1．Every citizen in a democratic country may________the protection of the law.
A．declare B．claim
C．ask D．announce
解析：选B。句意为“民主国家的每一位公民都可以要求法律的保护”。claim(根据权利)对……提出要求；declare断言，宣称；announce宣布，宣告，发表。
2.When I was a child，fishermen and sailors sometimes ________to have seen monsters in the sea.
A．appeared B．published
C．claimed D．happened
解析：选C。句意是：当我还是个小孩子的时候，渔夫和水手有时声称看到过海里的妖怪。此句要用claimed表示“声称”。
