[单项选择]A) tries to cover C) falls to cover
B) manages to cover D) succeeds in covering


A. tries to cover
B. manages to cover
C. falls to cover
D. succeeds in covering

[单项选择]The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ________.


A. children will get fatter if they eat too much
B. children will get thinner if they eat less
C. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TV
D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV

[单项选择]The barber is old but he always tries new things.

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House-price falls are gathering momentum and are spreading across the UK, according to a monthly poll of surveyors which on Monday delivered its gloomiest reading for nearly 12 years.
Fifty-six per cent of surveyors contacted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported price falls in the three months to October. Only 3 per cent saw prices rise in their area, compared with 58 per cent as recently as May.
There was further evidence of slowing activity in the property market as the number of sales per surveyor dived to a nine-year low. Unsold stock on agents’ books has increased 10 per cent since the summer. Ian Perry, Rics’ national housing spokesman, said it was now very clear that buyers were unsettled by higher interest rates.
The Bank of England raised rates five times to 4.75 per cent over the last year to cool the property boom.
But he also blamed comments by Mervyn King, the Bank’s governor,
A. the present house price falls are at most a momentary phenomenon.
B. the property market is experiencing its most depressing time over the decade.
C. 58 percent of surveyors contacted started to encounter house price falls in May.
D. Rics' widely-followed headline indicator began to fall since Dec. 1992.

[单项选择]What does the news cover

[单项选择]When a college tries to be "all things to all people" (Par


A. A．1), it aims to ______. satisfy the needs of all kinds of students simultaneouslyB. focus on training students in various skillsC. encourage students to take as many courses as possibleD. make learning serve academic rather than productive ends

[单项选择]______, he always tries his best to solve it.


A. Though difficult the problem is
B. However difficult the problem is
C. Though difficult is the problem
D. However the problem is difficult

[单项选择]The National Day of the United States falls on________.


A. July 14
B. May 4
C. June 14
D. July 4

[单项选择]Easter falls officially on the ______ Sunday after the full moon of March.


A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth

[单项选择]Niagara Falls is a great tourist ______ , drawing millions of visitors every year.
A. attention
B. attraction
C. settlement
D. arrangement

[单项选择]Niagara Falls is a great tourist ______ drawing millions of visitors every year.
A. attention
B. attraction
C. appointment
D. arrangement

[单项选择]--My birthday falls on （） Saturday this year.
--Good! We'll have （） time for a big party.
A. a; /
B. the; /
C. a; the
D. /; the

[单项选择]Which of the following coverage does not cover partial loss or damage resulting from natural calamities. ( )
A. WA
B. FPA
C. Institute Cargo Clause (B)
D. Institute Cargo Clause (A)

[单项选择]How much percent does the sea cover the earth


A. 69
B. 70
C. 71
D. 79