[单项选择]The reason tourism benefits a country even more than traditional industries is that it ______


A. requires much less capital
B. has more of a cultural benefit
C. has more potential to lead to other industries
D. uses less resources which harm the environment

[单项选择]With the economy of the country growing strong, the ______ mood is one of optimism.


A. presiding
B. circulating
C. floating
D. prevailing

[单项选择]The reason why even the best auctioneer cannot stop the "knock-out" is that _________.


A. he has been deeply involved in it
B. the dealers do not know the true value of the article
C. he is not familiar with the regular buyers of the goods
D. the dealers make the arrangement behind his back

[单项选择]The second main reason for their unhappiness is that ______.


A. they have been working in a company for too long
B. they are not permitted to change a job
C. they have no other way out than keep working
D. they have to work on to pay off their debts

[单项选择]To which country do the Rodong 1 missiles bring the most threat


A. Japan.
B. America.
C. South Korea.
D. Germany.

[简答题]More and more people choose to travel abroad in their vacations. Many people believe that traveling abroad benefit them a lot. In this section, you are asked to write an essay on the benefits of traveling abroad. You can provide specific reasons and examples to support your idea. You should write at least 150 words.

[单项选择]Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.
A. expressive
B. physical
C. exaggerated
D. dubious

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Passage 3
No country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA. There are almost 2,000 of them as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain. The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted all over the world. Distinguished dailies like the Washington Post or the New York Times have a powerful influence all over the country. However the Post and the Times are not national newspapers in the sense that The Time is in Britain or LeMonde is in France, since each American city has its own daily newspaper. The best of these present detailed accounts of national and international news, but many tend to limit themselves to state or city news.
Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the sensational, which feature crime, sex and rumor, to the serious, which focus on factual news and the analysis of world evens. (80) But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entert
A. they have to keep up a good relation with them
B. they have to compete with television
C. they have to write about crime, sex and minor
D. they have to give factual news in an interesting way

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Passage Three
No country in the world has more daily newspaper than the USA. There are almost 2,000 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain. The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted all over the world. Distinguished dailies like the Washington Post or the New York Times exert a powerful influence all over the country. However, the Post and the Times are not national newspapers in the sense that the Times is in Britain of le Monde in France, since each American city has its own daily newspaper. The best of these present detailed accounts of national and international news, but many tend to limit themselves to state or city news.
Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the "sensational", which feature crime, sex and gossip, to the serious, which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events. But with few exceptions American newspapers
A. Americas is a democratic country
B. Americas newspapers are responsible
C. the American press has a good reputation
D. the Watergate Affair has been exposed