[单项选择]The Home Secretary has been asked to _______ because the union leaders and their employers can- not agree on a course of action.


A. meditate
B. negotiate
C. intervene
D. reconcile

[单项选择]The Home Secretary has been asked to _______ because the union leaders and their employers can- not agree on a course of action.


A. meditate
B. negotiate
C. intervene
D. reconcile

[单项选择]The Home Secretary has been asked to ______ because the union leaders and their employers cannot agree on a course of action.
A. intervene
B. negotiate
C. meditate
D. reconcile

[单项选择]

The home computers industry has been growing (21) in the world for the last twenty years. Computers used to be large, expensive machines that (22) very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As (23) , their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses.
Computers have been designed to store (24) and compute complex problems. Computers are used in (25) traffic in some cities. Stores use computers to keep records of their goods and to send (26) to their customers. Offices use computers to type letters, record business and communicate (27) other offices. People have been using computers in their homes to keep track of expenses and (28) their household appliances on and off.
One important new (29) for computers is for entertainment. Many new game
A. an end
B. a close
C. a result
D. an outcome

[单项选择]Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
A. invade
B. install
C. insert
D. inject

[单项选择]What change has been announced


A. The flight number.
B. The gate number.
C. The arrival time.
D. The airplane.

[单项选择]Where has the woman been


A. To Colorado.
B. To Arizona.
C. To the Nile River.
D. To the Museum of Natural History.

[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]How long has the man been sick


A. Since Friday.
B. Since Saturday.
C. Since Sunday
D. Since yesterday.

[单项选择]What has been the biggest sticking point throughout the negotiations


A. The issue of oil
B. The issue of federalism
C. The issue of trade
D. The issue of army