[单项选择]Some environmentalists warn that the soaring population will cause ______.

[单项选择]Will the pressure applied by environmentalists be enough to ______ the industrialized nations into using less fossil fuels
A. goad
B. gloat
C. gore
D. gibe

[单项选择]The critics of rich world environmentalists' campaign against pollution in poor countries hold that poor countries should be more concerned about ______.


A. the potential greenhouse effect
B. the bad consequences of genetically engineered crops
C. how to get rid of poverty
D. how to develop education

[单项选择]Soaring rates of interest have recently made it difficult for young couples to buy their own homes.
A. rapidly rising
B. maximizing
C. overcharging
D. paddling

[单项选择]What is the reason for the going down of the population in rich countries（）
A. The people there have a secure future.
B. The people there have a glorious past.
C. The government carries out a family plan.
D. The government controls the growth rate.

[单项选择]Senator Robert Dole Criticized Time Warn for ______.


A. its raising of the corporate stock price
B. its self-examination of soul
C. its neglect of social responsibility
D. its emphasis on creative freedom

[单项选择]Some researchers have undertaken some psychological studies which prove that many children develop fears of ______ dangers.
A. imagination
B. imaginary
C. imaginable
D. imaginative

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Text 1
St. Paul didn’t like it. Moses warned his people against it. Hesiod declared it "mischievious" and "hard to get rid of it", but Oscar Wilder said, "Gossip is charming. ’
"History is merely gossip," he wrote in one of his famous plays. "But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality."
In times past, under Jewish law, gossipmongers might be fined or flogged. The Puritans put them in stocks or ducking stools, but no punishment seemed to have the desired effect of preventing gossip, which has continued uninterrupted across the back fences of the centuries.
Today, however, the much-maligned human foible is being looked at in a different light, Psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, even evolutionary biologists are concluding that gossip may not be so bad after all.
Gossip is "an intrinsically valuable activity", philosophy professor Aaron Ben-Ze’ev states
A. is a valuable source of social information
B. produces a joy that most people in society need
C. brings people the feel of being part of a group
D. satisfies people's need of being unusual

[单选题]_______ warn of weather hazards which mainly concern light aircraft.
A.AIRMETs
B.SIGMETs
C.Convective SIGMETs
D.Both A and B

[单项选择]Some geologists are particularly interested in the layers of ______ surface.

[单项选择]Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without ______ it.
A. enforcing
B. dominating
C. enhancing
D. disposing

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What did some agricultural producing nations complain about （）

A. The Doha Round of world trade talks hasn't been held for long.
B. Their farmers can not compete with artificially-low prices.
C. Developing countries cannot compete with developed ones

[单项选择]Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure ______.


A. than more on efficiency
B. and more on efficiency
C. and more efficiency
D. than efficiency

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Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some troth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also mined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.
One country received its second-place medals with visible indignation after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in
A. His team would no longer take part in international games.
B. Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.
C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.
D. The Federation should he dissolve