[单项选择]The company management attempted to （） information that was not favorable to them, but it was all in vain.
A. supplement
B. suppress
C. plug
D. concentrate

[单项选择]The company management attempted to ________ information that was not favorable to them, but it was all in vain.
A. suppress
B. supplement
C. concentrate
D. plug

[单项选择]Selected information from Ingot Company' s financial statements for the year ended December 31,2004, was as follows prior to the consideration of its impaired asset write-down ( in $ ) :
A. Cash
B. 120000
C. Accounts Payable
D. 290000
E. Accounts Receivable
F. 200000
G. Deferred Tax Liability
H. 740000
I. Inventory
J. 300000
K. Long-term Debt
L.

800000

M. Property, Plant & Eq.(net)
N. 1700000

[单项选择]For effective management of information resources, the manager should ______.
A. convert all paper documents to electronic media
B. make media conversion when necessary
C. control the media used to generate information both inside arid outside his organization
D. use one format in processing information

[单项选择]The following information is from a company's 2008 financial statements ($ millions):（）
A. $30000000
B. $29000000
C. $35000000

[单项选择]When Steve Fossett first attempted his solo balloon flight around the world, he ______ that he would encounter 10 days of thunderstorms over Argentina. Consequently, his balloon was damaged and he was forced to end his trip.

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Ancient man attempted to change the weather by using magic. When experience taught him this was impossible, he tried to forecast weather conditions. Even earlier than 1 000 B. C. there were seers in Babylon--and priests clever enough to denounce as cheaters who predicted the weather a year in advance.
Some forecasters used .methods that seem to have no connection with the actual factors control ling the weather. Chickens and other animals were sacrificed and their intestines (肠) poked to find signs indicating rain or drought.
Somewhat more scientific were predictions based on vegetation: "onion's skin very thin, mild winter coming in. Onion's skin thick and tough, coming winter code and rough."
Insects and animals were also favorite clues: when the glowworm lights his lamp, then the air is always damp." "If spiders forsake their cobwebs, the weather win for certain break." "If frog remained in pools, the weather would
A. fine weather
B. cold weather
C. rain
D. all of the above

[单项选择]The English first attempted to settle in Maine at the {{U}}mouth{{/U}} of the Kennebec River in 1607.
A. edge of
B. elbow in
C. entrance to
D. source of

[单项选择]While performers have always attempted to______the fact that piano is fundamentally a percussion instrument, that particular pianist goes farther than most in ______ the accepted wisdom through her excessively exuberant style.
A. (A) underscore … epitomizing
B. (B) conceal… qualifying
C. (C) deny… highlighting
D. (D) disguise … accentuating
E. (E) eulogize … criticizing

[单项选择]While performers have always attempted to ------- the fact that piano is fundamentally a percussion instrument, that particular pianist goes farther than most in ------- the accepted wisdom through her excessively exuberant style.
A. (A) underscore... epitomizing
B. (B) conceal... qualifying
C. (C) deny... highlighting
D. (D) disguise ... accentuating
E. (E) eulogize ... criticizing

[单项选择]President Wilson attempted to ______ between the powers to end the war, but neither side was prepared to give in.
A. segregate
B. whirl
C. compromise
D. mediate

[单项选择]President Wilson attempted to _______ between the powers to end the war, but neither side was prepared to give in.
A. segregate
B. whirl
C. compromise
D. mediate

[单项选择]He never attempted to ______ any excuse for being late.
A. fluctuate
B. fabricate
C. lubricate
D. manipulate

[单项选择]He was ______ with attempted robbery and held in custody.
A. accused
B. prosecuted
C. charged
D. arrested