[单项选择]The prisoner of war wished to be ______. Ten years later, he ______ free and re-gained his
A. free; was set; free
B. freely; was set; freedom
C. free; set; freedom
D. free; was set; freedom

[单项选择]The prisoner of war wished to be ______. Ten years later, he ______ free and regained his ______.
A. free ; was set ; free
B. freely ; was set ; freedom
C. free ; set ; freedom
D. free ; was set ; freedom

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Thousands of years ago, ten of our very distant ancestors were hungry. They went out and picked berries or dug up roots to eat. Four of them chose poisonous food and died. The remaining six noticed that their food was safe to eat. They told their children, who, in turn, passed the message on to their descendants. In this way, habit became a vital factor in the survival of mankind: if you ate the right plant, you lived; if you wanted to make your own experiments, you would probably die.
The importance of habit on the survival of the human species is an interesting matter. Even today, most of us hesitate when we are invited to eat a new type of food or drink something we have not tasted before. Even if the food or drink is offered by a friend, we are usually not at all anxious to experiment and accept the offer.
When you get up tomorrow morning, notice which shoe or sock you put on first. Then notice which one you put on first on other days. You may discover that yo
A. Habit—A Barrier to Progress
B. The Survival of Mankind
C. Various Patterns of Human Behavior
D. We Are Creatures of Habit

[单项选择]It is who declared the Hundred Years’ War between England and France.
A. Edward III
B. Henry III
C. Edward II
D. Henry IV

[单项选择]While the Seven Years’ War resolved none of Europe’s______conflicts, so far as North America and the British Empire were concerned, the end of this immense conflict did______some of these internal problems.
A. economic… wrest
B. internecine… solve
C. foreign… ameliorate
D. domestic … exacerbate
E. martial … excoriate

[单项选择] We meets the challenge of globalization
Ten years ago, US bankers and brokers talked about globalization. Capital barriers would fall, there would be seamless 24 - hour trading across time zones and full - service institutions would serve farmers in Iowa to car workers in Osaka.What was the American view of globalization ten years ago
A. That it was a utopian idea, impossible to achieve.
B. They thought it would soon create a single world banking system.
C. Different areas of the world would still require different banks.
D. Difference in time around the world would still cause problems.

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For nearly ten years,the Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been the industry standard for visualizing,specifying,constructing,and documenting the(1)of a software-intensive system.As the(2)standard modeling language,the UML facilitates communication and reduces confusion among project(3).The recent standardization of UML 2.0 has further extended the language's scope and viability.Its inherent expressiveness allows users to(4)everything from enterprise information systems and distributed Web-based applications to real-time embedded systems. 　　
The UML is not limited to modeling software.In fact,it is expressive enough to model (5)systems,such as workflow in the legal system,the structure and behavior of a patient healthcare system,software engineering in aircraft combat systems,and the design of hardware. 　　
To understand the UML,you need to form a conceptual model of the language,and this requires learning three major elements:the UML's basic building blocks,the
A. model
B. code
C. test
D. modify

[单项选择]For nearly ten years, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been the industry standard for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the (106) of a software-intensive system. As the (107) standard modeling language, the UML facilitates communication and reduces confusion among project (108) The recent standardization of UML 2.0 has further extended the language’s scope and viability. Its inherent expressiveness allows users to (109) everything from enterprise information systems and distributed Web-based applications to real-time embedded systems. The UML is not limited to modeling software. In fact, it is expressive enough to model (110) systems, such as workflow in the legal system, the structure and behavior of a patient healthcare system, software engineering in aircraft combat systems, and the design of hardware. To understand the UML, you need to form a conceptual model of the language, and this requires learning three m
A. real
B. legal
C. de facto
D. illegal