[单项选择]While some office jobs would seem boring to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.
A. hostile
B. tedious
C. fantastic
D. courageous

[单项选择]While some office jobs would seem ______ to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.
A. hostile
B. tedious
C. fantastic
D. courageous

[单项选择]Many careers require a college degree; some jobs, ________, only require previous experience.
A. however
B. therefore
C. moreover
D. furthermore

[单项选择](While) some pirate ships deprived early American colonists of (many) needed supplies, (others) smuggled in goods, subverted(破坏) British taxes, and (help) in the Revolutionary War.
A. While
B. many
C. others
D. help

[单项选择]We still had great fun while watching some good-looking birds ______"wild strangers".

[单项选择]The old view of intelligence would seem to justify ______.
A. comprehensive education and un-streamed classes
B. grouping of children into different classes
C. sending the duller children out to work at an early age
D. taking "disadvantaged" children away from their home environment

[单项选择]The space animal theory would seem to indicate that_______.
A. living creatures are extremely adaptable
B. life in space is impossible for man
C. the fittest creatures always survive
D. life cannot exist in the depth of the sea

[单项选择]It would seem that Miller cannot have been on friendly terms with the gardeners there, or he would have made a （）of visiting them.
A. move
B. use
C. point
D. remedy

[单项选择]Elephants can be used to do some heavy jobs because______.


A. they can eat a lot
B. they are very heavy, too
C. they are very strong

[单项选择]It would seem to be a general truth （） nothing is as straightforward as it at first seems.
A. that
B. when
C. because
D. if

[单项选择]It would seem more ______ to apply standards flexibly rather than rigidly.
A. insensitive
B. allergic
C. sensible
D. infected

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Some animals are pets, some are wild, and many of them provide us with food. All have a different and important role in our lives.
It is easy to forget that the steak at the supermarket once formed part of a steer (肉用小公牛). But without domestic (驯养的) animals such as chickens and cattle, we would all be vegetarians, or a great deal of our time would need to be spent on hunting for meat.
Wild animals not only attract sport hunters. For some people they are even an important source of food. When urban people visit the wild, deer, bears and other wild animals remind them of an older way of life,
Pets, however, are the animals that are especially significant for most of us. They are undemanding companions. They share our sadness or endure our bad tempers without complaints or caring about what they will get from the owners. A pet can be a great comfort when life seems hard.
For children, pets can be both fun and instructive. If a child cares for
A. Man and animals.
B. Wild animals and pets.
C. Different kinds of animals.
D. Wild animals and hunters.