[填空题]I thought his request for more information was (reason) ______ , but it was rejected.

[单项选择]

Passage Two
It was a bad night for Lewis. His research in the neighboring town has taken longer than he expected. It was late and he was very tired when he drove home. He turned into his building's parking lot, but all the spaces were full. He drove back out onto the street, looking for a parking space. The first block was full. The next block was almost empty. Lewis didn't see a “no parking” sign, but he has expected that his parking were allowed there. Most the spaces would be filled. Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. He was so glad to see them that he didn't even think to read the sign by the entrance. He drove in, parked and hurried home to go to bed. The next morning he went back to the lot to get his car. It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen. It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened: his car had been on a private lot. It had been
A. Near the entrance of a park.
B. At a parking meter.
C. In his building’s parking lot
D. At a street corner.

[多项选择]Write a "Thank You" letter to Mr. Smith for his recommendation of your competence to the manager of the Medical Company.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.

[单项选择]A. He doesn’t have good qualifications.
B. His resume hasn’t outlined his past in a proper way.
C. He is not nervous when taking an interview.
D. He always thinks that the interviewer is like an enemy.

[填空题]This attack was a severe (injure) ______ to his reputation.

[单项选择]Tony has not the least_________of giving up his research work.
A. intention
B. interest
C. wish
D. desire

[多项选择]Nowadays piracy is more and more serious.
2. The reasons for such a phenomenon and its harmfulness.
3. Give some advice on how to control and hit piracy.

[单项选择]He was much more thorough in his studies than the rest of his class and it was for this reason （）he made such great progress.
A. why
B. how
C. that
D. for

[填空题]The Chairman emphasized his ideas by speaking more (loud) ______.

[填空题]I thought her request for financial aid was ___(reason), but somehow it was refused.

[单项选择]He owed his failure to bad luck more than capacity．
A. 他的失败主要是运气不好，但更多有能力因素。
B. 他把自己的失败归因于运气不好而不是能力有限。
C. 他失败的原因是不走运大于能力。
D. 他失败是出于能力不行而不是运气不好。

[填空题]Today many people are paying more attention to (reduce) ______ stress in their lives.

[填空题]______, (一个人朋友越多) the richer and more colorful his life will be.