[单项选择]No conclusion has been（） yet.
A. achieved
B. reached
C. attained
D. arrived

[单项选择]What change has been announced


A. The flight number.
B. The gate number.
C. The arrival time.
D. The airplane.

[单项选择]Where has the woman been


A. To Colorado.
B. To Arizona.
C. To the Nile River.
D. To the Museum of Natural History.

[单项选择]The new factory that has been built next to us has ______ the value of our house.
A. demoralized
B. depreciated
C. deterred
D. derailed

[单项选择]How long has the man been sick


A. Since Friday.
B. Since Saturday.
C. Since Sunday
D. Since yesterday.

[单项选择]What has been the biggest sticking point throughout the negotiations


A. The issue of oil
B. The issue of federalism
C. The issue of trade
D. The issue of army

[单项选择]The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed to thank ______.


A. God
B. their ancestors
C. their parents
D. the Pilgrims

[单项选择]Scientists generally hold that language has been so long in use that the length of time writing is known to cover is______ in comparison.
A. overwhelming
B. uninspiring
C. astounding
D. trifling

[单项选择]What dreadful experience she has been through!
A. terrible
B. wonderful
C. nice
D. cold

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The project budget has been finalizeD. Additional work has been discovered that was not planned for in the budget or project scope.（）could provide the fund to cover the newly discovered work item.

A. Contingency reserve
B. Project profit
C. Management reserve
D. Special fund

[单项选择]Sculpture has occasionally been found in the earth in an almost pure state.
A. regularly
B. accidentally
C. sometimes
D. successfully

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Passage Two
American has long been considered the land of opportunity by those from other countries. Americans, too, believe that the United States provides almost limifiess opportunity for those who want to open businesses on their own.
Today, Americans are still fond of trying their hand at becoming small business people, even though only one out of two survives the first two years. Many of these people start their businesses for the wrong reasons: to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for freer life styles. But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business. John Shuttleworth, owner of the recently successful life-ecology news magazine Mother Earth, reports having had to work sixty hours straight in order to bring out the first issue.
John Shuttleworth waited years after conceiving the idea for Mother Earth before he attempted to put out
A. borrowed money
B. waited for a good time to open his business
C. developed an inadequate plan
D. studied, prepared a plan, and trained himself

[单项选择]Material abundance has been the life blood which has ______ Americans in their basic beliefs and values.
A. contributed
B. provided
C. favored
D. sustained

[单项选择]There are means by which the constitution has been ______ over so long a time to the needs of a changing society.


A. altered
B. changed
C. adapted
D. revised

[单项选择]The incidence of this disease has been greatly reduced thanks to our health care program.


A. seriousness
B. frequency of occurrence
C. mortality
D. cure rate