[单项选择]The index of industrial production ______ last year.
A. raised up by 4 per cent
B. rose up with 4 per cent
C. arose up with 4 per cent
D. went up by 4 per cent

[单项选择]The index of industrial production ______ last year.
A. raised up by 4 per cent
B. rose up with 4 per cent
C. arose up with 4 per cent
D. went up by 4 per cent

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Industrial production managers coordinate the resources and activities required to produce millions of goods every year in the United Sates. Although their duties vary from plant to plant, industrial production managers share many of the same major responsibilities. These responsibilities include production scheduling, staffing, procurement and maintenance of equipment, quality control, inventory control, and the coordination of production activities with those of other departments.
The primary mission of industrial production managers is planning the production schedule within budgetary limitations and time constraints. They do this by analyzing the plant’s personnel and capital resources to select the best way of meeting the production quota. Industrial production managers determine, often using mathematical formulas, which machines will be used, whether new machines need to be purchased, whether overtime or extra shifts are necessary, and what the sequence of pro
A. every machine be utilized to its fullest capability
B. problems be corrected at once whenever they arise
C. work shifts be arranged to yield the highest productivity
D. the optimal staffing and budgeting arrangement be made

[单项选择]Industrial production picked up, the inflation rate was lowered, the value of the pound stabilized, and demand for foreign goods __________.
A. retreated
B. receded
C. revived
D. revolved

[单项选择]That field ______ a good crop of potatoes last year.
A. planted
B. grew
C. raised
D. yielded

[单项选择]This year we will produce ______ they did last year.
A. as twice many cars as
B. twice as many than cars
C. twice as many cars as
D. cars twice many that

[单项选择]During the 1980s, industrial production in these countries increased by just 7 percent, compared with 28 percent in Japan.


A. 20世纪80年代，这些国家的工业产品只增加了7%，与日本相比增加了28%。
B. 20世纪80年代，这些国家的工业产值只增长了7%，而日本却增长了28%。
C. 20世纪80年代，这些国家的工业生产出来的价值只高出了7%，相比之下日本高出了28%。
D. 20世纪80年代，这些国家的工业产品只增加到7%，与日本相比增加到28%。

[单项选择]Last year, the production rate______ by 20%.
A. rose
B. raised
C. arose
D. aroused

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Passage Four
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people -- especially young people have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed food, is not good for the health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers, widely used in farming today.
Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount-- but not the quality -- of foods grown in commercial farming areas.
Natural foods also include animals which have be
A. the quantity of foods
B. the quality of foods
C. either the quantity or the quality of foods
D. the quality as well as the quantity