[单项选择]（）we need air and water, so do we need criticism and self-criticism.
A. Even though
B. So long as
C. Just as
D. Now that

[单项选择]______ we need air and water, so do we need criticism and self-criticism.


A. Even though
B. So long as
C. Just as
D. Now that

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Passage Two
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks. Both products have been known to kill people. The hazards of drinking too much alcohol are as bad as or worse than the hazards of smoking too many cigarettes. All right then, let’s pass a law closing the liquor stores and the bars in this country. Let’s put an end once and for all to the ruinous disease from which as many as 10 million Americans currently suffer alcoholism.
But wait. We’ve already tried that. For 13 years, between 1920 and 1933 there were no liquor stores anywhere in the United States. They were shut down abolished by an amendment (修正案) to the Constitution (to 18th) and by a law of Congress (the Volstead Act). After January 20, 1920, there was supposed to be no more manufacturing, selling, or transporting of "intoxicating liquors." Without any m
A. every American would buy alcohol illegally
B. all criminal activities would cease
C. patrols of the Canadian border would halt the sale of alcohol
D. the social threat from drunkenness would decline

[单项选择]We need one hundred more signatures before we take the ______ to the governor.
A. plea
B. petition
C. patent
D. claim

[单项选择]Besides them, we need______ to do the work.


A. fifteen people more
B. more fifteen people
C. fifteen more people

[单项选择]Everyone hopes that we can do something to make things better, so we can't help______under the stress.


A. but working
B. but to work
C. work
D. but work

[单项选择]In analyzing a problem we should do all the following except ______.


A. recognize and define the problem
B. look for information to make the problem clearer
C. have suggestions for a possible solution
D. find a solution by trial or mistake

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We need to conduct extensive background research on the firms from（）we received bids.
 

A. which
B. where
C. that
D. when

[单项选择]The passage listed many things we can do for the elderly people EXCEPT ______.


A. Redecorate their homes
B. Read books for them
C. Prepare food for them
D. Doing exercises with them.

[单项选择]She felt a bit ______ in the autumn air so she went in to fetch a coat.
A. chilly
B. fresh
C. shivering
D. cool

[单项选择]We need to consider what ______ we will be using for language training.
A. abilities
B. appliances
C. facilities
D. qualities

[单项选择]______ the wall, we decided that we should need three tins of paint.


A. Making up
B. Doing up
C. Putting up
D. Sizing up.

[单项选择]We need more men of culture and enlightment because we have too many ______ among US.
A. students
B. laymen
C. pragmatists
D. philosophers

[单项选择]One of the qualifications we need in advertising is an original mind.
A. experiences
B. talents
C. education
D. requirements

[单项选择]Since we have never been here before, we do not know which bus（）
A. should we take'
B. to be taking
C. to take
D. should take

[单项选择]According to the passage, we need sharks because of the following except ______.


A. they are delicious food for us
B. they are companions of human beings
C. they can help rescue human beings
D. they can help improve human health