— The snowstorm caused great damage to this area.

   — Exactly, the economic _______ it caused reached 20 billion.

  A. loss                B. effect                    C. suffering                 D. debt

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In 1968, the group Blood, Sweat and Tears recorded this gentle, sad song about winter. They sing about a lost love and forgotten memories in “Sometimes in Winter”.
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B．In some areas, it often snows in winter
C．In some areas, it’s important to snow
D．In some areas, people like snow in winter
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The Antarctica is actually a desert.

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A  How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?

B  How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?

C  Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?

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