[简答题]Why may some people be reluctant to take credit for their own success

[单项选择]Some readers may find it （） that a book arguing for greater literacy and intellectual discipline should lead to a call for less rather than more education.
A. appealing
B. controversial
C. paradoxical
D. ambiguous

[判断题]Some children may still have to take an exam called "eleven-plus" nowadays.

[填空题]

Here are little cars that may some day take the place of today’s cars. If everyone drives such a car in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more parking spaces in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three such Cars fit in the space now needed for one Car of the usual size. The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too, as these little cars can go only 55 miles per hour. The Cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips.

What is the passage talking about （）

[单项选择]Why may chocolate help people prevent heart disease
A. Because it contains little fat.
B. Because it contains flavonoids.
C. Because it is so tasty.
D. Because it contains lots of vitamin.

[单项选择]Why may people not follow closely the traffic laws in small towns [A] Because the streets are not crowded. [B] Because people don’t like the laws. [C] Because cars take care of the people.

[单项选择]Why may it happen in the future that people working in Europe will have to pay much higher taxes（　）.
A. Because more and more children will be given birth.
B. Because they will earn more money.
C. Because they will have higher living standards.
D. Because the number of retired people will become even larger.

[简答题]Some larger tomatoes may need at least a meter and a half ______.

[单项选择]The director had her assistant （） some hot dogs for the staff members.
A. picked up
B. picks up
C. pick up
D. picking up

[填空题]Some farmers may replant corn. Others may (47) corn with soybeans (大豆). What farmers do now depends partly on the (48) of damage to the land. Floodwaters in some areas may contain industrial waste or other (49) substances.
What the weather does during the rest of the growing season will also be very (50) . Rain delay has (51) soybean planting behind the five-year average in twelve of eighteen major soybean-producing states. Other crops including wheat, rice and oats have also (52) .
In Burlington, Iowa, as many as fifty trains normally pass through the city every day, (53) carrying coal or passengers. But Burlington is quiet now until water is off the rails and workers can inspect for damage. City Manager Doug Worden says Burlington took steps to prevent (54) property damage after the record floods of fifteen years ago.
While the Midwest (55) with recent flooding, the n