[单项选择]At that time, most people ______ the notion ______ the sun revolves around the earth.
A. take; for granted that
B. took; for granted that
C. took; for granted which
D. took; for granted which

[单项选择]Most people spend far more of their leisure time with the mass media than in any other ______.
A. business
B. occupation
C. job
D. profession

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Text 4
People, like most animals, are naturally lazy. So the ascent of mankind is something of a mystery. Humans who make their livings hunting and gathering in the traditional way do not have to put much effort into it. Farmers who rely on rain to water their crops work significantly harder, and lead unhealthier lives. But the real back-breaking is that carried out by farmers who use irrigation. Yet it was the invention of irrigation, at first sight so harmful to its practitioners that actually produced a sufficient surplus to feed the priests, scholars, artists and so on whose activities are collectively thought of as "civilization".
In the past 10,000 years, the world’s climate has become temporarily colder and drier on several occasions. The first of these, known as the Younger Dryas, after a tundra-loving plant that thrived during it, occurred at the same time as the beginning of agriculture in northern Mesopotamia. It is widely believe
A. was accompanied by hardships of human existence.
B. is a mystery as yet unknown to mankind.
C. can be attributed to the innovative sparks of ancestors.
D. was recorded by history books ending at that time.

[单项选择]What fears people most


A. Poultry will infect many people.
B. The disease can spread quickly among people.
C. There will be human-to-human transmission.
D. A new disease combining bird and a human flu will break out.

[单项选择]Most people were not as much（）the new "flex-time" working schedule as was previously thought.
A. in regard to
B. in contrast
C. in accordance with
D. in favor of

[单项选择]The most primitive notion concerning meaning is______.
A. the naming theory
B. the conceptualist view
C. contextualism
D. behaviourism

[单项选择]By the time the war ______ , most of the people had already left.
A. broke out
B. broke up
C. intervened
D. happen

[单项选择]In America, people do most things by themselves because ______.

[单项选择]What kind of people are most likely to be recruited for criminal activity


A. People with an antisocial attitude in a low standard of living.
B. People with an arrest record and an antisocial attitude.
C. People with antisocial attitude and behaviour.
D. People without regular occupation and self-respect.

[单项选择]Most of the work that most people have to do is ______.


A. delightful but time-consuming
B. not interesting but very rewarding
C. not worth doing and bearable at all
D. exceedingly dull and always painful

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Most people think of zoos as safe places for animals, where struggles such as difficulty finding food and avoiding predators don’t exist. Without such problems, animals in zoos should live to a ripe old age.
But matter may not be true for the largest land animals on Earth. Scientists have known that elephants in zoos often suffer from poor health. They develop diseases, joint problems and behavior changes. Sometimes, they even become infertile or unable to have babies.
To learn more about how captivity affects elephants, a team of international scientists compared the life spans of female elephants born in zoos with female elephants living outdoors in their native lands. Zoos keep detailed records of all the animals in their care, documenting factors such as birth dates, illnesses, weight and death. These records made it possible for the researchers to analyze 40 years of
A. They do not like living in herds.
B. They do not get enough exercise.
C. They do not live with their families.
D. Both Ｂ and Ｃ.