[单项选择]______ more attention, the tree could have grown much better than that one.
A. To give
B. Given
C. To be given
D. Having given

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In recent years, Israeli consumers have grown more demanding as they’ve become wealthier and more worldly-wise. Foreign travel is a national passion; this summer alone, one in ten citizens will go abroad. Exposed to higher standards of service elsewhere, Israelis are returning home expecting the same. American firms have also begun arriving in large numbers. Chains such as KFC, McDonald’s and Pizza Hut are setting a new standard of customer service, using strict employee training and constant monitoring to ensure the friendliness of frontline staff. Even the American habit of telling departing customers to "Have a nice day" has caught on all over Israel. "Nobody wakes up in the morning and says,’Let’s be nicer,’" says Itsik Cohen, director of a consulting firm. "Nothing happens without competition." Privatization, or the threat of it, is a motivation as well. Monopolies (垄断者) that until recently have been free to take th
A. customer service in Israel is now improving
B. wealthy Israeli customers are hard to please
C. the tourist industry has brought chain stores to Israel
D. Israeli customers prefer foreign products to domestic ones

[单项选择]_______more attention, the young trees could have grown much better.
A. To give
B. Given
C. Give
D. Having given

[单项选择]Financial markets have grown more ______ since exchange rates were freed in 1973.
A. weak
B. liquid
C. void
D. volatile

[单项选择]What advantage do home-grown vegetables have
A. They are fresher than those bought in markets.
B. They are ideal foods for people on a diet.
C. They are easy to keep in a cool area.
D. They can be frozen to increase nutrition.

[单项选择]More and more families have moved elsewhere because they cannot____the noise from the neighbouring airport．
A. come up with
B. put up with
C. catch up with
D. keep up with

[单项选择]Once more I have to leave Beijing, ______ I have been living for eight years.
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. as

[单项选择]Two more teams have dropped out of the league.
A. have promenaded down
B. have reprimanded for
C. have left permanently
D. have been absent

[单项选择](More and more) old people whose (grown-up children) pay little attention to them (gathered) together and organize (interesting activities) for themselves.
A. More and more
B. grown-up children
C. gathered
D. interesting activities

[单项选择]About how many more whales have been sighted in the San Francisco Bay this year compared to last year
A. Twice as many.
B. Three times as many.
C. Half as many.
D. About the same.

[单项选择]（） better condition, the flowers could have grown better.
A. Giving
B. Having given
C. Given
D. Give

[单项选择]When her children have grown up, the author will feel free to ______.
A. live more dangerously
B. travel by air
C. commit suicide
D. risk an explosion

[单项选择]Since his children have all grown up, he has nothing now.
A. to worry about
B. worrying about
C. to be worried
D. worried