[单项选择]Wage bills have increased because
A. staff demand higher rates of pay.
B. staff work overtime.
C. staff have to sell more goods.

[单项选择]

Wage bills have increased because ______.
A. staff demand higher rates of pay
B. staff work overtime
C. staff have to sell more goods

[单项选择]Arab-Israeli bloodshed has increased because ______.
A. more Israeli troops were sent to combat the Arab militants
B. Israel closed both the Gaza Strip and West Bank
C. thousands of Arab Workers lost their jobs
D. many Palestinians were driven out of their homeland

[单项选择]Passage TwoA. Because American negotiators have no patience.
B. Because American negotiators wouldn’t compromise.
C. Because foreign negotiators lack communlcating skills.
D. Because foreign negotiators like indirect interaction.

[单项选择]A. Because the students have to pass all examinations before entering it.
B. Because there is no examination before they are accepted as students.
C. Because there is no gate. D. Because it never closes.

[单项选择]A. Because mountainous regions have a very rich biology.
B. Because they can move uphill to get cooler.
C. Because there are no deserts in mountainous regions.
D. Because they need a warmer environment to survive.

[单项选择]（　） and wage increases have not kept in step.
A. Production
B. Product
C. Produce
D. Productivity

[填空题]broadly based. As a result, wage gains have been tended to outstrip price increases.

[单项选择]
[A] Because they have friendly service.[B] Because they are very crowded.[C] Because they are in the center of the town.

[单项选择]

Medical bills in the United States have risen violently since 1960’s and steps need to be taken to reverse this trend or the average American will not be able to afford medical care. The major factor in increasing the cost of medical care has been the dramatic increase in the cost of hospital services. The rise in the cost of hospitalization can be only partly blamed on inflation (通货膨胀)since hospital bills in the last two decades have risen at a considerably higher rate than inflation
Another factor cited by doctors as a major cause for the increase in the cost of medical care is malpractice(治疗错误). Increasingly large awards for malpractice have caused doctors to increase their rates to cover the higher malpractice insurance. Because of the large malpractice awards, doctors are also prescribing more conservative and more extensive and therefore more costly treatment for patients as a defense against malpractice claims. Whatever the causes of the wild increases in the
A. the increasing cost of malpractice insurance
B. factors causing the increase in U. S. medical bills
C. steps for Americans to take to obtain medical care
D. the dramatic medical profession

[多项选择]Question 3
· Because of increased business in your department, you believe that you need to recruit an additional receptionist, and have been asked to write a proposal to CEO explaining why this new post is necessary.
· The proposal should cover:
· why another receptionist is needed;
· what duties the person appointed will be expected to perform;
· what qualities the new receptionist should have;
· what salary and benefits your department could offer.
· Write 200-250 words on your Answer Sheet.

[填空题]People choose to procrastinate because they have to deal with different kinds of complex work.

[填空题]Because people have been paying too much attention to the sulphur particles and other pollutants, they overlooked another problem, global warming.