（ ）several times, they need some encouragement.
A.Being failed B.Having failed C.To fail D.To be failed
The magician picked out several people（ ）from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.
A.by accident B.on occasion C.at random D.on average
When PH.D. candidates（ ）their impending professorships, they consider housing benefits offered by the prospective university.
A.anticipate B.assume C.apply D.demand
Though the number of the upper class is a mere one third of the population, they make up at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two parts: upper-upper and lower-upper.（1）, the upper-upper class is the “old rich”—families that have been wealthy for several generations—a nobility of（2）and wealth. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, and the Vanderbilts. Most are not（3）to the general public. They have no（4）to the rest of the community,（5）their income from the investment of their inherited wealth. By（6）, the lower-upper class is the “new rich”. （7）they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich have been（8）to make their money like（9）else beneath their class.（10）their status is generally（11）than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who（12）to look down upon the new rich. However its wealth is（13）, the upper class is very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to（14）an interest in the arts and to（15）rare books and paintings. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind, all of which keeps them so（16）from the masses that they have been called the out-of-sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be（17）of being members of a class. They also（18）an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they（19）many top government positions. Their actions（20）the lives of millions.
A.Consequently B.Accordingly C.Regularly D.Basically
问题2：
A.beginning B.birth C.infancy D.foundation
问题3：
A.visible B.noticeable C.obvious D.apparent
问题4：
A.contact B.association C.communication D.relation
问题5：
A.pulling B.abstracting C.drawing D.making
问题6：
A.comparison B.contrast C.contrary D.difference
问题7：
A.Although B.Because C.Therefore D.However
问题8：
A.greedy B.indifferent C.sympathetic D.depressed
问题9：
A.nobody B.everybody C.somebody D.anybody
问题10：
A.Then B.But C.Thus D.Whereas
问题11：
A.superior B.inferior C.higher D.lower
问题12：
A.want B.select C.hate D.tend
问题13：
A.retained B.benefited C.acquired D.rewarded
问题14：
A.reproduce B.yield C.cultivate D.rear
问题15：
A.collect B.gather C.assemble D.accumulate
问题16：
A.distant B.far C.separate D.remote
问题17：
A.doubtful B.conscious C.sensitive D.sensible
问题18：
A.demand B.control C.direct D.command
问题19：
A.seize B.abuse C.hold D.sustain
问题20：
A.attract B.affect C.effect D.incline
国画(Chinese painting)是世界上最古老的艺术传统之一。绘画时用毛笔蘸黑墨或彩墨在纸张或丝绸上作画。根据表现手法，国画可分为写意派(the Xieyi School)和工笔派(the Gongbi School)两大类。写意派以自由表达和形式夸张为特点；工笔派则注重以精细的笔法描绘细节。山水画被公认为国画的最高形式。纵观历史，不同时期的国画都相应地反映出人们的社会意识。
The cultural department is trying to help these performing enterprises out of the（ ）by various means.
A.delight B.twilight C.flight D.plight