[单选题]Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the【31】of the year, or manured a field; but we know【32】about the killers and destroyers. People think a great deal of them, so【33】so that on all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are【34】that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are,【35】they are not the most civilized. Animals fight; so do savages; hence to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in【36】an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and【37】them how to do it most efficiently — this, after all, is【38】conquerors and generals have done -- is not being civilized. People fight to settle quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some way of settling their disputes other【39】by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of other side, and then【40】that that side which has killed most has won.

正确答案 ：C

length

解析：解析：length of the year意思为“一年的天数(时间长度)”；其他选项意思与语境不相符合。

[单选题]Medicine Directions

正确答案 ：G

six tablets a day

解析：解析：本题的依据句为“Do not exceed six tablets in twenty-four hours”，意思为“24小时之内(一天)不能超过6片药”，与C选项意思相符。其他选项在文章中没有出处。

[单选题]Wang (guest): That was a delicious dinner. Mrs. Willis (hostess): ______. Would you like to go to the living room now? It's more comfortable there.

正确答案 ：D

I'm glad you enjoyed it

解析：解析：客人对主人招待的饭菜有好评，主人一般会客气地说声“谢谢”或表示“很高兴受到好评”。A．Thank you．Don't mention it．后一部分不符合习惯，属于画蛇添足； B．You're welcome．一般用于回答别人的致谢；C．Not so delicious，I'm afraid．符合汉语习惯，在英语中则显得过于自谦。

[单选题]According to the second paragraph, the 50 to 60 booking phone calls are from those who ______.

正确答案 ：C

believed that Beijing would be the winner

解析：解析：本题的依据句是“...，the hotel had already received 50 to 60 such phone calls from would-be game-goers gambling on the result.” gambling on the result在这里的意思是“算定了北京会赢”，所以他们提前预定宾馆房间。其他选项内容属于错误信息或无关信息。

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