 #1 (permalink) Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:33 am Idom: you could hear a pin drop |
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Test No. incompl/inter-42 "Keeping it Quiet", question 7
The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a ......... drop.
(a) pin
(b) needle
(c) nail
(d) screw
Test No. incompl/inter-42 "Keeping it Quiet", answer 7
The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Correct answer: (a) pin
Your answer was: incorrect
The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a needle drop.
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Hi,Alan
In chinese we always use the phrase "hear a needle drop" to describe quiet.So I choose the answer "needle". Maybe that is the diffenrence between Chinese and English, am I right? |
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