A.an end B.a saying C.a joke D.a pause
A.an end
B.a saying
C.a joke
D.a pause
A.an end
B.a saying
C.a joke
D.a pause
The former governor withdrew from political life and as ______ he was soon forgotten.
A.an end
B.a result
C.an outcome
D.an event
John withdrew from political life and as ______ he was soon forgotten.
A.an end
B.a result
C.an outcome
D.an event
A stored-program computer has ______.
A.an adding machine
B.a brain
C.a finger
D.a memory
This passage is most probably part of ______.
A.an ethnic study
B.a newspaper article
C.a government report
D.a research report
What is Dignitas?
A.An assisted suicide organization.
B.A travel agency.
C.A hospital.
D.A police station.
A.an inspiring dream
B.a new home
C.an encounter with a strange beast
D.a valiant deed
Well, let's put our heads together and find ______ to the problem.
A.an answer
B.a way
C.a solution
D.a method
Though pinioned swans generally seem happy, under proper care, by hatching and rearing their young without any trouble, at migration time things become different: they repeatedly swim to the lee side of the pond, in order to have the whole extent of its surface at their disposal, trying to take off. Again and again the grand preparations end in a pathetic flutter of their half wings; a truly sorry picture!
This, however, rarely awakens the pity of the zoo visitor, least of all when such an originally highly intelligent and mentally alert animal has deteriorated, in confinement, into a crazy idiot, a very caricature of its former self. Sentimental old ladies, the fanatical sponsors of the societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have no compunction in keeping a grey parrot in a relatively small cage or even chained to a perch. Together with the large corvines, the parrots are probably the only birds which suffer from that state of mind, common to prisoners, namely, boredom.
What is an "outlet" in the context of this passage?
A.An opportunity for expression.
B.A place to let.
C.A chance of escape into a wood.
D.An exit for a marketer.
Not enough tourism can lead to ______.
A.an increase of unemployment
B.a decrease in tourist attraction
C.the higher cost of support facilities
D.a rise in price and a fall in pay