______I might, I couldn‘t open the door.




A.However hard
B.As try
C.Try as
D.No matter

The passage is intended to present________




A.a contrast between Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
B.a description of cartoons of all kinds the world over
C.an outline of Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
D.an opinion about how cartoons entertain people

Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one ( 2.5 points )
I lent my car to that man.




A.That’s the man that I lent my car to.
B.That’s the man whom I lent my car to.
C.That’s the man who I lent my car to.
D.That’s the man whose I lent my car to.

________(10)




A.older
B.young
C.younger
D.old

_________(7)




A.dangerously
B.danger
C.dangerous
D.safe

__________(2)




A.of
B.about
C.with
D.to

What can be inferred about the Dutch government?




A.It is going to invest more in waterways.
B.It has invested in water transport.
C.It has made great efforts to recycle flood water.
D.It has placed a stress on protecting the country from floods.

What do the Dutch do today to strengthen their system of barriers?




A.They rearrange barriers in 1 line.
B.They build houses on high lands.
C.They build more water-processing works.
D.They rebuild the existing system.

What can be inferred about people living in Netherlands?




A.They constantly suffer serious damages caused by floods.
B.They build their houses where floods can’t touch.
C.They are used to living with floods.
D.Flood becomes their big concern.

Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish-speaking countries.




A.A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish.
B.The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent.
C.A small minority of the students in the class are Hispanic.
D.Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish.