[单项选择]We have been doing business with you for many years and hope that you will make the best offer for us.
A. 我们期待能够与你们建立起贸易关系，以合理的价格做生意。
B. 我们同你们有多年的生意往来，希望能够给予我们最佳报价。
C. 我们多年来一直与你们有生意往来，都是以最低价进行交易。
D. 我们之间的友好往来已经持续多年，希望以后能够降价供货。

[单项选择]We have been doing business in this line since the end of World War II. Which of the following can be used to replace the underlined word without changing the meaning of the sentence:（　）
A. business
B. occupation
C. profession
D. trade

[多项选择]There have been many technological developments in the 20th. century, for example, computers and electric power. Choose either of the two, describe the changes it has brought about and discuss whether all the changes are positive.
You should write no less than 250 words. Write your article on ANSWER SHEET 2.

[单项选择]There have been many great inventions that change the way we live. The first great ____29____ was one that is still very important today—the wheel. This made it easy for man ____30____ heavy things and to travel long distances. For hundreds of years after that, there were ____31____ inventions that had as much effect as the wheel. Then in the early 1800’s the world started to change ____32____ . There was little unknown land left in the world. People did not have to explore much any more. In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. ____33____ them were the camera, the electric light and the radio. These have all become a big part of our life today. The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Movies ____34____ sound in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new ____35____ was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear. Of cou
A. scientist
B. artist
C. musician
D. invention

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W: We have been waiting for you for more than half an hour. Where have you been
M: I’m terribly sorry. My car broke down and it took me some 20 minutes to repair it.

Why was the man late（　）.
A. His car was sent to a garage.
B. His car was held up by the traffic.
C. His car broke down.

[填空题]

Dear Mr. Blair

We have been 1 with you for the past year and during that time our accounts were 2 by letter of credit. However, when we began our association 3 you, you mentioned that once a business relationship 4 established, our accounts 5 be settled by 60-day bill of exchange, documents against payment. We 6 that sufficient time has 7 to 8 this arrangement to be effected.
Please let us know before we 9 our next order whether these new payment terms are 10 to you.

Yours sincerely
Jasmine Lee
C. E. O.

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As long as we have been on earth, we have used the sea around us. We take from the ocean and we give (41) it.
We take fish from the ocean — millions of kilograms of fish, every year, to (42) millions of people. We even use (43) bones for fertilizer and meal.
We take (44) from the ocean. One way to get salt (45) sea water in a shallow basin and leave it (46) it evaporates. Along with salt, other minerals are left after evaporation — iodine (碘), magnesium(镁), and bromine(溴), to (47) a few.
Much gold and silver drift (48) in the waters of the sea, too. But the sea does not (49) them up by simple evaporation.
Other gifts from the sea are pearls, sponges(海绵), and seaweed. Pearls become jewelry. (50) sponges become cleaning aids. Seaweed becomes (51) of many kinds — even candy, jellies, and ice cream — (52) medicine.
Believe it or (53) , f
A. weeds
B. contents
C. gifts
D. aids