[单项选择]Two scores more, ______ we could have won the last game.
A. but
B. so
C. and
D. or

[单项选择]Two minutes more and we would have missed the plane.
A. 再给我们两分钟，我们将不会误了这趟飞机了。
B. 再晚两分钟时间，我们就赶不上飞机了。
C. 再多两分钟，我们就会误了这趟飞机。
D. 两分钟多一点，我们就会误了这趟飞机。

[单项选择]What can we infer from the last two paragraphs


A. There are some women who prefer casual clothes to formal ones on business occasions.
B. There are some women who refuse to wear formal clothes.
C. There are some women who are reluctant to wear formal clothes on business occasions.
D. There are some women who tend to adjust their dress in accordance with the working situation.

[单项选择]From the last two paragraphs, we know that ______.

[单项选择]（　） before we departed last weekend, we would have had a wonderful dinner party.
A. Had they arrived
B. Would they arrive
C. Were they arriving
D. Were they to arrive

[单项选择]We had a marvelous holiday. Only the last two days were slightly （　） by weather.
A. damaged
B. enhanced
C. spoiled
D. diminished

[填空题]

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[单项选择]We can infer from the last two paragraphs that _________.


A. public relations play an important role in the entertainment industry
B. all practitioners in public relations are good at persuasion
C. public relations are only popular in advanced countries
D. public relations have not been heard of in developing countries

[单项选择]Three years have （　） since we last met at the conference for Internet communication in Beijing.
A. elapsed
B. discerned
C. discontented
D. electrified

[单项选择]We have met with so many difficulties. At last, we can see light at the end of the ______.
A. battle
B. tunnel
C. road
D. day

[填空题]Class Two won the b（）match yesterday.

[简答题]This is the age of more. We have more choice, more consumption, more fun, more competition and more anxiety. We have entered a world of excess and age of over abundance.

[单项选择]All of US have felt pain．We have cut ourselves．We have been burned．Or we have had headaches．Some of us suffer pain rarely pain rarely. ___________ (46) Pain can take complete control of our body and mind，making it impossible to move and even to think．Yet we need pain．Without it，we would not know．1f we have hurt ourselves．It is our body’s warning system. ___________ (47) Pain is the most common reason we go to a doctor It is the most common reason we take medicines．Until recently，however, most doctors knew of only a few drugs that stopped some pains ___________ (48)But new knowledge about the process of pain is helping them to control pain better． Scientists have learned that the sense of pain is made up of both chemical and electrical signals. ___________ (49)Scientists also have learned that the nervous system sends two different kinds of pain messages to the brain：one very fast，the other slow．The first message is the warning signal．It moves at a speed of 30 meters a second．In les