[单项选择]Why were there sometimes problems between Mackintosh and his clients


A. Mackintosh resented interference from his clients.
B. Clients refused to pay him in full for his work.
C. Mackintosh did not pay enough attention to detail.
D. Clients did not like the changes Mackintosh mad

[单项选择]Why were there sometimes problems between Mackintosh and his clients


A. Mackintosh resented interference from his clients.
B. Clients refused to pay him in full for his work.
C. Mackintosh did not pay enough attention to detail.
D. Clients did not like the changes Mackintosh mad

[单项选择]Why were the hostages held

[单项选择]Why were the couple detained


A. Because of gem theft.
B. Because of robbery.
C. Because they are spy.
D. Because of money cheating.

[单项选择]Why were the couple frustrated
A. Their dog was not feeling very well.
B. They were trying to sell their house but failed.
C. Their financial position was not on the right track.
D. They had bank loan to pay off.

[单项选择]Why were two rail companies fined


A. Because they asked young students to work at night.
B. Because their train was not safe.
C. Because they hired college students illegally.
D. Because their work practice system was unsafe.

[单项选择]Why were Sam and Joe chosen


A. The boss wanted them to get more experience.
B. The boss trusted them more than anyone else.
C. They were the last people who wanted to go.
D. They were the only men who offered to go.

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Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened (21) . As was discussed before, it was not (22) the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic (23) , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (24) of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution (25) up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading (26) through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (27) the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in (28) . It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized, (29) , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, (30) by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, A. concept
B. dimension
C. effect
D. perspective

[单项选择]Relations between the countries were formally ______ in 1997.
A. mechanized
B. normalized
C. modernized
D. standardized