[单项选择]We'll try to finish the work in time though we are short of manpower.
A. 尽管我们人手不够，但还是要努力按时完成工作。
B. 我们将在人员减少的情况下设法把工作做好。
C. 我们尽力完成工作，尽管有时人员会有所减少。
D. 尽管我们人力紧张，但我们时常能设法完成工作。

[单项选择]We'll try to finish the work in time though we are short of manpower.


A. 尽管我们人手不够，但还是要努力按时完成工作。
B. 我们将在人员减少的情况下设法把工作做好。
C. 我们尽力完成工作，尽管有时人员会有所减少。
D. 尽管我们人力紧张，但我们时常能设法完成工作。

[单项选择]Just use this room for the time being, and we' ll offer you a larger one（　）it becomes available.
A. as soon as
B. unless
C. as far as
D. until

[单项选择]"We'll do what we can to get the goods （　） on time," said the manager of the company.
A. reached
B. delivered
C. returned
D. come

[单项选择]We'll never get to the station on time ______ we run as fast as we can.
A. in case
B. even if
C. provided that
D. if only

[单项选择]First and foremost, we must work out how we are going to get there.（　）
A. think
B. plan
C. write
D. check

[单项选择]Grandpa: Robbie, we'll go fishing soon, and we'll take 5tour dad with us.
Grandson: I'm ready, Grandpa.（）.
A. Yon name the day
B. You can't miss it
C. Take your time

[单项选择]We'll be away for two weeks because we'll have a ______.

[单项选择]We didn't finish the work in time. You（）us since you were there.
A. might help
B. should help
C. could have helped
D. must have helped

[单项选择]Passage One From time to time, we need an expert. In such situations, the Internet has been like a gift from the gods. In the old days, authorities were near at hand for expert advice: the village seamstress on how to make a buttonhole, the blacksmith on how to take care of a horse’s hooves, or the apothecary on what to do about warts. On the Internet, advice and answer sites are popping up all over the place, with self-proclaimed experts at the ready. Exp.com claims to have “tens of thousands of experts who can help you,”while the more restrained Abuzz.com, owned by The New York Times, limits its pitch to “Ask Anything! Real People. Real Answers.” It’s said that expert sites or knowledge networks represent the latest stage in the Internet’s evolution, a “democratization of expertise.” However, if your question is about something other than “Who invented the light bulb”, the answers are likely to be a wild potpourri of personal opinions. Top colleges and universities ar
A. trusts old days experts more than online ones
B. believes that most of the online experts are qualified
C. trusts the intelligence of large amounts of experts online
D. believes that online experts can answer people’s questions better

[单项选择]There are various factors during the work, so we must take all these fully______ account.


A. in
B. into
C. to
D. at

[单项选择]I don't know ______ we can finish the work on time.


A. that
B. if
C. when

[单项选择]______ flexible work time was introduced, productivity levels have improved by almost five percent.
A. As
B. Before
C. Since
D. While

[单项选择]The car didn't work halfway so we （　） having to walk to the theater.
A. resulted in
B. finished with
C. ended with
D. ended up

[单项选择]What we all work for is to free ____ time for the thing we really want to do.
A. off
B. up
C. aside
D. in