[填空题]The fast ______ (develop) of the local economy has caused serious pollution in this county.

[填空题]The fast______(develop)of the local economy has caused serious pollution in thiscounty．

[填空题]The fast______(develop) of the local economy has caused serious pollution in this county.

[填空题]The fast (develop)______ of the local economy has caused serious water pollution in this region.

[单项选择]The economy of Ireland has been traditionally agricultural, but since （　） the country’s industrial base has expanded.
A. the mid-1950s
B. the mid-1960s
C. the 1970s
D. the 1980s

[单项选择]How many local newspapers has appeared according to the passage

[简答题]Until now the local government has only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons exist. Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport, they will be prepared to go ahead, as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children will be attending their nearest school.

[多项选择]Today, science and technology develop very fast, and books on scientific and technological knowledge are published at a rate of almost unbelievable 60 million pages a year. Facing with such quantity of knowledge, as a modern individual, how can we deal with the "knowledge explosion" in order to catch up with the development of society Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:
Coping with the Knowledge Explosion
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instruction may result in a loss of marks.

[填空题]The local government has to abandon the plan for a new chemical plant ______ (因为客观存在不符合公众的利益).

[填空题]The local government has set up a number of technical schools to meet the needs of __________ (迅速发展的经济) in the region.

[单项选择]As the new economy has cooled, there has Been a steady drumbeat of layoff announcements. More than 36,000 dotcom employees were cut in the second half of last year, including some 10,000 last month. But th6 firings went well beyond dotcomland. There were more than 480,000 layoffs through November. General Motors is laying off 15,000 workers with the closing of Oldsmobile. Whirlpool is trimming 6,300 workers; Aetna is letting go 5,000.
The remarkable thing is that US unemployment has so far stayed strikingly low. While the NASDAQ plunged and growth trailed off last year, the unemployment rate fluctuated between 3.9% and 4.1%. That pales compared with the unemployment rates during Old Economy dark years like 1992 (7.5%) and 1982 (9.7%).
And it gives the lie to an Old Economy article of faith--that there was a "natural rate of unemployment below which the economy could not operate without spurring inflation". The supposed natural rate: just under 6%.
How to account fo
A. Less than 3.9%.
B. More than 7.5%.
C. More than 9.7%.
D. Less than 6.0%.