[单项选择]The American President usually takes an oath of office, administered by the ______ of the United States in January.
A. Chief Justice
B. House Speaker
C. Secretary of State
D. Senate Majority Leader

[单项选择]The garage sale usually takes place outside the house, with the seller______ on benches, chairs or boxes.
A. seated
B. fixed
C. stood
D. kept

[单项选择]The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience ______ on benches, chairs or boxes.
A. having seated
B. seating
C. seated
D. having been seated

[单项选择]It usually takes much less time to fly from one country to another than traveling by train.
A. less
B. another
C. traveling
D. by

[单项选择]It usually takes much (less) time to fly from one country to (another) than (traveling) (by) train.
A. less
B. another
C. traveling
D. by

[单项选择]It usually takes some time to ______ the shock of somebody' s death.
A. overcome
B. do without
C. ignore
D. deal with

[单项选择]Who takes the Olympic oath
A. A judge from a foreign country.
B. An officer from the host country.
C. A Greek sportsman.
D. A sportsman from the host country.

[单项选择]In his spare time, an American usually ____________.

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Text 4
President Bush takes to the bully pulpit to deliver a stern lecture to America’s business elite. The Justice Dept. stuns the accounting profession by filing a criminal indictment of Arthur Andersen LLP for destroying documents related to its audits of Enron Corp. On Capitol Hill, some congressional panels push on with biased hearings on Enron’s collapse and, now, another busted New Economy star, telecom’s Global Crossing. Lawmakers sign on to new bills aimed at tightening oversight of everything from pensions and accounting to executive pay.
To any spectators, it would be easy to conclude that the winds of change are sweeping Corporate America, led by George W. Bush, who ran as "a reformer with result". But far from deconstructing the corporate world brick by brick into something cleaner, sparer, and stronger, Bush aides and many legislators are preparing modest legislative and administrative reforms. Instead of an overhau
A. may make only modest change.
B. will take drastic countermeasures.
C. will adopt corporate restructuring.
D. will investigate Enron's collapse.

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Text 4 President Bush takes to the bully pulpit to deliver a stern lecture to America’s business elite. The Justice Dept. stuns the accounting profession by filing a criminal indictment of Arthur Andersen LLP for destroying documents related to its audits of Enron Corp. On Capitol Hill, some congressional panels push on with biased hearings on Enron’s collapse and, now, another busted New Economy star, telecom’s Global Crossing. Lawmakers sign on to new bills aimed at tightening oversight of everything from pensions and accounting to executive pay. To any spectators, it would be easy to conclude that the winds of change are sweeping Corporate America, led by George W. Bush, who ran as "a reformer with result." But far from deconstructing the corporate world brick by brick into something cleaner, sparer, and stronger, Bush aides and many legislators are preparing modest legislative and administrative reforms. Instead of an overhaul, Bush’s
A. "Crime doesn't pay."
B. "Haste makes waste."
C. "Look before you leap."
D. "Like father, like son."