[填空题]Recently, the United States has ceded its early lead in wind development to Asian competitors.

[单项选择]The United States has long imported its food and fuel, its cars and clothes. Now the faltering economy has sparked a push for another type of import: shoppers.
For the first time, lawmakers, businesses and even White House officials are courting consumers from cash-rich countries such as China, India and Brazil to fill the nation’s shopping malls and pick up the slack for penny-pinching Americans. They are wooing travelers with enticements such as coupons, beauty pageants and promises of visa reform. The payoff, they say, could be significant: 1.3 million new jobs and an $ 859 billion shot in the arm for the economy over the next decade.
"They’re their own little stimulus program, " said David French, senior vice president for government relations at the National Retail Federation, a trade group. The trend underscores the depth of the United States’ reliance on countries once considered to be at the bottom of the glob al totem pole. The nation already counts on China and othe
A. food and clothes
B. raw materials
C. travelers
D. labor forces

[单项选择]The United States has a major problem on its hands. True, Britain is facing a similar problem, but for the time being it is in America that it is graver. The only way to solve it is through education. Negroes (黑人) should know about the contributions that black individuals and groups have made towards building America. This is of vital importance for their self-respect; and it is perhaps even more important for white people to know. For if you believe that a man has no history worth mentioning, it is easy to assume that he has no value as a man.
Many people believe that, since the Negro’s achievements do not appear in the history books, he did not have any. Most people are taken aback when they learn that Negroes sailed with Columbus, marched with the Spanish conquerors of South America and fought side by side with white Americans in all their wars. People are astonished when you tell them about Phillis Wheatley, who learned English as a salve in Boston and wrote first-class poetry
A. contributes to the blacks’ confidence of their value
B. proves their achievements in building the country
C. is still a major task for curriculum education
D. will solve all the conflicts between black and white people

[简答题]Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. (Passage 1)

[单项选择]After 15 years in the United States, he has finally decided to　（） American citizenship.
A. concentrate on
B. apply for
C. look out for
D. appeal on