[单选题]If the exchange rate with the dollar continues to drop,__________the country's businesses will certainly lose money.
A.much
B.much of
C.many
D.many of

[单选题]The Stock Exchange is in turmoil following a huge wave of selling.
A.service
B.danger
C.disorder
D.threat

[单选题]In some cases the exchange continued further, a sign of strong____over basic matters.
A.disagreement
B.consistency
C.joke
D.diversion

[单选题]The Stock Exchange is in turmoil following a huge wave of selling.
A.service
B.danger
C.disorder
D.threat

[单选题]Last month, the unemployment rate increased by ________ of a percent to nine point seven percent.
A.twos-tenths
B.two-ten
C.two-tenths
D.one-tenths

[单选题]Unfortunately,the rate of his expenditure surpasses that of his income.
A.precedes
B.dominates
C.exceeds
D.prevails

[单选题]The professor said he planned to continue working in some __________after retirement until as illness forces him out of a job.
A.ability
B.capability
C.capacity
D.power

[单选题]Surprisingly, the nation's high rate Of unemployment has only affected __________stock prices in the technology market so far.
A.a little
B.a few
C.most of
D.much of

[单选题]The “cure rate”of many diseases increased dramatically after penicillin was ______ by more doctors.
A.put into practice
B.put into effect
C.put into use
D.put into operation

[单选题]What rate will I get if I convert my dollars into Euros?
A.move
B.invert
C.divert
D.change

[不定项选择题]共用题干 Lung Cancer
The death rate due to cancer of the lungs has increased more than 800 percent in males and has more than doubled in females during the last 25 years.It is considerably higher in urban and industrial areas than in rural districts._________(46)Those factors which have been mentioned most frequently are the presence of foreign particles and other irritants in the air(smoke particles, smog,exhaust fumes),and the smoking of cigarettes and cigars.
_________(47)Among heavy smokers—21 to 30 cigarettes per day—the mortality rate from lung cancer is nearly 17 times the rate from nonsmokers.It is expected the death rate among women will increase as the present high rate of smoking among women has its effect.
Sometimes cases of lung cancer are discovered at the time an X-ray is taken for the purpose of detecting tuberculosis._________(48)Early detection is absolutely essential if any possibility of cure is to be maintained.Modern X-ray machines in competent hands pose such slight danger, at least to those over 40 years of age,that this would be much more than offset by the advantages of discovering a tumor while it is small enough to be completely removed.
_________(49)The tumor may grow until the bronchus is blocked,cutting off the supply of air to that lung.The lung then collapses,and the secretions trapped in the lung spaces become in-fected,with a resulting pneumonia or the formation of a lung abscess._________(50)The only treatment that offers a possibility of cure,before secondary growths have had time to form,is to re-move the lung completely.This operation is called pneumonectomy.
Malignant tumors of the stomach,the breast,the prostate gland and other organs may spread to the lungs,causing secondary growths. _________(50)
A.A common form of lung cancer is bronchogenic carcinoma,so-called because the malig-nancy originates in a bronchus.
B.Lung cancer,also known as carcinoma of the lung or pulmonary carcinoma,is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.
C.Too often,however,a current emphasis upon the danger of exposure to radiation from X-ray machines can frighten people away from routine chest X-rays and thus prevent an ear-ly diagnosis of lung cancer.
D.Numerous studies have demonstrated a striking correlation between the death rate from lung cancer and smoking habits.
E.Such a lung cancer can also spread to cause secondary growths in the lymph nodes of the chest and neck as well as in the brain and other parts of the body.
F.There are many possible causes,but it is still controversial which are most blameworthy.

[单选题] While we don't agree,we continue to be friends.
A.Whoever
B.Where
C.Although
D.criticized

[单选题]While we don't agree,we continue to be friends.
A.Whoever
B.Where
C.Although
D.Whatever