| When the doctors told Sang Lan that she would never again be a gymnast, she _______ overcome her disappointment and be proud of the things she had accomplished. |
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| A. would B. could C. was able to D. should |
The price system is a complex network composed of the prices of all th e products bought and sold in the economy as well as ________ of a great number of services. |
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| A. the one B. those C. ones D. that |
| —Could you tell us what has happened to Mary? —She ________ to the picnic next weekend if her business trip to Hawaii had not been cancelled. |
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| A. would not go B. would not have gone C. shall not go D. shouldn't have gone |
| —You won't believe it, Sam. I was chosen as an exchange student to China. —Congratulations! __________ |
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| A. You got it. B. You did a good job. C. That's all right. D. That's something. |
| The 16-year-old Hou Yifan won the women's chess World Championship in Turkey in ____ December of 2010, becoming the 13th and the youngest world champion in ______ history of the women's chess and she also won China's first chess gold at _______ Guangzhou Asian Games. |
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| A. a; a; the B. the; the; the C. the; /; the D. /; the; / |
| Nowadays many students are addicted to the Internet. That is _______ I think the whole society must pay attention to this issue. |
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| A. what B. how C. that D. where |
| —When did you return to Nanjing last Friday? —It was not until midnight _______ it was snowing heavily. |
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| A. that B. before C. while D. when |
—Two hundred of the tourists were saved from danger in Taiwan, but the rest ______ sti ll missing. —If the travel agency ______ more safety measures, this accident could have been avoided. |
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| A. is; has taken B. are; had taken C. were; had taken D. are; would take |
| Wikileaks became world famous as it _______ a great deal of US military intelligence and posed a serious threat to the US government. |
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| A. released B. reviewed C. relieved D. revealed |
—I must say I r eally appreciate your helping us out when we were in trouble. —________. |
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| A. You mustn't say that B. Take your time C. Forget it D. It was the least I could do |
| It was raining heavily and the road was very slippery. A fully-loaded bus went out of ____ control some distance _______ west of the city. |
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| A. /; / B. /; the C. the; / D. the; the |
| —We really ______ the umbrellas. Look! It has cleared up. —Well, we might as well take one with us, just in case. |
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| A. don't need to bring B. needn't have brought C. didn't need to bring D. need to bring |
| —That little boat is ______ safe. Don't you think so, Tom? —No worries! I've been on this boat for dozens of times. |
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| A. something but B. nothing but C. anything but D. everything but |
| —Did you scold him for failing in the maths test? —Yes, but I'd rather I _______. |
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| A. wouldn't B. didn't C. shouldn't D. hadn't |
| To promote sales businesses are trying every means to ______ the wholesale price of their products. |
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| A. pull down B. put down C. set down D. bring down |
| Noboy but doctors or nurses and those ______ by Dr Hu _____ to enter the patient's room. |
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A. invited; is allowed B. are invited; are allowed C. being invited; allowed D. invited; are allowed |
| They listened to my lecture, but how much did they ________, I wonder? |
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| A. get in B. put in C. take on D.  take in |
| Look at the pride on Tom's face. He ________ to have been praised by the manager just now. |
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| A. seemed B. seems C. had seemed D. is seeming |
| It's too bad that my computer has got a new virus. If only I _______ that programme! |
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| A. didn't run B. haven't run C. hadn't run D. wouldn't run |
| Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself ________ of his own dreams. |
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| A. reminding B. to remind C. reminded D. remind |
| There ______ nothing more to do, Mr Goodman left for home. |
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| A. was B. being C. to do D. had been |
| ________ back to China, all the staff who had worked in Libya strongly felt that our country is very powerful. |
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| A. To fly B. Being flying C. To be flown D. Having been flown |
| Have you ever picked some beautiful vegetables for your dinner salad ________ that they are extremely bitter? |
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| A. to find B. finding C. found D. find |
| The advertisement says this material doesn't ________ in the wash, but in reality it does. |
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| A. decrease B. shrink C. slim D. decline |
Chinese Pemie r Wen Jiabao _______ open the 2010 Asian Games in the middle of the Pearl River on Haixinsha Island. |
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| A. published B. declared C. announced D. called |
| This group of designers __________ a plan for the project of the company. |
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| A. drew up B. sent up C. set up D. turned up |
| Before Tom left home, his mother kept telling him to ________ his manners at the party. |
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| A. mind B. notice C. watch D. care |
| He that makes himself a sheep ________ be eaten by the wolf, as the saying goes. |
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| A. shall B. could C. will D. should |
| It was so quiet in the classroom that a needle _________ to drop onto the floor. |
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| A. could hear B. was to be heard C. could have been heard D. must be heard |
| —Linda hasn't shown up yet. —It's strange. She _________. |
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| A. could B. might C. must have D. should have |
| The driver could have survived but he __________ the seat belt. |
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| A. had been wearing B. hadn't worn C. wasn't wearing D. didn't wear |
| —Did Jack take the doctor's advice that he ________ in bed for a couple of days? —If only he ________. |
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| A. lies; does B. lay; did C. lie; did D. lie; had |
—________ the woman with the baby come ove r? We have a seat here. —Thank you, sir. Actually I do have my seat here. But my baby likes to look out of the window. |
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| A. Would B. Shall C. Must D. May |
| If you write something and send it immediately by email, which you _______ later regret, there is no chance for second thoughts. |
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| A. would B. should C  . have toD. might |
| Is _______ Qinghai-Tibet Railway plays an important role in China's railway history the topic that you are coming to? |
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| A. what B. it  C. thisD. that |
| The problem will appear _______ a different welfare system will be created. |
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| A. unless B. whether C. until D. if |
| Most whales must come up for air after several minutes, ______ a few can stay under water for an hour or more. |
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| A. while B. or C. for D. so |
| ________, the idea of having to work under a woman defeated him. |
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| A. Wanting the job very much B. Although wanting the job badly  C. Though he wanted the job badly D. He wanted the job badly |
| We know it is hard to make such a decision _______ he has just built up the team and the project is going through the important stage now. |
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| A. that B. as C. when D. before |
| Many people can't learn any lessons from the mistakes they've made _____ they get hurt somehow. |
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| A. whether B. unless C. if D. as |
| —What do you think of the music teacher? —________ she is an elegant lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with. |
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| A. Even if B. As C. Because D. While |
| —Michael has changed beyond recognition. —_______! How did he manage to lose so much weight? |
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| A. So has he B. Neither has he C. So he has D. Neither he has |
| ________ different life today is _______ what it was 30 years ago! |
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| A. How; from B. What a; from C. What; from D. How; with |
Most scientists seem to agree that _____ certain limit should be set on ___ __ consumption of cars to ease air pollution. |
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| A. a; the B. /; the C. the; / D. the; the |
| The most important thing about cotton in history is ______ part that it played in _____ Industrial Revolution. |
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| A. /; / B. the; / C. the; the D. a; the |
| The police have ______ power to deal with such matters by _____ law. |
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| A. the; the B. /; / C. /; the D. the; / |
| As we know, ______ panda is one of ______ remaining endangered animals in the world. |
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| A. the; the B. a; a C. the; a D. /; the |
| —What kind of people do you need for the position? —_______ with a good command of English. |
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| A. Anyone B. Whoever C. Whomever D. Anyone who |
| —Mary and Betty look exactly the same to me. —Oh, sometimes I also find it hard to tell one from _________. |
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| A. another B. other C. the other D. the others |
| His children are well behaved, while ________ of his sister are rude. |
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| A. that B. the one C. those D. one |