[单项选择]It is a very important game, and it is advisable to ______ seats well in advance.
A. book
B. get
C. provide
D. take

[单项选择]It is a very important game, and it is advisable to ______ seats well in advance.
A. book
B. get
C. provide
D. take

[单项选择]Very important people don't often have much free time as their work ______ all their time.
A. takes over
B. takes away
C. takes in
D. takes up

[单项选择]The sun heats the earth, （） is very important to the living things.
A. which
B. that
C. as
D. what

[单项选择]In case of something unexpected, it is advisable to ______ your life against accident.
A. insure
B. ensure
C. assure
D. be sure

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Passage One
An important businessman was asked to give a twenty-minute speech in another city. He was too busy to write it himself, so he asked his secretary to put one together for him out of a large book of speeches which she had on her desk. She typed one out for him, and he picked it up just in time to rush off to his plane. But when he gave his speech, it ran on for an hour, and the audience (听众) was getting very tired of it by the end.
When the businessman got back to his office, he said to his secretary, "I told you it should be a twenty-minute speech !"
"That’s what I gave you ," she answered, "the original and two copies. The original for you to read at the meeting, and two copies for the files, after you have checked them."

Why was the businessman not satisfied with his secretary（）
A. He had given the same speech three times.
B. His speech lasted for an hour.
C. He had made three speeches.
D. The speech was not well written.

[单项选择]An important factor in a game of imperfect information is ______.
A. rules
B. luck
C. time
D. ideas

[单项选择]This exam isn't that important. Don't take it to heart.
A. 这次考试不那么重要，别往心里去。
B. 这次考试不是那种重要的，不要用心去记。
C. 这次考试不那么重要，不要往这里拿。
D. 这次考试不重要，别放在心里。

[单项选择]Curriculum vitae has become very important because ______.


A. jobs are becoming very complicated nowadays
B. other means of job application are scarce
C. there has been an increase in the number of jobs advertised
D. there has been an increase in the number of applications with degrees