正确答案: A

not very sophisticated

题目：The passage suggests that the early shops for making tools were ______.

解析：解析：本题的依据句是“At first，these articles were whittled with a knife，but when pioneer craftsmen set up their primitive shops most of them were fashioned on a lathe--a machine which holds an object and rotates it while it is being shaped by a tool.”在这里，A选项的not very sophisticated 意思为“并不复杂，是简单的”，对应原文中的primitive(原始的，简单的)。其他选项的内容属于无关信息。

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举一反三的答案和解析：

[单选题]Joe: We haven't got together for a long time. How about lunch next week? Nancy: I'm pretty tied up all next week. How about we plan on two weeks from today? ______. Joe: OK. Wednesday in two weeks.

I can make it on that Wednesday

解析：解析：make it表示“能够做到，行”，符合对话语境，其他词语义不恰当。

[单选题]We can infer by this label that ______.

the medicine could cause some people to feel nervous

解析：解析：B和C选项的内容与原文不符，属于错误信息；D选项内容也不正确，这种药为tablet意思为“药片”，本身并不是液体。A选项的内容可以由短文的最后一个句子“Reduce dosage if nervousness，restlessness，or sleeplessness occurs.”所确认。

[单选题]He was not as active as I had ______him to be.

expected

解析：解析：not as... as意为“和……不像”；recognize意为“认出”；inspect意为“检察，视察”；object是：反对(做某事)”；expect意为“期望，预期”。

[单选题]

B． these C． ones D． some 正确答案：A解析：由于后面有一个定语从句，C选项前面要加定冠词才对；B和D选项不符合语法要求，只有A选项正确。

thoseB． these

解析：解析：由于后面有一个定语从句，C选项前面要加定冠词才对；B和D选项不符合语法要求，只有A选项正确。

[单选题]Tom: You are playing guitar well. Can you read music? Charles: No, I don't. I just listen to songs on the radio and then play them until they sound right. Tom: ______ Charles: No, really.

You're kidding

解析：解析：Tom对Charles不识乐谱也能弹得一手好吉他感到难以置信，这种情况下一般说 You're kidding或You're joking，意思是：“你在开玩笑吧!”或“这不是真的!”。其他几个选项分别表示“撒谎”、“吹嘘”、“欺骗”，都不恰当。

[单选题]Wood carving refers to the art of creating or decorating objects of wood by carving with a sharp, hand-held tool. This form. of art has a history of over 1,000 years and a unique artistic style. The following is some introduction about wood carving in America.

arts and crafts

解析：解析：木雕属于一种艺术，也是一种手艺。其他选项的内容在本文中没有涉及，属于无关信息。