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What seems to be a simple idea always turns out _____ that is hard to put into practice．

A．the one????????????? B．one?????? ????????????? C．ones???? ????????????? D．another

 

【答案】

B

【解析】

试题分析：句意：看似简单的想法结果总是成为一个很难实施的想法。这里需要代词代替an idea，用one可以泛指可数名词的单数，the one是特指可数名词单数，ones是泛指可数名词复数，another“另一个”，所以选B。

考点：考查代词

 

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1.What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?

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D. It fails to consider right-handed people.

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A. They tended to wear clothes without buttons.

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D. They drew their swords from the left.

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A. adopting men’s style is improper for women

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