[单项选择]The engineers are going through with their highway project, ______ the expenses have risen.
A. even though
B. just because
C. now that
D. as though

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The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying: "Won’t the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable anti competitive force" There’s no question that the big are getting bigger and more powerful. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982. Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. International affiliates account for a fast growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s, multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial production of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national busi
A. optimistic
B. objective
C. pessimistic
D. biased

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Passage 4 The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying:" Won’t the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable anti - competitive force" There’ s no question that the big are getting bigger and more powered. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982. Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. International affiliates ac count for a fast - growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s ,multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial production of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic f
A. To take in more foreign funds,
B. To invest more abroad.
C. To combine and become bigger.
D. To trade with more countries.

[单项选择]Civil engineers of ancient times were intelligent enough to build entire cities, including______.
A. systems of pipes, bridges, and pyramids
B. pipeline systems, bridges and farmlands
C. water supply systems, bridges, and pipelines for cultivation
D. water supply systems, bridges and structures

[单项选择]Are you going downtown this afternoon I am going to have these letters ________.
A. mailed
B. mail
C. to mail
D. mailing

[单项选择]A pervasive negative attitude of the engineers toward projects funded by his company is the cause of the delay of signing the contract.
A. perpetual
B. pernicious
C. preventive
D. prevalent

[单项选择]Roadhouses along the Smart Highway usually offer _______.
A. travel guides
B. drinks
C. star-level hotel service
D. latest Hollywood movies.

[单项选择]Are you going downtown this afternoon I'm going to have these letters ______.
A. to mail
B. mailed
C. mail
D. mailing

[单项选择]People learn better through TV than through radio because ______.

[单项选择]According to the passage, the smart highway technology is aimed to ______.
A. optimize the highway capabilities
B. provide passenger vehicles with a variety of services
C. install sophisticated facilities on the interstate highways
D. improve communication between driver and the traffic monitors

[单项选择]In comparison to rail and highway, water transport is
A. greater than that of railway with respect to fixed cost
B. the middle with respect to fixed cost
C. quicker than that of rail and highway
D. to transport small tonnage at low variable cost