[填空题]Three hundred cars (sell)______ since the beginning of this year.

[填空题]Three hundred cars (sell)______ since the beginning of this year.

[简答题]Indian and Pakistan have fought three wars since 1947, two of them over Kashmir.

[单项选择]（　）three years since Nancy had her vacation.
A. It was
B. There was
C. It is
D. There is

[单项选择]Passage Three Ever since the 1750s, when the writer, satirist, statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin put political cartooning on the map by publishing the first cartoon of the genre in America, artists have combined their talent, wit and political beliefs to create cartoons that enrage, enlighten or simply engage the viewer. A picture may paint a thousand words, but a cartoon provokes, protests and entertains all at once. It is this that makes cartoonists so valuable and influential in times of crisis. Today, that crisis is climate change, and clever imagery can give new impetus to our struggle to combat global warming. The organizers of Earthworks 2008, a global cartoon competition, believe that art and humor are simple ways to get the environmental message across. "We set up the competition to give cartoonists around the world a platform on which to express themselves," says John Renard, one of the Earthworks organizers. "We hoped the competition would stimula
A. invented satirical cartoons
B. started cartooning on the map
C. initiated publishing cartoons
D. originated political cartoons

[单项选择]

Since the energy crisis, these big cars have become a real liability. They cost too much to run（）

A. lack of reliability
B. substitute
C. costly means of transport
D. disadvantage

[填空题]It takes ______ minutes to dispatch cars since receiving the call from customers.

[单项选择]Passage Three It has been two decades since the fate of a bashful bird that most people had never seen came to symbolize the bitter divide over whether to save or saw down the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest. Yet it was not until Thursday that the federal government offered its final plan to prevent the bird, the northern spotted owl, from going extinct. After repeated revisions, constant court fights and shifting science, the Fish and Wildlife Service presented a plan that addresses a range of threats to the owl, including some that few imagined when it was listed as a threatened species in 1990. The newer threats include climate change and the arrival of a formidable feathered competitor, the barred owl, in the soaring old-growth evergreens of Washington, Oregon and California where spotted owls nest and hunt. One experiment included in the plan: shooting hundreds of barred owls to see whether that helps spotted owls recover. Even after all these yea
A. save Northern spotted owl
B. save the Northwest forest
C. list environmental threats to the Northern spotted owl
D. list the Northern spotted owl as a threatened species

[单项选择]A. He has managed to sell a number of cars. B. He is contented with his current position.
C. He might get fired. D. He has lost his job.

[单项选择]A) He has managed to sell a number of cars. B) He is contented with his current position.
C) He might get fired. D) He has lost his job