[单项选择]Why is it becoming more difficult to be a conspicuous consumer A. More people have more money. B. More people can afford servants. C. People are becoming less concerned with what other people buy.

[单项选择]Cable TV is becoming more and more popular because ______.


A. it is free of charge
B. it can provide more programs
C. it provides all TV users good pictures
D. TV sets with regular antennas can also have a good reception through CATV

[单项选择]The laptop computer is becoming more and more popular because it is ______.

[单项选择]Why is it more difficult today to be good parents

[单项选择]Why did he find it more difficult to write orders


A. It needed the understanding of various military terms.
B. The writing required more accuracy and conciseness.
C. The different army units used diverse languages.
D. The knowledge of army equipment was difficult to master.

[单项选择]It is becoming ______ more difficult for young people to afford to invest in property.
A. progressing
B. progression
C. progressive
D. progressively

[单项选择]One reason it is difficult to know why the whales are dying is that ______.
A. the whales travel such a long distance
B. there are more whales than there used to be
C. the whale bodies are too old to study by the time they are found
D. the whales are endangered

[单项选择]That job is quite difficult. I can understand why you have（）so many problems.
A. run for
B. run over
C. run off
D. run into

[单项选择]Children are becoming more inactive in study because ______.


A. they watch TV too often
B. they have done too much homework
C. they have to fulfil too many duties
D. teachers are too strict with them

[单项选择] Nowadays the Chinese are becoming more familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ______is often the case in other countries.
A. what
B. as
C. who
D. that

[单项选择]The scientist says as people are becoming more concerned about environmental problems，new ways are being found to take materials out of the rubbish and use them again．（）
A. 这位科学家表示，由于人们越来越关注环境问题，因此发现了从垃圾中找出物质并再加以利用的新方法。
B. 这位科学家表示，随着人们对环境问题的日益关注，废物再利用的新方法得以产生。
C. 这位科学家表示，随着对环境问题的日益关注，人们找到了从垃圾中提取材料并再加以利用的新方法。
D. 这位科学家表示，由于对环境问题的日益关注，人们已找出了将垃圾捉取出来并再利用的新方法。

[单项选择]

Portable devices are becoming lighter and more appealing. Books are being (1) into digital form by the thousands. The most important (2) forward may be in "digital ink," the technology used for (3) letters on a screen. A small company called E Ink has created a method for (4) tiny black and white capsules into words and (5) with an electronic charge. Because no power is used (6) the reader changes the page, devices with the technology could go (7) 20 books between battery charges. The text also looks just as (8) as ink on a printed page.
Sony is the first major player to take (9) of the technology. This year. it will market the Sony Reader, which uses E Ink and closely (10) the size, weight, and (11) of a book. The Reader will sell (12) about $ 400. Sony also will offer roughly 10,000 book (13) for download from its online store, (14) news stones.
Other play
A. profit
B. superiority
C. benefit
D. advantage