.

 Nearly a month had gone by____they showed some sign of giving up the price for which they had held out.

A. until          B. while        C. before         D. so that       

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【小題2】A. noticing
【小題3】A. And
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【小題5】A. cooked
【小題6】A. aloud
【小題7】A. asleep
【小題8】A. dealing
【小題9】A. quarrel
【小題10】A. find
【小題11】A. made
【小題12】A. quickly
【小題13】A. In
【小題14】A. come
【小題15】A. added
【小題16】A. missed
【小題17】A. forever
【小題18】A. fire
【小題19】A. loss
【小題20】A. pass
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B. clearly
B. still
B. meeting
B. excite
B. take
B. bought
B. eagerly
B. By
B. form
B. cried
B. lost
B. anyway
B. pay
B. trouble
B. lead 
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C. following
C. As
C. treat
C. began
C. difficultly
C. awake
C. talking
C. shout
C. enjoy
C. prepared
C. quietly
C. For
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C. smiled
C. destroyed
C. however
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C. problem
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D. mistake
D. need
D. picked
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D. agreed
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D. care
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