Not until ________a third time ________that he had given birth to the reading system for the blind called Braille.
A.Louis Braille tried;he announced |
B.did Louis Braille try;he announced |
C.Louis Braille had tried;did he announce |
D.had Louis Braille tried;had he announced |
________ much media attention is paid to the topic of raising children or caring for elderly parents in their final years,it seems ________ not much is explained on being a parent.
A.While;that | B.As;like |
C.Because;that | D.Since;/ |
---I heard your husband had left for Vienna by air.Why didn’t you go there with him?
---I_________.But I________ a fashion design competition two days away.
A.was scheduled to;will have attended |
B.had been scheduled to;will be attending |
C.was scheduled to have;am attending |
D.had scheduled to;am attending |
When ________how a statue from distant Greece,in China,researchers explained that it was no doubta result of Alexander the Great’s influence.
A.they were asked;should appear; |
B.being asked;can have appeared; |
C.asked;must have appeared; |
D.asked;could have appeared; |
Hackers threatened _______ Sony release the film ‘The Interview’(also entitled ‘Killing Kim jong un’)on the coming 2014 Christmas,they ______ launch terror attacksresembling 11th Sept in 2001,
A.should;will be | B.were to;could |
C.were;should have | D.should;would |
The “new” Japanese prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants the USA to promise _________ Japan declares war against China,the USA will give military aid,__________ promises to be impossible.
A.if;which | B.whether;it |
C.if;that | D.when;it |
--- How old can you guess your new English teacher is?
--- It’s hard to say.But I guess him to be _________ between 35 and 40.
A.anything | B.anywhere |
C.anybod | D.anyway |
Public service ads,also PSAs,often _________ for free,_________ to educate people about health,safety or any other problem that affects public welfare.
A.run;meant | B.are run;are meant |
C.are run;mean | D.run;are meant |
At the ancient Olympics,all men,________ had to compete wearing no clothes;while single women took part in their own separate competition,a festival _________Hera,the wife of Zeus.
A.in tradition;in favor of |
B.by principle;in celebration of |
C.by tradition;in honor of |
D.in order;in memory of |
--- Why do you think ________ the Eagles went home,angry and bitter?
---_________ they didn’t win the tournament andbecause what mattered to them was victory.
A.was it that;That | B.that;For |
C.it was that;Because | D.that;Because |
______ that after the ash covered the people who failed to flee the city, their bodies nearly completely______ and disappeared,_________ empty spaces in the ash.
A.It turned out;broke down;leaving |
B.As turned out;broke up;which left |
C.It turned out;broke off;leaving |
D.What was turned out was;broke down;left |
However,the Norman Conquest didn’t affect the English language___________ the Angles and the Saxons victory about 600 years earlier,which led to Old English ________ Celtic.
A.so much as;was replaced | B.so good as;being replaced |
C.as much as;replacing | D.as well as;replaced by |
The question of _________ English will keep on changing in the future,though most people doubt,is actually easy________.
A.if;to be answered | B.whether;to answer |
C.how;answered | D.what;to answer |
Though some bodies and the wreck of the missing plane QZ8501 have been confirmed,the Indonesian authorities are _____ to make public the detailed information of the passengers aboard.
A.relative | B.remarkable |
C.relevant | D.reluctant |