[单项选择]Factors leading to the crisis included poor regulation, mismanagement and deception in the industry, and competition from other types of financial firms.
A. cheating
B. pollution
C. depression
D. abuse

[单项选择]In western countries, economic crisis usually comes in ______ with serious inflation and unemployment.
A. connection
B. association
C. relation
D. combination

[单项选择]Jim is very poor now.

[单项选择]What is the attitude of Germany towards the crisis with Baghdad


A. Insisting on the peaceful solution of the crisis.
B. Believing that war is inevitable.
C. Opposing war under any circumstances.
D. Declaring U.S. military action is unnecessary.

[单项选择]Since the energy crisis, these big cars have become a real liability. They cost too much to run.


A. lack of reliability
B. substitute
C. costly means of transport
D. disadvantage

[单项选择]When a crisis Strikes, pain will most probably affect______.


A. knees
B. palms
C. eyes
D. lungs

[单项选择]By "crisis of comprehension" the author means many students ______.


A. are too much concerned with grades
B. fail to understand the real goal of education
C. lack proper practice in phonic and grammar drills
D. are unable to understand what they read, though they do reasonably well on standardized tests

[单项选择]One of the reasons for the current crisis in American colleges and universities is that ______.

[单项选择]With the worldwide oil crisis, the price of oil has been raised______15%.


A. about
B. with
C. of
D. by

[单项选择]Ways to deal with sickle-cell anemia crisis do NOT include______.


A. Drinking plenty of water
B. Taking pain-reliever drugs
C. Receiving blood transfusions
D. Taking injections of antibiotics

[单项选择]

Barbie is going through a midlife crisis. After (1) with longtime boyfriend Ken earlier this year, she has (2) refuge in shopping, surfing, bubble baths and partying with a crew of trendy pals on the beach in Jamaica. At 45, she even made a (3) for the White House.
Then there was the makeover: a new. (4) of Paul Frank fashions, her own fragrance, a new musical and a new man-spiky-haired Australian surfer Blaine.
But, she (5) is going through a crisis, one that started at the cash register. (6) the Barbie brand as a whole (7) ＄ 3.6 billion in global retail sales this year, according to manufacturer Mattel Inc., Barbie has (8) sales slide over the past seven quarters. In the past few years, rivals (9) the edgier Bratz have upstaged the iconic doll.
To re-energize its flagship brand, the world’s largest toy maker set out to (10) Barbie and her pals in a (11) of books, magazines
A. Although
B. When
C. Since
D. Because