[单项选择]Every country represented in the Olympics has a National Olympic Committee that selects the athletes who compete in the games.
A. chooses
B. honors
C. supports
D. trains

[单项选择]Every country represented in the Olympics has a National Olympic Committee that selects the athletes who compete in the games.


A. chooses
B. honors
C. supports
D. trains

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Every country has its heroes. They may be soldiers or sports people, doctors or film stars. We admire them for their courage, their strength, their devotion to duty or their talent. Their example inspires us to live better, to work harder. Terry Fox was a young student who loved life and who loved sports. When he was just 18 years old a terrible tragedy occurred: his right leg had to be cut off because of cancer. Such an experience would have destroyed a weaker person — but Terry Fox was a fighter. He refused to give up. Instead, while he was recovering from the operation, an idea slowly formed in his mind. He decided he would run across Canada — in order to raise money for cancer research. Slowly and carefully, he began to train. Every step was extremely painful, but he insisted, increasing the distance covered day by day. Sixteen months later, in the spring of 1980, he was ready for the long journey across Canada — his Marathon of Hope. It was a time of inspir
A. student
B. movie star
C. soldier
D. sportsman

[单项选择]Every child under 16 in this country has to attend school because education is ______.
A. compulsive
B. compulsory
C. compulsion
D. compulsing

[单项选择]Every man in his country has the right to live where he wants to ________ the color of his skin.


A. with the exception of
B. in the light of
C. by virtue of
D. regardless of

[单项选择]Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to ______ the color of his skin.
A. with the exception of
B. in the light of
C. by virtue of
D. regardless of

[单项选择]Although (no country) has exactly the same folk music (like) (that) of any other, it is significant that similar songs exist among (widely) separated people.
A. no country
B. like
C. that
D. widely

[单项选择]Asia's first democracy-a country that has a freely elected government-was __________ , which became self-governing in 1935.
A. Philippine
B. Philippines
C. the Philippines
D. the Philippine Island

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Passage Four
Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year, but not everyone does it the same way. The countries in North America and Europe welcome New Year on January the first. This practice began with the Romans in the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on the first day of the Spring Festival, which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon. Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish (犹太人的) New Year, comes at the end of summer. The Hindus (印度教教徒 ) in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.
In all these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits (妖精) from their homes. Today making noise is more of a custom than a religious rim
In the United States, many people stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next. Friends often ga
A. made to begin a new year
B. a promise to make a joke
C. a decision to improve oneself and make one a better person
D. to be kept for the New Year's Day only