[填空题]We should prefer them (come)（）next week.

[填空题]We should prefer them (come)（）next week.

[单项选择]By using signal words to ______ what may come next, the reader can decide whether he should speed up his reading, slow or pause to make sure what is being read is understood.
A. presume
B. present
C. precede
D. predict

[填空题]As Mr. Henry did not come. we had to put off (sign)（）the contract.

[单项选择]___ difficulties we may come across, we will help one another to get over them.
A. Whichever
B. Whatever
C. However
D. What

[单项选择]

M: I’ll tell you more when I see you next week.
W: Can’t you ring me
M: No, unfortunately. My phone’s still out of order.

Why can’t the man ring the woman（　）.
A. He hasn’t got a telephone.
B. He is unfortunate.
C. His telephone doesn’t work.
D. He doesn’t have time.

[单项选择]______ difficulties we may come across, we’’ll help one another to overcome them.
A. However
B. Whenever
C. Wherever
D. Whatever

[填空题]We shall inform you about it as soon as we come to the (conclude) ______.

[填空题]The Next Disaster: Are We Ready
Are We Really Prepared
After the attacks on September 11 and the hurricanes that slammed the Gulf Coast last year, you’d expect our major cities to be ready with disaster plans that will save lives and property. There’s no doubt we’ll be hit again--maybe even harder— because the list of possible calamities(灾难) is long: from a bird flu pandemic to a massive California earthquake, to more monster storms, to another terrorist attack.
But are we really prepared to protect people, as well as their homes and businesses Every major urban area has received federal funding, much of it from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in order to make their cities more secure. But there are no set criteria for measuring preparedness (the feds are working on that), and the quality of disaster plans varies widely throughout the country.
So we decided to do an independent assessment of 10 high-risk urban areas, focusing on key s