Of course, most immigrants did not get...

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A．to sing
B．to be singing
C．singing
D．being sung

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A．rather than
B．rather
C．than
D．other than

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One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ______ to its burning temperature.

A．be heated
B．is heated
C．would be heated
D．to heated

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After ______ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to step into the doctor"s office.

A．it
B．that
C．what
D．which

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______ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.

A．Had they arrived
B．Would they arrive
C．Were they arriving
D．Were they to arrive

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The students expected there ______ more reviewing classes before the final exams.

A．is
B．being
C．have been
D．to be

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You should have put the milk into the icebox; I expect it ______ undrinkable.

A．became
B．had become
C．has become
D．becomes

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I am sorry I have no time at present to ______ more detail or give you an account of other cities of interest.

A．move into
B．take into
C．come into
D．go into

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By moving the radar beam around slowly in circles, we can ______ the surroundings.

A．explore
B．expose
C．exploit
D．expand

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The ball ______ two or three times before rolling down the slope.

A．swayed
B．bounced
C．hopped
D．darted

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Though ______ rich, she was better off than at any other period in her life.

A．by means of
B．within her means
C．by all means
D．by no means

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Does brain power ______ as we get older Scientists now have some surprising answers.

A．descend
B．decline
C．deduce
D．collapse

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Jim isn"t, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.

A．gloomy
B．dull
C．awkward
D．tedious

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San Francisco is usually cool in summer, but Los Angeles ______.

A．is barely
B．is scarcely
C．hardly is
D．rarely is

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The results are hardly ______; he cannot believe they are accurate.

A．credible
B．contrary
C．critical
D．crucial

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The ______ crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London.

A．valued
B．valueless
C．invaluable
D．usable

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The ______ of beer and alcohol in New Zealand is very high.

A．consumption
B．use
C．drink
D．absorption

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By the time you graduate, you ______ in Australia for one year.

A．will be staying
B．will have stayed
C．would have stayed
D．have stayed

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He appreciated ______ the chance to deliver his thesis in the annual symposium on Comparative Literature.

A．having given
B．to have been given
C．to have given
D．having been given

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Living in the desert involves a lot of problems, ______ water shortage is the worst.

A．not to mention
B．of which
C．let alone
D．for what

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I"m surely dirty, ______

A．am I
B．isn"t I
C．aren"t I
D．am not I

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Hydrogen is one of the most important elements in the universe ______ it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.

A．so that
B．but that
C．provided that
D．in that

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Victor took a bus and headed for home, ______ if his wife would have him back.

A．not to know
B．not known
C．not knowing
D．not having known

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Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ______ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A．was promising
B．has been promising
C．promised
D．has promised

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The board deemed it"s urgent that these invitations ______ first thing tomorrow morning.

A．had to be put in the mail
B．must be put in the mail
C．be put in the mail
D．should have been put in the mail

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It was not until he took up fishing that he ______ to relax.

A．had been beginning
B．began
C．had begun
D．beginning

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______ is to be in the flowing "river" of bears.

A．Stand on the tip of the cape
B．To stand on the tip of the cape
C．Standing on the tip of the cape
D．Being standing on the tip of the cape

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He raised his eyebrows and stuck his head forward and ______ it in a single nod, a gesture boys used then for OK when they were pleased.

A．shrugged
B．tugged
C．jerked
D．twisted

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Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ______ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.

A．maximum
B．minority
C．majority
D．minimum

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His work is only ______, certainly not distinguished.

A．fair
B．remarkable
C．good
D．wonderful

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I have the honor of introducing to you Mr. Alan, who will ______ you on his recent tour abroad.

A．address
B．speak
C．talk
D．converse

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I have two boys but ______ of them likes sweets.

A．hath
B．neither
C．either
D．none

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More than two hundred years ago the United States ______ from the British Empire and became an independent country.

A．got off
B．pulled down
C．broke away
D．dropped off

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I was greatly disappointed ______ that affair.

A．out
B．in
C．to
D．toward

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Modem industry abounds ______ opportunities for young men with imagination.

A．for
B．on
C．in
D．of

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If a couple are divorced and their child lives with his mother, he is said to suffer from lack of ______ love.

A．maternal
B．fraternal
C．paternal
D．parental

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What the correspondent sent us is an ______ news report. We can depend on it.

A．evident
B．authentic
C．ultimate
D．immediate

Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ______ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.

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