Everything seemed to have become a weapon of war. Our enemies had (1) the most familiar objects (2) us, turned shaving kits into holsters and airplanes (3) missiles and soccer coaches and newlyweds into involuntary suicide bombers. So it was (4) the President and his generals to plot the response.That is because we are (5) one enemy but two: one unseen, the other inside. Terror on this scale (6) to wreck the way we live our lives-make us flinch when a siren sounds, (7) when a door slams and think twice before deciding (8) we really have to take a plane. If we falter, they win, (9) they never plant another bomb. So after the early helplessness, what can I do I’ve already given blood-people started to realize that (10) they could do was exactly, as precisely as possible, (11) they would have done if all this (12) .That was the spirit (13) in New York and Washington and all across the country, faith and fear and resolve in a tight braid. Because the killers who hate us did the (14) , nothing is unthinkable now. A plume of grill smoke venting from a Manhattan steak house (15) the evacuation of midtown office towers. After the Pentagon (16) , generals called their families and told them (17) the water, it could be poisoned. Sales of guns and gas masks spiked. The National Football League (18) its games for the first time ever; bomb scares emptied 90 sites on Thursday in New York City (19) . People wore sneakers with their suits (20) they had to fly fast down the stairs. Read the following text Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.19()
A. only
B. just
C. merely
D. alone
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M: Hello.W: Hello, DadM: Yes... Alice! How are you Is there anything wrongW: Oh, no. I just wanted to call and see how you and Mom were. It’ s been quite a while since I saw you last time.M: Oh, we’ re both fine. Your mother is down at the new shopping center shopping.W: For a new dressM: No, for shoes this time, I think. How’ s JackW: He’s fine. He likes his work and was given a raise last month by Mr. Davis. We were all pretty pleased about that.M: Yes, I think you should be. And how are the childrenW: Well, Billy’ s back home from school today. It’ s nothing serious, just a bad cold. And it’ s his birthday, too!M: Oh, I thought his birthday was May 24th.W: No, the twenty-third.M: Well, that’ s too bad. Tell him we’ 11 send him a present.W: All right. Sally’ s still taking dancing lessons.M: She must be pretty good by now. I’ d like to see her sometime. And how is TedW: He’ s OK, too. He loves working on cars and has a part time job at the garage now.M: Well, it’ s certainly good to hear your voice. When are you coming for a visitW: Not for a few months, I’ m afraid. But I hope we can come for a few weeks this summer, probably in July.M: That would be nice. Call again soon.W: OK, Dad. Nice talking to you and glad everything’ s all right. Give Mom our love.M: All right. Good-bye.W: Good-bye, Dad. Who was Jack()
Alice’ s brother.
B. Alice’ s husband.
C. Alice’ s son.
D. Mr. Davis’ boss.
In the last three presidential elections, more women than men voted for ______.
Women earn more money than their counterparts of the opposite sex only in nursing.
W: This school is lucky to have a teacher as good as Prof. Helen Johnson.M: She is one in a million. What does the man mean()
A. Teachers like Professor Jonson are rare.
B. Professor Jonson has won a million dollars.
C. Professor Jonson is likely to be teaching at that school.
D. There are many teachers as good as Professor Jonson.