[单项选择]In the past 10 years, the company has gradually ______ all of its smaller rivals.
A. engaged
B. occupied
C. monopolized
D. absorbed

[单项选择]In the past twenty years the replacement rate has been falling in every country.

[单项选择]In the past ten years skyscrapers have developed ______ in Chicago and New York City.


A. homogeneously
B. simultaneously
C. spontaneously
D. harmoniously

[单项选择]In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of technical terms in the terminology of


A. farming.
B. sports
C. government
D. fishery

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The past 40 years have witnessed an extraordinary evolution. From slow expensive machines controlled by punched cards, computers have become low-cost, powerful units taking up no more space than a briefcase. Simultaneously, our world has become interlaced with telephone wires, optic fibers, undersea cables, microwave links, television channels and satellite communications.
At the crossing of these two developments stands the Internet—a direct result of computer technology intersecting with communication technology. But for many in the world of today’s media, this is merely a first landmark in what promises to be a giant upheaval in the way people communicate, relax and work. This is the era of digital convergence.
According to a recent article in Scientific American, convergence is in principle "the union of audio, video and data communications into a single source, received on a single device, delivered by a single connectio
A. the Internet.
B. the digital technology.
C. the mobile phone.
D. Personal Computer.

[单项选择]For many years, Mark has been suffering from the ______ that he is a great man.
A. elusion
B. illusion
C. allusion
D. delusion

[单项选择]Seldom（）mistakes during my past few years of working here.
A. would I make
B. did I make
C. I did make
D. shah I make

[单项选择]Now scientists have found in the past few years _________.


A. the exposure of DNA to the public is unnecessary
B. the tiny cell in DNA is a neat little machine
C. man knows nothing about DNA
D. man has much to learn about DNA

[单项选择]Had you worked harder in the past three years, you ______ already a college student as your best friend Torn is.


A. are
B. have been
C. were
D. be

[单项选择]Seldom（）any mistake during his past ten years of service there.
A. did he make
B. he made
C. he makes
D. he did make

[单项选择]Seldom（）any mistakes during my past few years of working there.
A. would I make
B. have I made
C. I made
D. shall I make

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Over the past few years, first radio, and now television, have shown the （） public, who are after all the electorate, what in fact（）when government bills are discussed and questions are asked.

A. average; turns up
B. ordinary; comes up
C. general; goes on
D. normal; lets on

[单项选择]For nearly 50 years, Spock has been a （）author writing 13 books including an autobiography and numerous magazine articles.
A. prevalent
B. precautious
C. prospective
D. prolific