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The Democrats’ Trade Troubles

Last week House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Charles Rangel showed genuine leadership by making a deal with the Bush administration to ease the passage of new trade pacts. But they did so from within a party that is going seriously awry on this issue. Too many Democrats, including most of their presidential candidates, simply wish the subject would go away.
This is a bad strategy for the party and for the country. Bill Clinton’s most important. political achievement was to transform the image of the Democratic Party into one that was in favor of growth, markets and trade. Clinton supported and articulated a powerful defense for the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization and commerce with China, among many such issues. He spoke confidently of the promise and opportunities of a globalized world. When you talk with elected Democrats now, they could not sound more diffe
A. To slow down trade.
B. To load trade pacts with labor standards.
C. To better equip workers to face competition.
D. To load trade pacts with environmental standards.

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Last week House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Charles Rangel showed genuine leadership by making a deal with the Bush administration to ease the passage of new trade pacts. But they did so from within a party that is going seriously awry on this issue. Too many Democrats, including most of their presidential candidates, simply wish the subject would go away.
This is a bad strategy for the party and for the country. Bill Clinton’s most important. political achievement was to transform the image of the Democratic Party into one that was in favor of growth, markets and trade. Clinton supported and articulated a powerful defense for the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization and commerce with China, among many such issues. He spoke confidently of the promise and opportunities of a globalized world. When you talk with elected Democrats now, they could not sound more diffe
A. Nancy Pelosi and Charles Rangel are Republicans.
B. The Democratic Party is an obstacle to the passage of new trade pacts.
C. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are diverse in their opinions of trade.
D. What Nancy Pelosi and Charles Rangel did was against the will of the majority of Democrats.

[单项选择]Emma only moved house last week and she （） knows her neighbors!
A. already
B. still
C. always
D. yet

[单项选择]Where was Bob last week
A. In Australia.
B. In China.
C. C . In Englan

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What did the woman buy last week

[单项选择]What happened to the man last week
A. He met the woman’s friend in the street.
B. He heard from their friend.
C. He met their friend in the street.
D. He telephoned the woman’ s friend.

[单项选择]Who joined the birthday party last week
A. All the woman’s friends went to the birthday party.
B. Only Peter went to the birthday party.
C. Peter didn’t go to the birthday party.

[填空题]survey of regional business conditions last week. But the survey found

[单项选择]Last week 29 earnest American high school students were invited to an evening of receiving good words, small talk, warm toasts and fancy silverware.
"Find out something about the person sitting next to you," advised former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "Eventually, you’ll discover they always have something interesting to say. And you should always use the proper silverware in the proper order. "
Albright was the guest of honor at the imitated Official Dinner, which was a lot like a real official dinner in Washington minus the soft money.
The evening was sponsored by the St. Albans School of Public Services to introduce its first class to the fine art of social survival.
More than 84 guests, including students, teachers, school donors and speakers, gathered to replicate the lifestyle of the rich and political.
The idea was to teach the social graces that will help students survive any social situation.
Anyway, the whole proper fork thing
A. to see the life style of the rich and political
B. to discuss international and public policy issues
C. to learn to survive in different social situations
D. to learn to become the future leaders of the White House

[单项选择]Jake （）with Janet since last week
A. had never talked    
B. hasn’t talked
C. doesn’t talk      
D. will never talk

[单项选择]The new library building （　） last week.
A. was completed
B. is completed
C. completed
D. has completed