____the financial means to remain independent, Thomas Edison was compelled to seek employment as a night telegraph operator.

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• 1In the 1850’s Harriet Beecher Stow’s“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”became the best seller of the generation____a host of imitators .

  A.inspiring

  B.inspired

  C.inspired by

  D.to inspire

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• 2____,Hong Kong acts as a gateway into and out of Taiwan .

  A.strategically located

  B.It is located strategically

  C.Where strategically located

  D.Because located strategically

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• 3She had said little so far, responding only briefly when____

  A.speaking

  B.spoken to

  C.spoken

  D.speaking to

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• 4She is 40, but I think she could____25 without much trouble.

  A.be passed for

  B.have been passed for

  C.pass for

  D.be passing for

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• 5The students are forbidden, unless they had special passes,____after 11 p. m. .

  A.staying out

  B.from staying out

  C.stay out

  D.to stay out

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• 6We were greatly encouraged by the news of China____another man-made satellite.

  A.to have launched

  B.to launch

  C.launched

  D.having launched

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• 7The man____this morning was my cousin.

  A.coming

  B.who came

  C.having come

  D.to come

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• 8Look at those doves flying across the sky in the strong sunlight. I wish I____a piece of cloud giving them cool shade.

  A.will

  B.am

  C.should be

  D.were

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• 9The city council ordered spitting____on the streets.

  A.was prohibited

  B.is prohibited

  C.be prohibited

  D.be prohibiting

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• 10It was suggested that a special committee of five members____to investigate the case.

  A.are appointed

  B.be appointed

  C.appointed

  D.would appoint

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