[单项选择]Why was the year 1886 so special to Pemberton

[单项选择]Why was the year 1886 so special to Pemberton

[单项选择]The reason why so many children like to eat this new brand of biscuit is that it is particularly sweet and________.
A. fragile
B. feeble
C. brisk
D. crisp

[单项选择]According to the passage, why so many family-run businesses fail to survive
A. Because they are frequently facing financial problems.
B. Because the family members in these companies do not trust each other.
C. Because there are often communicative problems within family members.
D. Because they do not focus on family ties.

[单项选择]We don't know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such______ colors.
A. low
B. humble
C. mild
D. dull

[单项选择]—Why was the price of bread so high that year
—（） the war broke out.
A. As
B. Since
C. For
D. Because

[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]Why so few people are left-handed ______.
A. has nothing to do with heredity
B. is not known by scientists
C. has little to do with the working of their brains
D. is that left-handers are mainly twins

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Passage 2 In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market. More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell products and services with one another. Such business-to-business sales make sense because business people typically know what product they’re looking for. Nonetheless, many companies still hesitate to use the Web because of doubts about its reliability. "Businesses need to feel they can trust the pathway between them and the supplier," says senior analyst Blanc Erwin of Forrester Research. Some companies are limiting the risk by conducting online transactions only with established business partners who are given access to the company’s private intranet. Another major shift in the model for Internet commerce concerns the technology available for marketing. Until recently, Internet marketing activities have focused on strategies to
A. has been striving to expand its market
B. intended to follow a fanciful fashion
C. tried but in vain to control the market
D. has been booming for one year or so

[单项选择]The reason why so few are left-handed ______.
A. has nothing to do with heredity
B. remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of science
C. has little to do with the working of their brains
D. is that left-handers are mainly twins

[单项选择]In another year or so, you ______ all about it.
A. forget
B. would forget
C. have forgotten
D. will have forgotten

[单项选择]This table is ______ for our special guests, so I'm afraid you'll have to wait until another table becomes available.
A. reserved
B. preserved
C. conserved
D. observed

[单项选择]Why is transition so difficult


A. Because transition requires money and time.
B. Because many manufacturers are unwilling to change their equipment.
C. Because research on new materials is very difficult.
D. Because it takes 10 years.