The underlined phrase "picking up" (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to _______.

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• 1The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to _______.

  A.test the readers' knowledge about waves

  B.draw the readers' attention to the topic

  C.show Jamie Taylor's importance

  D.invite the readers to answer them

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• 2Which of the following can be the best title for the passage、

  A.Leadership Is of Skills and Techniques

  B.Leadership Is Very Important

  C.Not Many Can Be Leaders

  D.How to Be a Leader

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• 3To be a good leader, you should _______.

  A.not be afraid of any risks

  B.think twice before taking risks

  C.try to avoid any possible failures

  D.know what a thoughtless exercise is

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• 4The part Always give credit tells us that a leader should _______.

  A.give helpful criticism

  B.regard others as real heroes

  C.praise people for their good performances

  D.praise everyone

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• 5The underlined word "cultivated" (paragraph 1) roughly means _______.

  A.encouraged

  B.compared

  C.examined

  D.developed

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• 6We can make better use of wave energy if we _______.

  A.shorten its journey to thousands of homes

  B.build more small power stations on the oceans

  C.reduce the cost of turning it into electric power

  D.quicken the steps of producing electricity

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• 7It can be inferred that some day we might not worry about ________.

  A.air pollution

  B.our boat traffic

  C.our power supply

  D.our supply of sea fish

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• 8The joke in Paragraph 2 implies that the young woman _______.

  A.has been waiting in the queue for a long time

  B.doesn't need to stand in the queue

  C.enjoys standing in the queue

  D.has stood in the wrong line

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• 9According to the passage, which of the following is true、

  A.The British spend more time queuing than looking for lost things.

  B.The Americans criticized the British for their way of queuing.

  C.The British are always patient when they wait in line.

  D.People queue only when they want to buy something.

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• 10The British try to solve the problem of queuing by all the following EXCEPT _______.

  A.making a law to prevent queuing

  B.telling the customers the waiting time

  C.using numbered tickets to put the customers in order

  D.checking the price of the goods customers buy with a scanner

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