—It is said that there ____ be a big disaster in the town in five years.
—Nobody ______ tell exactly what will happen in the future.
| A．may; can | B．may; may |
| C．should; may | D．can; should |
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 |
2. The Xi’an _____ happened on December 12, 1936 in Chinese modern history.
| A．Incident | B．Accident | C．Event | D．Affair |