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Declaration of Independence showed it intended to ______ from the British Empire. A. put down B. break away C. break into D. take off 12. — I failed in the exam again. How I wish I ______ harder! — Come on! You can do it if you try. A. have worked B. had worked C. worked D. would work 13. The careful editor checked the articles for fear that he might have ______ something. A. viewed B. escaped C. observed D. overlooked 14. We can’t help hating war when we see the ______ of the situation and so many deaths. A. mess B. condition C. mass D. sight 15. — Where shall we go travelling, around China or abroad? — ______. A. It’s up to you B. It’s your opinion C. I don’t care D. That’s my decision Ⅱ . 閱讀表達(dá) 閱讀下面的短文,并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題(請注意問題后的字?jǐn)?shù)要求)。 No first lesson is more important than the one on personal safety for kids. The first lesson of the New Semester, a TV documentary( 紀(jì)錄片 ) about how to protect oneself in times of emergency, is meant to provide school students with the knowledge on selfprotection. It will help students in case of natural disasters, snowstorms or floods. There are times when one can be helpless and hopeless in many lifethreatening situations. But that does not mean we _______ the end o