[单项选择]Almost all companies trying to develop new products and create new jobs have to ______.
A. persuade the banks to provide long-term finance
B. rely on their own financial resources
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and relatives
D. depend on the pubic as a way for finance

[单项选择]Almost all companies trying to develop new products and create new jobs have to______,
A. persuade the banks to provide long-term finance
B. rely on their own financial resources
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and relatives
D. depend on the population as a whole for finance

[单项选择]Almost all companies involved in new production and development must ______.
A. rely in their own financial resources
B. persuade the banks to provide long-term finance
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and people we know
D. depend on the population as a whole for finance

[单项选择]Almost all projects are planned and implemented in social, economic and environmental context, and have intended and unintended positive and/or negative impacts. In this context, the project team should do all the following EXCEPT:
A. Understand how the project affects people and people affect the projec This may require understanding aspects of economic, demographic and educational characteristics of people whom the project affects or who may have interest in the projec
B. Understand the political climate that could affect the projec
C. Always be aware of the physical geography and local ecology where the project is being execute
D. If having an international team, international factors like time-zone differences, national and regional holidays et to be taken into consideratio

[单项选择]A lot of cities are trying new ways to treat garbage mainly because ______.
A. their environment is becoming more and more dirty
B. the traditional ways of treating wastes are not efficient
C. they are short of useful materials
D. they need new materials made from garbage

[单项选择]Almost all recognize that non-scientists as well as laymen are interested in sciences, yet scientists have been trying to classify only those who are involved in scientific practices as genuine scientists, ______ the more inclusive view.
A. (A) authentic … articulating
B. (B) rigorous … unconvinced of
C. (C) specialized … sympathetic to
D. (D) broad … certain of
E. (E) democratic … rejecting

[单项选择]Almost all economists agree that nations {{U}}gain{{/U}} by trading with one another.
A. work
B. profit
C. rely
D. prove

[单项选择]"Middleman" in the passage almost equals to all the following in meaning EXCEPT ______.
A. go-between
B. intermediary
C. manufacturer
D. wholesaler