[单项选择]Local residents tired hard to protect this _______ of elephants from being killed.

[单项选择]Many of the local residents left homes to ward off the danger of flooding.
A. overcome
B. enclose
C. encounter
D. avoid

[单项选择]All those who are not the local residents cannot take part in the election campaign.
A. 凡不是当地居民，就能参加选举活动。
B. 凡是当地居民，就能参加选举活动。
C. 选举活动不参加，就不是当地居民。
D. 凡不是当地居民，就不能参加选举活动。

[单项选择]______ tired after a hard work, she fell into bed and went straight to sleep.
A. Felt
B. Feeling
C. Being felt
D. To feel

[单项选择]—Hi, Tracy, you look tired.
—I am tired. I （　） the living-room all day.
A. painted
B. have been painting
C. had painted
D. have painted

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Angry Residents
Gradge Crescent
Rudwick
Sir,
On two occasions since Rudwick College opened you have given front page reports on the chaotic conditions prevailing there.
But whilst chaos and upheaval reigns in the college, what of the chaos and noise that local residents are subjected to Cars are parked on the pavement, and, still worse, on the pavements at street corners. The noise from motor cycles is such that at times conversation is impossible. To add to this, our streets are littered with paper, Coca Cola tins and empty milk bottles. Huge transistor radios are carried by students at all times of the day, blasting out misic so loudly that babies wake and old people are unable to take their afternoon naps. All in all, we have found students’ behavior to be quite intolerable.
We appeal to students (whom we support financially via our local authority rates) to have some consideration for other people. And if the young people
A. the students themselves.
B. the students' parents.
C. the college authorities.
D. the newspaper.

[单项选择]--Hi, Tracy, you look tired.--I am tired. I ______ the living room all day.
A. painted
B. had painted
C. have been painting
D. have painted

[单项选择]Residents were cutting their lawns, washing their cars and otherwise ______ a pleasant, sunny day.
A. driving away
B. chasing away
C. taking away
D. idling away

[单项选择]The city residents of New Orleans were unsatisfied because
A. they underwent a heavy hurricane attack.
B. the forecast hurricane did not hit the city.
C. the hurricane warning arrived rather late.
D. its precautionary measures were wasted.

[单项选择]The increase in the percentage of urban residents is related to ______.

[单项选择]After the conflict between the residents, the streets were deserted ______ the policemen on duty.
A. besides
B. except
C. but
D. except for

[单项选择]Compared with the residents of other cities, residents of Shanghai have a longer life
A. range
B. scale
C. scope
D. span

[单项选择]How did the residents in the Vrain School District respond to the budget shortage
A. They felt somewhat helpless about it.
B. They accused those responsible for it.
C. They pooled their efforts to help solve it.
D. They demanded a thorough investigation.

[单项选择]What kind of lifestyle do the residents in Shichahai areas maintain
A. Lifestyle of Old Beijing.
B. Modern foreign living style.
C. Both A and B.
D. None of them.

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In communities north of Denver, residents are pitching in to help teachers and adminis-trators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a ＄13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement. "We're worried about our teachers and principals, and we really don't want to lose them because of this," one parent said. "If we can help ease their financial burden, we will."
Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent(有综合能力的). They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize it's impossible for them to solve this problem.
The 22,000,people district discovered the shortage last month. "It's extraordinary. Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level," said State Treasure Mike Coffman. Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing up a ＄9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll (工资单)to be met for 2,700 teachers an
A. unavoidable
B. unthinkable
C. insolvable
D. irreversible