[单项选择]What is mentioned about the laptop
A. Its case has a crack in it.
B. It was damaged during delivery.
C. Its screen is not wide enough.
D. It was damaged inside the box.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about the sale
A. It is only for a limited time.
B. It is to get rid of old stock.
C. It is an annual event at the store.
D. It is a grand opening celebration.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about the item
A. It is out of stock.
B. It is at another store.
C. It has been discontinued.
D. It has just arrived.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about the bike
A. It features a modern design.
B. It is reasonably priced.
C. It has multiple gears.
D. It has a large carrying capacity.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about the amenities
A. They are spacious.
B. They are modern.
C. They are attractive.
D. They are affordable.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about the strawberries
A. They are excellent for use in desserts.
B. They are grown at a local farm.
C. They are being sold for two dollars off.
D. They are the most expensive produce.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about the product
A. Its flavor is not overpowering.
B. It contains moderate levels of fats.
C. It is most useful for baking.
D. Its taste is similar to that of olives.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about Ms. Manu
A. She will graduate this year.
B. She has been working part time.
C. She will leave the company.
D. She has been promoted.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about Ms. Jordan
A. She runs a consulting firm.
B. She is from Australia.
C. She works for Kirby and Watts.
D. She lives in Singapore.

[单项选择]What is mentioned about Reggie’s Bistro
A. Its decor
B. Its size
C. Its service
D. Its location

[单项选择]What is mentioned about the most recent sales figures
A. They are the lowest of the year.
B. They can be interpreted positively.
C. They declined 20% since last month.
D. They show little change over last year.

[单项选择]What is not mentioned when talking about places where people were trapped in
A. Hotels.
B. Railway stations.
C. Airports.
D. Bus stations.

[单项选择]What can be inferred about the swallows mentioned in the conversation
A. They are a type of insect.
B. They are a kind of fish.
C. They are a type of bird.
D. They are a type of pig.

[单项选择]Forget what Virginia Woolf said about what a writer needs--a room of one’s own. The writer she has in mind wasn’t at work on a novel in cyberspaee, one with multiple hypertexts, animated graphics and downloads of trance, charming music. For that you also need graphic interfaces, Real Player and maybe even a computer laboratory at Brown University. That was where Mark Amerika--his legally adopted name; don’t ask him about his birth name--composed much of his novel Gramatron. But Grammatron isn’t just a story. It’s an online narrative (gramatron. com) that uses the capabilities of cyberspace to tie the conventional story line into complicated knots. In the four years it took to produce-it was completed in 1997-each new advance in computer software became another potential story device. "I became sort of dependent on the industry," jokes Amerika, who is also the author of two novels printed on paper. "That’s unusual for a writer, because if you just write on paper the ’technology’ is pret
A. differences between conventional and modern novels
B. how Mark Amerika composed his novel Gramatron
C. common features of all modern electronic novels
D. why Mark Amerika took on a new way of writing

[单项选择]Which is not mentioned about Sir Patrick Moore
A. He is the author of The Sky at Night.
B. He devoted himself to the study of the universe.
C. He was a former presenter of the BBC.