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(4)All school teachers are required to take courses every year to avoid their knowledge

the progress of the times.

A．in conflict with B．in place of

C．in defence of D．in regard to

答案　A

解析　句意为：所有的在校老师被要求每年进修以避免他们的知识与时代进步相冲突。in conflict with 与......冲突；in place of 代替；in defence of 防卫；in regard to关于，根据句意，故选A项。

With the opening of the city's Modern Art Museum，hundreds of people queued up to be among the first to view modern paintings.

随着该城市现代艺术馆的开放，成百上千的人排队争先目睹现代绘画杰作。

(queue up排队等候

jump the queue插队

wait in a queue排队等候

a queue jumper插队的人

in the queue排队

(1)We were stuck in a queue for half an hour.Don't be a queue jumper.

我们排队排了半小时了。不要做一个插队的人。

(2)If you want to see the play，you'll have to queue up for tickets.你们想要看戏，就得排队买票。

(3)Having waited in the queue for half an hour，Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home.

排队等候了半小时，汤姆突然意识到他把钱包落在家里了。

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