[单项选择]Advanced computer technology has ______ an answer to accurate weather forecasting.


A. set up
B. come up with
C. filled in
D. faced up to

[单项选择]The application of advanced technology to research in solar energy _________.

[单项选择]The full （） of changes in computer technology will be felt within the next few years.
A. affect
B. impact
C. action
D. importance

[单项选择]According to the passage, Apple computer, Inc, has introduced the Mackintosh Ⅱ and the Mackintosh SE because ______.


A. IBM is changing its computer models continuously
B. it wants to make its machines specialize in specific users
C. it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the competitive computer market
D. it expects its major competitor IBM to follow it examples

[单项选择]The full ______ of changes in computer technology will be felt within the next few years.
A. affect
B. impact
C. action
D. importance

[单项选择]Our office has recently ______ to a new computer system.
A. altered
B. converted
C. transformed
D. modified

[单项选择]This answer sounded （）
A. correct
B. correctly
C. nicely
D. interested

[单项选择]The passage supplies information that would answer which of the following questions


A. What accounts for the difference in rates of consumption in certain countries
B. What is the numerical factor by which per capita energy consumption exceeds physiological energy requirements
C. Which countries tend to have more sensitive ecosystems, those with small or large populations
D. What factor in calculating sustainability has Witkins neglected to consider in his theory of global development
E. (E) What evidence is there for the notion that higher rates of consumption can be more important than population rates in calculating the impact of development

[单项选择]The passage provides information that would answer which of the following questions


A. What was the average annual amount, in dollars, of minority business receipts before the SBA strategy was implemented
B. What locations are considered to be unfavorable for minority businesses
C. What is the current success rate for minority businesses that are capitalized by MESBIC’s
D. How has the use of federal funding for minority businesses changed since the 1960’s

[单项选择]The Naming Theory is advanced by


A. Plato.
B. Bloomfield.
C. Geoffrey Leech.
D. Firth.

[单项选择]Since any answer was likely to cause embarrassment to his party, the politician tried to ______ the question.
A. evade
B. delude
C. seclude
D. invade

[单项选择]One businessman was afraid to answer questions because ______.


A. he thought(认为，考虑)he had little knowledge(知识，知道)
B. he has a businessman
C. he was not a teacher

[单项选择]German technology conglomerate Siemens showed its new mobile phones


A. at a news conference.
B. at a mobile trade show.
C. at a mobile handset unit.
D. at a mass market.

[单项选择]The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ______ in which people communicate across time and space.
A. manner
B. mood
C. mission
D. vision

[单项选择]VCR has many advantages, but it also has its limits which lie in ______.

[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]In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly _________.


A. gaps
B. intervals
C. length
D. distance

[单项选择]

Computers will become more advanced and they will also become easier to use. Improved speed recognition will make the operation of a computer easier. Virtual reality（虚拟现实）, the technology of(1)with a computer using all of the human senses, will also contribute to better human and computer(2). Other, exotic（奇异的）models of computation are being developed, including biological computing that uses living organisms, molecular computing that uses molecules with particular(3), and computing that uses DNA, the basic unit of heredity（遗传）, to store data and carry out operations. These are examples of possible future computational platforms that, so far, are limited in abilities or are strictly(4). Scientists investigate them because of the physical limitations of miniaturizing circuits embedded in silicon. There are also(5)related to heat generated by even the tiniest of transistors.

空白（4）处应选择（）
A. empirical
B. real
C. practical
D. theoretical

[单项选择]Scientists have advanced many theories about why human beings cry tears , none of （） has been proved.
A. whom
B. which
C. what
D. that