[单项选择]Nothing is less sensible than the advice of the Duke of Cambridge who is to be reported to have said: "Any change, at any time, for any reason is to be deplored."
A. emulated
B. ridiculed
C. complicated
D. lamented

[单项选择]Nothing is less sensible than the advice of the Duke of Cambridge who is to be reported to have said: "Any change, at any time, for any reason is to be deplored."
A. emulated
B. ridiculed
C. complicated
D. lamented

[单项选择]Old John smoked less than before.

[单项选择]Why will battery buses cost less than conventional buses in the long run
A. They will spread the capital cost over a long period.
B. They will be stronger and last longer.
C. They will use less fuel and cost less to maintain.
D. They will be charged at night when electricity costs less.

[单项选择]Some economists believe women earn less than men partly because ______.
A. there are more than enough women in the labor force
B. women have more freedom in selecting jobs
C. women are only provided with low-paid jobs
D. women are less experienced than men

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THE PRICE INCLUD
A. two-week holiday in October.
B. two-week holiday in November.
C. three-week holiday in November.
D. three-week holiday in October.

[单项选择]What they discovered was nothing less than a new source of energy（）
A. 他们所发现的并非不是新的能源。
B. 他们所发现的正是新的能源。
C. 他们所发现的不亚于新的能源。
D. 比起新的能源，他们什么也没发现。

[单项选择]Less than half of the original population in Bam was ______.
A. dead
B. injured
C. missing
D. left

[单项选择]Sleeping for less than 5 hours each night is better than sleeping for 5 hours.

[单项选择]Only what happens if the supply is less than demand （　　）
A. actual price is lower than the equilibrium price
B. actual price is higher than the equilibrium price
C. equilibrium price equivalent to the actual price
D. eliminate the scarcity of goods

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Humanity uses a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts (干旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the world’s population is expected to double in the next 50 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.
But that doesn’t have to be the outcome. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world -- if we start valuing water more than we have in the past. Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective. We can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.
Instead, for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its actual value. This means charging a fee for the water its
A. is already serious in certain parts of the world
B. has been exaggerated by some experts in the field
C. poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs
D. is underestimated by government organizations at different levels