[单项选择]For three months, the city was in turmoil due to serious unemployment.
A. disorder
B. influence
C. impact
D. inquiry

[单项选择]For three months, the city was in turmoil due to serious unemployment.
A. disorder
B. influence
C. impact
D. inquiry

[单项选择]The three world's richest industrial countries are ______.


A. Kuwait, UAE, Qatar
B. Kuwait, UAE, Turkey
C. Sweden, USA, Germany
D. USA, Japan, Sweden

[单项选择]My passport is due to ______ in three months.
A. terminate
B. cease
C. expire
D. exceed

[单项选择]（）round the city, we were impressed by the city's new look.
A. Taken
B. Taking
C. To be taken
D. Being taken

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Passage Three Tom had once worked in a city office in London, but now he is out of work. He had a large family to support, so he often found himself in difficulty. He often visited Mr. White on Sundays, told him about his troubles, and asked for two or three pounds. Mr. White, a man with a kind hear(, found it difficult to refuse the money, though he himself was poor. Tom had already received more than thirty pounds from Mr. White, but he always seemed to be in need of some more. One day, after telling Mr. White a long story of his troubles, Tom asked for five pounds. Mr. White had heard this sort of thing before, but he listened patiently to the end. Then he said, "I understand your difficulties, Tom. I’ d like to help you. But I’ m not going to give you five pounds this time. I’ll lend you the money, and you can pay me off next time you see me." Tom took the money, but he never appeared again.

Tom was now in difficulties because he （）
A. worked in a city office and was poorly paid
B. was poorly paid and had a large family to support
C. was poorly paid and always spent money carelessly
D. was out of work and had a large family to support

[单项选择]Father（）the city of New York three days ago.
A. leave
B. left to
C. left off
D. left for

[单项选择]_______ attacked a north Texas city and three other towns.


A. Earthquake
B. Flood
C. Drought
D. Tornadoes

[单项选择]One of the city's landmark department stores has filed for bankruptcy; however there is no indication that the historic building （） will be demolished or redeveloped.
A. it
B. its
C. it’s
D. itself

[单项选择]Corruption in the running of the city's largest bank was ______ in People's Daily yesterday.
A. detected
B. detested
C. exposed
D. discovered

[单项选择]The project will ( ) the city's telephone network to cover 1 000 000 users.
A. extend
B. expand
C. lengthen
D. enlarge

[单项选择]The government will pipe natural gas to the city's homes in order to ______.
A. solve the problem of being short of fuel
B. bring down the cost of daily life
C. reduce the pollution of our capital
D. keep up with the development of modern society