[单选题]Thousands of people perished in the earthquake.
A.scattered
B.floated
C.suffered
D.died

[单选题]Thousands of people perished in the earthquake.
A.scattered
B.floated
C.suffered
D.died

[单选题]For thousands of years people communicated ___ little more than words, stone tablets, and smoke signals.
A.to use
B.used
C.use
D.using

[单选题]Fewer than 14000 people perished in US airline accidents between the ___ of public aviation and the yar 2000.
A.end
B.start
C.middle
D.terminal

[单选题]Everyone aboard the plane perished in the air crash.
A.survived
B.disappeared
C.died
D.left

[单选题]Tens of thousands of sportsmen assembled in Stratford Olympic Stadium in London to take part in the opening ceremony of the 30th Olympic Games.
A.appeared
B.walked
C.gathered
D.combined

[单选题]"That government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth" is taken from___________.
A.The Gettysburg Address
B.The Declaration of Independence
C.The North Atlantic Treaty
D.The Emancipation Proclamation

[单选题]In front of tens of thousands of audience,ti is normal for these youngchildren to show () of tension, but I believe they will succeed.
A.marks
B.signs
C.anxiety
D.Remarks

[不定项选择题]Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods. Amazon.com received one for its "one-click"online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy. One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box. Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago. In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. In re Bil-ski, as the case is known, is "a very big deal," says Dennis D．Crouch of the University of Mis-souri School of law. It "has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents." Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions. Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents, despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice. The Bilski ease involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court's judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should "reconsider" its State Street Bank ruling. The Federal Circuit's action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders. Last April, for example, the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for "inventions" that are obvious. The judges on the Federal Circuit are "reacting to the anti-patent trend at the Supreme Court," says Harold C． Wegner, a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Which of the following would be the subject of the text?
A.A looming threat to business-method patents.
B.Protection for business-method patent holders.
C.A legal case regarding business-method patents.
D.A prevailing trend against business-method patents.

[单选题]Most people favored the plan.
A.agreed
B.opposed
C.liked
D.voted

[单选题]Powerful advertisements can convince people to buy almost anything.
A.persuade
B.inform
C.tell
D.influence

[单选题]Many people who read the document complained that it included too much information that was not __________ to the main issue.
A.relevant
B.outward
C.equivalent
D.opposite

[单选题]Fourteen people were charged with offences including obstruction and resisting arrest.
A.warfare
B.violation
C.robbery
D.racism

[单选题]Most people findrejection hard to accept.
A.excuse
B.client
C.destiny
D.refusal

[单选题]Since ancient times people have found various ways to preserve meat.
A.eat
B.cook
C.keep
D.freeze