[单项选择]The ______ regarding vitamin C is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
A. deviation
B. controversy
C. distinction
D. comparison

[填空题]Is vitamin C really helpful to curing colds No, it is ______.

[填空题]What advice do doctors give about vitamin C Doctors recommend vitamin C to ______.

[填空题]Is vitamin C really helpful to curing colds
No, it is ______.

[填空题]What advice do doctors give about vitamin C
Doctors recommend vitamin C to ______.

[单项选择]Which of the following statements regarding zero-coupon bonds and spot interest rates is TRUE（）
A. A coupon bond can be viewed as a collection of zero-coupon bonds.
B. Spot interest rates will never vary across time.
C. Zero-coupon bonds have at least two coupon payments.

[单项选择]GRANDIOSE: A. docile B. unlikely to occur
C. simple and unimposing D. light in weight
E. uncommunicative

[单项选择]
Vitamin D helps bones and muscles grow strong and healthy. Low levels of vitamin D can lead to problems like rickets and osteoporosis. Rickets is a deformity mainly found in children. Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone, a common problem as people, especially women, get older. Studies in recent years have suggested that vitamin D may also have other uses. Studies have shown that low levels of D may increase the risk of heart attacks in men and deaths from some cancers. Other studies have shown that people with rheumatic diseases often have low levels of D.
The easiest way to get vitamin D is from sunlight. The ultraviolet rays react with skin cells to produce the vitamin. But many people worry about skin cancer and skin damage from the sun. Also, darker skinned people produce less vitamin D than lighter skinned people. Production also decreases in older people and those living in northern areas that get
A. rickets and osteoporosis.
B. heart attacks.
C. rheumatic diseases.
D. skin damag

[单项选择]A. Vitamin supplements.
B. Ultraviolet rays.
C. Ten minutes of exercise each day.
D. Eight hours of sleep each night.

[单项选择]Regarding the form:
A. it must be filled out in two copies for each person.
B. it should be filled in two copies for each person.
C. it should be filled out in two copies by each person.

[单项选择]In a shrinking economy, consumers are unlikely to continue purchasing luxury goods like hotel stays and travel packages, ______ increasing their spending on them.
A. so much
B. much less
C. no less than
D. more or less

[单项选择]Employer-sponsored programs are unlikely to be paid entirely-or even partly-by employers. ______, employee-pay-all plans are the most likely scenario, ______ the rising employer costs for the employer-paid benefit plans already in effect.
A. Neither; provided
B. Yet; providing
C. Hardly; giving
D. Rather; given

[单项选择]Why is the reform of public education unlikely to happen
A. Few people support it.
B. State governments oppose it.
C. The teachers unions show no interest in the proposals.
D. Teachers and schools will resist the reform.

[填空题]It is unlikely that the Indian government will achieve its aim of connecting 112000 villages to electricity because many villages are ______.

[填空题]The place seemed as unlikely as the coming together of the two principals. In June 1995, Princess Diana went to visit Mother Teresa in New York City’s South Bronx, where the founder of the Missionaries of Charity was recovering from an illness at one of her order’s residences.
16. ______
So they met and chatted about the work they loved, for no more than an hour. Diana helped Mother Teresa rise from her wheelchair, and the two of them emerged from a private conversation holding hands, to be greeted by squealing children in a crowd. Diana, in a cream-colored linen suit, stood over her companion.
17. ______
Now they are dead, within a week, and one wonders how to grasp what has been lost. In a way, their deaths are the ending to two stories.
18. ______
When she was killed, her story was curtailed, and the silence that followed was overwhelming. One reason that masses stood in lines all over the world is that they knew a story they yearned to hear