[单项选择]Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but （）and more gradually than now seems desirable.
A. reluctantly
B. unwittingly
C. impulsively
D. anxiously

[单项选择]Revenue Expenditure is the expenditure ______. (a)relating to the acquisition of fixed assets (b)relating to the issue of bond (c)relating to converting a partnership into a limited company (d)on wages of staff

[单项选择]EXTRAVAGANCE : EXPENDITURE::
A. falsification : restatement
B. fawning: compliance
C. persuasion: allurement
D. bombast: misidentification
E. prejudice : discernment

[单项选择]Widespread wage reductions were imposed during the recession of 1906--1909 and price inflation thereafter impeded the recovery of real wage levels.
A. convoluted
B. belied
C. encumbered
D. stoked

[单项选择]Total research and development expenditure for the area of waste ______ has steadily increased for the past 3 years.
A. construction
B. currency
C. abundance
D. disposal

[单项选择]This can result due to reductions in overmanning and improvements in other types of ______ management procedures.


A. timid
B. tedious
C. suspicious
D. slack

[单项选择]His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in ______ to his income.


A. comparison
B. proportion
C. association
D. calculation

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

[单项选择]The Federal Government s the central government Of the United States. It is divided into three branches: the Executive, the Legislative, and the _____.


A. Judicial
B. Justified
C. Law
D. Judicious

[单项选择]The Federal Government is the central government of the United States. It is divided into three branches: the Executive, the Legislative, and the ______.


A. Judicial
B. Justified
C. Law
D. Judicious

[单项选择]The Federal Government s the central government of the United States. It is divided into three branches: the Executive, the Legislative, and the ______.


A. Judicial
B. Justified
C. Law
D. Judicious

[单项选择]The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by ______.


A. teachers
B. students
C. headmasters
D. boards of education

[单项选择]Any staff members traveling overseas on company business will be （） for exceeding their expense allowances.
A. billed
B. arranged
C. replaced
D. produced

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Passage One
Almost two-thirds of overseas students studying in the UK have few or no British friends, according to a survey among 5,000 overseas students, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported last week.
The survey was carried out by the British Council, the council for international education, and Universities UK, an organization supporting the work of all the country’s universities.
The survey revealed only 7 percent of the students said most of their friends were from the UK; 32 percent said they had a mixture of UK and international student friends; and 59 percent said their only friends were international.
Some student leaders say one reason fox’ the trend is that overseas students are dedicate to their courses instead of their social lives.
In addition, many foreign students weren’t interested in the pub-centered drinking culture on British campuses, according to Will MacFarlane, student union general se
A. the number of overseas students is reduced in recent years
B. overseas students are not willing to make friends with British students
C. no overseas students have time to go to pubs in spare time
D. most overseas students have few British friends