[填空题]

A spokesman for BBU, that the larger of the two unions,

[单项选择]

In January, 2003, the eastern two-thirds of the United States was at the mercy of a bitterly cold air mass that has endangered Florida’s citrus trees, choked northern harbors with ice and left bewildered residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks digging out of up to a foot of snow.
The ice chill deepened as temperatures fell to the single digits in most of the South, with an unfamiliar dip below the freezing mark as far south as parts of interior South Florida. Temperatures in Florida plunged, with West Palm Beach dropping to a record low of 2 degrees.
"We couldn’t believe how cold it was," said Martin King, who arrived this week in Orlando from England. "We brought shorts, T-shirt, and I had to go out and buy another coat. "
The temperature plunge posed a threat to Florida’s US $ 9.1 billion-a-year citrus crop, more of which is still on the trees. Growers were hurrying to harvest as much of the fruit as possible
A. The cold air mass was a threat to Florida’s citrus crop.
B. The temperature in the United States except the South dropped below the freezing mark.
C. The northern harbors were blocked with ice.
D. The eastern two thirds of the United States was hit by cold air mass.

[单项选择]A government spokesman stated that reductions in health benefits are not due to a lack of （） for workers’ welfare.
A. affair
B. rights
C. attachment
D. concern

[单项选择]The spokesman assured the public that the problem （　） care of as soon as possible,
A. will take
B. has been taken
C. would be taken
D. had been taken

[单项选择]According to the spokesman, a band of these tiny American discounters will be ______.
A. prosperous
B. limited to an extent
C. short-lived

[单项选择]（　）was identified as the spokesman of the Lost Generation.
A. Edwin Arlington Robinson
B. Robert Frost
C. Ernest Hemingway
D. Sinclair Lewis

[填空题]The UN Charter also authorizes the UN to act as a world government to deal with the domestic matters happening within a country.

[单项选择]According to the spokesman, what would be done（　）.
A. Meeting pockets of resistance.
B. Regaining the control of the military affairs.
C. Building new civilian administration.
D. Restoring local services.

[简答题]Passage Two
A. A．a national electronic-money system
B．a bank-card system
C．lowered income - tax rates
D．fund - transfer technology

[多项选择]PART TWO

[填空题]two times

[填空题]Article Two

[单项选择]Conversation Two
A. Reading stimulates one’s imagination.
B. Reading stimulates one’s intellect.
C. Reading improves the interrelationship.
D. Reading improves the efficiency of work.