They said they got married in 1999 and had been living there since then.




A.in 1999
B.had been living
C.then
D.got married

_______ the teacher’s criticism years ago, what would he be like now?




A.Notwithstanding
B.With
C.But for
D.In case

Are they _______ -grown guavas or did you buy them on the market?




A.domestic
B.homely
C.home
D.house

The word "take into account" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.




A.come into force
B.get into trouble
C.spring into action
D.take into connsideration

The author states that "There are no right or wrong answers" in order to _______.




A.emphasize that each person's answers will be different.
B.show that answering the questions is a long and difficult process.
C.indicate that the answers are not really important.
D.indicate that each person's answers may change over time.

The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to _______.




A.jobs
B.answers
C.features
D.questions

In the experiment in the passage, the psychologists discovered ________.




A.most students had lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years.
B.older students were unable to learn English.
C.young students learned English best
D.students who arrived late were worst of all.

Approximately, one in every three marriages in America today end in divorce.




A.Approximately
B.one in every
C.in America
D.end in

He has been studying for many years. He should have realized sooner that his grammar was incorrect.




A.He has been studying for many years to have soon realized that his grammar was incorrect.
B.He has been studying for many years that he should have realized sooner that his grammar was incorrect.
C.No sooner has he been studying for many years than he should have realized that his grammar was incorrect.
D.Though he has been studying for many years, he did not realize sooner that his grammar was incorrect.

What does the word" gazed" mean?




A.looked with admiration
B.angrily looked
C.glanced
D.started conversation