John threw the ball out of the window.

According to the passage, all of the following are features of the new type of automobile EXCEPT ______.

A．better design

B．more efficient transmissions

C．higher fuel economy

D．less reliance on gasoline

According to the passage, John Coltrane did all of the following during his career EXCEPT ______.

A．improvise on melodies from a number of different cultures

B．spend time improving his technical skills

C．experiment with the sounds of various instruments

D．eliminate the influence of bebop on his own music

Sudden starts or stops of the boom is likely to cause all of the following except______．

A.breaking a cargo runner

B.parting guys topping lifts

C.carrying away a block

D.overheating the resistors and eventually burning out

When the frontal lobes of the brain are affected by aging, there is a gradual deterioration in ______.

All of the following expressions about David Copperfield are true except_____.

A.Throughout the novel, Dickens criticizes his society’s view of wealth and class as measures of a person’s value.

B.Dickens draws on his own experience as a child to reflect the exploitation of child labor and the lack of compassion towards the weak in the burgeoning industrial society.

C.Through his works, Dickens satirized the hypocrisy and tyranny in the adult world from the perspective of innocent children.

D.He also chastises the inhuman abuse of the weak and helpless.

听力原文：All of the following are mentioned among the toiletries in the bathroom EKCEPT which one?

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A．Shampoo.

B．Bath-foam.

C．Shower hat.

D．Comb.