[单项选择]The floods did not start to ______ until two days after the rain had stopped.
A. retire
B. recede
C. retreat
D. sink

[单项选择]The flood did not start to （　） until two days after the rain had stopped.
A. retire
B. recede
C. shrink
D. retreat

[单项选择]The flood did not start to ______ until two days after the rain had stopped.
A. retire
B. recede
C. shrink
D. retreat

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On the past few days, two nations with large numbers of AIDS-infected people have announced plans to distribute a triple cocktail of life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs free to all who need it. China has been treating 5,000 patients and plans to expand the program to cover everyone in the country. South Africa’s cabinet approved a plan that includes drugs for all who need them.
China spent years denying it had an AIDS problem. Until recently, South Africa’s top officials minimized the epidemic, questioned whether H. I. V. was the cause of AIDS and labeled antiretroviral drugs "poisons". Both countries have now taken a courageous and essential step.
But only one is likely to succeed. Indeed, China’s program is already failing. One in five Chinese who have received antiretroviral drugs has already stopped taking them, which can lead to the creation of drug-resistant strains of the virus. China has only about 100 doctors nationwide with e
A. worried.
B. indifferent.
C. optimistic.
D. frustrated.

[单项选择]We produced ______ we did two years ago.
A. double as much cotton as this year
B. twice as much cotton this year as
C. this year twice cotton as much as
D. twice as this year much cotton as

[单项选择]Why did the two robbers stop searching the flat

[单项选择]According to the authorities, where did the two men share a motel room


A. Washington
B. Vancouver
C. London
D. New York

[单项选择]How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first
A. They were afraid.
B. They were reluctant.
C. They were indifferent.
D. They were eager to go.

[单项选择]Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military ______in the coastal city.
A. goals
B. aims
C. targets
D. destinations

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Passage Three
Until two years ago, Clearing, Illinois was a tranquil suburb of Chicago. But residents grew alarmed when they noticed armed teenagers on the streets, giving gang signals and shouting at passing cars. Then came a series of burglaries and graffiti messages on store- fronts. By the time local authorities realized they had a gang problem, it was too late. Last December, two 13-year-old girls were shot outside their school as they sat in a car with two members of a local gang, the Ridgeway Lords.
Nearly all 50 states have recently passed laws that allow youths aged 14-17 to be tried in court as adults. In about 25 states they have passed laws to punish parents for their children’s behavior. And in 146 of the nation’s largest cities, they have imposed curfews to reduce juvenile violence. When you look at the spectacular rise of violent crime among young people recently, it’s easy to understand the concern. Over the past decade, th
A. A famous band.
B. A gang.
C. A prison.
D. A unit.