[单项选择]The earthquake has caused serious destruction to this city.
A. damage
B. dislike
C. instruction
D. wound

[单项选择]The earthquake has caused serious destruction to this city.
A. damage
B. dislike
C. instruction
D. wound

[单项选择]The most serious damage caused by the viruses is that ______.

[单项选择]The earthquake has caused serious damage to this city.
A. destruction
B. hurt
C. injury
D. wound

[单项选择]The destruction 'an earthquake causes depends on its ________ and duration, or the amount of shaking that occurs.
A. altitude
B. magnitude
C. multitude
D. aptitude

[单项选择]The least serious damage caused by acid rain is _________.


A. poisoning of plant roots
B. leaching of heavy metals
C. changing the blood chemistry in
D. corrosion of metal structures

[单项选择]What has caused the pollution problem


A. Careless methods of production.
B. Lack of consumer demand for environment friendly products.
C. Millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic and metal containers are produced.
D. Both[A]

[单项选择]Widespread corruption ______ serious problems to the government.
A. poses
B. has
C. affects
D. results

[单项选择]Earthquake damage has caused some of the communications networks to shut down （） until essential repairs are carried out.
A. complete
B. completely
C. completeness
D. completion

[单项选择]The process of urbanization has caused many problems, the major one is ______.
A. economy
B. the growth of poverty in cities
C. education
D. health care

[单项选择]What has sometimes caused plants to die out


A. Interference from foresters.
B. Variations in climate.
C. The absence of wooded land.
D. The introduction of new type of plants.

[单项选择]Until recently, body heat has caused problems because it （）
A. was difficult to collect
B. came in a variety of forms
C. was difficult to get rid of
D. tended to be absorbed by physical objects

[单项选择]The result of this biochemical test has caused an uproar, and ever since its publication, researchers have been full of responses of ------- quality: whereas some deal with the test's implications in a calm manner, others sound alarms.


A. choleric
B. admonitory
C. whimsical
D. homogenous
E. (E) variable

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Text 4
Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin- American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.
Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.
Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countr
A. affect their image in the new era
B. cut themselves off from the outside world
C. limit their role in world affairs
D. weaken the position of the US dollar