[单项选择]Former social ceremonies that used to mark adolescence have given place to _______.
A. graduations from schools and colleges
B. social recognition
C. socio-economic status
D. certain behavioral changes

[单项选择]Former social ceremonies that used to mark adolescence have given place to
A. graduations from schools and colleges
B. social recognition
C. socio-economic status
D. certain behavioral changes

[单项选择]In paragraph 1, the quotation mark used on typical is to express______.
A. irony
B. contrast
C. negative
D. quotation

[单项选择]Jack: Mark, you know your bike Mark: Yes, what about it Jack: You know you said I could borrow it Mark: Yes. ______, will you Jack : Well, I did borrow it but, well, I'm afraid I've had a bit of an accident.
A. Take it yourself
B. Be careful
C. Come on
D. Get to the point

[单项选择]Where does Mark work


A. At a newspaper.
B. At an advertising agency.
C. At a furniture store.
D. At a real estate office.

[单项选择]Why was former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic extradited to The Hague


A. For crimes of murder.
B. For crimes against humanity.
C. For crimes of corruption.
D. For civil war in Yugoslavia.

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When former President Ronald Reagan fell and broke his hip at the age of 89 , he joined a group of more than 350,000 elderly Americans who fracture their hips each year. Suffering from advanced Alzheimer's disease, Reagan is in one of the highest-risk groups for this type of accident. The incidence of hip fractures not only increases after age 50 but doubles every five to six years as the risk of falling increases. Slipping and tumbling are not the only causes of hip fractures; weakened bones sometimes break spontaneously. But falling is the major cause, representing 90% of all hip fractures. 
These injuries are not to be taken lightly. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, only 25% of those who suffer hip fractures ever fully recover; as many as 20% will die within 12 months. Even when patients do recover, nearly half will need a cane or a walker to get around. 
When it comes to hip fractures, the most dangerous place for elderly
A. removal of throw rugs
B. easy access to devices
C. installation of grab bars
D. re-arrangement of furniture

[单项选择]Officials in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan now fear ______ in the huge subway fire.


A. an electrical fault
B. a high voltage spark
C. more than 30 people were killed Sunday
D. more than 300 people were killed Saturday

[单项选择]City police Sunday arrested former Mayor Richard Weekly on a long list of bribery, official misconduct, fraud, and corruption charges.
A. deceit
B. murder
C. privilege
D. accident

[单项选择]His colleagues and former students compiled and published his essays______ his thirty years service with the university.
A. in favor of
B. in place of
C. in honor of
D. in case of

[单项选择]What does Anita accuse her former school of
A. Ignorance of her abnormal behaviors.
B. Lack of safeguard against her suicidal intention.
C. Failure to give her proper academic instructions.
D. Indifference to her physical disease.

[单项选择]The former Soviet state of Georgia today exhibits a diversified economy.
A. a multifaceted
B. a sagging
C. a dissolving
D. an improved

[单项选择]The former governor withdrew from political life and as （） he was soon forgotten.
A. an end
B. a result
C. an outcome
D. an event