[填空题]The girl preferred death to marrying an old man.
The girl preferred ______rather than ______an old man.

[填空题]The girl preferred death to marrying an old man. The girl preferred ______rather than ______an old man.

[填空题]The girl preferred death to marrying a man she doesn’t love.
The girl preferred ______ rather than ______ a man she doesn’t love.

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Falls are the number one cause of death to old people at home. Most old people can live safely at home if they make a few changes. Falls are common as people are getting older. Up to half of home accidents could be prevented by making some very simple changes. Here are a few suggestions.
Mark trouble spots with bright tapes. The first and last steps on stairs are usually high-risk accident are as. Applying bright tapes and using bright light in these areas would make these spots easier to see.
Put grab bars(扶手) in the bathroom. A large number of falls occur in the bathroom. This is unfortunate(不幸的) because it’s easy to make the area safe from accidents. Putting grab bars in the bathroom gives people something to hang on to.
Invest in a personal alarm. A personal alarm can be started if a person falls or otherwise gets in trouble. With the push of a button, the alarm automatically sends a signal, which gets someone to call and see if the person needs
A. are free from home accidents
B. can improve their health
C. are likely to live longer
D. can live more safely

[填空题]As a sixteen-year-old girl, the author didn’t accept the man saying he loved her because ______.

[单项选择]According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ______.
A) their frequent driving at night
C) their lack of driving experience
B) their improper way of driving
D) their driving with passengers


A. According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ______.
B. their frequent driving at night
C. their improper way of driving
D. their lack of driving experience
E. their driving with passengers

[单项选择]The little girl was （） by the death of her dog since her affection for the pet had been real and deep.
A. grieved
B. suppressed
C. oppressed
D. sustained

[单项选择]　　When a 13-year-old Virginia girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted world-wide attention. 　　Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from "put a clothes pin on her nose" to "have her stand on her head" poured in. But nothing did any good. Finally, she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where Dr. Leo Kanner, one of the world’’s top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling problem with great speed. 　　He used neither drugs nor surgery for, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition about the amazing bodily reaction we call the sneeze. It was all in her mind, he said, a view which Aristotle, some 3000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily. 　　Dr. Kanner simply gave a modern psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing
A. was ill
B. was mentally ill
C. was afraid of falling ill
D. had attracted world-wide attention