题目内容

The possibility of a murder _____, the police have set about looking for the clues to her suicide.

A. to be ruled out B. to rule out

C. having ruled out D. having been ruled out

D

【解析】

试题分析:考查独立主格结构。句意:谋杀的可能性被排除之后,警方已经着手寻找她自杀的新线索了。The possibility of a murder是非谓语动词的逻辑主语,与rule out是动宾关系,即可能性被排除,应该用被动语态,排除B、C;分词的完成式可以表示时间、原因等,相当于一个状语从句,这里相当于After/Because the possibility of a murder was ruled out,故选D。

考点:考查独立主格结构

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The third tax is for the city. This tax comes in two forms: property tax (people who own a home have to pay taxes on it) and excise (国产) tax, which is charged on cars in a city. The cities use these funds for education, police and fire departments, public works and municipal (市政内) buildings.

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A. It means that Americans, just like all other people, must die.

B. It means that Americans do not have a secret place to keep from death in their life.

C. It means that Americans are not good at doing business in the death market.

D. It means that there is no such place as a death market in the U. S.

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A. There are three levels of government--federal, state and city-to support the United States.

B. There are three kinds of taxes to pay--graduated income tax, sales tax and property tax..

C. They earn different salaries: high, middle, and low.

D. Tax laws in different states are different.

3.What does the title “Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes” imply?

A. Americans are not satisfied with the three types of taxes.

B. The three levels of government do not use the taxes in a right way.

C. Americans complain that taxes are too high.

D. Americans’ taxes are diverse and confusing.

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I went on to describe the problem.

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“How incredibly sad,” I told the last one disappointedly.

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