[填空题]Nearly half of the ______ (bore) audience had left the meeting before the closing address (闭幕词).

[简答题]If we had left half an hour earlier, we__________（或许就不会为交通阻塞所耽搁）.

[单项选择]She had recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company’’s client data, which she intended to ______ in starting her own business.
A. dwell on
B. base on
C. draw upon
D. come upon

[填空题]The lecture was so (bore)（）that half of the students fell asleep.

[简答题]It has been half a year since we had the opportunity to serve your car. So, we are inviting youto bring your car into our shop for a free inspection and adjustment at your convenience. Wehope that you will accept our offer. Our working hours are between 8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. , Monday through Saturday. We are looking forward to serving you again．

[填空题]The lecture was so (bore) ______ that half of the students fell asleep.

[单项选择]By 1,800 about half the population of Brazil had come from Africa. So had about half the population of Venezuela. So had a smaller but still large part of all the population of Trans-Atlantic republics, whether in North, Central or South Africa, or in the Caribbean islands. It was these men and women of African descent conquered the wilderness of the Americas, clearing and working in countless farms and plantations, founding and opening innumerable mines of iron or precious metals. Harsh and painful as it was, the overseas slave trade (like the not much less painful movement of millions of hungry and jobless men and women from Europe) laid the foundations of American republics. These Africans beyond the seas have their place in the story of Africa (the story of West Africa), for what they attempted and achieved was also a reflection of the strong and independent civilization from which they came. Consider, for example, the heroic and successful struggle for independence conducted by th
A. much less harsh and painful
B. rather harsh and painful
C. more harsh and painful
D. not much less harsh and painful

[单项选择]During the second half of 1776, the British had driven Washington’s armies from their strongholds in and near New York City. Washington retreated, moving southeast across New Jersey.
Before his army reached the shores of the Delaware, he sent soldiers ahead to bring together all the boats they could find. When the British arrived at the east bank early in December, the Colonials were safely across. And the British could find only two small boats on a pond.
For the time being, the British gave up the chase. They set up camp at Trenton and at other strongholds along the Delaware.
Washington had the boats on the Pennsylvania side, but that was about all he had. Food was short, and many soldiers were too iii to march. And any day now, the river might freeze, making it possible for the British force to cross into Pennsylvania.
If the struggle for freedom was to continue, Washington had to have a victory. Finally he decided to re-cross the Delaware at Mckonkey’s Ferry. Th