[单项选择]（）the 1500's （）the first European explored the coast of California.
A. It was not until, when
B. It is not until, when
C. It is until, that
D. It was not until, that

[单项选择]______ the 1500's ______ the first European explored the coast of California.


A. It was not until/then
B. It is until/that
C. It is not until/when
D. It was not until/that

[单项选择]The first European settlement on Australia began in ______.


A. 1901
B. 1788
C. 1770
D. 1787

[单项选择]What is the European Commission's proposal to deal with electronic trash


A. All electronics manufacturers must pay to dispose of electronic trash.
B. All electronics manufacturers must get back and properly dispose of all electronic trash.
C. All electronics manufacturers must get back and properly dispose of electronic products which are more than ten years old.
D. All electronics manufactures must guarantee to get back electronic products.

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Text 2
The European Union’s Barcelona summit, which ended on March 16th, was played out against the usual backdrop of noisy "anti-globalisation" demonstrations and massive security. If nothing else, the demonstrations illustrated that economic liberalization in Europe -- the meeting’s main topic -- presents genuine political difficulties. Influential sections of public opinion continue to oppose anything that they imagine threatens "social Europe", the ideal of a cradle-to-grave welfare state.
In this climate of public opinion, it is not surprising that the outcome in Barcelona was modest. The totemic issue was opening up Europe’s energy markets. The French government has fought hard to preserve a protected market at home {or its state-owned national champion, Electricite de France (EDF). At Barcelona it made a well-flagged tactical retreat. The summiteers concluded that from 2004 industrial users across Europe would be
A. popular and sensible.
B. dubious but profitable.
C. slow and contradictory.
D. fragile but promising.

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Text 1
The European Union’s Bareelona summit, which ended on March 16th, was played out against the usual backdrop of noisy "anti-globalisation" demonstrations and massive security. If nothing else, the demonstrations illustrated that economic liberalization in Europe-the meeting’s main topic--presents genuine political difficulties. Influential sections of public opinion continue to oppose anything that they imagine threatens "social Europe", the ideal of a cradle-to-grave welfare state.
In this climate of public opinion, it is not surprising that the outcome in Barcelona was modest. The totemic issue was opening up Europe’s energy markets. The French government has fought hard to preserve a protected market at home for its state-owned national champion, Electricite de France (EDF). At Barcelona it made a well flagged tactical re treat. The summiteers concluded that from 2004 industrial users across Europe would be abl
A. business users will choose from supplier competitors.
B. energy markets call for cross trade coordination.
C. competition will hardly be confined to business users.
D. energy suppliers might cater to economic liberalization.

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