[单项选择]You got news that because of bad weather, your shipment has got delayed by 2 weeks。What should be the first step that you take
A. Fast track the project to ensure that the project schedule is not delaye
B. Review the performance reports to determine which planned dates have not been met, and the impact on critical pat
C. Try to get additional supplies from an alternate location as soon as possibl
D. Take corrective action to minimize the impact because of the dela

[单项选择]Because of the bad weather，the sports meet had to be______.
A. shut down
B. done away
C. taken off
D. called off

[单项选择]Because of bad weather the plane was ______ for half an hour.
A. prolonged
B. delayed
C. postponed
D. put off

[单项选择]On hearing the bad news, he got up quickly, （） the lunch unfinished.
A. leave
B. left
C. to leave
D. leaving

[单项选择]Because of the bad weather, the match was ______ for a week.
A. delayed
B. hold
C. decayed
D. cancelled

[单项选择]On hearing the bad news, he got up quickly, ______ the lunch unfinished.
A. leave
B. left
C. to leave
D. leaving

[单项选择]I'd rather you ______ by train because the weather forecast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.
A. went
B. should go
C. will go
D. go

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Good news is bad news and bad news is good news, newsmen often say to one another. And when you look at the media it’s only too easy to see what they mean. A dictionary definition of the media is mass communication, e.g. the press, television, radio. The media sees its main purpose as giving the public news. Naturally to provide the public with news, the media has first to gather it. The whole function and purpose of the media, then, seems to depend on the word "news", but more important, on how the word is interpreted.
The media like any big business venture today is an extremely competitive world of its own. In providing material for its public it has constantly to make sure it serves the right diet. No public will waste time on your paper or your TV channel otherwise. The sad truth is that there seems only one way to catch an audience—hit them right between the eyes. What started as a mild tap has now become a sledgehammer blow that goes by the na
A. use physical violence.
B. give them cooking recipes.
C. report violent happenings.
D. make them unhappy.

[单项选择]—Congratulations to you! I hear you got the first prize in the English Speech Contest. —______.

[单项选择]Woman: You've got your apartment furnished, haven't you Man: Yes. I bought some used furniture at the Sunday market. And it was a real bargain. Question: What does the man mean
A. The furnished apartment was inexpensive.
B. The apartment was provided with some old furniture.
C. The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.
D. The furniture he bought was very cheap.