[单项选择]A. 33 ships were hijacked in Somalia last year.
B. 250 ships have been hijacked in Somalia this year.
C. Somalia pirates prefer hijacking vessels carrying military hardware.
D. Somalia pirates hijacked not only vessels but also their crew.

[简答题]17th century sailing ships were small and rolled heavily in rough seas, so most of the passengers were seasick. ( Passage 2 )

[单项选择]The missing boys were last seen ______ near the river.
A. playing
B. to be playing
C. play
D. to play

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Some heartening statistics were reported last year by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute: the mortality rate for breast cancer dropped nearly five percent between 1989 and 1992, the Largest decline since 1950. The numbers were even more dramatic for young women: between 1987 and 1992, the mortality rate plummeted nearly 18 percent among white women younger than 40.
But discouraging news also surfaced: the mortality rate among black women has gone up, and the number of reported breast cancer cases is rising as well. Twenty years ago a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer was one in 12; now it’s one in eight.
Nevertheless, we’re on the verge of a revolution in treating this disease. Researchers now have a clear picture of how a cancer cell becomes a tumor -- and how cells break free from a tumor and glide through the bloodstream to seed a new one in another part of the body. And they better understand how the female hormone estrogen mak
A. The mortality rate for breast cancer dropped.
B. The mortality rate among black women has increased.
C. The number of reported breast cancer cases is rising.
D. A woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is rising.

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What were the last words of Adams Thomas Jefferson ______.

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W: Now, Mr. Ross, we were talking last time we met about your ideas about this electronics project.
M: Well, it’s rather a simple project. It would consist of only one production line at the beginning, but we could expand it in time, of course.
W: How much of a financial outlay
M: Including loan I’d say in the area of I million US dollars.
W: I see.
M: How much would China be prepared to invest in this kind of a project if we went ahead, that is
W: As a general practice, we lay out about 51% of the total investment. This includes of course, cash, factory buildings, the right to use the sets, things like that.
M: I suppose we would be responsible for the machinery and other capital equipment. How does one arrive at the true value of the factory buildings
W: Good question. We ascertain such matters through joint assessment. Together we get an impartial assessment of property value.
M: Is there any r

[单项选择]Three men were feared dead last night after a helicopter ______ off course into an oil platform and ditched into the North Sea.
A. veered
B. instigated
C. falsified
D. exchanged

[单项选择]Grocery prices were boosted again last month.（）
A. attacked
B. stabilized
C. fixed
D. raised