[单项选择]It took them almost a year to （） living in a large city.
A. use to
B. get used to
C. change to
D. break to

[单项选择]It took them several weeks to （）the wild horse
A. cultivate     
B. civilize     
C. curb    
D. tame

[单项选择]I didn't know which was the better, so I took them（　）.
A. all
B. each
C. none
D. both

[单项选择]It took them more than ten years to ______ the defensive works.（　）
A. build
B. build into
C. build on
D. build up

[单项选择]In recent years the ________ of living has almost double and I can hardly make both ends meet.


A. price
B. charge
C. expense
D. cost

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I recently took care of a 50-year-old man who had been admitted to the hospital, short of breath. During his month-long stay he was seen by a hematologist, an endocrinologist, a kidney specialist, a podiatrist, two cardiologists, a cardiac electrophysiologist, an infectious-diseases specialist, a pulmonologist, an ear-nose-throat specialist, a urologist, a gastroenterologist, a neurologist, a nutritionist, a general surgeon, a thoracic surgeon and a pain specialist.
He underwent 12 procedures, including cardiac catheterization, a pacemaker implant and a bone-marrow biopsy (to work-up chronic anemia).
Despite this wearying schedule, he maintained an upbeat manner, walking the corridors daily with assistance to chat with nurses and physician assistants. When he was discharged, follow-up visits were scheduled for him with seven specialists.
This man’s case, in which expert consultations sprouted with little r
A. There are a lot of excessive services in American hospitals.
B. Doctors are over-loaded in American hospitals.
C. American hospitals are suffering great loss because of poor health conditions.
D. The healthcare service in the American hospitals is systematic and patient-oriented.

[单项选择]I recently took care of a 50-year-old man who had been admitted to the hospital short of breath. During his monthlong stay he was seen by a hematologist, an endocrinologist, a kidney specialist, a podiatrist, two cardiologists, a cardiac electrophysiologist, an infectious-diseases specialist, a pulmonologist, an ear-nose-throat specialist, a urologist, a gastroenterologist, a neurologist, a nutritionist, a general surgeon, a thoracic surgeon and a pain specialist.
He underwent 12 procedures, including cardiac catheterization. a pacemaker implant and a bone-marrow biopsy (to work-up chronic anemia).
Despite this wearying schedule, he maintained an upbeat manner, walking the corridors daily with assistance to chat with nurses and physician assistants. When he was discharged, follow-up visits were scheduled for him with seven specialists.
This man’s case, in which expert consultations sprouted with little rhyme, reason or coordination, reinforced a lesson I have learned man
A. There are a lot of excessive services in American hospitals.
B. Doctors are over-loaded in American hospitals.
C. American hospitals are suffering great losses because of poor health conditions.
D. The health-care service in the American hospitals is systematic and patient-oriented.

[单项选择]We will have to pay them a large ______ of money for their service.
A. size
B. set
C. amount
D. series