[单项选择]What was the secretary asked to do
A. To give a speech instead of the businessman.
B. To type a one-hour speech for the businessman.
C. To choose a speech from a book of speeches and type it.
D. To make up a speech from some others and type it.

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Text 3 Asked what he would, do to improve a government, the ancient Chinese sage Confucius answered that his first measure would be "to correct language". He meant that if words don’t mean what they seem to mean people cannot put any plan into action as in tended. The state of language at the dawn of the twenty-first century appears to be more confused than ever--thanks in large part to the enormous influence of television, radio, and print media over what we tiny, desire, and believe. Benjamin Radford, managing editor of The Skeptical Inquirer magazine, offers hundreds of examples of deceptive practices in journalism, advertising, political activism, public relations, and charity appeals. The real danger to the public, he insists, comes not from outright lies about events or individuals, because in most cases facts call ultimately be proven and mistakes corrected. But the emotional power of images, sound bites, and slogans can exert deep and lasting influe
A. clear thinking and clearly worded policies.
B. policies that lawyers and politicians can understand.
C. measures that can be understood by the public.
D. measures that people feel safer by taking rapid and visible action.

[单项选择]What a secretary should do after a conference （）.
A. do nothing but serve the boss well.
B. leave the minutes unprocessed
C. keep records of the business transacted
D. all of them

[单项选择]“What do you mean by that”Paul asked sharply


A. critically
B. helplessy
C. politely
D. quickly

[单项选择]When people are asked what kind of housing they need or want, the question ________ a variety of answers.
A. defies
B. magnifies
C. mediates
D. evokes

[单项选择]—He asked, "What are you going to do"
— He asked ______ .
A. what are you going to do
B. what am I going to do
C. what I am going to do
D. what I was going to do

[单项选择](He asked what) (had the weather been) like during my holidays and I (said) that (it had been awful).
A. He asked what
B. had the weather
C. said
D. it been awful

[单项选择]“What do you mean by that”Paul asked {{U}}sharply {{/U}}
A. critically
B. helplessy
C. politely
D. quickly

[单项选择]The Home Secretary has been asked to ______ because the union leaders and their employers cannot agree on a course of action.
A. intervene
B. negotiate
C. meditate
D. reconcile

[单项选择]The Home Secretary has been asked to _______ because the union leaders and their employers can- not agree on a course of action.
A. meditate
B. negotiate
C. intervene
D. reconcile

[单项选择]The shop-assistant asked John what（）
A. did he want
B. he wanted
C. he wants

[单项选择]What do you guess they will do


A. She will ask the man not to make any noise.
B. She will ask her neighbors not to make any noise.
C. She will try to stop the annoying noise.
D. She will be quite annoyed with the nois

[单项选择]What do the speakers decide to do
A. Grab something to eat together
B. Buy a pack of biscuits for lunch.
C. Treat themselves to a nice meal.

[单项选择]What does Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz mean


A. The testing will be resumed if necessary.
B. The testing must be resumed soon.
C. The testing will never be resumed.
D. He cannot rule out the possibility of that testing.

[单项选择]What do people do on Thanksgiving Day according to the passage
A. Grateful for good harvests.
B. Eat turkeys.
C. Celebrate it with a big party.
D. Give each other gifts.