[单项选择]The Students Union's secretary and monitor（）asked to make a speech at the meeting.
A. is
B. was
C. are
D. were

[单项选择]The student union's president was appalled by the {{U}}complacency{{/U}} of his classmates; not one of the seniors seemed to care about the theme of the band.
A. compliment
B. complement
C. commitment
D. contentment

[单项选择]The League secretary and monitor ______ asked to make a speech at the meeting.


A. is
B. was
C. are
D. were

[单项选择]One of goals set by the European Union's Lisbon summit is

[单项选择]The union's demands are ______; they are only asking for a small wage increase.


A. moderate
B. numerous
C. immediate
D. particular

[单项选择]what is not included in the monitor's suggestion


A. Be on time.
B. Bring your lunch.
C. Bring warm clothes.
D. Bring your handouts.

[单项选择]The American policeman asked an English reporter some questions because he was strange.

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Text 2
The European Union’s Barcelona summit, which ended on March 16th, was played out against the usual backdrop of noisy "anti-globalisation" demonstrations and massive security. If nothing else, the demonstrations illustrated that economic liberalization in Europe -- the meeting’s main topic -- presents genuine political difficulties. Influential sections of public opinion continue to oppose anything that they imagine threatens "social Europe", the ideal of a cradle-to-grave welfare state.
In this climate of public opinion, it is not surprising that the outcome in Barcelona was modest. The totemic issue was opening up Europe’s energy markets. The French government has fought hard to preserve a protected market at home {or its state-owned national champion, Electricite de France (EDF). At Barcelona it made a well-flagged tactical retreat. The summiteers concluded that from 2004 industrial users across Europe would be
A. popular and sensible.
B. dubious but profitable.
C. slow and contradictory.
D. fragile but promising.

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Text 1
The European Union’s Bareelona summit, which ended on March 16th, was played out against the usual backdrop of noisy "anti-globalisation" demonstrations and massive security. If nothing else, the demonstrations illustrated that economic liberalization in Europe-the meeting’s main topic--presents genuine political difficulties. Influential sections of public opinion continue to oppose anything that they imagine threatens "social Europe", the ideal of a cradle-to-grave welfare state.
In this climate of public opinion, it is not surprising that the outcome in Barcelona was modest. The totemic issue was opening up Europe’s energy markets. The French government has fought hard to preserve a protected market at home for its state-owned national champion, Electricite de France (EDF). At Barcelona it made a well flagged tactical re treat. The summiteers concluded that from 2004 industrial users across Europe would be abl
A. business users will choose from supplier competitors.
B. energy markets call for cross trade coordination.
C. competition will hardly be confined to business users.
D. energy suppliers might cater to economic liberalization.