[单项选择]There was once a town in this country where all life seemed to live in _________ with its surroundings.
A. coincidence
B. harmony
C. uniform
D. alliance

[单项选择]There was once a town in this country where all life seemed to live in ______ with its surroundings.
A. coincidence
B. harmony
C. uniform
D. alliance

[单项选择]The United States is perhaps the country where the ______ spirit is most cultivated and admired.
A. comparative
B. compatible
C. comparable
D. competitive

[单项选择]The country where the number of young women smokers increases fastest is ______
A. Norway
B. Austria
C. Hungary
D. Sweden

[单项选择]Many a ranch is located in flat open country where there is plenty of grass for the cattle ______.
A. to be fed up
B. to be fed with
C. to feed
D. to feed on

[单项选择]People of one culture who move to a country where another culture dominates may ______ their old ways and become part of the dominant culture.
A. keep up
B. give up
C. look black at
D. clear away

[单项选择]Tanzania is a country where ______.
A. there are mere serious tribal problems
B. generally there is not many tribes
C. there is only one major dominant tribal force
D. there are about 120 tribes

[单项选择]Once all the major companies in the car industry had become as efficient as possible,
A. they turned to use economies of scales as the main way of reducing cost.
B. there came increased productive capacity.
C. there was no way to reduce cost.
D. the main fear in the car industry became over-capacity.

[单项选择]He began by showing us where the country was and went on______us about its climate.
A. telling
B. to tell
C. to telling
D. to be told

[单项选择]-- Do you know our town at all -- No. This is the first time I ______ here.
A. was
B. have been
C. came
D. am coming

[单项选择]—Do you know our town at all —No, this is the first time I ______here.,
A. was
B. have been
C. came
D. am coming

[单项选择]Where lies success of a country in the New Age of Superstuff
A. It lies in research.
B. It lies in investment.
C. It lies in innovation.
D. It lies in application.

[单项选择]-- Do you know our town at all -- No, this is the first time I ______ here.
A. was
B. have been
C. came
D. am coming

[单项选择]-- Do you know our town at all -- No. This is the first time I ______ here.
A. was
B. have been
C. came
D. am coming

[单项选择]There's a shop in town which sells all the latest photographic ______.
A. articles
B. wares
C. commodities
D. apparatus

[单项选择]Once the novelty of watching TV and videos all day has ______, there is nothing to do.
A. worn away
B. worn down
C. worn off
D. worn out

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As a wise man once said, we are all ultimately alone. But an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isn’t the stuff of gloomy philosophical contemplations, but a fact of Europe’s new economic landscape, embraced by sociologists, realestate developers and ad executives alike. The shift away from family life to solo lifestyle, observes a French sociologist, is part of the "irresistible momentum of individualism" over the last century. The communications revolution, the shift from a business culture of stability to one of mobility and the mass entry of women into the workforce have greatly wreaked havoc on (扰乱) Europeans’ private lives.
Europe’s new economic climate has largely fostered the trend toward independence. The current generation of home-aloners came of age during Europe’s shift from social democracy to the sharper, more individualistic climate of American-style capitalism. Raised in
A. To review the impact of women becoming high earners.
B. To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.
C. To examine the trend of young people living alone.
D. To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships.