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Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is (1) only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is at present, he often seems nervous, (2) embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to (3) the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive. (4) , there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, (5) broken, makes the offender immediately the object of (6) .
It has been known as a fact that a British has a (7) for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it (8) . Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom (9) forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and (10) to everyone. This may be so. (11) a British cannot have much (12) in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (13) a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate — or as inaccurate — as the weathermen in his (14) .
Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references (15) weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are (16) by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t it" "Beautiful!" may well be heard instead of "Good morning, how are you" (17) the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. (18) he wants to start a conversation with a British but is (19) to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will (20) an answer from even the most reserved of the British.
A:yet B:otherwise C:even D:so
Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is (1) only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is at present, he often seems nervous, (2) embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to (3) the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive. (4) , there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, (5) broken, makes the offender immediately the object of (6) .
It has been known as a fact that a British has a (7) for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it (8) . Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom (9) forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and (10) to everyone. This may be so. (11) a British cannot have much (12) in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (13) a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate — or as inaccurate — as the weathermen in his (14) .
Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references (15) weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are (16) by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t it" "Beautiful!" may well be heard instead of "Good morning, how are you" (17) the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. (18) he wants to start a conversation with a British but is (19) to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will (20) an answer from even the most reserved of the British.
A:yet B:otherwise C:even D:so
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best
word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10
points)
| Generally speaking, a British is widely
regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is (1)
only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is at
present, he often seems nervous, (2) embarrassed. You have to
take a commuter train any morning or evening to (3) the truth
of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or
dozing in a corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered
quite offensive. (4) , there is an unwritten but clearly
understood code of behavior which, (5) broken, makes the
offender immediately the object of (6) . It has been known as a fact that a British has a (7) for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it (8) . Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom (9) forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and (10) to everyone. This may be so. (11) a British cannot have much (12) in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (13) a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate — or as inaccurate — as the weathermen in his (14) . Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references (15) weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are (16) by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t it" "Beautiful!" may well be heard instead of "Good morning, how are you" (17) the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. (18) he wants to start a conversation with a British but is (19) to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will (20) an answer from even the most reserved of the British. |
A:yet B:otherwise C:even D:so
Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is (1) only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is at present, he often seems nervous, (2) embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to (3) the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive. (4) , there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, (5) broken, makes the offender immediately the object of (6) .
It has been known as a fact that a British has a (7) for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it (8) . Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom (9) forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and (10) to everyone. This may be so. (11) a British cannot have much (12) in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (13) a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate — or as inaccurate — as the weathermen in his (14) .
Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references (15) weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are (16) by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t it" "Beautiful!" may well be heard instead of "Good morning, how are you" (17) the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. (18) he wants to start a conversation with a British but is (19) to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will (20) an answer from even the most reserved of the British.
A:yet B:otherwise C:even D:so
Benjamin Franklin just got a face-lift. And it’s about time. Over the past seven years, the Treasury Department has redesigned the ＄5, ＄10, ＄20 and ＄50 bills, citing counterfeiting (1) On April 21, the ＄100 bill (2) its fellows when the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) unveiled its latest bill. The ＄100 bill is the highest-denomination note in (3) and can weather more than seven years of (4) A humble ＄1 bill lasts only 21 months.
The American Revolution’s continental currency-the first attempt (5) national tender-did not have the same kind of (6) . So much of the money was produced to (7) the war that it quickly (8) . In 1863, Congress (9) the issuance of paper tender, much of which was easy to counterfeit. It is estimated that one-third of money circulating at the time was (10) . But that didn’t stop the government from producing (11) of it. By the time the BEP was officially established in 1874, the Treasury Department had been creating (12) for more than a decade-with dozens of clerks manually cutting and signing bills before the process was (13)
The U.S. started producing coins in 1792. The first piece of money to feature a President’s (14) was a coin: the Abraham Lincoln penny, created in 1909. And (15) the fact that it costs
to make each
coin, more pennies are produced than any other U.S. denomination. (16) bills such as the ＄500, ＄1,000, ＄5,000, and ＄10,000 had no such luck, (17) , and the ＄100,000 note was printed but never released . (18) hundreds of billions of dollars in circulation at any given time (more than ＄330 billion was produced last year alone), updating security features on currency is a (n) (19) process. "In God We (20) ," sure. In humans, not so much.
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A:thus B:so C:otherwise D:though
We were late as usual. My husband had (21) watering the flowers in the garden by himself, and when he discovered that he couldn’t manage, he asked me for (22) at the last moment. So now we had only one hour to get to the airport. Luckily, there were not many cars (23) buses on the road and we were (24) to get there .just in time. We checked in and went straight to a big hall to wait for our flight to be called. We waited and waited (25) no announcement was made. We asked for (26) and the girl there told us the plane hadn’ t even arrived yet. In the end, there came an announcement telling us that those (27) for flight No. 108 could get a free meal voucher and that the plane hadn’t left Spain (28) technical problems. We thought that meant (29) it wasn’ t safe for the plane to (30) We waited again for a long time until late evening when we were asked to report again. This time we were (31) free vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel.
The next morning after a (32) night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we were reported back to the airport. Guess (33) had happened while we were asleep. Our plane had arrived and taken off again. All the other (34) had been waken up in the night to catch the plane, but for some reasons or other we had been (35) You can imagine how we felt!
A:so B:but C:otherwise D:if
He (kept) his (head); (otherwise) the accident (had happened).
A:kept B:head C:otherwise D:had happened
He (kept) his (head); (otherwise) the accident (had happened).
A:kept B:head C:otherwise D:had happened
