[单项选择]China has made remarkable achievements in its reform and opening-up program.
A. improvements
B. entertainments
C. accomplishments
D. appointments

[单项选择]VCR has many advantages, but it also has its limits which lie in ______.

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Each nation has its own odd character which distinguishes it from others. But the people of the world have more points in which they are all like each other than points in which they are different. One type of person that is common in every country is the one who always tries to do as little as he possibly can and to get as much in return as he can. His opposite, the man who is in the habit of doing more than is strictly necessary and who is ready to accept what is offered in return, is rare everywhere.
Both these types are usually not aware of their character. The man who avoids effort is al ways talking about his "rights". The man who is always doing more than his share talks of "duties": he feels that the individual is in debt to society, and not society to the individual. As a result of their views, neither of these men thinks that he behaves at all strangely.
The man who tries to do as little as he can is always full of excuses: If
A. someone who has little to do
B. someone who enjoys no spare time
C. somebody who is wandering about with nothing to do
D. as many people as possible

[单项选择]Every large city has its shifting population of vagrants. But in most （）, these are poor men.
A. conditions
B. cases
C. situations
D. circumstances

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Each scientific specialty has its own set of journals. Physicists have Physical Review Letters, cell biologists have Cell, neuroscientists have Neuron, and so forth. Science and Nature, (1) , are the only two major journals that (2) the complete range of scientific (3) . As a result, journalists look (4) them each week for the (5) of new science papers. And scientists look to the journals (6) to reach journalists. Why do they care Competition for (7) has gotten so fierce that scientists have sought popular (8) to gain an advantage over their (9) . Publication in specialized journals will win the honor of academics and satisfy the publish-or-perish (10) , but Science and Nature come with the added bonus of potentially getting your paper written up in The New York Times and other publications.
Scientists are also trying to (11) other scientists through Science and Nature, not just the public. The l
A. Since
B. However
C. Because
D. Due to

[单项选择]According to the passage which tale has its moralistic ending
A. Tales in the medieval beast cycles.
B. Tall tales.
C. The trickster tale.
D. The Brer Rabbit stories.

[单项选择]Living in the central Australian desert has its problems,（）obtaining water is not the least.
A. for which
B. to which
C. of which
D. in which