[单项选择]According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected ______.

[单项选择]According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected______.

[单项选择]According to the passage some cultural minorities have _____________.


A. lost their individual characteristcs centuries ago
B. keep their individual character
C. lost count of their numbers
D. managed to preserve their English character

[单项选择]According to the passage some clients or customers may be invited because ______.


A. they are likely to be annoyed if they are not
B. they may give valuable presents
C. their presence could provide future benefits
D. they may help with the expenses of the wedding

[单项选择]According to the passage some guests may be invited because _________.


A. they are likely to be annoyed if they are not
B. they may give valuable presents
C. their presence could provide future benefits
D. they may help with the expenses of the wedding

[单项选择]This passage gives us some


A. reasons for taking good pictures
B. ideas of some funny hobbies
C. advice on taking good pictures
D. difference of the pictures taken outdoors and indoors

[单项选择]According to the passage, farmers were angry about the tariff because ______.

[单项选择]According to the passage, trees were initially needed by the Nebraskan settlers for ______.


A. shade
B. the prevention of soil erosion
C. the creation of parks
D. construction

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Passage One
Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man are still in existence. They show that he was learning Latin, was very interested in the basics of good behaviour in society, and was reading English literature.
At school he seems only to have been interested in mathematics. In fact his formal education was surprisingly brief for a gentleman, and incomplete. For unlike other young Virginian gentlemen of that day, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital of Williamsburg. In terms of formal training then, Washington contrasts sharply with some other early American Presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had not to do with everyday, practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the Frenc
A. did not really care abut going
B. did not know the French leaders
C. could not communicate directly with the French leaders
D. was too busy to travel

[单项选择]According to the passage, some slumdwellers are not interested in improving their environments because they ______.


A. are unsure of their residency.
B. dislike urbanization.
C. are used to the president environment.
D. are homogeneous and anonymous.

[单项选择]According to the passage, some tornadoes take people unaware because they ______.


A. produce a sound similar to thunder
B. cannot be seen until it is too late
C. look so much like other clouds
D. carry so many large pieces of debris