第一部分 单项选择(15分)
( )1.If you are short of money, you can ________ a loan from a local bank.
A.take away B.take up
C.take off D.take out
( )2.We offer an excellent education to our students. ________, we expect students to work hard.
A.In return B.At best
C.On average D.After all
( )3.Three months after the disaster, the lives of local people returned to ________.
A.common B.ordinary
C.normal D.average
( )4.Albert Einstein was born in 1879.As a child, few people guessed that he ________ a famous scientist whose theories would change the world.
A.has been B.had been
C.was D.was going to be