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US President Bush has been having a difficult summer. Recent polls show a considerable decline in public approval of his conduct of the nation’s business, yet in just few weeks voters will decide whether he or Democrat John Kerry is to be the next president. If things are going so badly for Bush, then Kerry must be doing well, right
41)__________. His public appearances kindle little enthusiasm. His TV ads sway few viewers. As a result, Kerry supporters tend to be more anti-Bush than they are genuinely pro-Kerry.
Democratic strategists point out that Kerry has a pattern of coming from behind to win political races. And even though Kerry stirs little excitement, many Americans are quite eager to learn whom he will choose as his running mate. A popular vice presidential candidate could energize his campaign, especially since there is little chance that President. Bush will dump the much-loathed Richard Cheney from the Republican ticket.
Most observers

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US President Bush has been having a difficult summer. Recent polls show a considerable decline in public approval of his conduct of the nation’s business, yet in just few weeks voters will decide whether he or Democrat John Kerry is to be the next president. If things are going so badly for Bush, then Kerry must be doing well, right
41)__________. His public appearances kindle little enthusiasm. His TV ads sway few viewers. As a result, Kerry supporters tend to be more anti-Bush than they are genuinely pro-Kerry.
Democratic strategists point out that Kerry has a pattern of coming from behind to win political races. And even though Kerry stirs little excitement, many Americans are quite eager to learn whom he will choose as his running mate. A popular vice presidential candidate could energize his campaign, especially since there is little chance that President. Bush will dump the much-loathed Richard Cheney from the Republican ticket.
Most observers

[单项选择]The Bush Administration has been accused by Harry Reid of
A. being covert. B. shielding Dick.
C. being dishonest. D. attacking the victim.

[填空题]After the election Laura Bush has been more willing to open the White House, but after 9/11 she restricted______.

[单项选择]How long has the woman been in the US
A. 24 years.
B. 20 years.
C. 22 years.

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Influenza has been with us a long time. According (51) some Greek writers on medical history, the outbreak of 412 B.C. was of influenz

• a. The same has been suggested of the sickness that swept through the Greek army (52) Syracuse in 395B.C. Flu is a disease that moves most quickly among people (53) in crowded conditions, hence, it is likely to attack armies.
  During the nineteenth century there were five widespread (54) of influenza. The last of the five (55) in 1889 and marked the beginning of the story of influenza in our time. Like the (56) started in Asia.
  For more than forty years before that outbreak, influenza had steadily (57) and was believed to be dying out. A new group of outbreaks was introduced by the great outbreak of 1889-1890 and for the next quarter of a century flu (58) a constant threat.
  In Apri
  A. stop
  B. stopping
  C. stopped
  D. to stop