[单项选择]The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, but when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.
A. 如果你能保守秘密，这不能算是品德高尚；而只有在秘密泄露后，你还能不说你早就知道，这才是真正的高尚。
B. 对品德的最严格考验，不在于你能否保守秘密，而在于秘密泄露后你能否不说你早就知道。
C. 对品德的最严格考验，不在于你有没有意识到这是否是个秘密，而在于秘密泄露后你说出你早就知道。
D. 如果你要做到保守秘密，体验对品德的最严格考验，就要做到在秘密泄露后也不说出去。

[单项选择]The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is，but when the secret is finally out，to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along．（）
A. 如果你能保守秘密，这不能算是品德高尚，而只有在秘密泄露后你还能不说你早就知道，这才是真正的高尚。
B. 对品德的最严格考验，不在于你能否保守秘密，而在于秘密泄露后你能否不说你早就知道。
C. 对品德的最严格考验，不在于你有没有意识到这是否是个秘密，而在于秘密泄露后你说出你早就知道。
D. 如果你要做到保守秘密，体验对品德的最严格考验，就要做到在秘密泄露后也不说出去。

[单项选择]John has just passed his driving test, so now he's on the ______ for a cheap car.
A. pursuit
B. track
C. discovery
D. trace

[单项选择]So much have we achieved, so much more ______.
A. is there to achieve
B. there is to achieve
C. be there to achieve
D. there should be to achieve

[单项选择]There is so much time left, so I can tell you about it______.
A. in short
B. in all
C. in detail
D. in whole

[单项选择]What troubled the man so much


A. His workmates are all sick.
B. The work is piling up.
C. He could not find a typist.
D. He will be blamed for all this.

[单项选择]I have lost so (much weight) recently (so) all my clothes are too big; I (must) have them (taken) in.
A. much weight
B. so
C. must
D. taken

[单项选择]The speaker didn't mention much, so we asked him to be more ______.
A. particular
B. specific
C. special
D. significant

[单项选择]What was called the severest of many plagues that took place between 1348 and 1350
A. Black Death.
B. Black Day.
C. Black Mail.
D. Black Age.

[单项选择]Creating so much confusion, Mason realized he had better make ______ what he was trying to toll the audience.


A. exclusive
B. explicit
C. objective
D. obscure

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So much emphasis is placed nowadays on oral skills in all area of work, study and lecture, that the training course has proved very popular and last year I run a week’s presentation skills course at the annual International Summer School.
After a shorter introductory meeting on the Saturday night when Bridget Stevens, Summer School Director greeted all the new students attending a wide variety of courses. And the courses began in earnest with a two-hour session the following morning. Then followed full days, 9:30 a. m.～3:30 p. m. , with the examination taking place on the fifth day (Friday).
In order to give the students a change from my voice in this very concentrated week, Irene Randine, a very experienced lecturer, was invited to give two sessions, first on "Voice" and later on "Reading Aloud", both of which were a success.
The group was from a variety of countries. We have required that only fluent English speakers wou
A. They had a discussion examination.
B. They covered the various situations.
C. Each gave a presentation.
D. They gave a response in a short period of tim