超星 - Exercise A - 查题吧

单选题

A new manager was brought in to revive the moribund business.

A. old-fashioned
B. operating ineffectively
C. start-up
D. promising

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Silver, copper, and brass need to be polished frequently to prevent them from tarnishing.

A. discolouring
B. wearing out
C. losing value
D. brightening

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After she spent a day with screaming children, her nerves were completely frayed.

A. less tired
B. dissatisfied
C. frightened
D. worn out

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The film The Lion King really clicks with the public.

A. becomes friendly with
B. becomes popular with
C. becomes hostile with
D. becomes familiar with

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Luckily he found her parents very affable.

A. rude
B. ruthless
C. well educated
D. easy to talk to

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He'd got very annoyed about it, and it took all her tact to soothe him down.

A. calm
B. break
C. lay
D. settle

单选题

The talks broke off without any solution being reached.

A. went into different directions
B. finished gradually
C. ended suddenly
D. changed suddenly

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She was granted tenure after six years' working at Harvard.

A. the right of holding a job
B. retirement pay
C. professorship
D. permanent residence

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These are the new ways to tap the skills of young people.

A. obtain
B. strike
C. develop
D. remove

单选题

The project became so expensive that we had to pull out.

A. cancel
B. withdraw
C. revise
D. stop

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