We expressed _____the missing child would be found alive.




A.the hope for
B.the hope which
C.as we hoped
D.the hope that

Sound:




A.occupation
B.occasion
C.shake
D.miraculous

_______(14)




A.effect
B.encourage
C.stimulate
D.affect

London_________an underground train system since the nineteeth century.




A.has
B.had
C.have had
D.has had

The government should do something to help_________.




A.the poors
B.the poor ones
C.poor
D.the poor

_________(28)




A.produce
B.product
C.production
D.productive

My house_________in 1986.




A.is built
B.was building
C.was built
D.has been built

Unless we are granted a visa soon, it will be too late for us to go to Belgium.




A.If we don’t want to miss our chance to go to Belgium, we should apply for a visa soon.
B.We will have to delay our trip to Belgium for a short time while we are waiting for a visa.
C.It is too late for us to go to Belgium, and any way we still haven’t been given a visa for the country.
D.We must be given a visa shortly; otherwise, our chance to go to Belgium will have been lost.

Why does the author mention the city of Philadelphia in line 9?




A.Its postal service was inadequate for its population.
B.It was commemorated by the first US postage stamp.
C.It was the largest city in the USA in 1847
D.It was the site of the first post office in the USA

Our civilization is so commonplace to us that rarely we stop to think about its complexity.




A.is so commonplace
B.that
C.we stop
D.its complexity