The writer conveyed a positive attitude through his works.______, his readers are motivated and are themselves becoming a source of motivation for others.
| A．On the whole | B．In the meanwhile |
| C．In the way | D．On the contrary |
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_______ great achievements the future may have in store for China, it’s likely that many of them will be born in northwestern Beijing.
| A．However | B．Whatever | C．No matter what | D．No matter |
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Water can absorb and _______ a lot of heat without big changes in temperature.
| A．give up | B．give out | C．give away | D．give off |
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Han Han, a young writer, is famous _______ his novels.
| A．for | B．as | C．to | D．with |
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Of all the works Stevenson has written, Treasure Island is probably his _______ work.
| A．well-known | B．more-known | C．most-known | D．best-known |
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The reason for their failure, you know, was _______ they didn’t get fully prepared for it.
| A．why | B．whether | C．that | D．what |