[单项选择]This distinguished director ______ the plot for the prizewinning film while he was still a college student.
A. conceived
B. constituted
C. reflected
D. calculated

[单项选择]The distinguished philosopher maintained that the __________ of virtue, the only good, is self-con- trol and that it is capable of being taught.


A. abundance
B. competence
C. essence
D. resemblance

[单项选择]How are tornadoes distinguished from whirlwinds


A. Whirlwinds rotate in a different direction than tornadoes do.
B. Tornadoes travel over land and whirlwinds over water.
C. Tornadoes are larger than whirlwinds.
D. Only tornadoes are funnel-shape

[单项选择]The distinguished professor was invited to preside ______ the conference on behalf of the chairman.


A. on
B. in
C. over
D. for

[单项选择]The distinguished lawyer had many （）
A. clients
B. customers
C. creditors
D. people

[单项选择]Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication______ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.


A. whereas
B. in that
C. in which
D. because of

[单项选择]A) distinguished C) protected
B) different D) isolated


A. different
B. distinguished C) protected
C. isolated

[单项选择]A comet is distinguished from other bodies in the solar system ______.
A. into its appearance
B. off its appearance
C. by its appearance
D. to its appearance

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Passage One
All that we really need to plot out the future of our universe are a few good measurements. This does not mean that we can sit down today and outline the future course of the universe with anything like certainty. There are still too many things we do not know about the way the universe is put together. But we do know exactly what information we need to fill in our knowledge, and we have a pretty good idea of how to go about getting it.
Perhaps the best way to think of our present situation is to imagine a train coming into a switch yard(调车场). All of the switches are set before the train arrives, so that its path is completely determined. Some Switches we can see, others we cannot. There is no ambiguity (不明确) if we can see the setting of a switch; we can say with confidence that some possible futures will not materialize (实现) and others will. At the unseen switches, however, there is no such certainty. We know the train will take one of the trac
A. A statement illustrated by an analogy.
B. A hypothesis supported by documentation.
C. A comparison of two contrasting theories.
D. A critical analysis of a common assumption.

[单项选择]A well constructed plot, therefore, must neither begin nor end at haphazard, but ______ to these principles.
A. comply
B. confirm
C. conform
D. abide

[单项选择]The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries meant that ______.


A. people were no longer legally entitled to own land
B. people were forced to look elsewhere for mean of supporting themselves
C. people were not adequately compensated for the loss of their land
D. people were badly paid for the work they managed to find

[单项选择]Compared with technologies in the 16^th and 19^th century, technologies today are more ______.
A) ingenious and portable B ) marvelous and effective
C) intuitive and unreliable D) facile and responsive

[单项选择]The "Gunpowder Plot" is associated with a man called______.
A. John Milton
B. Oliver Cromwell
C. Guy Fawkes
D. John Bunyan