[单项选择]Every good story is carefully ______ ; the elements of the story reduced to fit with one another in order to make an effect on the reader.
A. emphasized
B. selected
C. planned
D. examined

[单项选择]Every good story is carefully ______ ; the elements of the story reduced to fit with one another in order to make an effect on the reader.
A. emphasized
B. selected
C. planned
D. examined

[单项选择] Every street had a story, every building a memory. Those blessed with wonderful childhoods can drive the streets of their hometowns and happily roll back the years. The rest are pulled home by duty and leave as soon as possible. After Ray Atlee had been in Clanton (his hometown) for fifteen minutes he was anxious to get out. The town had changed, but then it hadn’’t. On the highways leading in, the cheap metal buildings and mobile homes were gathering as tightly as possible next to the roads for maximum visibility. This town had no zoning whatsoever. A landowner could build anything with no permit, no inspection, no notice to adjoining landowners, nothing. Only hog farms and nuclear reactors required approvals and paperwork. The result was a slash-and-build clutter that got uglier by the year. But in the older sections, nearer the square, the town had not changed at all. The long shaded streets were as clean and neat as when Ray roamed them on his bike. Most of the houses
A. Ray cherished his childhood memories.
B. Ray had something urgent to take care of.
C. Ray may not have a happy childhood.
D. Ray cannot remember his childhood days.

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M: Running slowly every day is good for our health.
W: That’s right.

What does the woman mean （）
A. She doesn’t agree with the man.
B. She agrees with the man.
C. She usually does some running.
D. She seldom does any running.

[单项选择]Every object tells a story. Even the most ordinary objects can present to us powerful images. Sometimes it is the ordinary nature of these objects that actually makes them so extraordinary. Such is the case with an old leather shoe in a museum in Alaska. At first glance it does not look like much. It is a woman’s shoe of a style popular in the 1890s. But what is unique about this shoe is where it was found. It was discovered on the Checkout Pass, the famous trail used by the people seeking gold in Alaska. Who it belonged to or why it was left there is not known. Was it perhaps dropped by accident as the woman climbed up the 1500 stairs carved outface Or did she throw away goods that she didn’t need in order to travel lighter
Over 100000 people with "gold fever" made this trip hoping to become millionaires. Few of them understood that on their way they would have to cross a harsh wildness. Unprepared for such a dangerous journey, many died of starvation and exposure to the cold wea
A. it was an important clue to life in the past
B. it was found on a famous trail
C. it at one time belonged to a VIP
D. it was a fashionable shoe at that time

[单项选择]The teacher told us ______ the story carefully.
A. read
B. to read
C. reading