[判断题] The airlines prefer to have the ticket blow up as far in advance as possible . ( )
A.正确
B.错误

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Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than（） it themselves.

A. doing
B. do
C. to do
D. did

[单项选择]So far, several ships have been reported missing （　） the coast of Bermuda Island.
A. off
B. along
C. on
D. around

[单项选择]So far every means（）tried, but we have not come up with a solution to the problem.
A. is
B. has been
C. are
D. have been

[单项选择]I have only one ticket. ______ you ______ he may take it.


A. Both ... and
B. Neither ... nor
C. Either ... or

[单选题]Lost ticket refunds will be issued to( )of the replacement ticket purchased by check or through the credit card company after a 4-month waiting period from receipt of this application, provided that the ticket has not been used nor refundeD.
A. any form of payment
B. the money
C. the final payment
D. the original form of payment

[单项选择]Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without ______ it.
A. enforcing
B. dominating
C. enhancing
D. disposing

[单项选择]Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music ______ it in a quite room.
A. rather than doing
B. to doing
C. rather than to do
D. to do

[单选题] The ticket indicates Air China as your ( )carrier form San Francisco to Shanghai.
A. pointed
B. recognized
C. designated
D. thought

[单项选择]Customers prefer to purchase our products though they seem to be higher in price.
A. 顾客情愿购买我们那些价格看上去较高的产品。
B. 虽然我们的产品价格似乎高了一些，顾客仍喜欢购买。
C. 消费者宁愿买我们的产品，不过它们的价格似乎高了一些。
D. 尽管我们的产品价格很高，人们虽不情愿，但仍然购买。

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Text 2
Each advance in microscopic technique has provided scientists with new perspectives on the function of living organisms and the nature of matter itself. The invention of the visible-light microscope late in the sixteenth century introduced a previously unknown realm of single celled plants and animals. In the twentieth century, electron microscope have provided direct views of viruses and minuscule surface structures. Now another type of microscope, one that utilizes X rays rather than light or electrons, offers a different way of examining tiny de tails; it should extend human perception still farther into the natural world.
The dream of building an X-ray microscope dates to 1895; its development, however, was virtually halted in the 1940’ s because the development of the electron microscope was progressing rapidly. During the 1940’ s, electron microscopes routinely achieved resolution better than that possible with a visible-light micro
A. To begin a discussion, of sixteenth-century discoveries.
B. To put the X-ray microscope in a historical perspective.
C. To show how limited its uses are.
D. To explain how it functioned.

[单项选择]I prefer ______ .


A. to read rather than watch TV
B. to read rather than watching TV
C. reading rather than watch TV
D. reading rather than to watch TV

[单项选择]They prefer to postpone the meeting rather than hold it without the presence of the general manager.


A. 没有收到总经理的礼物，他们宁愿推迟这次见面。
B. 没有收到总经理的礼物，他们宁愿推迟见面。
C. 总经理没有来，他们宁愿推迟这个会议。
D. 总经理没有来，他们更愿意推迟这个会议。