Mary, you can’t imagine what great difficulty I’ve had _____ him with the project.
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A. to help |
B. helping |
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C. help |
D. helped |
The teacher demanded that he __________ his homework at once.
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A. hand in |
B. would turn in |
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C. turned in |
D. should be turned |
The old man had a son and two daughters, _____treated her well, ____made her sad.
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A. none of them; which |
B. and none of whom; what |
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C. none of whom; which |
D. and none of them; as |
Important people don’t often have much free time as their work________ all their time.
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A. takes away |
B. takes over |
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C. takes up |
D. takes in |
One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected （可疑的） police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money.
Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building.
She said: "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there.”
The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: "He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact （接触）." Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.
Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes.
"It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?'. My heart missed a beat."
Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key.
"I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man's room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed （带上手铐）。
1.The underlined phrase "be in line for" （ paragraph 1 ） means _____.
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A．get |
B．pay |
C．ask for |
D．own |
2.Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because __________.
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A．the police called her |
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B．he looked very strange |
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C．he came to the hotel with little luggage |
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D．he came to the hotel the day before New Year's Eve |
3. Vicki’s heart missed a beat because _________.
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A．the phone went again |
B．she would be famous |
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C．the policemen had already arrived |
D．she saw 20 policemen in the car park |
4. The whole event probably lasted about _______ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.
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A．6 |
B．8 |
C．11 |
D．14 |
Cole Bettles had been rejected by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California, San Diego, last month, congratulating him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus. His mother booked a hotel in San Diego, and the 18-year-old Ojai high school senior arranged for his grandfather, uncle and other family members to meet them at the campus for lunch during the Saturday tour.
“They were like ‘Oh my God, that’s so awesome （棒的）’， ” Bettles said. Right before he got in bed, he checked his e-mail one last time and found another message saying the school had made a mistake and his application had been denied.
In fact, all 28, 000 students turned away from UC San Diego, in one of the toughest college entrance seasons on record, had received the same incorrect message. The students’ hopes had been raised and then dashed （破灭） in a cruel twist that shows the danger of instant communications in the Internet age.
UCSD admissions director Mae Brown called it an “administrative error” but refused to say who had made the mistake, or if those responsible would be disciplined （受训）。
The e-mail, which began, “We’re thrilled that you’ve been admitted to UC San Diego, and we’re showcasing （展示） our beautiful campus on Admit Day, ” was sent to the full 46, 000 students who had applied, instead of just the 18, 000 who got in, Brown said.
The error was discovered almost immediately by her staff, who sent an apology within hours.
“It was really thrilling for a few hours; now he’s crushed （压垮）， ” said Cole’s mother, Tracy Bettles. “It’s really tough on them.”
The admissions director said she was in the office on Monday until midnight answering e-mails and phone calls from disappointed students and their parents. She said she took full responsibility for the error. “We accessed the wrong database. We recognize the incredible pain receiving this false encouragement caused. It was not our intent.”
1.How many students received an admission e-mail from the University of California, San Diego （UCSD）？
A. 18, 000 B. 28, 000 C. 46, 000 D. 18
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the wrong e-mail message?
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A．The mistake was made on purpose to cause pain among the applicants. |
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B．It was UCSD admissions director Mae Brown who made the mistake. |
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C．UCSD admissions staff got information from the wrong database. |
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D．Staff did not discover the mistake until next Monday. |
3.The admissions director Mae Brown did what she could to __________.
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A．protect the person who made the mistake |
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B．punish herself for the mistake |
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C．make up for the mistake |
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D．help the disappointed students enter the university |
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Cole Bettles was admitted to the UCSD.
B. Cole Bettles was rejected y a famous university.
C. USCD admissions office often makes “administration errors”。
D. False admission information raised the students’ hopes and then dashed them.
