[单项选择]The way of selling that Beatles demand is doomed to fail because ______.
A. no company would accept their demands
B. Beatles is not famous enough to adopt this way of selling
C. it is antithetical to what makes online music store successful
D. it only hurts the band itself

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Passage Two
Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His Mum came to the school and went on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. "Somebody’s got to stop that boy !" she was shouting. "Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood (四邻). And be loves to pick on (找麻烦) little boys like Danny."
Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned (关心) a lot. "I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on," she answered. "He’s never said anything about this to me!" Mrs. Green looked at Danny. "How long bas this been going on" she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble after school.
Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with other boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave
A. she had known it
B. the other boys would tell her
C. he didn't want to be in trouble
D. his mother didn't want him to say it

[单项选择]Attending a church, temple, or mosque is one way to make agreeable friends.
A. enduring
B. congenial
C. elderly
D. numerous

[单项选择]______ I can see, there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.
A. As long as
B. As far as
C. Just as
D. Even if

[单项选择]Why do symbols provide a flexible way for people to communicate even very complex thoughts with each other
A. Because they are easy to understand.
B. Because they are invented by mankind.
C. Because one symbol can stand for many different ideas, feelings, or values.
D. Because people have the capacity at birth to construct, understand, and communicate through symbols, primarily by using language.

[单项选择]Only in this way can Chinese enterprises improve their competitiveness and avoid being defeated by their foreign rivals after China's entry into the WTO．
A. 只有这个方法才能帮助中国企业去参加竞争，避免在加入世贸组织后被其外国对手所击败。
B. 只有这样中国企业才能提高竞争力，并且在中国加入世贸组织后不会败给它们的外国对手。
C. 如果中国企业要想在世贸组织中参加竞争，必须通过这种办法才能击败它们的外国对手。
D. 中国企业只有通过这种途径来击败外国的对手，才能表明它们在世贸组织中具备竞争力。

[单项选择]We are sure that scientists will a way to solve the difficult problem.
A. put up
B. come up with
C. look up
D. come up

[单项选择]We are concerned with consumer demand, the demand created by the final purchaser of goods.
A. 我们总是关心消费者的需求，这是一种由商品最终购买者所产生的需求。
B. 我们考虑的是消费者的要求，这是一种由商品的最后一个购买者所提出的要求。
C. 我们担心的是消费者的要求，这种要求产生商品的最终购买者。
D. 我们关注的是消费者的需求，这种需求是由商品的最后购买者引起的。

[单项选择]Our holiday is doomed to failure without you.
A. would doom
B. would have been doomed
C. had been doomed
D. has had to be doomed

[单项选择]Once thought doomed to extinction, southern sea otters are now {{U}}stringently{{/U}} protected through the efforts of naturalist groups.
A. rigorously
B. minimally
C. federally
D. guardedly