[单项选择]No one could tell how the magician was able to produce a rabbit from his hat until he ______his tricks.


A. strayed away from
B. threw light on
C. gave birth to
D. fell back on

[单项选择]No one could tell how the magician was able to produce a rabbit from his hat until he ______his tricks.
A. strayed away from
B. threw light on
C. gave birth to
D. fell back on

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Passage One
How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to ex press thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.
There power of words, then, lies in their associations the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which
A. They are used to express feelings only.
B. They can not be written down.
C. They are simply sounds.
D. They are mysterious.

[单项选择]The first paragraph tries to tell us how to control noise pollution by ______.

[单项选择]I called to tell him how to get there but perhaps ______ him a map.
A. should have given
B. ought to have
C. had to give
D. must have given

[单项选择]I cannot tell you how sorry I felt when I was informed of your illness.


A. 得知你得了这种疾病，我心里真不知有多难受。
B. 我不会把我听说你生病的消息后的伤心告诉你的。
C. 得知你生了病，我心里真的很难受，但我不会把这一点告诉你的。
D. 得知你生了病，我心里真不知有多难受。

[单项选择]I showed him my new dress but I （　）tell him how much it cost.
A. does not dare to
B. dared not
C. dared not to
D. dares not

[单项选择]I'd appreciate it if you could tell me how（）the machine.
A. operate
B. to operate
C. operating
D. operated

[单项选择]This passage tries to tell you how to______.
A. avoid mistakes about both money and people
B. say things elegantly
C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you
D. keep people friendly without trusting them

[单项选择]I must tell you how______ a letter from you.
A. pleased I was to receive
B. pleased I was to receiving
C. was I pleased to receive
D. pleased I was receiving