[单项选择]Some of the students arc especially ______ about making mistakes.
A. sensible B. sensitive C. senseless D. insensible

[单项选择]As a human activity, weighing the facts about something is actually ______.


A. experienced by everybody
B. a purposeful performance
C. brought about even at birth
D. determined by the rules of nature

[单项选择]What does the man say about some elderly people ？（）
A. They prefer to carry cash when traveling abroad.
B. They usually carry many things around with them.
C. They would rather travel around than stay at home.
D. They don’t like to spend much money on traveling.

[单项选择]What arc they talking about（）
A. A new shuttle bus.
B. A scheduled space flight.
C. An airplane flight.
D. The first space flight.

[单项选择]An analyst does research about dividend discount model and gathers the following information about a company:

Current dividend per share (D0)	$2.80
Dividend growth rate	6.5%
Nominal risk-free rate	3.5%
Required risk premium	6.5%
Expected rate of inflation	1.5%

According to the dividend discount model (DDM), the value of a share is closest to:（）
A. $59.64
B. $80.00
C. $85.20

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Text 4
Everyday some 16m barrels of oil leave the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. That is enough to fill a soft drink can for everyone on earth, or to power every motor vehicle on the planet for 25 miles (40km). Gulf oil accounts for 40% of global trade in the sticky stuff. More important, it makes up two-thirds of known deposits. Whereas at present production rates the rest of the world’s oil reserves will last for a mere 25 years, the Gulf’s will last for 100 years. In other words, the region’s strategic importance is set to grow and grow.
Or at least so goes the conventional wisdom, which is usually rounded out with scary talk of unstable, spendthrift regimes and a looming fundamentalist menace. Yet all those numbers come with caveats. A great deal of oil is consumed by the countries that produce it rather than traded, so in reality the Gulf accounts for less than a quarter of the world’s daily consumption. As for reserves, the
A. "Some of the world's bothersome hotspots are near the Gulf.
B. "Oil is big, but it is not the only reason to take the Gulf seriously."
C. "While the oil price keeps rising, the Gulf is attractive to traders. "
D. "Tighten thrift regimes on oil consumption, the single remedy."

[填空题]Paragraph Five Some people worry about the violence in TV programs and their effect on young people. Others consider that these same programs are an opportunity for us to release our stronger emotion, our feelings of anger or anxiety. Most people would agree though, that extreme violence should be kept away from children.

[单项选择]What do some scientists say about taking medicines for the common cold, according to the passage（）
A. It actually does more harm than good.
B. It causes damage to some organs of our body.
C. It works better when combined with other remedies.
D. It helps us to recover much sooner.

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