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As the wages were low, there were few _______ for the job.

A. employees　　　

B. applicants　　

C. workers　　

D. researchers

根据语境：因为工资比较低，所以应当是没有多少“申请人（applicants）”。 employees 雇工，雇员；workers工人；researchers研究员。

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the doorway   2    his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found  3 staring at 1,000
other happy 1ittle dogs  4 (wag) their tails just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and   5 (answer)
with 1,000 great smiles. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "It is such a wonderful place  6   I
will come back to visit it often."
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House. In a bad mood, he slowly climbed up the stairs and looked through the doorway   8 a smile.
When he saw the 1,000  9 (friend) dogs staring back at him, he shouted   10 (angry) at them and was
horrified to see 1,000 1ittle dogs shouting back at him in the same way. As he 1eft, he thought to himself,
" This is a horrible place, and I won't come back here any more.
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