[单项选择]Almost all companies involved in new production and development must ______.
A. rely in their own financial resources
B. persuade the banks to provide long-term finance
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and people we know
D. depend on the population as a whole for finance

[单项选择]Almost all companies involved in new production and development must ______.
A. rely on their own financial resources
B. persuade the banks to provide long - term finance
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and people they know
D. depend on the population as a whole for finance

[单项选择]The petroleum exploration and production companies hold a wait-and-see attitude despite of the price rise because ______.
A. they must save money for the coming slumps following the rising period
B. they must save money for the rising service and rig costs rising after the rising period
C. they have all experienced a loss in the past boom-and-bust cycles and learned a lesson
D. they want to keep themselves out of trouble in case the slumps come

[单项选择]Almost all companies trying to develop new products and create new jobs have to ______.
A. persuade the banks to provide long-term finance
B. rely on their own financial resources
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and relatives
D. depend on the pubic as a way for finance

[单项选择]Almost all projects are planned and implemented in social, economic and environmental context, and have intended and unintended positive and/or negative impacts. In this context, the project team should do all the following EXCEPT:
A. Understand how the project affects people and people affect the projec This may require understanding aspects of economic, demographic and educational characteristics of people whom the project affects or who may have interest in the projec
B. Understand the political climate that could affect the projec
C. Always be aware of the physical geography and local ecology where the project is being execute
D. If having an international team, international factors like time-zone differences, national and regional holidays et to be taken into consideratio

[单项选择]Almost all recognize that non-scientists as well as laymen are interested in sciences, yet scientists have been trying to classify only those who are involved in scientific practices as genuine scientists, ______ the more inclusive view.
A. (A) authentic … articulating
B. (B) rigorous … unconvinced of
C. (C) specialized … sympathetic to
D. (D) broad … certain of
E. (E) democratic … rejecting

[单项选择]Almost all economists agree that nations {{U}}gain{{/U}} by trading with .one another.
A. work
B. profit
C. rely
D. prove

[单项选择]In almost all chemical-process plants, heat is ______ by burning of fossil fuels-coal, oil, or natural gas.
A. transformed
B. conducted
C. transferred
D. generated

[单项选择]Now almost all the students have a monthly ______ towards their expenses.
A. salary
B. allowance
C. wage
D. fee

[单项选择]The Great Wall is the place ______ almost all tourists would like to visit when they come to China.
A. where
B. to which
C. in which
D. which