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[填空题]In 1971, the government took control over part of the railroads when the National Passenger Corporation took over responsibility for all intercity passenger trains.
[单项选择]Despite the approach of winter, oil prices to industrial customers are exceptionally low this year and likely to remain so. Therefore, unless the winter is especially severe, the price of natural gas to industrial customers is also likely to remain low.
Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the conclusion above
A. Long-term weather forecasts predict a mild winter.
B. The industrial users who consume most natural gas can quickly and cheaply switch to using oil instead.
C. The largest sources of supply for both oil and natural gas are in subtropical regions unlikely to be affected by winter weather.
D. The fuel requirements of industrial users of natural gas are not seriously affected by the weather.
E. (E) Oil distribution is more likely to be affected by severe winter weather than is the distribution of natural gas.
[填空题]The government has to take measures to control the birth rate, because of the large ______ . (popular) .
[单项选择]In cities with rent control, the city government sets the maximum rent that a landlord can charge for an apartment. Supporters of rent control argue that it protects people who are living in apartments. Their rent cannot increase; therefore, they are not in danger of losing their homes. However, the critics say that after a long time, rent control may have negative effects. Landlords know that they cannot increase their profits. Therefore, they invest in other businesses where they can increase their profits. They do not invest in new buildings which would also be rent-controlled. As a result, new apartments are not built. Many people who need apartments cannot find any. According to the critics, the end result of rent control is a shortage of apartments in the city.
Some theorists argue that the minimum wage law can cause problems in the same way. The federal government sets the minimum that an employer must pay workers. The minimum helps people who generally look for unskilled
A. cause a shortage of apartments
B. worry those who rent apartments as homes
C. increase the profits of landlords
D. encourage landlords to invest in building apartment
[填空题]Bretlands Employment Agency
Bretlands have the following vacancies for staff
A. Director of Finance
B. Director of Quality Control
C. Sales Manager
D. Transport Manager
E. Assistant Personnel Manager
F. Designer in Publicity Department
G. Technician in IT Department
H. Assistant in Legal Department
Tom has a lot of experience preparing the layout for brochures on computer.
[填空题]Ports attract many subsidiary and independent industries.
[单项选择]Predictions of large populations of robots in industry have yet to come true. For a decade or more, manufacturers of big robots have explained how their machines can make industry more competitive and productive. The market for (1) robots is now oversupplied, and the driving force of the robotics (机器人技术) revolution is (2) to be with makers of machines that handle a few kilos at most.
"Heavy-robot manufacturers are in some difficulty (3) finding customers. They are offering big (4) just to get in the door. There has been a (5) growth everywhere in the numbers of robots, so we have to admit we are either deceiving (6) or that the market is slowly growing," said John Reekie, Chairman of Colne Robotics. "The following things must happen (7) the robotics revolution to occur. We must achieve widespread robot literacy(文化), (8) there has been a computer literacy program, there must be a robot literacy campaign. We mus
A. finish
B. reach
C. accomplish
D. achieve
