[单项选择]The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (was) founded in 1878 (and by) 1881 (had become)the (most largest) evening newspaper in the city.
A. was
B. and by
C. had become
D. most largest

[单项选择]When was Belfast founded
A. In 1177.
B. In 1315.
C. In the 16th century.
D. In the 17th century.

[单项选择]This company was founded
A. in Turnbull in 1846.
B. in Leith in 1969.
C. in Leith in 1846.

[单项选择]When was the college founded
A. 1990.
B. 1925.
C. 1952.
D. 1950.

[单项选择]When did Louis Braille live

[填空题]American Jazz Musician Louis Armstrong
Armstrong was born in New Orleans. He was so poor during his childhood that sometimes (1) garbage cans for supper.
Ⅰ. The spirit of Armstrong’s world not (2) by:
1) the (3) of poverty and
2) the dangers of wild living.
Ⅱ. Armstrong’s life before 1920s:
1) Armstrong’s dancing for pennies and (4) for his supper with a strolling quartet of other kids.
2) Having his dreams like other American boys, regardless of his point of social (5) .
3) The places he played and the people he knew were sweet and (6) at one end of the spectrum and rough at the other.
4) Experiences, pomp, humor, erotic charisma, grief, majesty, the profoundly gruesome and monumentally spiritual came into his (7) .
Ⅲ. Armstrong’s life from 1920 on:
1) Armstrong would be angry if

[单项选择]Palenque was founded three centuries ago by runaway slaves in the jungle of Colombia. On the surface, it (62) any other impoverished Colombian village. But when adults here speak with one another, their language draws (63) from as far away as Africa. This (64) speech is known as Palenquero. Theories about its (65) vary, but one thing is certain: It (66) for centuries in this small community, which is now struggling to keep it from (67) .
The survival of Palenquero (68) San Basilio de Palenque, part of whose (69) name is the Spanish word for a fortified village of runaway slaves. Different from other villages that were conquered, this community has successfully (70) threats to its existence to this day.
(71) for keeping it live face an uphill struggle. The isolation that one (72) the language from the outside world has come to an end. But people say the
A. chance
B. prospect
C. inclined to
D. subject to