单选题The earthquake happened in south Xinjiang on Feb. 24. This ______ killed 266 people.

单选题Three dinosaurs have already been found on the ______ site.

单选题The most ______ example of water pollution occurred in 1969, when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire and helped shock America into adopting the Clean Water Act.

单选题Bats (are able) (to guide them) by producing sound waves (too high) for us (to hear).

单选题"What do they eat in Hawaii?" ______ eat rice rather than potatoes."

单选题When my mother's health was failing, I was the 'bad' sister who lived far away and wasn't involved. My sister helped my parents. She never asked me to do anything, and I didn't 27 . I was widowed, raising kids and working, but that wasn't really why I kept to weekly calls and short, infrequent visits. I was 28 in my adolescent role as the aloof (超脱的) achiever, defending myself from my 29 mother and other family craziness. As always, I turned a deaf ear to my sister's criticisms about my not being around more—and I didn't hear her rising desperation. It wasn't until my mom's 30 , watching my dad and sister cling to each other and weep, that I got a hint of their long painful experience—and how badly I'd behaved. My sister was so furious, she 31 spoke to me during my father's last years. To be honest, I'm not a terrible person. So how did I get it so wrong? We hear a lot about the 32 of taking care of our graying population. But the big story beneath the surface is the psychological crisis among middle-aged siblings (兄弟姐妹) who are fighting toward issues involving their aging parents. According to a new survey, an estimated 43.5 million adults in the US are looking after an older 33 or friend. Of these, 43% said they did not feel they had a 34 in this role. And although 7 in 10 said another unpaid caregiver had 35 help in the past year, only 1 in 10 said the burden was split equally. As siblings who are often separated geographically and emotionally, we are having to come together to decide such 36 issues as where Mom and Dad should live and where they should be buried. 'It's like being put down with your siblings in the center of a nuclear reactor and being told, 'Figure it out,' 'says University of Colorado psychologist Sara Honn Quails. A. stuck B. funeral C. provided D. tough E. costs F. volunteer G. relative H. judgmental I. choice J. barely K. flung L. randomly M. noisy N. adapt O. attach

单选题The world-famous British Museum which houses a ______ collection of valuable books, paintings, works of arts, etc. attracts millions of visitors every year.

单选题 He was kept in appalling conditions in prison. The underlined part means ______.

单选题After a prolonged siege, the town was rendered up to the ______.

单选题The fire must have ______ after the staff had gone home.

单选题The little girl is just learning to walk and she's always ______ over.

单选题Some media sources utilize catchy but misleading headlines in order to______.

单选题There aren't many wild pandas __________ in the world today.

单选题One point Margherita makes about her job is that ______.

单选题If the cheek does not cover the full amount of your medical expense, mail the Medicare Explanation of Benefits (MEOB) to your carrier in order to receive ______ for the balance of your expense.

单选题There were many people present and he appeared only for a few seconds, so I only caught a______of him.

单选题I (didn"t mind) their coming (late) to the lecture, but I (objected) their making (so much noise).

单选题My brother likes country music, ______ I like pop music.