[单项选择]The only way he escaped from the bitter reality was to lose himself in a movie, allowing his imagination to （　）, viewing himself as a character in it.
A. take up
B. take on
C. take off
D. take over

[单项选择]Quite apart from any awkwardness in the way he handled the hostile bid by rival Oracle for the firm he was running, Craig Conway seems to have been an unpopular CEO of PeopleSoft, a large enterprise-software company. Three managers who reported directly to him were apparently close to resigning in frustration, and the board was unhappy about "mis-statements" he made to analysts. So even though there was no "smoking gun", as the board put it, Mr. Conway was fired on October 1st and replaced by the firm’s founder, David Duffield.
Mr. Duffield’s brief is now to address Mr. Conway’s perceived shortcomings and his obsession with fending off the ＄7.7 billion takeover bid from Oracle. At the same time, says Paul Hamerman of Forrester, a research firm, Mr. Conway offered no compelling technological vision for PeopleSoft, and seemed deaf to "quite a noise level of customer complaints". Mr. Conway’s firing prompted much speculation that PeopleSoft might now be more prepared to negotiate wit
A. tactfully handled Oracle’s hostile bid.
B. induced the resign of his three managers.
C. ignored customers’ grievances.
D. is technologically illiterate.

[单项选择]A. Because he was of ill health.
B. Because he was in a bad mood.
C. Because his wife abandoned him.
D. Because his immune system was not strong enough.

[单项选择]When Wes Smith first joined Advisors, Inc. , he was excited that all the analysts at the firm had the CFA designation. In letters to prospective clients, he states that this ensures that Advisors can provide better service than their competitors. With respect to Standard Ⅶ (B) , Reference to CFA Institute, the CFA Designation, and the CFA Program, this is:（）
A. a violation because he mentions the CFA designation in the letter.
B. a violation for both mentioning the CFA designation and saying the firm can guarantee better service.
C. a violation because he cannot guarantee better service.

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What of the following is true of Lesley a. He was charged of committing fraud and is under a probe led by some officials. b. Some officials cooperated with the prosecutors to force him to plead guilty. c. He was charged of taking bribes as an official. d. Some officials are involved in the corruption scandal that is being investigated with the help of him.

[单项选择]Will the man walk a long way [A] Yes, he must walk for 30 minutes. [B] No, he still need to walk 10 minutes. [C] No, he only need to walk 2 minutes.

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[听力原文]
W: Where is your father, Mary
M: He was watering the trees and flowers, but now he is standing near the window and cleaning his car.

What is Mary’s father doing now （）
A. Cleaning his car.
B. Cleaning the window.
C. Watering the trees.
D. Planting the flowers.

[单项选择]He discovered from the timetable that the train was (56) in twenty minutes. Edgar settled himself into a corner, worried (57) when people saw him they would all wonder (58) a child like him was making a train journey alone. He sighed with (59) when at last he heard the first sound of the train and then saw it roar in the train (60) was to take him out into the world. As he climbed (61) he noticed his ticket was second - class. He (62) always traveled first – class before and again he felt that everything had changed. There were differences he had never (63) before. His (64) companions were not (65) those he usually met. Some Italian workmen with hard hands and rough voices sat opposite, (66) spades and shovels, and looked out with dull, blank expressions. They had been working (67) money. Edgar thought, but he couldn’t imagine (68) it could be. He became (69) for
A. how many
B. how much
C. however
D. so much