[单项选择]Unfortunately, the vending machines located in the main lobby are more often than not out of ______ .


A. time
B. deal
C. order
D. display

[单项选择]We couldn't use the vending machine because it （　）.
A. was being repaired
B. had been repaired
C. was repairing
D. was repaired

[单项选择]Unfortunately, any benefits gained by lowering prices never （） if they are achieved by a reduction in quality.
A. last
B. pass
C. spend
D. retain

[单项选择]Unfortunately, zealots not only fight with members of other faiths who challenge their claim to a monopoly of absolute truth, but they also______their co-religionists for interpreting a tradition differently or for holding______beliefs.


A. persecute… heterodox
B. honor … heretical
C. restitute … parochial
D. lambaste … perfidious
E. (E) defend… secular

[单项选择]Unfortunately, the rate of his expenditure surpasses that of his income.
A. precedes
B. dominates
C. exceeds
D. prevails

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Many United States companies have, unfortunately, made the search for legal protection from import competition into a major line of work. Since 1980 the United States International Trade Commission (ITC. has received about 280 complaints alleging damage from imports that benefit from subsides by foreign governments. Another 340 charge that foreign companies "dumped" their products in the United States at "less than fair value". Even when no unfair practices are all alleged, the simple claim that an industry has been injured by imports is sufficient grounds to seek relief.
Contrary to the general impression, this quest for import relief has hurt more companies than it has helped. As corporations begin to function globally, they develop an intricate Web of marketing, production, and research relationships. The complexity of these relationships makes it unlikely that a system of import relief laws will meet the strategic needs of all the units under the s
A. They will eliminate the practice of "dumping" products in the United States.
B. They will enable manufacturers in the United States to compete more profitably outside the United Stats.
C. They will affect United States trade with Canada more negatively than trade with other nations.
D. Those that help one unit within a parent company will not necessarily help other units in the company.

[单项选择]Unfortunately, several patients at the hospital have been struck by a disease for （） there is no known cure.
A. while
B. whose
C. which
D. that

[单项选择]SALES OF WASHING MACHINES, FUQIANG COMPANY The sales of washing machines between January and February.

[单项选择]Modem machines only bring people problems.