[单项选择]If minor disputes are left unsettled, tough ones will pile up sooner or later.（）
A. accumulate
B. vanish
C. linger
D. emerge

[单项选择]Advertising is a tough business because it is very difficult to ________new ideas to sell the same product.
A. come up with
B. get along with
C. come up to
D. get down to

[单项选择]It's tough finding a job these days.
A. impossible
B. difficult
C. lucky
D. easy

[单项选择]The （） tough training given by our company creates strong and able sales representatives who perform well above others in the same field.
A. indifferently
B. presumably
C. completely
D. unbearably

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Text 4
Admittedly, minor accidents and slip ups continue to shake public confidence in nuclear power.
Given the unquantifiable risks that nuclear power carries, it is only right that the industry be subjected to the test of public opinion and due political process. However, this argues for exceptional vigilance, regulatory scrutiny and accountability-and not for bans or shutdowns.
Those nuclear operators with a good safety record deserve to have their licenses renewed, so that existing plants may run to the end of their useful lives.
The Bush administrations enthusiastic support goes a lot further than this, however. It also wants to see new plants. Proponents of new nuclear power stations make three arguments in their favor.
They will enhance energy security by lessening dependence on fossil fuels; Far from being environmentally harmful, they will be beneficial because they will reduce the output of greenhouse gases; And, most cruci
A. nuclear power stations may become the targets of terrorist attack
B. the Bush administration doesn't give due weight to environment protection
C. carbon dioxide is the principal source of greenhouse gas
D. nuclear waste will turn to be an environmental threat in the long - run term

[单项选择]It's tough looking for a job these days.
A. different
B. digital
C. difficult
D. direct

[单项选择]The problem was so tough that the pupils did not know how to __________ it.


A. abolish
B. encounter
C. remove
D. tackle

[单项选择]There were still some minor grammar mistakes, but_________ the composition was rather well-written.


A. in the way
B. all in all
C. on the whole
D. as a whole

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A.though
B.caught
C.through
D.tough

[单项选择]She found the job very tough. （　） she stayed at the company and was finally promoted.
A. And
B. Although
C. However
D. Until

[单项选择]Which two universities are the oldest ones in Britain


A. Oxford University and Cambridge University
B. London University and Oxford University
C. Edinburgh University and Cambridge University
D. Oxford University and London University