[填空题]Mary told me not to worry because the (operate) ______ on Mr. Smith was very successful.

[填空题]Mary told me not to worry because the(operate) ________ on Mr. Smith was very successful.

[单项选择]Conservatism, George Will told me when I interviewed him many years ago, was rooted in reality. It started not from an imagined society but from the world as it actually exists. But conservatives now champion ideas drawn from abstract principles with little regard to the realities of America’s present or past. This is a tragedy, because conservatism has an important role to play in modernizing the U. S.
Consider the debates over the economy. The Republican prescription is to cut taxes and slash government spending, but what is the evidence that tax cuts are the best path to revive the U. S. economy Taxes as a percentage of GDP are at their lowest level since 1950. The U. S. is among the lowest taxed of the big industrial economies. So the case that America is grinding to a halt because of high taxation is not based on facts but is simply a theoretical assertion. The rich countries that are in the best shape right now, with strong growth and low unemployment, are ones like Germany
A. will send America on its way to economic recovery.
B. is based on a reasonable theoretical assertion.
C. will play an important role in modernizing America.
D. indicates that conservatives have lost touch with reality.

[填空题]The students from Peking University told me that the professors encouraged them to think independently instead of ______________________ (把他们自己的思想强加给) them.

[填空题]My father told me that he was considered too difficult a student (teach) （） when he was young.