According to the passage, Piaget and Keasey would not have a

the last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came, ______.

A. the situation would be much worse

B. people would have to desert their homes

C. the city would be fully prepared in advance

D. the city would have to redevelop the neighborhood

According to the passage, false beards were worn by those who considered themselves to be ______.

A. handsome and mature

B. too young to have beards

C. aristocrats or fashionable dandies

D. royalty

According to the passage, what do the three people have in common?

A. Courage.

B. Devotion.

C. Hard work.

D. Self-confidence.

According to this passage, if the cylinder non-return valve were not leaky

A.an explosion would not be caused

B.there still would be a danger of explosion

C.oil would not deposit in the air pipe

D.pipe lines would not have to be drained

According to the passage, companies can have different classes of stock mainly because the company wants ______.

A．to keep the financial costs at a certain level

B．to still have the control over the company

C．to keep the stock price from dropping

D．to attract more capital from the public

30． Which is right according to the passage?

A． People have too much time to talk with each other．

B． Life now is very simple．

C． Some families have become single-parent families．

D． Lots of mothers stay at home and look after their children．

According to the passage, both "popular" words and "learned" words ______.

A. seem to be of no use

B. can help people to get a better comprehension of the language.

C. are easy to master

D. have gone beyond our mother's reach

According to the passage, most children tend to believe that they go to school because they_____.

A. need to acquire knowledge

B. have to obey their parents

C. need to find companions

D. have to observe the law

According to the passage, what do the three people have in common?

A． Courage

B． Devotion

C． Hard work

D． Self-confidence