[单项选择]In the past two years, China ________ second, after the United States, in absorbing foreign investment.
A. graded
B. ranked
C. ranged
D. scaled

[单项选择]Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us ________.
A. reduced
B. refreshed
C. released
D. recovered

[单项选择]The flood did not start to （　） until two days after the rain had stopped.
A. retire
B. recede
C. shrink
D. retreat

[单项选择]Only a student or two（）to clean the classroom after school.
A. are needed
B. need
C. is needed
D. needs

[单项选择]Which is true of students' pay over the past two years according to this article

[单项选择]During the past two decades，research has______our knowledge of daydreaming.
A. expanded
B. emerged
C. descended
D. conquered

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On the past few days, two nations with large numbers of AIDS-infected people have announced plans to distribute a triple cocktail of life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs free to all who need it. China has been treating 5,000 patients and plans to expand the program to cover everyone in the country. South Africa’s cabinet approved a plan that includes drugs for all who need them.
China spent years denying it had an AIDS problem. Until recently, South Africa’s top officials minimized the epidemic, questioned whether H. I. V. was the cause of AIDS and labeled antiretroviral drugs "poisons". Both countries have now taken a courageous and essential step.
But only one is likely to succeed. Indeed, China’s program is already failing. One in five Chinese who have received antiretroviral drugs has already stopped taking them, which can lead to the creation of drug-resistant strains of the virus. China has only about 100 doctors nationwide with e
A. worried.
B. indifferent.
C. optimistic.
D. frustrated.

[单项选择]During the past two years, the ___________ of automobile accidents in London City has decreased.
A. proportion
B. quantity
C. amount
D. number

[单项选择]Two days past before he realized that the task was beyond his capacity.
A. past
B. before he
C. beyond
D. capacity

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Passage Two In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achievement and confident that their degree would help them to find a good job. However, in the past four years the job market has changed dramatically. This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets in years. For example,. Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose State University, got a degree in religious studies, but he has not gotten any job offers. He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs. Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2003. There were many high- tech ( "dot com") job opportunities, graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as insurance and paid vacations. However, "Times have changed. It’s a new market," according to Cheryl A
A. San Jose State Career Center
B. San Jose Community College
C. San Jose State University
D. San Jose Polytechnic High School