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Both of them were presidents during the years of

[单项选择]All of them were shaking（）laughter.
A. over
B. through
C. with
D. by

[单项选择]Hundreds of years ago cloves were used to remedy headaches.
A. disrupt
B. diagnose
C. evaporate
D. cure

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For years, students were assured that with a college degree in hand they could acquire an excellent job. However, in recent years, several developments have signaled the beginning of a change in the supply-demand relationship in the services of education. Teachers with terminal degrees far outnumber the available teaching positions in many disciplines. The chairman of a science department today may receive three to four hundred applications for a position that once attracted only half a dozen. States are closing down some colleges and requiring others to cut back on undergraduate and graduate programs. Higher education is well into a buyer’s market. With the realization that higher education has lost its boasted position in the eyes of the public, administrations of colleges and universities must be prepared to enter into competition with all other supplies of products and services. Private institutions in the long run, have no alternative but to satisfy their custom
A. Students still believe they can get a good job if they have a college degree now.
B. Students believed they were sure to get a good job if they had a college degree in hand.
C. Good jobs are only given to the people who have college degrees.
D. Many good jobs have disappeared in recent years.

[填空题]During McDonald’s early years French fries were made from scratch
every day. Fresh potatoes are peeled, cut into strings, and fried in the 67. ______.
kitchens. With the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought 68. ______.
to cut labor costs, reduce number of suppliers, and ensure that its fries 69. ______.
tasted the same at every restaurant.
McDonald’s began switching from frozen French fries in 1996, and few 70. ______.
customers notice the difference. But the change had a profound effect on the
nation’s agriculture and diet. A familiar food had been transmitted into a 71. ______.
highly processed industrial commodity. McDonald’s fries now come from
huge manufacturing plant that can process two million pounds of potatoes a 72. ______.
day. The expansion of McDonald’s and the popularity of its mass-producing, 73. ______.
low-cost fries changed the way how Americans eat.