[单项选择]How long will Wal-Mart take to become as big in China as it is in the America（　）.
A. Half a decade.
B. A decade.
C. Two decades.
D. Several decades.

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How long did it take for chili pepper to become popular around the world

[填空题]AUTHORIAL STYLE looks closely at how linguistic choices help to construct textual meaning. When we examine it, we will need to examine linguistic choices which are intrinsically connected with meaning and effect on the reader.（）

[单项选择]How big is the Hope diamond now（　）
A. Over 100 carats.
B. 67 carats.
C. 60 carats.
D. 45 carats.

[填空题]To see how big carriers could control the online world, you must understand its structures. Earthlink gives Jennifer access to the Internet, much in the way than an on- ramp puts a driver on the national highway system. Earthlink is a local internet service provider, and it willsend the (1) ____ to an Internet “(2) _______ [1] ________. provider", to route it along its way. [2] ________. These Internet players typically own and lease long-haul fiber-optic cables spanning a large region. They also own the communications gear that directs (3) _____ over the Internet. They connect to each other to exchange data between [3] ________. their customers, like the highway system over which most of the freight of the Internet travels to reach its (4) ______. Now, instead of the National Science Foundation, there are many of them [4] ________. that-link together to provide the global (5), that is th

[单项选择]How big is the house he moved in（　）.
A. As big as the old one.
B. Twice as big as mine.
C. As big as mine.
D. Twice bigger than mine.

[单项选择]—How big is your dog
—Mine is（　）yours.
A. as twice big as
B. as big twice as
C. twice as big as
D. as big as twice