[填空题]The date of the meeting was postponed once again because of an (expect) ______ event.

[填空题]The date of the meeting was postponed once again because of an (expect) ______ event.

[单项选择]A. The teacher postponed the meeting this afternoon.
B. There won’t be a test this afternoon.
C. The students will be attending the meeting.
D. The students will take a test this afternoon.

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Why has the meeting been postponed
A. (A) The accountant is ill.
B. (B) The room is not ready.
C. (C) Ms. Schmidt is away at a conference.
D. (D) The speaker is still reading the budget report.

[单项选择]Passage Three
A. To play the violin once again. B. To go to the United States.
C. To apply for a scholarship. D. To have her performance taped.

[单项选择]A. To play the violin once again.
B. To go to the United States.
C. To accept a full scholarship.
D. To make a tape recording.

[单项选择]President Bush has once again started speaking out for comprehensive immigration reform, and a draft plan to rally Republican senators on the issue is circulating just as Congressional hearings on the issue approach. Members of Congress recognize that voters are looking for real reform that rests on resolute, effective enforcement of our immigration laws.
The only serious legislative proposal on the table offers such enforcement, because it focuses on making employers accountable for their hiring practices. To that end, the bill incorporates lessons learned from the largest immigration enforcement operation ever undertaken. Last December, Department of Homeland Security agents descended on meat processing plants run by Swirl & Company in six states, arresting more than 1,200 unauthorized workers.
The arrests were astonishing because Swift participates in Basic Pilot, a voluntary Department of Homeland Security program that allows employers to electronically verify the work el
A. the company has no identity verification measures on their workers.
B. the employers of the company are not accountable for their employment practices.
C. the lack of biometric identifier in its identity verification system.
D. it meant to break the legislation proposal on immigration problems.

[填空题]Once again, science supports what your grandmother told you: A good night’s sleep helps your body fight a cold.
People who (47) fewer than seven hours of sleep per night in the weeks before being (48) to the cold virus were nearly three times as likely to get sick as those who averaged eight hours or more, a new study found.
Researchers used frequent telephone (49) to track the sleep habits of more than 150 men and women aged 21 to 55 over the course of a few weeks. Then they exposed the (50) to the virus, quarantined (隔离) them for five days and kept track of who got sick. (51) sleeping more, sleeping better also seemed to help the body fight illness: Patients who fared better on a measure known as "sleep efficiency"—the percentage of time in bed that you’re (52) sleeping—were also less likely to get sick.
The results held true even after researchers adjusted for (53) such as body-mass index