[填空题]We were surprised at the (achieve) ______ the young man had made in the last three years.

[填空题]We were surprised at the (achieve)_______the young man had made in the last three years.

[填空题]We were all surprised at Mary’s rare (able) ______ to imitate other people.

[单项选择]Passage 2 If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question. It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write. Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they
A. “Remembered history”, compared with written history, is less reliable.
B. Written records of the past plays a most important role in our learning of the human history.
C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer any questions.
D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.

[填空题]We were all surprised that______(他独自一人自愿承担起这一艰巨的任务)．

[简答题]We were all surprised __________________ (当他宣布马上要辞职时).

[填空题]Scientists in Alvin were surprised in 1993 because they thought that those giant tube worms would be less than ______ inches at that time.

[单项选择]Some Tourists were surprised to see a woman driving a huge orange tractor down one of Rome’s main avenues. Italy’s political leaders and some of its male union chiefs are said to have been even more puzzled to see that the tractor was followed by about 200,000 women in a parading procession that took more than three hours to snake through central Rome.
Shouting slogans, waving flags and dancing to drumbeats, the women had come to the capital from all over Italy to demonstrate for "a job for each of us, a different type of job, and also city without violence." So far, action to improve women’s opportunities in employment has been the province of collective industrial bargaining. "But there is a growing awareness that this is not enough," says a researcher on female labor at the government-funded institute for the Development of Professional Training for Workers.
Women, who constitute 52 percent of Italy’s population, today represent only 35 percent of Ital
A. There are more women than men in Italy.
B. In Italy, women are chiefly employed in services.
C. In Italy women are still at disadvantage in employment.
D. In Italy about two-thirds of the jobs are held by men.

[单项选择]The children were surprised when the teacher had them（　）their books unexpectedly.
A. closed
B. to close
C. closing
D. close

[单项选择]We were told that we should follow the main road（）we reached the central railway station.
A. whenever
B. until
C. while
D. wherever

[单项选择]Passage 2 If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question. It is the same on history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write. Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot writ
A. it is written down
B. no written account is available
C. it proves to be true
D. people are interested in it