[单项选择]The weakened governor could not withstand another catastrophe.
A. trouble
B. exertion
C. annoyance
D. cataclysm

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A newly published AIDS study could open another front in the battle against HIV infection by showing that gene therapy can be used to stop infected cells from spreading the deadly virus, researchers said.
In a test-tube experiment believed to be the first of its kind, researchers based at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were able to block the operation of the" tat "gene that allows HIV to spread throughout the body from infected cells.
Up to now, genetic AIDS research has concentrated on finding ways to help healthy cells withstand the ravages of the HIV virus that infects an estimated 16, 000 new victims a day, mainly in the developing world.
But by working with human cells already infected with HIV, the team was able to reduce the tat gene’s virus-replicating functions by 80 percent to 90 percent, according to findings published in the journal Gene Therapy.
That, researchers said, raises the possibility of a new gene the
A. helping healthy cells withstand the ravages of HIV virus
B. completely stopping the infected cells from spreading
C. considerably inhibiting the tat gene from working
D. isolating HIV virus from the healthy cells

[单项选择]Another type of lyricist I could only call, ______ a better name, the traditionalist.


A. because lack of
B. for lack
C. for lack of
D. because of lack

[单项选择]I don't think I could （） another night without sleep.
A. put up
B. endeavour
C. stand
D. last

[单项选择]Overcrowding has weakened the ______ tradition of extended families living together.


A. nourished
B. cherished
C. fancied
D. scanned

[单项选择]What is the attitude of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration


A. stubborn
B. insistent
C. insolvable
D. remissible

[单项选择]The former governor withdrew from political life and as ______ he was soon forgotten.
A. an end
B. a result
C. an outcome
D. an event

[单项选择]Many newspapers printed the governor's statement ______ would support a tax cut.


A. and he
B. was that he
C. which he
D. that he

[单项选择]Governor Ogden's new economic policies will focus on （） more jobs in Paxton County.
A. create
B. creation
C. creating
D. creative

[单项选择]The candidate was elected governor of the state by a ________ margin.


A. light
B. faint
C. slender
D. minor