[单项选择]

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]

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."

After the secretary finished typing the speech, the businessman（）
A. read it to the audience at once
B. picked it up and checked it quickly
C. took it to the airport in a hurry
D. told the secretary to check it

[单项选择]According to the passage, one difference between The Feminine Mystique and The Second Sex is that the former______.

[单项选择]According to the passage, one similarity between the FTA and Europe 1992 is that they both ______.
A. overcame concerns about the role of politics in the shifting world economy
B. originated out of concern over unfair trade practices by other nations
C. exemplify a trend toward regionalization of commercial markets
D. place the economic needs of the trading bloc ahead of those of the member nations

[单项选择]According to the passage, one of the reasons for Tokyo to be the host of Olympics in 1964 may be ______.

[单项选择]

Passage One
One of the well-known of American writers is Samuel Clemens, whose pen name is Mark Twain. Born in 1835, Twain grew up in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. As did many other boys of his day, Twain dreamed of traveling on river boats and of someday becoming a riverboat pilot. Twain used his memories of the life of a river town in his two most famous books, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
As a young man, Twain held many jobs. He was a printer, a good miner, and, for a time, he was a riverboat pilot. During his pilot days, he adopted the name Mark Twain. This was a term used by the boatmen to mean that the water measured two fathoms, or twelve feet, which was deep enough for safe passage.
Finally Twain became a successful writer. He traveled a great deal, writing and speaking, and became very popular both in the United States and in Europe.
Twain’s style of writing was simple and direct. Among the things he wr
A. It came from a safe passage.
B. It came from a term used by the boatmen.
C. It came from his boyhood.
D. It came from his measuring tool.