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_____ price decline ______ farmers' income, the central government has decided to buy more crops to protect farmers.
A.Preventing; to affect | B.To prevent; affecting![]() |
C.Having prevented; affecting | D.To prevent; being affected |
24. —Mary looks hot and dry.
—So _________ you if you had so high a fever.
A.do | B.Are | C.will | D.Would |
23. If the man is only interested in your looks, _________ just shows how shallow he is.
A.Who | B.which | C.what | D.That |
22. Jason didn’t turn up yesterday, because he was out on business. We all felt sorry ___ him.
A.without | B.For | C.except | D.To |
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
SECTION A (15分)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
21. People always hate betting on football. ______ to our joy, however, our legal authority took action at length.
A.Ever B.Little C.Much D.Even
35.Fortunately we had a compass, without________we would have got lost.
A.which | B.it | C.that | D.what |