9. 11 is a special date, , I think, that will be remembered by the Americans forever.
| A．what | B．it | C．which | D．one |
233. Many westerners have the habit of reading their plates every day. The underlined part probably means _____
| A．looking at their plates | B．examining their plates |
| C．checking their plates | D．praying |
232. The farmer is enjoying a pipe after a long period of hard work. The underlined part probably means _____.
| A．smoking | B．looking at a pipe | C．buying a pipe | D．fitting a pipe |
231. The old man is used to sleeping without a ________in order to keep his back from bending.
| A．net | B．pillow | C．slippers | D．Quilt |
230. The little boy likes plane models very much. He wants to be a _______and fly a plane into the sky when he grows up.
| A．driver | B．pilot | C．designer | D．Producer |
1. He is such a man of many ______ that all of us respect him.
| A．ability | B．abilities | C．competence | D．Talent |