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91. Don’t count your _____ before they are hatched.(prov.)

A.eggs

B.chickens

C.hens

D.Birds

 

【答案】

B

【解析】略

 

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3.                A.only           B.lonely          C.simply    D.alone

 

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6.                A.worriedly       B.shyly           C.quietly   D.directly

 

7.                A.go             B.get            C.enter    D.attend

 

8.                A.worse          B.better          C.the best D.the worst

 

9.                A.encouraged     B.determined      C.fixed     D.fascinated

 

10.               A.covered        B.enclosed        C.dropped   D.buried

 

11.               A.the affair       B.the matter      C.matter    D.the wrong

 

12.               A.ever           B.even           C.once D.never

 

13.               A.far more        B.much less       C.much fewer    D.many more

 

14.               A.should         B.must           C.can   D.may

 

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18.               A.anything        B.nothing         C.something D.everything

 

19.               A.prize           B.medal          C.scholarship     D.position

 

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