[填空题]His (absent) ______ in the meeting made his boss very angry.

[填空题]His (absent) ______ in the meeting made his boss very angry.

[单项选择]The（）improvement in her typing has made her boss very pleased.
A. distinct
B. distinctive
C. distinguished
D. distinguishing

[单项选择]What was the first change Dr Carter made to his preparation
A. He began practising alone in a big room.
B. He got colleagues to listen to his performance.
C. He began to develop key parts of his presentation.

[单项选择]He has made up his mind to give up smoking.
A. tried
B. attempted
C. agreed
D. decided

[单项选择]Passage TwoA. He made up his mind to work for the disable.B. He decided to work in an auto company.
C. He unfortunately had a car accident. D. He invented a new type of vehicle.

[单项选择]John has made up his mind not to go to the meeting.
A. wanted
B. promised
C. decided
D. agreed

[单项选择]（）for several times, Bill made up his mind not to play computer games at night any more.
A. To be scolded
B. To have been scolded
C. Being scolded
D. Having been scolded

[简答题]So many directors being absent, the board meeting_____________(只好推迟).

[单项选择]Susan is not at the meeting. She has been absent ______ our meeting for several times.
A. from
B. of
C. in
D. at

[填空题]So many directors (absent), the board meeting had to be put off.

[填空题]He has made up his mind (teach) ______ in the countryside.

[单项选择]—Why were you absent(缺席的) from the meeting yesterday
—I （　） the meeting, but a traffic accident （　） me.
A. must have attended, delayed
B. might have attended, had delayed
C. should have attended, delayed
D. could have attended, bad delayed

[单项选择]When Julius Caesar made his triumphal entrance into Rome in 45 BC, he celebrated by giving a feast at which thousands of guests ate gorged (狼吞虎咽) poultry, seafood and game. Similar celebrations featuring excessive consumption of animal flesh have marked human victories-in war, sport, politics and commerce-since our species learned to control fire. Throughout the developing world today, one of the first things people do as they climb out of poverty is to shift from their peasant diet of mainly grains and beans to one that is rich in pork or beef. Since 1950, per capita consumption of meat around the globe has more doubled.
Meat, it seems, is not just food but reward as well. But in the coming century, that will change. Much as we have awakened to the full economic and social costs of cigarettes, we will find we can no longer subsidize (补助) or ignore the costs of mass-producing cattle, poultry,, pigs, sheep and fish to feed our growing population. These costs include hugely ineffi
A. Caesar liked raising livestock very much
B. the victory was celebrated very seriously
C. people think eating meat is a symbol of wealth and victory
D. Caesar was not a vegetarian