[单项选择]The arrival of computers everywhere in the workplace would，we were assured，soon make paper a thing of the past（）
A. 电脑铺天盖地出现在工作场所各处，我们深信有纸办公即将成为过去的事情。
B. 电脑出现在工作场所各处，我们确信，有纸办公很快会成为过去的事情。
C. 电脑铺天盖地出现在工作场所的各个角落，使我们深信有纸办公即将成为历史。
D. 我们确信电脑到达了办公场所各个地方，很快会使纸的生产成为历史。

[单项选择]The arrival of computers everywhere in the workplace would，we were assured，soon make paper a thing of the past．
A. 电脑铺天盖地出现在工作场所各处，我们深信有纸办公即将成为过去的事情。
B. 电脑出现在工作场所各处，我们确信，有纸办公很快会成为过去的事情。
C. 电脑铺天盖地出现在工作场所的各个角落，使我们深信有纸办公即将成为历史。
D. 我们确信电脑到达了办公场所各个地方，很快会使纸的生产成为历史。

[单项选择]Conditions everywhere have been seriously worsened, ______ the postwar rise in prices.


A. as to
B. in relation to
C. owing to
D. with regard to

[单项选择]Your personal information is everywhere—processed and manipulated, stored and sold. But few people really know what is going on and how extensive this {{U}}vacation{{/U}} has grown.
A. vocation
B. industry
C. profession
D. occupation

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Text 2
Misers everywhere: that Mediterranean cruise could be within reach at last. There’ll be no free ride to the port, and no free food or entertainment on board. The cabin will measure 30 meters square and housekeeping will be extra. But the fiberglass suite is easy to clean, and costs as little as ￡29 a night.
Earlier this year, serial entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the man who gave Europe its first budget airline, cashed in ￡14 million of his easyJet shares to fund what he calls a "little shopping spree." Boldly expanding his no-frills model into new markets, Stelios (he insists on first-name in formality) plans to open the first easyHotel in London this year with prices from ￡ 5 a night, an easy Bus fleet and easy Cruise, ready to sail next summer. Also on the list: easy Pizzas and easy Tele com, a mobile-phone service.
Can he make it work The soaring success of easyJet and its rivals was Europe’s great business story
A. it is all about transportation.
B. it provides no first-class service.
C. it lowers the amount of expenditure.
D. it has many chain stores.

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Text 2 Misers everywhere: that Mediterranean cruise could be within reach at last. There’ll be no free ride to the port, and no free food or entertainment on board. The cabin will measure 30 meters square and housekeeping will be extra. But the fiberglass suite is easy to clean, and costs as little as ￡29 a night. Earlier this year, serial entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the man who gave Europe its first budget airline, cashed in ￡14 million of his easyJet shares to fund what he calls a "little shopping spree." Boldly expanding his no-frills model into new markets, Stelios (he insists on first-name in formality) plans to open the first easyHotel in London this year with prices from ￡ 5 a night, an easy Bus fleet and easy Cruise, ready to sail next summer. Also on the list: easy Pizzas and easy Tele com, a mobile-phone service. Can he make it work The soaring success of easyJet and its rivals was Europe’s great business story of the late 1990s, and
A. he/she will become a cheapskate.
B. it will cost him/her more money.
C. it will become more economical.
D. there will be no free services.

[单项选择]Unfortunately, even computers cannot completelyerrors.
A. reduce
B. diminish
C. eliminate
D. decrease

[单项选择]The company purchased several computers programmed to ______ the specific tasks required.
A. tackle
B. solve
C. assign
D. follow

[单项选择]ETA means（）time of arrival．
A. excepted
B. export
C. estimated
D. exchange

[单项选择]Despite their varied designs, navigation computers used in cars ______.


A. are more or less the same price
B. provide directions in much the same way
C. work on more or less the same principles
D. receive instructions from the same satellites