Although he is absolutely convinced that the plan will work, I' m still a bit skeptical __
A.with
B.on
C.to
D.of
A.with
B.on
C.to
D.of
Although he was rich, ______ he is not happy.
A.but
B.still
C.and
D./
A. was
B. although
C. he was
D. who he was
______he said he wasn't hungry, he ate a big breakfast.
A. Although
B. Unless
C. Despite
D. Even
A.helping
B.to help
C.being helped
D.helped
Although he is wealthy, he spends ____ on clothes.
A.little
B.few
C.a little
D.a few
Although Mike worked ______ , he could ______ support his family.
A.hard, hard
B.hard, hardly
C.hardly, hard
D.hardly, hardly
Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any______of what I said.
A.attention
B.notice
C.warning
D.observation
__________ ,he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
A.Ahhough much he likes her
B.Much although he likes her
C.As he likes her much
D.Much as he likes her
A.on
B.to
C.in
D.at
The ad has great appeal. It pictures a handsome man sitting at a piano in front of smiling guests. It tells the story of Jack, who has secretly learned to play the piano through a mail-order course. His friends at a party all scoff when he sits at the keyboard. But as he plays the first notes of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata, " they all amazed. When he finishes his flawless performance, the listeners shower him with applause and praise.
Jack tells his friends that he learned to play through the V. S. School of Music. He explains that he was taught through a new method, using no laborious scales and no tiresome practicing. He didn't even have a special talent for music! In the ad, others, too, could increase their popularity and gain happiness.
The writer of this ad, John Gaples, called this style. the "Walter Mitty approach." Walter Mitty is a character in a short story by James Thurber, who daydreams of taking part in great adventures. Although this ad seems old-fashioned now, many people still dream of such easy social success.
The opening sentence catches your attention by______.
A.surprising you
B.describing a humorous situation
C.ridiculing someone
D.appealing to people's dreams of personal success
_________
[A] Although no such evidence was presented, the casino’s marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.
[B] It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?
[C] By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.
[D] Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.
[E] David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.
[F] It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
[G] The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?