[单项选择]"For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room" (Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for


A. Mom time to play.
B. More book to read.
C. More food to eat.
D. More money to spend.

[单项选择]"For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room" (Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for


A. Mom time to play.
B. More book to read.
C. More food to eat.
D. More money to spend.

[单项选择]A week after he had written to his brother, Jackson began______.
A. telephoning the bank
B. visiting the bank
C. shouting at the clerks of the bank
D. explaining his problem to the clerks of the bank

[单项选择]Walt felt ______ after working the whole week.

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Less than a week after a recent Russian airline tragedy, a female suicide bomber attacked a Moscow subway station; evidence indicates that Chechen separatists were likely the perpetrators of both attacks. Though the airline tragedy has been confirmed as a terror attack, the perpetrators re- main unknown. A group with links to Islamic jihadis in Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the attack. At the same time, forensic evidence suggests a notorious Chechen rebel group may be behind the attack. Regardless, the prevention of further terrorist attacks is fundamentally tied to Moscow’s deftness in handling grievances of the Muslim-majority state of Chechnya.
Despite the obvious suspicions about terrorist involvement, the Putin administration initially seemed determined to discount that supposition—perhaps to avert critiques of negligent airport security and failure to acknowledge Chechen problems mere days before a scheduled election. Instead, the administratio
A. Chechen separatists arc responsible for this horror event.
B. more evidence is needed to charge the terrorists.
C. the government should do something with Chechen separatists.
D. some technical problems contribute to this horror event.

[单项选择]The Federal Communications Commission made an effort to prevent a single giant company from ______. competition in the market.
A. entering
B. evading
C. squelching
D. circumventing

[单项选择]Investigation by the special commission revealed that ______.


A. top-level NASA officials made an arbitrary decision for takeoff
B. designers of the spacecraft failed to assess the problem with the booster
C. cold weather caused the O ring to come off the rocket booster
D. the tragedy was caused by at least three factors working together

[单项选择]The municipal planning commission said that their financial outlook for the next year was optimistic. They expect increased tax ______.
A. privileges
B. efficiency
C. revenues
D. validity