[单项选择]The ex-president had been （）in the country to refresh his mind before he passed away.
A. given to walking
B. given a walk
C. given for a walk
D. giving a walk

[单项选择]The ex-president had been（）in the country to refresh his mind before he passed away．
A. given to walking
B. given a walk
C. given for a walk
D. giving a walk

[单项选择]Where had Mary been

[单项选择]Our country had made great efforts to promote the family-planning policy, but （　） the birth rate is getting higher and higher.
A. as it were
B. as it is
C. as it was
D. as is it

[单项选择]Which part of the country has been buried in snow（　）.
A. Northeastern states.
B. Southeastern states.
C. Northwestern states.
D. Southwestern states.

[单项选择]Three days later, word came （　） our country had sent up another man-made satellite.
A. when
B. which
C. that
D. where

[单项选择]The economic reform in that country has been (accelerated).
A. speeded up
B. put off
C. slowed down
D. stopped

[单项选择]Lewis had to travel by bus (as) his car (had been damaged) in an accident some days (before) and he (was failed) to get it repaired.
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

[单项选择]

Americans had always been preoccupied with reforming their society, with "making it over," and between the 1890s and the end of the First World War, the reform spirit intensified. More and more people tried to address the problem of their time directly, to impose order on a confusing world, and, especially, to create a conflict-free society. Their efforts, inspired by a complicated mixture of calculated self-interest and unselfish benevolence, helped what can be called the Progressive era. The urge for reform had many sources. Industrialization had brought unprecedented productivity, awesome technology, and plenty of consumer goods. But it had also included labor struggle, waste of natural resources, and abuse of corporate power. Rapidly growing cities facilitated the accumulation and distribution of goods, services, and cultural amenities but also magnified problems of poverty, disease, crime, and political corruption. Massive inflows of immigrants and the rise of a ne
A. the reasons for the Progressive Movement
B. the problems that American society faced between the 1890s and the end of World War I
C. the causes and contents of the Progressive reform
D. the belief that Americans possessed in their society

[简答题]It had been so frustrating that I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship , but I didn’t. (Passage Four)