[单项选择]The scheme was （） when it was discovered it would be very costly.
A. resigned
B. surrendered
C. released
D. abandoned

[单项选择]The scheme was ______ when it was discovered because it was very costly.


A. resigned
B. surrendered
C. released
D. abandoned

[单项选择]The scheme was______ when it was discovered it would be very costly.


A. resigned
B. surrendered
C. released
D. abandoned

[单项选择]The scheme was _________ when it was discovered it would be very costly.


A. resigned
B. surrendered
C. released
D. abandoned

[单项选择]The plan was abandoned when it was discovered just how much the scheme would cost.
A. given up
B. kept up
C. set up
D. ran up

[单项选择]Having said he would mend the clock, he discovered he had not brought the right __________ for the job.


A. tools
B. instruments
C. material
D. apparatus

[单项选择]When he discovered who had written the letter to his mother, the soldier ______.


A. was filled with great surprise
B. recognized Lincoln at once
C. asked Lincoln who he was
D. asked Lincoln to hold his hand

[单项选择]When my grandfather died, I discovered that he had left me some money in his（）
A. savings
B. will
C. credit card
D. cash machine

[单项选择]The electronic animal would die when ______.


A. it gets angry and refuses to be fed
B. it is continuously neglected by its owners
C. it is fed too many snacks
D. its owner refuses to play games with it

[单项选择]______ when he discovered the costs, nevertheless, eventually, he went.
A. To surprise
B. Surprisingly
C. Slightly exciting
D. Somewhat taken aback

[单项选择]When the H5-N1 virus in humans was discovered in Hong Kong in 1997, ______.


A. the government has asked the U.N. agency to help contain the disease
B. the government ordered all chickens in the city killed
C. imports of birds from all over the world were suspended
D. over a million chickens have either died from the flu or been culled

[单项选择]What would the elephant family do when a male elephant is born


A. They send it away.
B. They keep it for some time.
C. They teach it to live alone.
D. They stay with it for a long time.

[单项选择]"Thunder would shout loudly at Lightning when he was annoying the villagers and behaving in a wicked way. "That means ______.

[单项选择]When the engine would not start, the mechanic inspected all the parts to find what was at ______.
A. wrong
B. trouble
C. fault
D. difficulty

[单项选择]When you write a composition, would you please leave enough ______ for correction
A. edge
B. margin
C. border
D. limit

[填空题] When somebody calls, first of all, the host would offer him a cigarette and a cup of tea. In the countryside, (36)__________, old men used to share with the visiting guests the long-stemmed Chinese pipe which they themselves were smoking. At wedding (37)__________, brides would offer cigarettes to all the guests who came to express their (38)__________and light the cigarettes for each of them one after another. All these were originally aimed at (39)__________the Chinese hospitality and respect toward the guests, but in recent years, the old tradition has been used as a means to (40)__________good relations. Even those who never smoke have (41)_________cigarettes in their pockets. Whenever they have to seek somebody’’ s (42)_________, they usually first offer him a cigarette. If the other (43)_________ turns it down, he is being impolite. (44)__________________________________. But neither people who offer cigarettes nor those who take them fully realize it. (4