[单项选择]Children would play with fire until their hands were burnt away if______.
A. they were given no warning beforehand
B. they had never burnt themselves
C. they had no sense of pain
D. they were fearful of the fire

[单项选择]Teachers should have patience: （） children would ever learn anything.
A. hence
B. however
C. nevertheless
D. otherwise

[单项选择]Without the music, the children would have not had so much fun（）.
A. wouldn't be having
B. wouldn't have been
C. wouldn't be
D. wouldn't have had

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It’s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That’s especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. It’s also true of children who suffer for years in foster homes (收养孩子的家庭) because of parents who can’t or won’t care for them but refuse to give up custody (监护) rights.
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she’s ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal claim" on her.
The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the prima
A. The biological link.
B. The child's benefits.
C. The traditional practice.
D. The parents' feelings.

[单项选择]Not until his play "Beyond the Horizon" was produced was Eugene O'Neill lauded as the foremost creative American playwright.
A. compensated
B. secretly named
C. given preference
D. praised

[单项选择]Don't play with fire______.


A. no longer
B. any more
C. no more

[单项选择]Most parents would like their children to take an active part in school events, ______ those events do not interfere with their study.
A. lest
B. though
C. unless
D. provided

[单项选择]— Jimmy, dont play with fire. — （）.
A. It doesnt matter
B. Sorry. I wont do it again
C. Im sorry to hear that
D. Nothing much

[单项选择]She did not throw away the stockings until they were so ______ that they couldn't be mended anymore.
A. wearing off
B. worn out
C. wearing out
D. worn off

[单项选择]It was not until an hour later that we heard ______ what had happened.


A. through
B. by
C. about
D. from