In the last paragraph, the word "temporary" means________.

A．lasting for a short time

B．not deep

C．unimportant

D．developing very slowly

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【考情点拨】词语理解题。
【应试指导】文章最后一段讲到，史密斯先生回家后，又开始为他企业的事务而担忧，所以他在国外身体状况的好转只是temporary：由此可知temporary意思应是lasting for a short time。

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1 根据以下材料，回答题
There was a river with a small town on either side of it.The towns were linked by a bridge.
One day, a hole appeared in the bridge. Both towns agreed that the hole should be mended.However, disagreement came up as to who should mend it.Each town thought that it had a better reasonfor the other to mend the hole.The town on the tight bank said that it was at the end of the road, so theleft-bank town should mend the hole.The town on the left bank, on the other hand, insisted that all thetraffic came to the right-bank town, so it was in their interest to mend the bridge.
The quarrel went on and on, and so did the hole.The more it went on, the more the hostilitybetween the two towns grew.
One day a man fell into the hole and broke his leg.People from both towns questioned him closelyabout whether he was walking from the right bank to the left or from the left bank to the right, in order todecide which town should be blamed for the accident.But he could not remember, since he got drunkthat night.
Some time later, a car was crossing the bridge and broke an axle (轴) because of the hole.Neithertown paid any attention to the accident, as the traveler was not going from one to the other, but wasmerely passing through.The angry traveler got out of the car and asked why the hole was not mended.
On hearing the reason, he declared, "I' 11 buy this hole.Who' s the owner?"
Both towns at once declared that they owned the hole.
"One or the other, whoever owns the hole must prove it."
"How shall we prove it?" asked both sides.
"That's simple.Only the owner of the hole has the right to mend it.I' 11 buy the hole from
whoever mends the bridge."
People from both towns rushed to do the job while the traveler smoked a cigar and his driverchanged the axle.They mended the bridge in no time and asked for the money for the hole.
"What hole?" The traveler looked surprised."I can't see any hole.I've been looking for a holefor several years now.I' m prepared to pay a good price for it, but there' s no hole here.Are youpulling my leg or what?"
He got into his car and drove off.
What did the two towns quarrel about?

A．Which of them should mend the hole.

B．Whether the hole should be mended.

C．Why there was a hole in the bridge.

D．When they should mend the hole.

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2 The man who had fallen into the hole failed to answer any questions because he ________.

A．had one of his legs broken

B．was busy changing the axle

C．had drunk too much wine

D．was afraid to blame anybody

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3 Both towns rushed to mend the hole in order to prove that________.

A．they owned the whole bridge

B．they had the right to sell the hole

C．they were able to mend the hole

D．they could afford to mend the hole

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