[单项选择]Mack Twiller, my friend's husband, ______brought up and educated in Europe, lived at lecture in Australia most of his life.


A. if
B. when
C. though
D. who

[单项选择]The young visitor stayed a long time in my friend's house.

[单项选择]My friend wanted to live in Mexico, but I wanted to stay in the United States so we made a______ and moved to New Mexico.


A. conflict
B. agreement
C. peace
D. compromise

[单项选择]I, who ______ your best friend, will try my best to help you.


A. be
B. are
C. is
D. am

[单项选择]Not until my British friend came to China（）how densely populated the country is.
A. did he realize
B. he didn't realize
C. he realized
D. he could realize

[单选题] Not only my brother but also my good friend John ________ swimming lovers.
A. am
B. is
C. are
D. were

[单项选择]My friend's parents ______ her to marry the poor young man, but at last she succeeded.
A. banned
B. prohibited
C. prevented
D. forbade

[单项选择]Mack is very busy; he is a full-time student, while （　） a part-time job.
A. to hold
B. being held
C. held
D. holding

[单项选择]The percentage of cocaine brought through the coast has increased by ______.


A. 10%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 70%

[单项选择]Mr. White brought a countercharge against you because you had______ him for smuggling several pieces of antiques and cultural relics.
A. charged
B. indicted
C. accused
D. prosecuted

[单项选择]

Text 4
Recent years have brought minority-owned businesses in the United States unprecedented opportunities--as well as new and significant risks. Civil right activists have long argued that one of the principal reasons why Blacks, Hispanics and other minority groups have difficulty establishing themselves in business is that they lack of access to the sizable orders and subcontracts that are generated by large companies. Now Congress, in apparent agreement, has required by law that businesses awarded federal contracts of more than $ 500, 000 do their best to find minority subcontractors and record their efforts to do so on forms filed with the government, Indeed, some federal and local agencies have gone so far as to set specific percentage goals for apportioning parts of public works contracts to minority enterprises.
Corporate response appears to have been substantial. According to figures collected in 1977, the total of corporate contracts with minority
A. avoid competition with larger, more established concerns by not expanding.
B. concentrating on securing even more business from that corporation.
C. use its influence with the corporation to promote subcontracting with other minority concerns.
D. try to expand its customer bases to avoid becoming dependent on the corporation.

[单项选择]Black people were first brought to America from Africa as ______.
A. workers in factories
B. cotton pickers
C. migrants
D. slaves

[单项选择]He has brought forward conclusive evidence, which______ for further dispute.


A. makes room
B. leaves no room
C. spares no efforts
D. takes no pains

[单项选择]What brought about, the decline in the demand for American farm products


A. The impact of the Great Depression.
B. The shrinking of overseas markets.
C. The destruction caused by the First World War.
D. The increased exports of European countries.