[单项选择]Before the tsunami, Sri Lanka's tourism was revitalized by _______.


A. the modem tourism facilities the government bought for the country.
B. a three-year cease-fire between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.
C. international support from many different sources.
D. millions of tourists coming to the country every year.

[单项选择]Before the tsunami, Sri Lanka's tourism was revitalized by _______.


A. the modem tourism facilities the government bought for the country.
B. a three-year cease-fire between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.
C. international support from many different sources.
D. millions of tourists coming to the country every year.

[单项选择]According to the passage, Sri Lanka's tourism industry will recover faster than that of other tsunami-hit countries in Asia is mainly because _______.


A. The country is less seriously affected by the tsunami.
B. The country has more tourist attractions than other Asian countries.
C. The country has taken quick steps to revive the tourism industry.
D. The people there depend on tourism for living.

[单项选择]Sri Lanka lies near______.
A. Madagascar
B. Africa
C. the African coast
D. India

[单项选择]（）in the tsunami thoroughly, part of Sri Lanka has now been rebuilt.
A. Destroying
B. Having destroyed
C. Destroyed
D. To be destroyed

[单项选择]What is served before you order
A. Bread.
B. Butter.
C. Coffee.
D. Cold water.

[单项选择]

Many publications made private inquiries before presidential election, generally by means of questionnaires sent to subscribers and by telephone surveys. The principle common to all these inquiries was that they depended on quantity rather than quality; little effort was made to reach representatives of all segments of the population. Still, the erroneous belief persisted that the greater the number of questionnaires, the more accurate the results would be. The record was held by the American monthly Literary Digest, which sent out millions of postcards with short and pointed questions before each election, and received many hundreds of thousands of replies. In fact, in 1932, the Literary Digest’s forecast was off by only 1%.
In view of such striking achievements, it seemed rather improper for the young American journlist, George Gallup, to claim that large numbers were irrelevant, and that equally accurate or better predictions could be made with a small but carefu
A. Gallup focused more on quantity than quality
B. Gallup Poll was firstly based on sociological rather than arithmetical calculations
C. Gallup determined the number of the interviewers from the beginning
D. there is not a maximum number of interviewers in Gallup Poll

[单项选择]What happened before the strike broke out


A. British Airways dismissed many workers.
B. Thousands of passengers left stranded at Heathrow Airport.
C. British Airways cancelled 80% of its flights.
D. British Airways cut down the wages of the workers.

[单项选择]How many millionaires have Stanley surveyed before he wrote his book


A. 1,100
B. 1,300
C. 3,000
D. 3,100

[单项选择]Before suburbanization which began during the emergence of the industrial city, the city was a small highly compact cluster in which people moved around on foot and goods were ______by horse and cart.


A. conveyed
B. surveyed
C. forwarded
D. delivered

[单项选择]Where did he entertain troops before


A. In Vietnam.
B. In Cambodia.
C. In Laos.
D. In Burma.