[单项选择]There is an old chair in the barn, ______.
A. with its legs breaks
B. whose legs broken
C. with its legs broke
D. with its legs broken

[单项选择]The common barn owl, one of ten species of barn owls found in North America, is also called the monkey-faced owl because its heart-shaped face looks — of a monkey.
A. ( like much that
B. ( like that much
C. ( much like that
D. ( that much like

[单项选择]After that sagging barn collapsed, the farmer burned it down.
A. burned it rapidly
B. burned it to the ground
C. burned it all
D. burned it out

[单项选择]Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought hard to ______ her laughter.


A. hold back
B. hold on
C. hold out
D. hold up

[单项选择]It can be concluded from the passage that Barn ______.
A. suffered a deadly quake at the beginning of the new year
B. had all its buildings destroyed or damaged in the quake
C. held a memorial service for the people killed in the quake
D. encountered terrorist attacks and violence at the same time

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For all his vaunted talents, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has never had much of a reputation as an economic forecaster. In fact, he shies away from making the precise-to-the-decimal-point predictions that many other economists thrive on. Instead, he owes his success as a monetary policymaker to his ability to sniff out threats to the economy and manipulate interest rates to dampen the dangers he perceives.
Now, those instincts are being put to the test. Many Fed watchers-and some policymakers inside the central bank itself are beginning to wonder whether Greenspan has lost his touch. Despite rising risks to the economy from a swooning stock market and soaring oil prices that could hamper growth, the Greenspan-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted to leave interest rates unchanged on Sept. 24. But in a rare dissent, two of the Fed’s 12 policymakers broke ranks and voted for a cut in rotes—Dallas Fed President Robert D. McTeer Jr. and central
A. his successful predictions of economy.
B. his timely handling of interest rates.
C. his unusual economic policies.
D. his unique sense of dangers.