[单项选择]After the right time for learning a language has passed, ______.


A. you can only learn to write and read it
B. you can hardly learn to speak it as well as a native
C. you cannot detect the subtle differences between sounds
D. you cannot work tongue, throat, and lips to control breathing

[单项选择]After the right time for learning a language has passed, ______.


A. you can only learn to write and read it
B. you can hardly learn to speak it as well as a native
C. you cannot detect the subtle differences between sounds
D. you cannot work tongue, throat, and lips to control breathing

[单项选择]The time right after birth is of great importance because it is a period when _____.

[单项选择]We can speculate that, after the SCANS has developed the assessment system, it is likely that __________.


A. improvements will be made in how schools prepare students
B. workers will certainly increase their competitiveness and productivity
C. the academic foundation of skills will be made more solid
D. more job opportunities will be opened for school graduates

[单项选择]Many people fail in learning a language because ______.


A. they are too old
B. they lack language ability
C. they lose their own confidence
D. the teachers are not good enough

[单项选择]After some time the second stage of the space shuttle, having used up its fuel, just like the booster, separates and ______.
A. runs away
B. charges for
C. falls off
D. merges into

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Text 2
Can this be the right time to invest in luxury goods Miuccia Prada was obviously biting her nails. The granddaughter of the founder of the Italian fashion group has just opened spectacular new stores in quick succession in New York and London. With its magic mirrors, silver displays and computer-controlled changing rooms, Prada’s two-month-old shop in Manhattan cost a staggering $ 40m, sits just a mile from Ground Zero, and sells practically nothing.
The luxury-goods business has been in despair in hasty succession against a background of a weakening global economy, an enduring slump in Japanese spending, and the September 11th terrorist attacks. The Japanese, who used to buy a third of the world’s luxury goods, cut their foreign travel in half after the attacks and tightened their Louis Vuitton purse-strings. At the same time, wealthy Americans stopped flying, which has a dramatic effect on the luxury-goods purveyors of London, Paris and
A. rewards reaped from investment in real estate.
B. bonuses generated in the stock market flotation.
C. estimated assets of newly-opened stores.
D. operating profits in luxury-goods business.