[单项选择]People innately ______ for superiority over their peers although it sometimes takes the form of an exaggerated lust for power.
A. strive
B. ascertain
C. justify
D. adhere

[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.

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Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been a few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way — was it through training and practice, or are great players "born, not made " First, these players often came from places that have had famous stars in the past — players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of soccer, only six countries have ever won the World Cup — three from South America and three from Western Europe. There has never been a great national team — or a really great player from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Aifredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as Pele was. Most great players begin playing the game at the age of three or four.
Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood — a poor, crowded area where a boy’s dream is not to be a
A. age and birth
B. family and neighborhood
C. training and practice
D. personality and character

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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]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]Over ten people died and twenty people were wounded ______in the train crash.
A. horribly
B. wrongly
C. bitterly
D. seriously

[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]In many cold countries people wear long socks over their hands and gloves over their feet.

[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]Over the traditional festival people visit each other and ______ greetings.
A. exchange
B. wish
C. congratulate
D. present

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