[单项选择]The local government decided to merge the two firms into a big one.
A. motivate
B. combine
C. compact
D. nominate

[单项选择]The local government decided to merge the two firms into a big one.
A. motivate
B. combine
C. compact
D. nominate

[单项选择]The local government decided to {{U}}merge{{/U}} the two firms into a big one.
A. motivate
B. combine
C. compact
D. nominate

[单项选择]The government decided to take a （）action to strengthen the market management.
A. diverse
B. durable
C. epidemic
D. drastic

[单项选择]The government has decided to build another bridge ______ the Yangtse River,


A. above
B. over
C. across

[多项选择]The government has decided A. not to follow protestors' suggestions. B. to become more democratic. C. to go ahead with charging drivers to use roads.

[单项选择]The Beijing government has finally decided to cut subway __ by about 30 percent to boost public transport.
A. fees
B. fares
C. payments
D. costs

[单项选择]The government has decided to reduce ______ on all imports.
A. fee
B. charge
C. tariff
D. tuition

[单项选择]The government has decided to reduce a(n) ______ on all imports.
A. fee
B. charge
C. tariff
D. expenditure

[单项选择]The government has decided to reduce a(n)______on all imports.
A. fee
B. charge
C. tariff
D. expenditure

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The two banks have announced plans to merge next year．（）

A. combine
B. close
C. break
D. sell

[单项选择]{{U}}Merge{{/U}} the following two short sentences into one new sentence.
A. Split
B. Combine
C. Break
D. Divide

[单项选择]According to sources inside the company, the merger proposal with Quantum Finance is ______ consideration.
A. within
B. before
C. under
D. between

[单项选择]Assume that a perfectly competitive firm produces 10 units of a good and sells them each for a price (P) equal to $15. If the marginal cost (MC) of the 10th unit is $15 and the average total cost (ATC) is $13, economic profit for the firm is closest to:

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Passage Two
In only two decades Asian Americans have become the fastest growing the U. S. minority. As their children began moving up through the nation’s schools, it became clear that a new class of academic achievers was emerging. Their achievements are reflected in the nation’s best universities, where mathematics, science and engineering departments have taken on a decidedly Asian character. This special liking for mathematics and science is partly explained by the fact that Asian-American students who began their educations abroad arrived in the U. S. with a solid grounding in mathematics but little or no knowledge of English. They are also influenced by the promise of a good job after college. Asians feel they will be judged more objectively. And the return on the investment in education is more immediate in something like engineering than with an arts degree.
Most Asian-American students owe their success to the influence of parents who a
A. sympathetic
B. doubtful
C. critical
D. objective