45.She gave a great performance at the festival. We now know she has artistic talent.
A. Amazing as her artistic talent is, we don't know about her great performance at the festival.
B. Hardly had we known about her artistic talent when she gave a great performance at the festival.
C. Although she gave a great performance at the festival, now we still don't know she has artistic talent.
D. But for her great performance at the festival, we wouldn't know about her artistic talent now.
46. Thanks to her high grades at university, Barbara is offered the position. A. If she got high grades at university, Barbara would be offered the position.
B. It was her high grades at university which offer Barbara the position.
C. If she hadn’t got high grades at university, Barbara would not have been offered the position.
D. If she had not got high grades at university, Barbara would not be offered the position. 47. A supermarket is more convenient than a shopping centre. A. A shopping centre is not as convenient as a supermarket.
B. A shopping centre is more convenient than a supermarket.
C. A supermarket is not as convenient as a shopping centre.
D. A supermarket is as inconvenient as a shopping centre
48.The cake that was selected came from an Italian bakery.
A. The that selected cake came from an Italian bakery.
B. The cake selected came from an Italian bakery.
C. The cake was selected came from an Italian bakery.
D. The cake selecting came from an Italian bakery.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks In the past, the process of choosing a career was a much simpler matter than it is today. Aboy often followed in his father’s footsteps. His sister learned the household skills that would prepare her to become a wife(49) ___ mother. Nowadays young people grow up in a much freer society (50)______they enjoy almost unlimited career opportunities. In recent years, there (51)______an enormous increase in the kinds of vocations from which it is possible to choose. In addition, many of the barriers to career opportunity that existed only a few decades ago, such as (52)______based on sex or religion or ethnic origins, are (53)disappearing.
