With the _______ of making a fortune, many Chinese came to Australia in the 19 th century to wash sand for gold.

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• 1Though these dresses are low in quality, they may ____ to women who don't want to spend much on clothes.

  A.refer

  B.adjust

  C.apply

  D.appeal

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• 2It is not difficult to ______ Mr. Huang from among a crowd because he is above average height.

  A.leave out

  B.pick out

  C.run into

  D.look into

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• 3Boys in early adolescence are not _________ to the cinema because the film is not suitable for them.

  A.permitted

  B.accepted

  C.admitted

  D.forbidden

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• 4The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is partly designed to arouse people's ________ in Chinese.

  A.response

  B.enthusiasm

  C.significance

  D.consequence

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• 5You have made a few pronunciation mistakes in your oral exam, but ______ , it is fairly good.

  A.above all

  B.generally speaking

  C.on the whole

  D.on one hand

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• 6The rich man was unwilling to offer any help, which greatly ______ all the people present .

  A.settled

  B.upset

  C.suffered

  D.disagreed

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• 7The thing that _______ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.

  A.matters

  B.cares

  C.considers

  D.minds

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• 8Nowadays, few people develop the habit of keeping a supply of oil-lamps in the house in case of power _______.     

  A.lack

  B.absence

  C.failure

  D.drop

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• 9--Today's game was pretty disappointing. --Yeah. I thought the score would be at least 2∶1, but it ended ________ a draw.

  A.in

  B.by

  C.on

  D.to

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• 10More consumers are waiting for the further drop of housing prices with money in their hands _______ buying houses, according to a report.

  A.no better than

  B.little more than

  C.other than

  D.rather than

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