[单项选择]The changes in the city will cost us a lot of money, ______ they will save us money in the future. ( )
A. or
B. since
C. for
D. but

[单项选择]The changes in the city will cost quite a lot, ______ they will save us money in the long run.
A. or
B. since
C. for
D. but

[单项选择]— our holiday cost a lot of money.
— Did it Well, that doesn’t matter （） you enjoyed yourselves.
A. unless
B. as far as
C. as long as
D. until

[单项选择]

[听力原文]
W: Advertising on TV will cost a lot of money than on newspaper.
M: But for a new product, such expenses are absolutely necessary.

What does the man think of advertising on TV（）
A. It’s necessary.
B. It’s quick.
C. It’s cheap.
D. It’s wide spread.

[单项选择]The company’s cost peaked at US＄10 million in June before dropping drastically down to US＄3 million in October（）
A. 之前公司成本在10月份为300万美元，现在6月份又回升至1000万美元。
B. 公司成本在6月达到顶峰，即1000万美元，然后急剧下降，到10月降为300万美元。
C. 公司成本的最高值出现在6月，即1000万美元，然后在10月前狂降至300万美元。
D. 公司6月的成本值为1000万美元，10月的成本值为300万美元。

[填空题]The house is too（）(cost) for us to buy.

[填空题]The car is too（）(cost) for us to buy.

[单项选择]He told us a lot of jokes and had us ______ all through the meal.
A. laughing
B. laugh
C. laughed
D. to laugh

[填空题]

What kind of new technology helped us a lot to study the planets

[填空题]Banks are closely concerned about the flow of money in to and out of the (1) ______
economy. They often cooperate with governments by efforts to stabilize economies (2) ______
and to prevent inflation. They are specialists in the business of providing
capital. Banks originated as places in which people took their valuables for safe- (3) ______
keeping, but today the great banks of the world have many functions in
addition to acting as guardians of valuable private possession.
Banks normally receive money from their customers in two distinctive (4) ______
forms: on current account, and on deposit account. With a current account, a
customer can issue personal cheques. No interest is paid by the bank on this
type of account. With a deposit account, therefore, the customer undertakes (5) ______
to leave his money in the bank for a minimum specific period of time. Interest (6) ______
is paid on this money.
The bank in ret