【原创】 In 1884 the term“Junk”came to mean“old refuse from boats and ships”，and______ it came to mean“trash”in Western culture .
| A．automatically | B．terribly |
| C．gradually | D．eventually |
（届江西省红色六校高三第二次联考英语试卷）
The police are trying to find out the ____ of the woman murdered in the bathroom．
| A．evidence | B．characteristic | C．status | D．identity |
（届陕西省商南高级中学高三第一学期三模英语试卷）
Some students are now busy preparing for the “Independent Recruitment(自主招生)” contest, in hopes of getting a “Pass” card at their first _______.
| A．purpose | B．performance | C．desire | D．attempt |
（届浙江省杭州二中高三第五次（3月）月考英语试卷）
We look forward to the day when the car will be replaced by some less dangerous_______ of transport.
| A．methods | B．means | C．manners | D．ways |
（届浙江省杭州高级中学高三第六次月考英语试卷）
It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.
| A．news | B．print | C．publication | D．press |
（届福建省莆田市高三3月质量检测英语试卷）
The speech from the new government is a __________ that major changes are on the way．
| A．notice | B．feature | C．signal | D．mark |