What is the author's main purpose in the passage?




A.To show how technology influenced basic science.
B.To describe the scientific base of nineteenth-century American industries.
C.To correct misunderstandings about the connections between science, technology, and industry.
D.To argue that basic science has no practical application.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We should never have quarreled like that. Let's bury the _______ and forget all about it.




A.axe
B.argument
C.hatchet
D.subject

“Don’t make so much noise, Peter.” said Carol




A.Carol told Peter not to make so much noise.
B.Carol told Peter not make so much noise.
C.Carol told Peter not making so much noise.
D.Carol told Peter not to making so much noise.

Every year, smoking causes about one million____________.




A.cancer patients
B.killing diseases
C.early deaths
D.injured men

________(27)




A.start
B.starts
C.was starting
D.started

I think I prefer country life more than city life.




A.I think
B.country life
C.more than
D.city life

When my father was young, he________get up early to do the gardening.




A.was used to
B.use to
C.got used to
D.used to

I suggest________________a picnic on the weekend.
to have




A.to have
B.having
C.had
D.have

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If she hadn't lost her job last year, she ________ all of her debt.




A.can pay
B.will pay
C.could pay
D.could have paid

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many of the _______ paintings were robbed from the museum last night.




A.valueless
B.worthless
C.unvaluable
D.invaluable