The beginning is the time when you are ___ to revise.
A.will
B.planned
C.meant
D.meaning
A.will
B.planned
C.meant
D.meaning
Why did the dollar rally at the beginning of the year?
A.It was the beginning of the year.
B.Traders' sentiment was changing greatly.
C.People thought that the US economy would recover and German interest rate would ease soon.
D.The present US-German interest rate differential would be unlikely to narrow.
______a good beginning is made, the work is half done.
A.As soon as
B.While
C.As
D.Once
At the beginning of this term, our English teacher ______ a list of books for us to read.
A.turned out
B.made out
C.handed in
D.passed on
Washington lost his battle at the fort on the Ohio River ______.
A.at the beginning of the war
B.in the middle of the war
C.at the end of the war
D.two years after the war
The new appointment of our president ______ from the very beginning of next semester.
A.takes effect
B.takes part
C.takes place
D.takes turns
Walter Mitty is______.
A.a successful ad man
B.a short-story writer
C.a beginning piano player
D.a fictional character
At the beginning, how did many scientists view Peppeberg's work?
A. It would reveal a creature's mind.
B. It would probably end in failure.
C. It would be hard to judge its value.
D. It would be a long-term project.
The main idea of the passage is given in the sentence beginning with "______"
A.Not long ago a California policeman stopped…
B.Thousands of babies are given strange names…
C.There's a Katz Neow in Washington D.C.…
D.But perhaps the strangest name of all is…
[A] reluctant acceptance
[B] sheer pessimism
[C] mild optimism
[D] extreme hopefulness
According to the passage, primitive ocean life begins to evolve into complex organisms
A.in the middle of December
B.when Earth is cratered
C.at the beginning of November
D.when the land is still a lifeless waste