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—What did you do last weekend?

—Oh，nothing________.

A. much B. else C. ever D. yet

 

A

【解析】

试题分析：考查副词的用法。句意：——上个周末做什么了？——噢，没做什么。此处nothing much意为：没什么。根据句意选A。此处much 多； else其他的； ever 曾经；yet还。

考点：考查副词的用法。

 

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At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.

Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the youngers.

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A. It has been completed but not put into use.

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