单选题Why was the football match called off? A. held up B. put off C. ended D. cancelled

单选题Problems that Manufacturers Face Manufacturers who wish to export their goods to other countries 【51】 many practical problems. Firstly, there is the question of evaluating the market, and 【52】 where the product 【53】 well. This 【54】 examining rival products to see 【55】 these already fill the demand or not, and considering if the proposed selling price will be competitive. 【56】 is to find someone in the chosen market 【57】 will buy the product. The buyer could be a wholesaler, who will 【58】 sell the product to shops and stores, or someone with a retail outlet of 【59】 own. Finally, there''s 【60】 whole question of arranging the details of the deal, such as finance, transportation, storage. 【61】 a manufacturer knows the export market very well indeed, the best answer to all these problems is undoubtedly to find a good agent, who can make the whole project viable. An agent will provide information, introductions and contacts, and in return, he or she will get an 【62】 percentage form the manufacturer. When Paul Osman, the Sales Manager of Jayal Motors, which 【63】 mopeds, visited a city in an attempt to break into a new market, finding an agent was his first job. He was fortunate to be introduced to Adam Fortesque, a well established agent, who is 【64】 impressed by the Jayal mopeds to put his assistant, Eve Sorrell, on to the job of helping Paul in his proposed expansion into the export market. 【65】 , this attempt brings its own problems, and Paul has realized that Jayal Motors will have to adapt quickly if it is to become an expanding international company.

单选题Save Pandas With the Switzerland-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF), China is making a concerted and dedicated effort to save the endangered pandas. The results, officials here in Chengdu indicate, are mixed but encouraging. A clear disappointment is the failure to breed pandas in captivity, necessary if their decreasing numbers are to be replaced. Another failure has been the incapability to find a natural, readily available able food to replace the arrow bamboo. Despite these failures, success has come on two fronts. One achievement has been the physical rescue effort. Some pandas have been kept alive by salting (空投) the mountains with tons of cooked meat, which pandas will eat as a substitute for bamboo, and by the planting of new bamboo in isolated areas. Animals in some Sichuan areas have been rescued by local peasants and given emergency treatment by animal doctors. A second achievement is a massive fund-raising effort. Publicity about the pandas plight has resulted in a new $100,000 emergency allocation by the WWF and independent fund drives both in China and abroad. In spite of this support, there have been conflicts in the panda relief program. One important problem is the difficulty Peking is having balancing the recommendations of environmentalists with China"s ambitious goal of agricultural and industrial modernization. Wolong is but one example of this difficulty. This 494,000-acre preserve was declared a protected area in 1975. Yet 1,800 people, mostly Tibetans, still live in the preserve, logging trucks still roll down the narrow mountain roads, and blasting work still goes on at the site of a new 160,000-kilowatt hydroelectric plant just six miles away. This all means that the pandas" fight for survival will not be an easy one, even with the concerted effort of man. For in the end, even if they can survive the dangers of the wild, they must still contend with man himself.

单选题I was shocked when I saw the size of the telephone bill.

单选题Britain's Solo Sailor Ellen MacArthur started sailing when she was eight, going out on sailing trips with her aunt. She loved it so much that she saved her money for three years to buy her first small sailing boat. When she was 18, she sailed alone around Britain and won the "Young Sailor of the Year" award. But Ellen really became famous in 2001. Aged only 24, she was one of only two women who entered the Vendee Globe round the world solo race, which lasts 100 days. Despite many problems, she came second in the race out of 24 competitors and she was given a very warm welcome when she returned. Ambition and determination have always been a big part of Ellen's personality. When she was younger, she lived in a kind of hut for three years while she was trying to get sponsorship to compete in a transatlantic race. Then she took a one-way ticket to France, bought a tiny seven meter class mini yacht, slept under it while she was repairing it, and then she raced it 4,000 kilometers across the Atlantic in 1997, alone for 33 days. Ellen has had to learn many things, because sailing single-handed means that she has to be her own captain, electrician, sail maker, engineer, doctor, journalist, cameraman and cook. She also has to be very fit, and because of the dangers of sleeping for long periods of time she's in the middle of the ocean, she has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a time. And she needs courage. Once, In the middle of the ocean, she had to climb the mast of a boat to repair the sails at four o'clock in the morning, with 100kph winds blowing around her. It took her many hours to make the repairs. Ellen says, "I was exhausted when I came down. It's hard to describe how it feels to be up there. It's like trying to hold onto a big pole, which for me is just too big to get my altos around, with someone kicking you all the time and trying to shake you off." But in her diary, Ellen also describes moments which make it all worthwhile: "A beautiful sunrise started the day, with black clouds slowly lit by the bright yellow sun. I have a very strong feeling of pleasure, being out here on the ocean and having the chance to live this. I just feel lucky to be here./

单选题People have always been both fascinated by the spectacle of volcanic eruptions and terrified of their {{U}}power{{/U}}.

单选题He hasn"t the funds to carry out his design.

单选题Jesse and his boss are good friends.

单选题Fruits such as apples and oranges are very wholesome , and may be eaten at any time.

单选题The policemen acted quickly because lives were at stake .

单选题You will be meeting her presently.

单选题We can utilize water for producing electric power.______

单选题People in town have forgotten their argument.

单选题Population and Our Planet A very important world problem is the increasing number of people who actually inhabit this planet. The limited amount of land and land resources will soon be unable to support the huge population if it continues to grow at its present rate. So why is this huge increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and practice of what is becoming known as "Death Control". You have no doubt heard of the term "Birth Control". "Death Control" is something rather different. It recognizes the work of the doctors and scientists who now keep alive people who, not very long ago, would have died of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide variety of technological innovations that include farming methods and the control of deadly diseases, we have found ways to reduce the rate at which we die. However, this success is the very cause of the greatest threat to mankind. If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square meters. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the amount of usable land we actually have. More than three-fifths of the world's land cannot produce food. Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But we are not! Instead, we are consuming its "capital" its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us. It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.

单选题The operation could prolong his life by two or three years.

单选题Many factory workers find their jobs tiresome.

单选题___________ are the best known of the Sunday papers.

单选题{{U}}Neighboring{{/U}} states often sign trade agreements with one another.

单选题Weed killers must be chosen and applied with great care to avoid damage to {{U}}adjacent{{/U}} trees and shrubs.

单选题I wrote him a letter to show my appreciation of his thoughtfulness.