[单项选择]House prices might be declining suddenly and car sales dwindling but one sector is bucking the global economic trend: the video games industry has never had it so good. According to figures released this month, British gamers bought a record 82.8m titles in 2008. That’s a 26% increase on the previous year, making the UK the second-biggest games market in the world behind America. Analysts from Gfk Chart-Track, the British research company that published the report, say that as consumer hunker down at home, 2009 is likely to be another good year. Britain isn’t alone in experiencing a gaming boom. In 2008 global revenue from games software added up to an estimated $32 billion (￡22.2 billion ) —enough to overtake DVD sales for the first time.
The reasons for this growth aren’t hard to fathom. Just as cinema audiences grew during the Great Depression of the 1930s when people sought out good-value entertainment, so the recession is making gaming all the more attractive.
Games desi
A. A．2) could be best replaced by______. take advantage ofB. invest inC. have advantage overD. buck

[单项选择]House prices might be declining suddenly and car sales dwindling but one sector is bucking the global economic trend: the video games industry has never had it so good. According to figures released this month, British gamers bought a record 82.8m titles in 2008. That’s a 26% increase on the previous year, making the UK the second-biggest games market in the world behind America. Analysts from Gfk Chart-Track, the British research company that published the report, say that as consumer hunker down at home, 2009 is likely to be another good year. Britain isn’t alone in experiencing a gaming boom. In 2008 global revenue from games software added up to an estimated $32 billion (￡22.2 billion ) —enough to overtake DVD sales for the first time.
The reasons for this growth aren’t hard to fathom. Just as cinema audiences grew during the Great Depression of the 1930s when people sought out good-value entertainment, so the recession is making gaming all the more attractive.
Games desi
A. arouse the reader’s interests in video games
B. show us that the economic trend is serious
C. tell us that the video games industry is not good at all
D. lead the reader onto the main theme

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The house might be

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Users might shorten their car’s life by using some fuel or oil additives which cause engines and fuel systems such problems as displacement of protective chemicals in gasoline and engine oil and corrosion of fuel pumps or gas tanks.

[填空题]The rising rate of house prices is usually faster than that of inflation and so the American government sometimes adjusts the property taxes to make it exceed the rate of inflation.

[填空题]He might have been killed in that car accident yesterday if he (take) ______ part in that activity with the team.

[填空题]If a driver has a strong accent, the car might not understand his or her voice commands.

[单项选择]Which graph shows the house prices last year
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[单项选择] When you have an idea of the kind of car you might be buying, take the time to look up road tests. These appear in consumer magazines and in magazines for automobile enthusiasts, and both types are usually available in your library if you’’re not a subscriber. The consumer magazines generally pay more attention to practical things like roominess, gas mileage, and repair records; the enthusiasts’’ magazines pay more attention to things like performance and style. You should remember that the enthusiasts’’ magazines depend on the auto industry for the advertising that keeps them in business and some (not all) will manage to find something nice to say about all cars. So read about several road tests of the car you are thinking of getting. You may want to skip this step because your mind is already made up------maybe you always buy a certain make of car or you like one that a friend has. But check the magazines’’ road tests anyway; they may change your mind. Note too that F
A. total indifference
B. unreasonable prejudice
C. careful approval
D. total disapproval