[单项选择]"When they drove down into the city centre, they found it was not so peaceful after all!" This means ______.
A. it was very noisy
B. there was a lot of traffic
C. it was less quiet than it had looked
D. it had become very noisy since it was first built

[单项选择]What did most people do when the city office first ordered them to kill rats


A. They were too lazy to kill rats.
B. They killed nearly all the rats very quickly.
C. They stole dead rats.

[单项选择]When was the city destroyed


A. On May 10^th.
B. On May 8^th.
C. On May 7^th.
D. On May 5 ^th.

[单项选择]The students put down their pens when the teacher ______ them to stop writing.


A. said
B. spoke
C. told

[单项选择]I will never forget how excited I was when I set foot in China.
A. 我永远不会忘记当我涉足中国的时候有多么激动。
B. 我永远不会忘记我是怎样的激动当我脚踏中国的土地。
C. 我决不会忘记当我踏上中国的土地时是怎么的激动。
D. 我决不会忘记当我踏上中国的土地时，我是多么的激动。

[单项选择]When he bent down to tie his shoelace, the belt of his trousers ______.


A. ruined
B. cracked
C. broke
D. split

[单项选择]（　） are the days when teachers were looked down upon.
A. Gone
B. Go
C. To go
D. Going

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When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to (61) a small brown leather purse lying on the sidewalk. I (62) it up and opened it to see if I could (63) the owner’s name. There was nothing inside it (64) some change and an old photo—a picture of a woman and a young girl of about twelve years old, who looked (65) the woman’s daughter. I put the photo back and (66) the purse to the police station, where I (67) it to the desk sergeant. (68) I left, the sergeant took down my name and address (69) the owner might want to write and thank me.
That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They (70) a young woman (71) there would be four people (72) the table. Her face was familiar. I was (73) sure that we had not met before, but I could not remember where I had seen her. In the course of conversation, (74) , the young woman happened
A. more old
B. very old
C. much older
D. even older