本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛1. ___ Madeline Albright was born in Czechoslovakia.
A. The first woman to hold the post of United States Secretary of
State was
B. Holding the post of United States Secretary of State was the first
woman
C. The first woman to hold the post of United States Secretary of
State,
D. The first woman holds the post of United States Secretary of State,

2. Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Pigs in Heaven is generally
considered
by critics ___ best literary achievements.
A. as one of her
B. that is her
C. to be one of her
D. was one of her

3. ___ inventions such as videos CD Rom and the internet, it has been
difficult for movie theatres to turn a profit since the early 1970s.
A. Since recent
B. Because of recent
C. Recent
D. The result of recent

4. The number (of) seats in the Senate (has) always equal to twice
the number of states, (thus) there are two senators (for) every state.

5. In 1860 the US was (fourth) in world (industrial) output, only
(rivaling) by traditional European superpowers (like) England.

6. (More than) most languages, English lends itself to compounding in
that (because) most of the words have only one form (regardless) of
how they (are used) in the sentence.

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The correct answers should be:

1. C (why not D?)
2. C (why not A?)
3. B (why not A?)
4. B (why "The number of seats" + "has" is wrong?)
5. C (shouldn't "fourth" to be "the fourth"?)
6. B (what's meaning of "More than most languages" in the sentence,
and "because" should be replaced by which one?)

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