The teacher told us that the earth ran around the sun.

A:told B:that C:ran D:the

(Were) the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it (could) dramatically transform a (family-ran) enterprise that still gets 90% of (its) revenues from newspapers.

A:Were B:could C:family-ran D:its

第二篇 The Mir Space Station The Russian Mir Space Station, which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight, is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space. The Soviet Union launched Mir, which was designed to last from three to five years, on February 20, 1986, and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months, most of whom were not Russian. In fact, it became the first international space station by playing host to1 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998, seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each2. They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles. The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating, but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations. A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and earned scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations.3 Experiments on Mir arc credited with a range of findings, from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration, Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid4, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996. Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished, 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir, In 1997, an oxygen generator caught fire. Later, the main computer system broke down, causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures. Most of these problems were repaired, with American help and suppliers, but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined. Mir’s setbacks arc nothing, though5, when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success, which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. But it’s time to move on to the next generation. The International Space Station being built will be better, but it owes a great debt to Mir. What happened to Mir in 1997?

A:it ran out its fund. B:it was completely damaged by fire. C:its reputation was ruined due to power failures. D:its main computer system broke out.

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
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A:it had a student body of 30,000. B:its players were all black people C:it had never been expected to be victorious D:its players ran as fast as black horses

第三篇
The little-known George Mason University was a dark horse because

A:it had a student body of 30,000. B:its players were all black people. C:its players ran as fast as black horses. D:it had never been expected to be victorious.

第一篇 　　 March Madness 　　For the rest of the month, an epidemic (传染病) will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. College students will ignore piles of homework. Employees will suddenly lose their abilities to concentrate. 　　The disease, known as "March Madness", refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tournament. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April. Teams compete against each other in a single elimination tournament that eventually crowns a national champion. 　　Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness. 　　The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends, husbands against wives, and colleagues against bosses. 　　Big-name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities. 　　This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Last year, the little-known George Mason University was one of the final four teams. Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament. 　　College basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved. 　　About $4 billion will be spent gambling on the event. According to Media Life 　　magazine, the event will draw over $500 million in advertising revenue this year, topping the post-season revenue, including that of the NBA (全国篮球协会). The little-known George Mason University was a dark horse because

A:it had a student body of 30,000. B:its players were all black people. C:its players ran as fast as black horses. D:it had never been expected to be victorious.