[单项选择]It was in 1978 ______ the Whites settled down in France.
A. that
B. at the time
C. when
D. by the time

[单项选择]After the invading Germanic tribes, settled down in Britain, their language almost totally blotted out ______.
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Anglo-Saxon
D. Celtic

[简答题]After the new system has settled down, people in non-computer jobs are not always replaced when they leave, resulting in a decrease in the number of employees.

[单项选择]There are both whites and non-whites in Cuba.

[单项选择]In the United States, blacks score below whites on standardized intelligence tests. We think it probable that______.

[填空题]down

[单项选择]Some of the whites of Cuba thought one race of men is better than any other.

[简答题]

From the time Beethoven settled permanently in Vienna, which he was soon induced to do by the kindness of his aristocratic friends, the only noteworthy external features of his career are the productions of his compositions. In spite of the usual hostile criticism for obscurity, exaggeration and unpopularity, his reputation became world-wide and by degrees actually popular. As his later works became notorious for their extravagance and unintelligibility his earlier works became better understood. He was no man of" business, but, in a thoroughly unpractical way, he was suspicious and exacting in money matters, which in his later years frequently turned up in his conversation as a grievance, and at times, especially during the depreciation of the Austrian currency between 1808 and 1815, were a real anxiety to him. Nevertheless, with a little more skill his external prosperity would have been great. He was alway

[单项选择]The colonists first settled in in Australi
A. a. South AustraliaB. QueenslandC. TasmaniaD. Victoria

[单项选择]Since everything has been settled, I have nothing ______ to say.
A. any most
B. less
C. further
D. enough

[单项选择]The colonists who first came and settled in Canada are from
A. [A] the U.
B. [C] the U.S.

[单项选择]How Technology Pushes Down Price 1. Prices have fallen in the food business because of advances in food production and distribution technology. Consumers have benefited greatly from those advances. People who predicted that the world would run out of food were wrong. We are producing more and more food with less and less capital. Food is therefore more plentiful and cheaper than it has ever been. Spending on food compared with other goods has fallen for many years, and continues to drop. 2. Supermarkets have helped push down prices mainly because of their scale. Like any big business, they can invest in IT systems that make them efficient. And their size allows them to buy in bulk. As supermarkets get bigger, the prices get lower. 3. Huge retail companies such as Wal-Mart have tremendous power and they can put pressure on producers to cut their margins. As a result, some producers have had to make cuts. In recent years, Unilever has cut its workforce by 33, 000 to 245, 000 and dropp

[单项选择]Scarcely had they settled in their seats in the cinema ______ the film began.
A. when
B. than
C. as
D. until

[单项选择]Upon arrival, the pioneers who settled a new area of the frontier would eat which of the following


A. Corn, cattle, arid pigs.
B. Indian maize, native fruits, and wild meat.
C. Preserved fruits, dried meats, and pine roots.
D. Fresh food and native vegetables.