We ______ ; we followed the boss into the hall as his guests. How lucky we were!
A.didn’t need to wait |
B.needn’t have waited |
C.must have waited |
D.couldn’t have waited |
It’s just _____among countries to host the Olympics as to win an Olympic Medal.
A.much as a competition |
B.as a much competition |
C.as much a competition |
D.a competition as much |
He devoted most of his time to his research, believing his hard work would___sooner or later.
A.put off |
B.take off |
C.come off |
D.pay off |
China, a country with 145 million elderly people, will remain _______ ageing society during this century, according to _______ Chinese population experts.
A./; the |
B.an; / |
C.an; the |
D.the; / |
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May : Happenings from the past
May 5,1884
Isaac Murphy , son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history , rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby . He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times .
May 9 , 1754
Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon (漫画), showing a snake cut in pieces, with the words “ Join or Die” printed under the picture.
May 11,1934
The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl , the result of years of drought(干旱),blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington , D.C. .
May 19, 1994
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis , former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s , died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64 .
May 24, 1844
Samuel F.B. Morsr taps out the first message , “ What Hath God Wrought ,” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C. , to Baltimeore , Md .
1. We know from the text that Buchanan is_____________.
A Isaac”s father B a winnning horse
C.a slave taking care if horses D.the first racing horse in Kentucky
2. What is the title of the first American political cartoon ?
A.Join or Die B.Pennsylvania Gazette
C.What Hath God Wrought D.Kentucky Derby
3. In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die ?
A. 1934 B. 1960 C . 1964 D. 1994
4.Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history ?
A. Washington , D. C. B. New York City
C. Kentucky. D. Pennsylvania