians rejected his complaints ______ such sales they thought were no threat to the U.S.

The base price is set ______ 100,and the other prices are reported as a percentage of the base price.

There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer exists in the public mind at present.

Plants which refine crude ores are often located in countries ______ than those in which the crude ores are mined.

What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs Richards ______ but common.

When we heard of the disastrous earthquake which happened in Iran,all of us felt sympathy for the people _____.

Mr.Smith,who is a respectable person in the community, likes to make friends; our history teacher is ______.

It is generally believed that true friendship is like health, ______ is seldom known till it is lost.

Despite his disappointing record this year,I ______ the less feel that he is the best man we have in the department.

Technology has facilitated the storage and delivery of information, thus ______ more information available to more people.

John would have paid ______ for the jacket had the salesman insisted because he really loved its color and style.

Watching a basketball match on TV is often ______ or even better than watching it in person.

Members of the opposite culture felt a need to point out to us how these actions ______ have the opposite effect of what we intended or desired.

______ he has enough money to buy a house,it doesn"t mean he"s going to do so,as is often the case with him.

The target is wrong,for in attacking the tests,critics divert attention from the fault that lies ______ ill-informed or incompetent users.

When bird watchers find a nest, they are very careful not to disturb it lest the mother bird ______ frightened and desert it.

—Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting
—No, I would gladly have paid ______ for it.