[单项选择]Speaker A:We're having a few people over for dinner Saturday._______ Speaker B: Oh. Thank you. That would be great.

[单项选择]Touching other people without their permission, reading someone else's mail, and using personal possessions without asking permission are all examples of
A. antisocial behavior.
B. manipulation.
C. poor boundaries.
D. passive-aggressive behavior.

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People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man’s release of completely new and often artificial (人造) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质), such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.
Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up there or four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy thing we neither want nor need, but al
A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment
B. the production of new industrial goods
C. increased amounts of a natural substance
D. our ever-increasing population

[单项选择]According to the passage, people argue over the interview as a selection procedure mainly because they have
A. different selection procedures.
B. different purposes in the interview.
C. different standards for competence.
D. different experiences in interviews.

[单项选择]______ we cook our meal, ______we go out for dinner.

[单项选择]People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin's films without translation because ______.
A. English is widely known in the world
B. they can enjoy the films silently
C. they are mostly comedies
D. most of them are silent

[单项选择]Quite a lot of people came over to help the poor man ______ at once.
A. not asking
B. without being asked
C. without asking
D. not asked

[单项选择]Young people all over the world are {{U}}fascinated{{/U}} by science.
A. confused
B. inspired
C. frustrated
D. attracted

[单项选择]English is used in ______ ways by people all over the world.

[单项选择]We'd like to __________ a table for five for dinner this evening.
A. preserve
B. retain
C. reserve
D. sustain

[单项选择]______ the examinations are over, we can all relax.
A. While
B. Even though
C. For
D. Now that

[单项选择]The shower ______ over, we continued to march.
A. was
B. is
C. has been
D. being

[单项选择]The shower ______ over, we went on with our journey.
A. was
B. being
C. to be
D. been

[单项选择]The May Day Holiday ______ over, we must now get down to work.
A. be
B. being
C. to have been
D. to be

[单项选择]People say that what we are all ______ is a meaning for life, but I don't think that's what we all look for.
A. seeing
B. seeking
C. watching
D. looking