[单项选择]Only after being asked several times （　） us the story of his strange life.
A. he could tell
B. then he told
C. did he tell
D. he began to tell

[单项选择]Only after being asked three times did he come to join in the training of the college football team on Saturday, which made his teacher very angry with him.（）
A. 被问了三次后，他才来参加周六学院足球队的训练，他的老师很生气。
B. 叫了三次，他才来参加学院足球队周六这天的训练，这让他的老师很生气。
C. 只有在被叫了三次以后，他才来参加周六学院足球队的训练，这让他的老师对他很生气。
D. 才叫了三次，他就来参加周六学院足球队的训练，这使他的老师很生他的气。

[单项选择]The woman admitted, after several hours of being questioned, ______ someone else's credit card.
A. used
B. has used
C. having used
D. being used

[单项选择]The priest asked the only listener if he would be willing to have a shortened service. This suggests ________.

[单项选择]The teacher asked us to submit the reports before next Monday（　）.
A. hand in
B. hand out
C. hand on
D. hand back

[单项选择]After several days of isolation on the deserted island, the sailor began to ______ of ever getting back home.


A. disappoint
B. displace
C. depress
D. despair

[单项选择]The 13 measures of psychological well-being are used to ______.


A. serve as the standards for choosing the subjects of the research
B. serve as the ways to help adults to get over their unhappy marriage
C. examine all the 5232 married adults
D. examine all the adults in the database

[单项选择]After several ______ attempts to send the missile into space, the spacecraft was finally launched successfully.
A. abortive
B. difficult
C. experimental
D. excellent

[单项选择]He was asked to speak louder so that all of us could hear him.
A. 他要求大声说话，所以我们都能够听他说。
B. 他要求大声说话，以便我们大家都能够听到他。
C. 要求他讲话声音大一点，以便我们大家都能够听到他的话。
D. 要求他讲话声音大一点，这样我们都能够听他说了。

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When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant  21 Miller King, who was the best   22  at our school.
Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for      23   .
Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from   24  . He looked very   25  , but he didn’t cry.
That season, I  26  all of Miller’s records while he   27  the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,   28  I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s   29  .
One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller  30   going over a fence—which wasn’t  31  to climb if yo
A. praise 
B. advice 
C. assistance 
D. apology