—Guess what? Tom has failed in the exam ____ second time.
—How come? He is ___ second to none in English in our class.
| A．a; a | B．the; a | C．a; / | D．the; the |
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________ people are concerned about now is the Shanghai World Expo, which ________ start on May 1st.
| A．What; is due to | B．Which; is going to |
| C．That; is to | D．What; is about to |
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It ________ me that I could buy the admission ticket of the exhibition at the discount of 50% with my student card, ________ made me extremely excited.
| A．happened to; that | B．occurred to; it |
| C．happened to; which | D．occurred to; which |
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In 1888, a major French newspaper announced the death of Nobel in an article ________ “The merchant of death is dead”, which indicated that Nobel was only thought of as one _______ from killing.
| A．read; profiting | B．read; to profit |
| C．reading; profited | D．reading; profiting |
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Tom still thinks that The Hurt Locker is ________ Avatar.
| A．as a great as | B．as great film as | C．as great a film as | D．so great a film as |
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Miss Li ________ as a biology teacher for fifteen years in our school, and now she is Party secretary of our city.
| A．works | B．worked | C．had worked | D．has worked |