[单项选择]The custom has been passed down since the 19th century.
A. 这名顾客自从19世纪就死了。
B. 这种风俗从19世纪以来一直流传到现在。
C. 这种风俗是从19世纪流传过来的。
D. 海关制度从19世纪以来一直流传到现在。

[单项选择]The custom has been passed down since the 19th century.
A. 这名顾客自从19世纪就死了。
B. 这种风俗从19世纪以来一直流传到现在。
C. 这种风俗是从19世纪流传过来的。
D. 海关制度从19世纪以来一直流传到现在。

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Since October 1, it has been illegal for any business to discriminate against disabled people, either during the recruitment process or at work, and disability rights campaigners says that employers must make better use of new technology to help them fulfil their new obligations.
Amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) require all Businesses, not just those with more than 15 employees as previously, to make "reasonable adjust ments" to workplaces to accommodate the disabled. Such adjustments include buying new equipment or modifying existing systems so that disabled people can use them.
But many employers are failing to investigate potentially useful changes or upgrades to systems. They are also failing to claim generous Access to Work grants from the Government, designed to cover ’the cost of adapting or re-equipping a workplace, extra training or hiring human assistants like sign language interpreters.

A. making the office light brighter for the deaf to lipread.
B. acquiring useful information through the voice recognition system.
C. using screen readers to tell them the telephone numbers.
D. running office telephones via a conventional exchange.

[单项选择]More has been learned since 1945 about the chemical changes in the body than in all human history before ______ time.
A. in
B. that
C. which
D. the

[单项选择]Norwich has been a city since its first cathedral was built.

[单项选择]He has been interested in computer since his childhood, so he specialized______ computer science when he was in college.
A. on
B. at
C. for
D. in

[单项选择]The technique of frying food has been used since antiquity----to prepare meats, fish, vegetables, and breads.
A. to have most cultures
B. that in most cultures
C. in cultures when
D. in most cultures

[单项选择]Since 1971 the Canadian government has adopted policy of ______, recognizing that cultural pluralism within a bilingual framework is the essence of the Canadian identity.
A. assimilation
B. integration
C. multiculturalism
D. gender equality

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