In the cave they found the very book, the cover of _______was torn.

A.which  B.what  C.that  D.whose

With that trust ____ to serve all Americans and I will do my best to fulfill that duty every day as your President.

A.coming a duty  B. which comes a duty  C. comes a duty   D. a duty came

____I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.

A.     Much as  B.Only if  C.If only  D.as much

Having checked the doors were closed, and _____all the lights were off, the boy opened the door to his bedroom.

A.     why  B. that   C. when  D. where

------It was fine yesterday.

-------________.And very day for fishing,isn’t it?

A.     So it was  B.So it is  C.So was it  D.So is  it

There are many thoughts on the origins of civilization. One of the major factors involved was the increase in population. The development of techniques, primarily irrigation and flood control, which permitted agriculture in special areas such as the flood plain of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made possible the support of large population. Once populations reach a certain number, the older pattern of social organization breaks down and new ones develop. Specifically the older system, whereby each individual participated in food production and maintained a similar standard of living and whereby kinship(家屬關系) served as the basic method of social organization, was replaced by the occupational division of labor, political and religious hierarchies(等級制度), public works such as road and public building construction, class systems, codes of law, markets, new forms of warfare, and urban centres. Allied with these important sociological traits are material traits, such as monumental architecture and the development of science and, in many cases, metallurgy(冶金學) and writing sustems.

The earliest civilization, Sumer, developed in the Middle East. This was the Bronze Age of the Old World, during which people first developed the art of metallurgy, civilization also arose in other parts of the Old World, first in Eygpt, China, and India, and later in Europe and Africa. At this time, civilization also developed independently in the New World, in the Mexican area and in Peru and its adjacent(鄰近的) areas.

In the Old World the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age, which saw the rise and fall of great empires and the shift of power from the Middle East to Greece and Rome and then to Western Europe. In the 1700s the Industrial Age began, leading directly to the modern civilization of today.

46. The author of this passage __________________________________.

   A. gives a comparison between ancient civilization and modern civilization

   B. suggests that population increase is most important in the development of civilization

   C. tries to explain how civilization developed in human history

   D. explore the relation between agriculture and industry

47. According to the first paragraph, the increase in population _____________________.

   A. resulted in the development of agricultural technology

   B. resulted from the breakdown of old social organization

   C. caused the occupational division of labor

   D. was impossible without the development of agriculture

48. The word “traits” in Paragraph One most likely means ___________________________.

   A. main appearances                    B. great achievements

   C. distinguishing features                D. outstanding successes

49. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. The Bronze Age is one of the earliest civilizations.

   B. The Industrial Age started in the Middle East.

   C. The Bronze Age developed into the Iron Age.

   D. The use of metal instruments started from the Bronze Age.

50. Which of the following is NOT included in the expression “the Old World” used in the passage?

   A. American continent.                  B. Both Western and Eastern Europe.

   C. African continent.                    D. Asian countries.

He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons _____ from his coat.

       A. loosing       B. losing        C. off       D. missing

As far as I am concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, _______.

A. the more for life are you equipped

B. the more equipped for life you are

C. the more life you are equipped for

D. you are equipped the more for life

The two boys look _______ much alike _______ no one can tell them apart.

A. so; that      B. so; and

C. as; that      D. such; that

It wasn’t long _______ the two daughters of President Obama got used to the life in the White House

A that            B before            C until        D and