[单项选择]The reporters exposed the corruption of several senior officers in the government; consequently, these officers _________ to resign from office.
A. have asked
B. were asked
C. had asked
D. had been asked

[单项选择]The reporters exposed the corruption of several senior officers in the government; consequently, these officers ______ to resign from office.
A. have asked
B. were asked
C. had asked
D. had been asked

[单项选择]Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to ______ , or at least weaken, the trends that emerged in the 1980s,
A. revolt
B. revolve
C. reverse
D. revive

[单项选择]Roosevelt's comparison of investigative reporters to "muckrakers” shows his view that these reporters ______.
A. were treated lowly in the society
B. reduced journalism to a humble job
C. should be praised highly for their contributions to the society
D. did unpleasant but necessary work

[单项选择]Two assistants will be required to check reporters' names when they arrive at the press conference.
A. 两位助手要求记者在到达新闻发布会时通报他们的姓名。
B. 两位助手到达新闻发布会时被记者要求通报他们的姓名。
C. 有两位助手检查记者的姓名并通告他们新闻发布会的时间。
D. 要有两位助手在记者到达新闻发布会时核对他们的姓名。

[单项选择]The reporters were most interested in hearing his ___________ views on the situation in the Persian Gulf.
A. private
B. individual
C. specific
D. personal

[单项选择]Despite efforts to eradicate it, corruption persists, though it doesn't ______
A. speed
B. hasten
C. accelerate
D. boost

[单项选择] Because of a logical corruption in your production database, you wanted to perform Tablespace Point in Time Recovery (TSPITR). But before you start the recovery, you queried the TS_PITR_OBJECTS_TO_BE_DROPPED view and realized that there are a large number of objects that would be dropped when you start the recovery by using this method.You want to preserve these objects. Which option must you use to perform TSPITR and preserve the object?（）
A. Perform Export before TSPITR and Import after TSPITR
B. Move objects to another schema that has the same tablespace assigned
C. Perform Incomplete Recovery before TSPITR with the Log Sequence Number (LSN)
D. Perform Incomplete Recovery before TSPITR with the System Change Number (SCN)

[单项选择]The insults from the reporters ignited her anger to the point where she became speechless.
A. quenched
B. swallowed
C. excited
D. disturbed

[单项选择]The corruption of the church resulted in the fact that
A. the beginning of the Renaissance started at that time.
B. some people lost their authority and prestige they used to have.
C. people no longer believed in its authority and prestige.
D. people lost their guidance that they used to have in a dark world.

[单项选择]Who are the kinds of reporters the writer seems to admire most

[单项选择]Sometimes the reporters go to the newspaper's own library to ______ the information they need.
A. look at
B. look up
C. look down
D. look out

[单项选择]What do you think is the cause of corruption that the author would like to agree to
A. Underdogs.
B. Money.
C. Power.
D. Political system.