[单项选择]Had the explosion broken out, the passengers in the plane should have been killed, for it was （）timed with the plane’s take-off.
A. spontaneously
B. instantaneously
C. simultaneously
D. conscientiously

[单项选择]Had the explosion broken out, the passengers in the plane should have been killed, for it was （） timed with the plane’s take-off.
A. spontaneously
B. instantaneously
C. simultaneously
D. conscientiously

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[单项选择]Every other week it seems a new study comes out that adds to our already-formidable store of parental worries. But even by those upgraded standards, the report issued last week by the federal government’s National Center for Health Statistics contained a jaw-dropper: the parents of nearly one of every five boys in the United States were concerned enough about what they saw as their sons’ emotional or behavioral problems that they consulted a doctor or a healthcare professional. By comparison, about one out of 10 parents of girls reported these kinds of problems.
The report confirms what many of us have been observing for some time now: that lots of school-age boys are struggling. And, parents are intensely worded about them.
What is bothering our sons Some experts suggest we are witnessing an epidemic of ADD (attention deficit disorder) and say boys need more treatment. Others say that environmental pollutants found in plastics, among other things, may be eroding their attent
A. The potential physical problems of the kids.
B. The higher standard set by the federal government.
C. A study coming out every other week.
D. Their children’s emotional or behavioral problems.

[单项选择]The man to whom we handed the forms pointed out that they had not been （）filled in.
A. consequently
B. frequently
C. comprehensively
D. properly

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You probably won’t be shocked to find out that the inventor of tire rubber is Charles Goodyear, as he’s the only guy on the list to actually get his name attached to the end product. (46) It wasn’t easy coming up with a form of rubber tough enough to withstand the drag racing and car chases everyone envisioned the day the automobile was invented. In fact, if there was one man who should have given up his life dream, it was Goodyear. (47)The man spent time in and out of prison, lost every friend he had and starved his children in his tireless pursuit of a stronger form of rubber.
(48) After his first two years of tinkering and failing with primitive rubber in the 1830s, Goodyear and his family were camping out in an abandoned factory and fishing for sustenance. This is when he made a huge breakthrough: He’d use acid to smooth out and toughen rubber! The government bought 150 mailbags made of the stuff and the rest is...