[单项选择]British hopes of a gold medal in the Olympic Games suffered ______ yesterday, when Hunter failed to qualify during the preliminary heats.
A. a sharp set-back
B. severe set-back
C. a severe blown-up
D. sharp blown-up

[单项选择]British hopes of a gold medal in the Olympic Games suffered ______ yesterday, when Hunter failed to qualify during the preliminary heats.
A. a sharp set-back
B. severe set-back
C. a severe blown-up
D. sharp blown-up

[单项选择]Britain hopes of a gold medal in the Olympic Games suffered ______ yesterday, when Hunter failed to qualify during preliminary session.
A. a severe set-back
B. sharp set-back
C. a severe blown-up
D. sharp blown-up

[单项选择]The shy girl has won the gold medal in the speaking contest, _____ I find hard to believe.
A. that
B. which
C. who
D. whom

[单项选择]When he won his third gold medal at his third successive Olympic Games, we______the man as if he were the greatest athlete we had ever seen: a superman, ______ , a demigod walking the earth.
A. (A) hymned … a nonpareil
B. (B) exasperated … a dabbler
C. (C) inveighed … a genius
D. (D) lauded … an obscurantist
E. (E) apostatized … a commoner

[单项选择]The gold medal won by two Chinese girls in the women's doubles of tennis is of great {{U}}significance{{/U}}.
A. happiness
B. difficulty
C. importance
D. impatience

[单项选择]Who won the gold medal in the pairs figure-skating event
A. The Russian pair.
B. The Canadian pair.
C. Both the Russian pair and the Canadian pair.
D. The French pair.

[单项选择]Is there any hope of ______ the gold medal

[单项选择]At the 27th Olympic Games she ______ two gold and one silver medals in the track and field events.
A. carried away
B. carried off
C. carried over
D. carried through

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Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold has enthralled man since the dawn of civilization. For centuries he braved arctic cold, tropic heat and inhuman privations to wrest gold from the earth. He used it for religious objects, sculpture, jewelry and as a symbol of wealth. Paradoxically, he often buried it — for use in the afterlife, as the pharaohs, did, or for safekeeping against the uncertainties of this life. Gold’s lustre and rarity, which implied its owner possessed great power, gave it a musical quality from the start. Gold was considered divine in ancient Greece and it was used to adorn temples and as an offering to the gods. Despite their reverence, the ancients were quick to recognize gold’s practical qualities, particularly its malleability, which made it ideal for jewelry. Even Cleopatra used gold ornaments to enhance her charm. However, it has been as a symbol of wealth — of nations as well as individuals — that gold has played its most dramatic role.
A. describe the mining of gold．
B. describe man's pursuit of gold.
C. determine the importance of gold．
D. discuss the role of gold.

[单项选择]Medal's theories on heredity
A. are only applicable to pea plants.
B. are only applicable to animals.
C. are applicable to all forms of life.
D. are only applicable to humans,

[单项选择]Mario was awarded the medal for displaying professional ______ of the highest order in the rescue attempts two weeks ago.
A. solution
B. supervision
C. intelligence
D. competence

[单项选择]The school committee naturally hopes that their choice of play will be______with the school and parents.
A. content
B. pleased
C. favorable
D. popular

[单项选择]Procter & Gamble hopes to transplant foreign idea back to its home territory because
A. Americans are more likely to buy foreign made products than before
B. more foreigners are hired in its top management than before
C. foreign made products are superior to homemade ones in terms of quality
D. for most Americans foreign products are much more attractive than homemade ones

[单项选择]Apple hopes to increase Mackintosh sales chiefly by ______.
A. making its new models capable of running IBM software
B. improving the color graphics of its new models
C. copying the marketing strategies of IBM
D. giving the customers what they want

[单项选择]The company hopes to sell these machines.
A. millions
B. million
C. millions of
D. million of

[单项选择]The gold-exchange standard differs from the gold standard in that
A. it does not establish a generally accepted international medium of exchange.
B. it establishes no relationship between the value of a given currency and the value of gold.
C. the relationship it established between the value of any currency and the value of gold is indirect rather than direct.
D. it is a two-tiered rather than a single-tiered system.

[单项选择]The author hopes that studies on the influence of geographical environment will enable us to______.
A. generalize better about types of people
B. find better water supplies
C. gain an insight into its influence on mankind
D. live to a ripe old age