Sixty people were _______ from the burning ship, but a great many more were drowned when it sank.

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• 1David's effort was ______, because he won the first prize in the English speech contest, _____ made his classmates surprised.                                           

  A.paid off; which

  B.paid back; it

  C.paid for; that

  D.paid up; he

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• 2—Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week． —Sorry, sir, but I was_____ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam．

  A.held up

  B.put up

  C.taken up

  D.given up

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• 3Try not to start every sentence with “the”. _____ the beginnings of your sentences.

  A.Vary

  B.Decorate

  C.Form

  D.Describe

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• 4April 30 , 2010 witnessed the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo, which has greatly _______ China's status in the world．

  A.enlarged

  B.inspired

  C.promoted

  D.encouraged

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• 5. Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可，准许).

  A.release

  B.discard

  C.relieve

  D.retain

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• 6The mayor of Zhuanghe City was ordered to resign because of his refusal to ________ when more than 1000 villagers got down on their knees before the city government office building, begging for his help.

  A.break up

  B.link up

  C.fill up

  D.show up

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• 7Wage increases to a certain level will probably help to ______ the average consumers from the effects of higher prices.

  A.cushion

  B.reduce

  C.prevent

  D.remove

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• 8Tom hasn't arrived yet. What can have ___________ to him?

  A.come about

  B.taken place

  C.broken out

  D.happened

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