[单项选择]They had all stayed on the ninth floor of the Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong in （） half of February,
A. the second
B. second
C. the two
D. two

[单项选择]They had all stayed on the ninth floor of the Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong in ______ half of February,
A. the second
B. second
C. the two
D. two

[单项选择]A fairy before the 17th century had all of the following features EXCEPT that ______.


A. it was about four feet high
B. it had wings
C. it was dark-skinned
D. it was dressed in green or brown

[单项选择]Though they had cleaned the floor, there was still ______ rice on it.


A. a few
B. few
C. a little

[单项选择]I asked him whether he had done all the work himself ______ he had had any asistance.
A. and
B. but
C. nor
D. or

[单项选择]They arrived home very wet, as they had walked all the way______ the rain.


A. in
B. under
C. into
D. with

[单项选择]The goals （　） which he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.
A. after
B. for
C. with
D. at

[单项选择]The goals （） he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.
A. by which
B. on which
C. for which
D. for that

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Good locks on all outside and first floor windows are essential to a home’s security and will go a long way toward discouraging burglars. But an added protective device that is increasingly being used in homes is the burglar system, which sounds a loud bell, horn, or siren (警报器) when someone tries to break in. Although this will not always prevent entry by a determined professional burglar, it is often enough to scare off vandals (故意破坏他人财物者) and spurn-of-the- moment thieves who account for a high percentage of residential break-ins.
Security alarm systems have been available for many years and have long been common in commercial and industrial establishments and in large homes. But until the last few years, these systems were almost always professionally installed because they required complicated wiring techniques, individualized design, and sometimes lots of carpentry, all of which made them expensive.
To answer the demand for low-cost alarm system
A. security alarm systems were not safe at all
B. security alarm systems were easy to break down
C. security alarm systems were not available
D. security alarm systems required complicated wiring techniques, individualized design, and sometimes lots of carpentry