[单项选择]Reading the epic known to us as the Iliad is vastly different from the______experience of hearing and seeing it performed, for in place of the bard’s______flow of sound and image, the reader beholds a mute tome, the size of longish novel.
A. apocryphal … prehistoric
B. preliterate … galvanic
C. auditory… insipid
D. succinct… abrupt
E. scholarly… abstract

[填空题]In Homer’’s Iliad, Akhilleus, the greatest of all Greek warriors, is driven towards immortality by his own need for________.
A. A．conflict
B．epiphany
C．bloodlust
D．powerlessness
E．self-preservation

[填空题]安腾采用了EPIC，即______技术。

[单项选择] Watch Consequences of US-Libyan Relations US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced on Monday that the United Stated decided to restore full diplomatic ties with Libya and clear the nation from the list of terrorism-supporting countries. The Libyan Government welcomed the decision. This means that the 25-year-old US-Libyan confrontation comes to an end. Interpretation of this varies, the sudden announcement of the rapprochement is closely related to the issue of Iran’’s nuclear bidding. Over a long period of time,. Washington called Libya, together with Iran and others, a " rogue nation" , which allegedly supported terrorism, and was one of the seven countries that could be subject to possible US nuclear strikes. The situation altered somewhat since the outbreak of the Iraqi War in 2003. The military forces of the United States and its allies toppled the Saddam Hussein regime with the excuse that Iraq went in for weapons of mass destruct
A. Y
B. N
C. NG

[填空题]
The US banking system is not as tightly centralized as European systems. At its head we find the Federal Reserve Board (the "Fed"), which works through twelve regional Federal Reserve banks. The Board, (31) responsibility is directly to the Congress, is an independent agency, not subject to the orders of the President. But of course, a large amount of cooperation does exist (32) the White House and the Treasury on the one hand, and the Board on the (33)
Credit cards are issued by banks or certain organizations and may be used by the (34) to have purchases (goods or services such as meals, accommodation and travel) charged to a bank account. The account is (35) for the corresponding amount and the card holder is sent monthly statements of account.
Some credit cards are (36) internationally by many stores, hotels and restaurants. Cards ho