Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ______ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

It is necessary that he_____ a quick decision.

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In the sentence "It's no use crying over spilt milk", the italicized phrase is

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A. but B. direct C. fluent D. surveys E. subtle F. answered G. dazzle H. abilities I. neglected J. takes K. language L. knowledge M. tracks N. flowing O. continuous Who hasn't wanted to master not just two languages but 10? Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be【C1】______ in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his【C2】______, and many left astonished. In Babel No More, Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and other linguistic geniuses. Early on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question should not be "How many languages do you know?" but rather "In how many languages do you live?" Understanding the【C3】______ cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 【C4】______ contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch doubts that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages. Fair enough,【C5】______ what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they pick up a new language, or eight? Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been【C6】______ by science. After all, we study extraordinary talents in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses? Erard【C7】______down Mezzofanti's papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one【C8】______ but not another. Most interestingly, he【C9】______ a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but so is a practical strategy. Those who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about sounding like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to【C10】______but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get lost.

The Copenhagen conference is looking to agree on a(n)______ that will be built on the current Kyoto Protocol.

She did her work ______ her manager had instructed.

A. little B. unanswered C. detect D. inevitably E. deep F. drop G. useless H. eventually I. effective J. address K. catch L. adds M. improve N. sufficient O. limited In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them【C1】______ died. Nearby, NATO naval forces were testing echo sounding devices meant to【C2】______ an enemy's submarines, and public knowledge of the deaths ultimately came to strengthen suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises. The theory is that the mammals seek to escape the roar of the【C3】______, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore. For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with【C4】______ success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have filed suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, including a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to【C5】______ its testing of underwater sound equipment. The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can decrease the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise【C6】______ another dimension to the debate. Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove【C7】______ in protecting whale hearing from these threats. But he characterized the finding as a work in progress that posed many【C8】______ questions. "A lot more work needs to be done," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild? It's a huge question." Even if whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would【C9】______ only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It's important to understand that it's【C10】______," he said of the proposed method. "It won't be a silver bullet."

Which of the following infinitives functions as an if-clause?

More often than not, it is difficult to ______ the exact meaning of a Chinese idiom in English.[1999]

Which of the following underlined parts indicates a predicate-object relation?

Mary was ______ to tears by their criticism.

The Olympic Games ______ in 776 B.C.in Olympia, a small town in Greece.

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For some time now, world leaders ______ out the necessity for agreement on arms reduction.

Britain has announced that it is to cancel about 200 million pounds' worth of debts【T1】______it by poorer Commonwealth countries. The International Development【T2】______ says the relief was being【T3】______ to countries committed to eliminating【T4】______ and pursuing good government This would include taking action against【T5】______. At the same time, Common Market【T6】______ ministers are meeting in Mauritius. Britain is expected to【T7】______a fresh【T8】______ on reducing the debts of the poorest countries. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has indicated that he plans to【T9】______ a scheme put forward last year by the International【T10】______ Fund, which has not yet provided any relief.

Your ways to solve this problem, ______, seem pretty effective.

It's high time we ______ cutting down the rainforests.