[单项选择]Perhaps there is still quite a long way to go______ these researchers can find an answer to the mystery.


A. unless
B. until
C. where
D. before

[单项选择]It ______ that he is still on the way.


A. likely
B. looks
C. seems

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Perhaps, every woman still remember this famous saying, "No woman can be too rich or too thin." This saying often attributed to the late Duchess of Windsor embodies much of the odd Spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.
The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I my self have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently I have been on a diet for the better or worse part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either but that won’t happen un less an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land leaving me millions of dollars.
Where did we go off the track When did eating butter become a sin and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing if not repellent All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins. However until quite recently most people had a problem getting enough to eat.
A. They should be more concerned with their overall lifestyle.
B. They should be more watchful for fatal diseases.
C. They should gain weight to 10ok healthy.
D. They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes.

[单项选择]It will be quite a long time（　）she is back again, so don't be too cross with her.
A. that
B. since
C. before
D. until

[单项选择]（） way is more efficient is still a question.
A. What
B. Which
C. That
D. Whether

[单项选择]I waited for a long time, but he still didn't ______.
A) turn up C) turn down
B) turn oat D) turn over

[单项选择]Perhaps more than anything else, it was onerous taxes that led to the Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381.
A. multiple
B. unjust
C. burdensome
D. infamous

[单项选择]In a developed country, people will perhaps go out of work if the birthrate ______.


A. goes up
B. goes down
C. remains stable
D. is out of control

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Text 2
Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science. His renowned conflict with the Catholic Church was central to his philosophy, for Galileo was one of the first to argue that man could hope to understand how the world works, and moreover, that we could do this by observing the real world.
Galileo had believed Copernican theory (that the planets orbited the sun) since early on, but it was only when he found the evidence needed to support the idea that he started to publicly support it. He wrote about Copernicus’ s theory in Italian (not the usual academic Lat in), and soon his views became ’widely supported outside the universities. This annoyed the Aristotelian professors, who united against him seeking to persuade the Catholic Church to ban Copernicanism.
Galileo, worried by this, traveled to Rome to speak to the ecclesiastical authorities. He argued that the Bible was not intend
A. was published secrectly
B. did not get the permission from the pope
C. supported Copernicanism publicly
D. was immediately accepted throughout Europe