（届陕西省五校联盟高三第二次模拟考试）
It’s reported that in the past 50 years around 80 percent of Beijing’s courtyard houses ______.
| A．had wiped out | B．have wiped out |
| C．have been wiped out | D．had been wiped out |
Measures have been taken to prevent the accidents, but much _____ for more improvement.
| A．remains to be done | B．is remained to do |
| C．remains to do | D．is remaining to be done |
When Fred lost his job, he ____ his sorrows in drink.
| A．dragged | B．drowned | C．adopted | D．drank |
In American there are more households with pets than ____ with children.
| A．those | B．these | C．ones | D．that |
— How is everything going on with you in America.
—Quite well. Not so smoothly as I expected, _______.
| A．Instead | B．too | C．either | D．though |
In the plane crash accident, the chance of the pilots’ survival is ______.
| A．slight | B．slim | C．smooth | D．spare |