单选题 Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.

单选题If he ______ on tourists for his business, he would have to close his shop.

单选题casual casualty chronic chronological casual a. (1) happening by chance; done without much thought, effort, or concern We are the casual acquaintance of a long railway journey. (2) designed for ordinary dress, behavior, etc.; not formal The atmosphere at the meeting was quite casual. Casual days are days when a company allows workers to dress in casual clothes. (3) not so interested, not serious He's a casual sports fan. casualty n. (1) a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc. Casualty figures in Wednesday's quake were too preliminary to draw any conclusions about the ratio of student deaths. (2) a person or thing that is harmed, lost, or destroyed; a victim The tree was a casualty of the high winds. The factory was a casualty of the depression. chronic a. continuing or occurring again and again for a long time For those with chronic depression, she said, "keep at it". Inflation has become a chronic condition in the economy. chronological a. arranged in the order of time that things happened I like to have the newest books on top, so I sort them in reverse chronological order. His art is displayed in roughly chronological order. chronologically ad. The events were discussed chronologically.When Linda heard the good news she tried to sound casual, but her excitement was obvious. The underlined part means ______. A. uncaring B. disinterested C. without plan D. without warning

单选题The purpose of the last paragraph is to indicate

单选题 Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.

单选题______ no further business, the meeting closed at 11:00.A. There beingB. There isC. There to beD. There be

单选题All students who want to use the library borrowing services and recreational athletic, and entertainment ______must have a valid summer identification card.

单选题I think most people would agree that to man love is ______.nutrition is to plants and animals.[A] as[B] that[C] what[D] like

单选题

单选题International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces was held

单选题I left for the office earlier than usual this morning ______ traffic jam.

单选题Which of the following elliptical sentences (省略句) is unacceptable?

单选题My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk ______ far.A. /B. suchC. thatD. as

单选题The Buckingham Palace is the place ______ almost all tourists cannot afford to miss when in London.

单选题

单选题Why is the question of "how easily people can get used to working at night" no mere academic?

单选题The special program is offered ______

单选题Mr. Brown's numerous New Year's resoluti6ns came to nothing just as the saying goes: "A leopard never change its ______."

单选题That invention of his entitles him ______ a place among the great invent ors.

单选题______ was drunk again last night.