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The climate of Asia can ______ be spoken of as a whole because Asia is too large．

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A．hardly　　　B．nearly　　　C．easily　　　D．mostly

People who wanted to enter the USA had to go through a number of ______ and physical tests.

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A. medicine　　 B. mental 　　 C. practical　　D. driving

The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian ____ in 1524.

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A. visitor　　 B. tourist 　　 C. scientist　　D. explorer

Bison used to exist in huge _________ on the plains of America. 

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A. members　　B. groups　　 C. numbers　　D. classes

The new citizens of America came from all _____ of the earth.

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A. corners   B. sides   C. ways   D. lands

It is ________ we will visit your country this coming October.

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Mary was engaged ________ an engineer .

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People think ________ him for he has always done his best to help others in time of need .

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The cotton ________ soft.

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Listen! How sad the music ________.

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