[单项选择]______presides over the meeting in the House of Commons and sees that parliamentary procedure is followed.
A. Prime Minister
B. The Speaker
C. The Lord Chancellor
D. Queen

[单项选择]______ presides over the meeting in the House of Commons and sees that parliamentary procedure is followed.
A. Prime Minister
B. The Speaker
C. The Lord Chancellor
D. Queen

[单项选择]In Britain, the Prime Minister presides over______
A. the Cabinet
B. the Privy Council
C. the House of Lords
D. the House of Commons

[单项选择]The meeting was （　） over by the mayor of the city.
A. presumed
B. proposed
C. presented
D. presided

[单项选择]______ at the meeting that everyone present was convinced.


A. So forcefully he spoke
B. So forcefully did hc speak
C. So forcefully was he spoken
D. So forcefully has he spoken

[单项选择]

A pet is an animal that (21) in your house. Over half the families in North America own pets. The most popular (22) are dogs, fish and birds. Rabbits, hamsters and turtles are also popular. Even some unpopular animals such as frogs, mice and snakes are pets.
People first (23) to keep pets about 12,000 years ago. The first pet was a dog. The dog did not become a pet because people (24) it was cute. It became a pet because it was useful. People used the dog for many things. The dog warned people (25) danger so wild animals didn’t attack people. It also ate left-over food. Later, dogs helped people take care (26) cows and sheep on farms.
Cats did not (27) pets for a long time. When the Egyptians first started to grow grain, mice ate it. The Egyptians were (28) to tame cats.
Today, people keep many (29) of pets. Animals such as canaries, parrots, mice and hamsters live in cages. They need peo
A. many ways
B. in many ways
C. a better way
D. plenty of ways

[单项选择]The meeting was ______ over by the mayor to discuss the tax raise in the city.
A. presumed
B. propelled
C. presided
D. pricked

[单项选择]The meeting was ______ over by the mayor of the city.
A. presumed
B. proposed
C. presented
D. presided

[单项选择]The meeting was _______ over by the mayor to discuss the tax raise in the city.


A. precluded
B. propelled
C. presided
D. proclaimed

[单项选择]This house can be used ______ a meeting-room.


A. for
B. as
C. with