[单项选择]Coins are to be put into 7 pockets so that each pocket contains at least one coin. At most 3 of the pockets are to contain the same number of coins, and no two of the remaining pockets are tO contain an equal number of coins. What is the least possible number of coins needed for the pockets ？（）
A. 7
B. 13
C. 17
D. 22
E. 28

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[听力原文]
W: Why do you think Harry Potter is so popular these years
M: Because there are not many good children’s books available.

What does the man mean （）
A. He thinks children can be satisfied easily.
B. He thinks the publishers shouldn’t produce so many junk books.
C. He thinks we are short of good children’s books.
D. He thinks children have no taste at all.

[单项选择]Tom has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to （　） all his trousers to his measures.
A. let out
B. give away
C. bring in
D. make up

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To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun.
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, was back in the eleventh century B.C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high offices.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against rain were the ancient
A. Chinese
B. Romans
C. Greeks
D. Egyptians

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To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun.
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, was back in the eleventh century B. C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high offices.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against rain were the ancient
A. protection against rain
B. a shade against the sun
C. a symbol of power
D. a symbol of honor

[填空题]He talked so much during the match that he put me off my game.
A. A．看球赛中他说的太多，使我没有看清楚比赛。
B．打球时他说的太多，使我几乎输掉了比赛。
C．看球赛时他说的太多，使我不能专心地看比赛。
D．球赛时他说的太多，总是让我从球赛上分心。

[单项选择] To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. It was first used as a shade against the sun. Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, way back in the eleventh century B.C. We know that the umbrella was also used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use; it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East In ancient times, the umbrella was allowed-to be used only by royal people or by those in high office. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrellas as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella pract
A. in European in the eighteenth century
B. in ancient Egypt and Babylon
C. in the Far East in ancient times
D. during the Middle Ages