[单项选择]That field ______ a good crop of potatoes last year.
A. planted
B. grew
C. raised
D. yielded

[单项选择]The index of industrial production ______ last year.
A. raised up by 4 per cent
B. rose up with 4 per cent
C. arose up with 4 per cent
D. went up by 4 per cent

[单项选择]This year we will produce ______ they did last year.
A. as twice many cars as
B. twice as many than cars
C. twice as many cars as
D. cars twice many that

[单项选择]They talked as if they ______ good friends for years.
A. are
B. were
C. had been
D. have been

[单项选择]These farmers got a good harvest last year, so they ______ a big sum of money for new farm machines.
A. set aside
B. set about
C. set up
D. set back

[单项选择]Business has been so good over the last two seasons ______ the general manager has promised to take all the staff on a trip to Europe in early July.
A. because
B. before
C. that
D. therefore

[单项选择]请选择意思最为贴近的翻译语：Good to the last drop. (麦斯威尔咖啡)( )
A. 服从你的渴望。
B. 尽情享受吧!
C. 滴滴香浓，意犹未尽。
D. 动态的诗，向我舞近。

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The good news is that after last year’s precipitous decline, worldwide demand for microchips is rising again. The not-so-good news is that the recovery is likely to be more muted than the industry had hoped. In fact, it could be years before the market makes up fully for 2001’ s record fall of 32% in chip sales. The latest figures from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, an industry body, suggest that demand will creep up this year by 2.3% (to $142 billion) and by a healthier 16.6% or so in 2003. Se it could still be 2004 or beyond before the market for chips regains its former heights.
Why is the recovery so weak The main reason is that sales of personal computers(PCs), which run on such chips and which dominate the market for them, are still struggling to recover from last year’ s collapse in demand. Gartner Dataquest, a research firm, says worldwide sales of PCs rose by 5.8% year-on-year in the three months to the end of Septem
A. contrary to expectations
B. far from certain
C. not so quick as expected
D. at a record-breaking speed

[单项选择]ff the marginal benefit of the last unit of a good or service consumed was $25, the marginal benefit of the next unit consumed is most likely to be:（）
A. $25.
B. $24.
C. $26.