[单项选择]Many museums now provide educational services and children's departments. ______the usual displays, they also offer film showings and dance programs.
A. As well as
B. Rather than
C. With the exception of
D. In addition to

[单项选择]Many museums (have been founded) by private benefactors, and (a few) have received endowments (that help) to support (theirs) routine operations.
A. have been founded
B. a few
C. that help
D. theirs

[单项选择]How many children's museums have been set up in America in the past 15 years
A. About 100.
B. Over 180.
C. Less than 80.
D. Altogether 215.

[单项选择]How many orangutans are left now
A. 25 000.
B. Over 25 000.
C. About 25 000.
D. No more than 25 000.

[单项选择]Many parents now remember the teacher's E-mail address and the school's website because ______.

[单项选择]Now many manufacturers build their business reputations by enclosing ______ in the new products in case of damage in shipment or by incorrect operation.
A. categories
B. accessories
C. analogies
D. observatories

[单项选择]Now in China many young peopleimportant positions in the government.
A. seize
B. catch
C. grasp
D. hold

[单项选择]Now many renowned universities tend to have their own ______ middle and senior schools.
A. assigned
B. enrolled
C. mingled
D. affiliated

[单项选择]According to the report, how many overseas are now studying in Britain


A. 100,000
B. 300,000
C. 600,000
D. 900,000

[单项选择]Approximately how many electric cars are now on California roads
A. 200
B. 2,000
C. 20,000
D. 200,000

[单项选择]Plastics materials are now replacing many other materials in our daily life．
A. 现在，塑料物质正侵入我们的日常生活。
B. 现在塑料材料代替日常生活中许多其他的材料而占有市场。
C. 在我们的日常生活中，塑料材料现在正取代许多别的材料。
D. 在日常生活中，塑料材料取代许多别的材料。

[单项选择]In many countries now, smoking is not ______ in public places.
A. permissive
B. permissible
C. permutable
D. pernicious

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Text 2 Now that many media chieftains have fallen into disrepute and have left, those who are still in positions feel the need to take the problem seriously. "CEOs were overturned as were some stocks." That is how AOL Time Warner entertainment group Chairman Jeff Bewkes summed it up. The era of the "imperial" (one-man rule) CEO has come to an end, MTV Networks Chairman Tom Freston added. The two executives agreed that the industry’s complex and often ill-fated megs mergers had proven that bigger is not necessarily better, no matter how big the reputations of the personalities behind them. The continuing flameout of media executives who a few years ago were hailed as visionaries was active this month, and the industry’s fears reached into the executive ranks of music, publishing and TV. Technology visionary Steve Case left as chairman of AOL Time Warner, replaced by Chief Executive Richard Parsons. Top executives at Sony Music, MCA Records an
A. There are no visionary executives.
B. Corporate strategies are ahead of time.
C. Many executives got caught in the late 90's.
D. Many wise executives have left the media industry.

[单项选择]Many compaines provide their employees ______ tree lunch during the weekdays.
A. by
B. with
C. to
D. for

[单项选择]How many Member States are there now in the European Union
A. 18.
B. 12.
C. 6.
D. 15.