______ the best efforts of the desperate mother, the powerless baby elephant seemed to have no hope of escaping, until a team of conservation workers rushed to help.

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• 1What will we do when all the oil in the world has ________ ?

  A.run out of

  B.been given out

  C.been used up

  D.given off

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• 2How did the movie finally ______? I couldn't wait to see the ending.

  A.come across

  B.come out

  C.come upon

  D.come up with

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• 3I'm preparing the report for tomorrow's meeting. Would you please _____ the radio a little?

  A.turn on

  B.turn off

  C.turn up

  D.turn down

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• 4The light ________ and the room became complete dark.

  A.put out

  B.went on

  C.put off

  D.went out

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• 5In a way, Pompeii is like a time capsule ____________ a frozen moment in history.

  A.protecting

  B.preserving

  C.preventing

  D.protesting

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• 6Many beautiful fish are disappearing ____________ the severe(严重的) pollution.

  A.because of

  B.because

  C.so

  D.thanks of

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• 7Berners-Lee ________ the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 while working in Switzerland.

  A.caught up with

  B.came up with

  C.looked forward to

  D.put off

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• 8According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to ________ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.

  A.differ

  B.increase

  C.develop

  D.decline

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• 9Young as he is, he _______every minute to reading the English newspaper.

  A.spends

  B.takes

  C.devotes

  D.picks

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• 10More attention must be paid ___________ the endangered animals.

  A.protect

  B.to protect

  C.to protecting

  D.protecting

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