284. The officers led their men to _______ in battle, so all the villagers came out to award them with food and drink on both sides of the road.
A. victory B. a triumph C. failure D. defeat
283. The house was sold for 60,000 dollars, which was far more than its real _______ .
A. cost B. value C. price D. worth
282. Our earth, one planet of the solar system, is only a very small part of the .
A. universal B. university C. universe D. union
281. Many hands make light work. is strength.
A. Union B. Nation C. Uniform D. Unifying
280. Take on a(n) with you. It looks like raining.
A. underwear B. overcoat C. water-proof jacket D. umbrella
279. The Palace Museum has many art treasures. In this sentence, "treasure" means ____.
A. precious things B. money C. cheap things D. unimportant things
278. The road constant improvements can’t keep pace with the increasing ____ .
A. trucks B. private cars C. buses D. traffic
277. If you want to get there quickly, you'd better take the track in the forest. The underlined word means ____.
A. a path B. a car C. channel D. a canal
276. We should take good care of our ____. Don’t forget to rinse your mouth after meals.
A. toes B. eyes C. hands D. teeth
275. A telephone is an instrument by which we can speak to people far away. The underlined word means ____.
A. a tool B. an experiment C. an expression D. an instruction