[单项选择]After a good 2003, will 2004 be better
The past year has been a good one for Southeast Asian stocks. Markets in both Singapore and the Philippines have risen by more than 30% in dollar terms; Indonesia has surged more than 70%; and tigerish Thailand has leapt by almost 130%. Investors, needless to say, are keen to know whether lightning will strike again in the same places in 2004. There is indeed something good in store: elections.
The gains of the past year are easy to explain. Indonesia, for one, has finally found its feet after years of chaos following the regional crisis in 1997. Inflation and interest rates are failing, and the economy has grown by around 4% in the past year.
Thailand’s economy, meanwhile, has been doing even better. It has grown at an annual rate of 6.5% in the year as a whole. Because of low interest rates, consumers have been wildly purchasing cars and houses, helping crisis-hit companies pay off their debts and thus improving the balance
A. There has been chaos following the regional crisis in 1997.
B. The economy has grown by around 4%.
C. Both inflation and interest rates have finally risen.

[单项选择]After a good 2003, will 2004 be better
The past year has been a good one for Southeast Asian stocks. Markets in both Singapore and the Philippines have risen by more than 30% in dollar terms; Indonesia has surged more than 70%; and tigerish Thailand has leapt by almost 130%. Investors, needless to say, are keen to know whether lightning will strike again in the same places in 2004. There is indeed something good in store: elections.
The gains of the past year are easy to explain. Indonesia, for one, has finally found its feet after years of chaos following the regional crisis in 1997. Inflation and interest rates are failing, and the economy has grown by around 4% in the past year.
Thailand’s economy, meanwhile, has been doing even better. It has grown at an annual rate of 6.5% in the year as a whole. Because of low interest rates, consumers have been wildly purchasing cars and houses, helping crisis-hit companies pay off their debts and thus improving the balance
A. it is the right time to make investment.
B. Southeast Asian stocks will be better.
C. there will be any elections.

[单项选择]

Expansion at Everall

After four consecutive years of record-breaking growth, Everall Technologies has announced plans to (41) its office facilities on Warner Road. The company has added over 200 employees in the last ten years alone, and is desperately in need of more space.According to an Everall spokesperson, the construction firm chosen to undertake the project is Build Lite Inc., and the work is estimated to take a little over a year to complete. (42) in the plans are a four-storey sales center, an auditorium with seating for 500, and a parking lot able to accommodate up to 1,200 vehicles. Both Everall and Build Lite have declined to (43) the cost of the project at this time. However, independent analysts predict it could reach over $10 million.

41（）。
A. submit
B. expand
C. release
D. organize

[单项选择]The development of the internet over the past 20 years has not only changed the way most people live their lives, but also provided a plethora of new platforms for business. The advertising industry adopt the micro blog as a ______ tool, which is a pertinent example.
A. availability
B. promotional
C. encryption
D. payment

[判断题]Past consideration is not a good consideration for negotiable instruments.

[单项选择]Which is true of students’ pay over the past two years according to this article


A. As much as students should.
B. Less than students should.
C. No more than students’ share.
D. More than students should.

[简答题]In this way, better quality products at good values are continually being brought to the people of all income groups.

[单项选择]A. He should outline his past better.
B. He should send his resume directly to the manager.
C. He should create a new area in his resume called "value offered".
D. He needn’t write different resumes to different employers.

[填空题]We got to work and succeeded, after a good deal of _____, in making our butter.

[单项选择]It is no good dwelling on the past. What existed or happened in the past may have been beautiful or exciting and may now bring profound and precious memories, but the past is dead, and it is not healthy for living spirits to linger over a world inhabited by ghosts. The past may also be a place of horror, of regret, of unfortunate deeds that "cannot be undone". It is painful and pointless to fix on the period which cannot be relived or repaired. It is unproductive self-punishment. The past must be kept in its place, outlived and outgrown.
It is also useless to worry about the future. Why fly to heaven before it’s time What anxious visions haunt the person who thinks too much about the future He may envision the horrible mushroom cloud, the earth shriveling from radiation, the overpopulated, abused earth gone dead. He may imagine his own life going away, appointments missed, advancements given to someone else, his house burned to the ground, his love lost, everything in his life, as
A. Yes, and one should always stick to the plans.
B. Yes, but the plans should be adjusted to the present.
C. No, because one has little or no control of the future.
D. No, because planning is not as important as living in the present.