从所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案

I was about to leave my house ________ the phone rang．

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A．after　　　B．as　　　C．when　　　D．while

从所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案

I was about to leave for my office ______ I remembered it was Sunday．

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A．while　　　B．when　　　C．but　　　D．as

从所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案

It was about 600 years ago ________ the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made．

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A．that　　　B．when　　　C．before　　　D．until

从所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案

A．Shooting is very exciting．

B．Both of them are exciting．

C．Neither of them is mine．

D．I think they are not sold in shops．

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Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, _1__ one of America’s most famous artists did just that. Anna Mary Robertson, better known as “Grandma Moses”, turned to painting _2__ she was too old to work on her farm.

Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it. She painted _3___ (care) and her works were nice. She first painted only to please _4__, and then began to sell her works _5_a little money. In 1993, a collector, Louis Caldor, happened to see several of Grandma Moses’ works _6_ (hang) in a shop. He liked them, __7___(buy) them at once, and set out to look for _8___. Caldor held __9__ show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to other artists. Grandma Moses, _10__ was world-famous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.