[单项选择]______forms the Cabinet in the British Parliament.
A. Queen
B. Lord Chancellor
C. King
D. Prime Minister

[单项选择]______forms the Cabinet in the British Parliament.


A. Queen
B. Lord Chancellor
C. King
D. Prime Minister

[单项选择]The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in ______.
A. 1921.
B. 1931.
C. 1945.
D. 1950.

[单项选择]What will a British consul do if a British citizen loses his passport
A. They will contact his relatives.
B. They will help get in touch with local lawyers.
C. They will issue an emergency passport.
D. They will arrange for relatives to be told.

[单项选择]If a British citizen is killed abroad, a British consul will inform his relatives of it and ______.

[单项选择]The opposition party demands that those cabinet members who are involved in the recent scandal should （）.
A. let down
B. step down
C. put down
D. come down

[单项选择]British Prime Minister Tony Blair seems


A. to push for a military action against Iraq.
B. to demand Iraq disarm itself immediately.
C. to make a convincing case for tough action.
D. to threat to plan a tough action against Iraq.

[单项选择]The British manufacturing industry developed because of ______.


A. rich energy resources
B. water power
C. the declining rural economy
D. cheap labor

[单项选择]The other members of the Cabinet made fun of the Secretary of Interior when he purchased Alaska because ,at the time ,it was not considered valuable,
A. admired
B. envied
C. teased
D. despised

[单项选择]British Pharmacopoeia的最新版本是
A. 2000年版
B. 2001年版
C. 2003年版
D. 1998年版
E. 1995年版

[单项选择]

Passage Two
Direct adverting includes all forms of sales appeals, mailed, delivered, or exhibited directly to the prospective buyer of an advertised product or service, without use of any indirect medium, such as newspapers or television.. Direct advertising logically may be divided into three broad classifications, namely, direct-mail advertising, mail order advertising, and unmailed direct advertising.
All forms of sales appeals that are sent through the mails are considered direct-mail advertising. The chief functions of direct-mail advertising are to familiarize prospective buyers with a product, its name, its maker, and its merits and with the product’ s local distributors. The direct-mail appeal is designed also to support the sales activities of retailers by encouraging the continued patronage of both old and new customers.
When no personal selling is involved, other methods are needed to persuade people to send in orders by mail. In ad
A. includes all forms of sales appeals to the prospective buyer
B. is produced mainly for newspaper or television
C. is an activity by which real products are shown to buyers
D. uses post as a chief means to contact prospective buyers