[单项选择]The committee has made rules ______ all its members are supposed to work.
A. by which
B. so that
C. now that
D. for which

[单项选择]China has made remarkable achievements in its reform and opening-up program.（　）
A. improvements
B. entertainments
C. accomplishments
D. appointments

[单项选择]The company has retrained its employees to emphasize service and is boasting about the re suits in an ad _________.


A. movement
B. battle
C. operation
D. campaign

[单项选择]The human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us adjust to the outside world. Without our nerves and our brain, which is a system of nerves, we couldn’t know what’s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture (折磨) is based on the human body being open to pain.
But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir (苦行僧) who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle fight through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.
The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says, "This will hurt a little," it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation (感觉), we can handle the pain without falling apar
A. stay relaxed
B. avoid pain
C. stand torture
D. feel pain

[单项选择]The president promised to keep all the board members ______ of how the negotiations were going on.


A. inform
B. informing
C. be informed
D. informed

[单项选择]The sales department has doubled its ______ of staff members because of the new branch office that is scheduled to open up next month.
A. number
B. amount
C. percent
D. width

[简答题]Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. (Passage 1)

[单项选择]The hotel management trains all its staff members to deal with guest inquiries ______.
A. courtesy
B. courteous
C. courteously
D. more courteous

[单项选择]With all its advantages, the artificial intelligence is by no means without its ______.


A. boundaries
B. restraints
C. confinements
D. limitations

[单项选择]His book has made a great impact _______ its readers.


A. at
B. for
C. to
D. on

[单项选择]Nuclear power, with all its inherent problems, is still the only option to guarantee enough energy in the future.
A. solution
B. policy
C. choice
D. reason

[单项选择]VCR has many advantages, but it also has its limits which lie in ______.

[单项选择]With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its ______.
A. boundaries
B. restraints
C. confinements
D. limitations