[单项选择]Beth ______ California in 1981 and ______ in Texas ever since.
A. left, worked
B. has left, has worded
C. left, has worked
D. has left, worded

[单项选择]Beth: Have you ever been to the Fragrance Hill in Beijing
Jerry: ______

[单项选择]Beth could______ her coat easily because it has large red buttons.
A. justify
B. identify
C. prove
D. test

[单项选择]California was forced to adopt this plan because ______.


A. a recent oil crisis necessitated it
B. too many drivers were filling their tanks with more than twenty gallons and spilling it
C. people were not getting enough exercise and need to walk, bike, or skate
D. too many motorists had odd-numbered plates

[单项选择]According to the article, the California energy commission has received 200 project applications in one month. If that rate continues, approximately how many applications will they receive his entire year
A. 2400
B. 1200
C. 200
D. 3600

[单项选择]Why does the author mention the California gold rush


A. To explain the need for an increased supply of gold
B. To indicate the extent of United States mineral wealth
C. To describe the mood when oil was first discovered
D. To argue that gold was more valuable than oil

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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CaIPERS) has positioned itself as the premier champion of investor rights, regularly singling out bad managers at some of the nation’s largest companies in its annual corporate-governance focus lists. And with $153 billion under management, Wall Street tends to listen when CalPERS speaks out. But the country’s largest pension fund has never taken on as big a fish as it did Dec. 16, when it filed a class action against the New York Stock Exchange and seven of its member firms. CalPERS’ suit charges the NYSE and specialist firms with fraud, alleging that the exchange skirted its regulatory duties and allowed its members to trade stocks at the expense of investors.
The move is a major slap in the face for the NYSE’s recently appointed interim Chairman John Reed. The former Citibank chairman and CEO came on board in September after the exchange’s longtime head, Richar
A. Investors were not sufficiently represented on NYSE's board.
B. The seven specialist firms made profits by illegal procedures.
C. CalPERS suit against the NYSE resulted largely from a SEC's report.
D. NYSE had ignored the firms' improper operations for a long tim

[单项选择]Some black parents claimed California's ball on IQ testing as a discrimination against their children possibly because they thought_________.


A. their children have not been fairly treated
B. their children may have proved highly intelligent
C. their children were not intelligently inferior
D. their children might have proved intellectually low enough to qualify for special education

[单项选择]It used to take Redwood City, California police hours to locate gunfire. Now, they have a new tool that helps them find the gunfire quickly. This new tool is called the ShotSpotter. The police began using the ShotSpotter in 1995. They wanted to cut down on gunfire in their city. One ShotSpotter covers a square mile. Eight microphones are put on the roofs of buildings. These microphones pick up gunfire noise. It only takes seven seconds to report the gunfire to the police. Then a red dot on the police map shows where the action is. The ShotSpotter really works well. It locates the gunfire within 20 to 40 feet plus or minus. Redwood City police are very happy with the ShotSpotter. They think it might have helped catch the D.C. sniper. ShotSpotters cost a lot of money. One of them sells for $200,000. Despite the cost, ShotSpotters can be a big help in fighting crime.Eight microphones placed on rooftops______.
A. talk to police
B. warn the public
C. listen for gunfire
D. play rap music