When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it ________.

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I want to improve my ________ English in an English-________ country.

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A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ________ in the kitchen.

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(2003统考题)

________ if he could come to the party, John nodded his head and left the room.

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Bob was so hungry that he ________ his food in three minutes.

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Today we are going to talk about the problem ________ at yesterday's meeting.

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The Olympic Games, ________ in 776 B. C. , did not include women players until 1912.

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The police found that the house ________ and a lot of things ________.

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A．has broken into; has been

B．had broken into; had been stolen

C．has been broken into; stolen

D．had been broken into; stolen

I shall stay in the hotel all day ________ there is news of the missing child

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I have never met ________ for hard work.

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