更多"The crowd waited in （ ） silence for"的相关试题:
[单项选择]There was a terrible （） as the crowd waited to hear who had been killed in the
A. impression
B. diffusion
C. tension
D. stimulation
[单项选择]The crowd stood in （ ） silence as the funeral procession went by.
A. respectful
B. respectable
C. serious
D. sincere
[单项选择]The audience waited in ________ silence while their aged speaker searched among his notes for the figures he could not remember.
A. respective
B. respect
C. respectful
D. respectable
[单项选择]In every school there is a "top" crowd that sets the pace, while the others follow their lead. Let’s say the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Pretty soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater.
There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that on some people bright red sweater is extremely unbecoming. The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. They are like the sheep being led to the butcher.
Now, chances are that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life; chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, "Gee, the crowd does it. " Well, let the crowd do it, but don’t do it yourself. Learn to say "No".
Develop your own standards and your own judgment. If you know the crowd i
A. Follow the Lead
B. Top Crowd
C. Being Yourself
D. Bright Red
[单项选择]The governor had to （ ） all his appointments for the day and rush to the train accident.
A. set off
B. pay off
C. see off
D. call off
[单项选择]He didn't notice me in the crowd; but he spotted my sister who was （ ） because of her red hair.
A. conscious
B. conspicuous
C. dim
D. conscientious
[单项选择]The governor gave a rather determined explanation to the public（ ）.
A. unclear
B. firm
C. short
D. vague
[单项选择]We waited for the decision for the whole afternoon, only ______ to return the next day.
A. to be told
B. were told
C. being told
D. having been told
[单项选择]Ted waited （）the director had finished speaking
A. by
B. until
C. at
D. on
[单项选择]Governor Gray Davis was dissatisfied with the Federal Regulatory Commission because they ______.
A. did not know what the real problem was
B. were living an easy life in an ivory tower
C. could not experience the life in San Diego
D. turned a blind eye to the situation in California
[单项选择]I must have waited for ten minutes before the telephone operator put me through.（ ）
A. hung up
B. hung on
C. hung over
D. hung round
[填空题]
The California Governor’s office issued a release for 33,000 new ______teachers.
[单项选择]She tried （ ） her nervousness as she waited to make her speech.
A. to hold up
B. to hand over
C. to cover up
D. to put up
[单项选择]Supporters praised the governor’s action as a speedy and judicious solution, but critics condemned it by the same token as______and unfairly influenced by recent events.
A. indisposed
B. verbose
C. irrelevant
D. hasty
E. imperious
[填空题]What is the governor’s attitude toward the demonstration
