[单项选择]Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970,18 percent of the city’s population was foreign born. By 1995 ,the figure has risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US - born off springs of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population.
How much of New York’s population was foreign born in 19957
A. 18%.
B. 33%.
C. 20%.
D. 45%.

[单项选择]Passage Two
Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the U.S.-born offspring of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population.
Who are these New Yorkers Why do they come here Where are they from (OK, time to drop the "they". I’m one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. "If you’re not ready to work when you get to New York," says a friend of mine, "you’d better hit the road."
The may
A. put forward ways to control New York’s population
B. concerned itself with the growth of New York’s population
C. studied the structure of New York’s population
D. suggested ways to increase New York’s population

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The New York Times recently reported that American teens are hugging practically everyone they see. Say goodbye to the greetings of the past, from the hands-off "What’s up!" to the handshake or high-five. For young people across the country, bugging is the new "Hello".
Girls are hugging girls. Boys are hugging boys. Girls and boys are hugging each other. And, like every major trend, there are lots of variations on the form. There’re the classic, full-body, arms-around-the-person bear hug, the casual one-armed side hug, the group hug and the hug from behind. There’re the handshake that turns into a hug and the hug that turns into a pat on the back.
As trends go, this one seems pretty innocent. But some parents, teachers and school administrators are worried nonetheless. Will young people who aren’t as comfortable with physical contact feel peer pressured into hugging Will kids who don’t receive hugs feel left
A. certainly
B. nearly
C. actively
D. voluntarily

[单项选择]Google recently introduced a new service that adds social-networking features to its popular Gmail system. The service is called Buzz, and within hours of its release, people were howling about privacy issues—because, in its original form, Buzz showed everyone the list of people you e-mail most frequently. Even people who weren’t cheating on their spouses or secretly applying for new jobs found this a little unnerving.
Google backtracked and changed the software, and apologized for the misstep, claiming that, it just never occurred to us that people might get upset. "The public reaction was something we did not anticipate. But we’ve reacted very quickly to people’s unhappiness," says Bradley Horowitz, vice president for product management at Google.
Same goes for Facebook. In December, Facebook rolled out a new set of privacy settings. A spokesman says the move was intended to "empower people" by giving them more "granular (颗粒)" control over their personal informatio
A. was released to test how people regarded their private rights
B. revolutionized the concept of the social networking function
C. ruined the reputation of Google’s well—known Gmail system
D. aroused people’s anger at the time it was added to Gmail system

[单项选择]Our Design Department has recently purchased the most （） software available, with the aim of greatly increasing our design capabilities.
A. sophisticate
B. sophisticating
C. sophisticated
D. sophistication

[单项选择]An architect planning a new house should always（　） in mind his client’s needs.
A. carry
B. take
C. treat
D. bear

[单项选择]Trayfield has recently hired a new accountant, Judy Roehk. Upon reviewing Trayfield’s financial statements, Roehk has determined that Trayfield should be utilizing the double-declining balance (DDB) depreciation method rather than straight-line method. If Trayfield switches to the DDB method, which of the following results would be least likely（）
A. Estimated future income will need to be revised.
B. A gradual change in income.
C. Depreciation expense increases.

[单项选择]Lincoln Coal is planning a new coal mine, which will cost $ 430000 to build, with the expenditure occurring next year. The mine will bring cash inflows of $ 200000 annually over next seven years. It will then cost $170000 to close down the mine over the following year. Assume all cash flows occur at the end of the year. Alternatively, Lincoln Coal may choose to sell the site today. What minimum price should Lincoln set on the property, given a 16% required rate of return