A.healthy
B.marathon
C.weather
D.thousand

______(10)




A.nature
B.natural
C.naturally
D.natured

_________(57)




A.gold mines
B.gold mining
C.gold miners
D.mining gold

A.gather
B.ethnic
C.there
D.although

The boy asked me what the rubber knife was used for.
He said, "................"




A.What was this rubber knife used for
B.What this rubber knife was used for
C.What is this rubber knife used for
D.What this rubber knife is used for

Why does the author mention Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?




A.They established New York’s first newspaper.
B.They published comic strips about the newspaper war.
C.Their comic strips are still published today.
D.They owned major competitive newspapers.

Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them.




A.They had a such fierce dog that nobody would visit them.
B.They had so fierce a dog that nobody would visit them.
C.They had a so fierce dog that nobody would visit them.
D.Their dog was too fierce to visit.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English.
The room was such dark that we could see nothing.




A.was
B.such
C.nothing
D.

I knew it was likely to rain. ............... , we decided to have a picnic. (However / Besides / Therefore)




A.However
B.Besides
C.Therefore
D.

Can't you finish your work................ we help you?




A.if
B.unless
C.as
D.because