[单项选择]Kate is a little（）than Mary.
A. younger
B. young
C. the youngest 
D. youngest

[单项选择]Where is Kate?（）
A. She's in England.
B. She's from London
C. She's a nurse in England.  
D. She is English

[单项选择]Kate and Mike always do（）homework together.
A. his
B. her
C. their

[单项选择]As you approach Kate Aubrey Bar Light (mile 788 AHP)，yoursearchlight will show what type of marking at the light? （）
A. Green square
B. Red and green banded square
C. Green triangle
D. Green diamond

[单项选择]Hello, Kate. How was your birthday?（）What about you?
A. Very well, thank you
B. Happily, in London 
C. It's great, thanks  
D. I'm pleasure

[单项选择]So,（）this weekend, Kate? Oh, Diane and I went for a drive in the country.
A. what did you do
B. how well did you play
C. how good were you
D. when did you go

[单项选择]（）? A little.
A. Shall w espeak German
B. What language do you speak
C. Do you speak German
D. Would you mind speaking German

[单项选择]The tailshaft sealing arrangement found a little lube oil leaky and caused a lot of seawater into the bearing, the step should be taken as a makeshift is（）
A. dropping lube oil for lubrication, reducing the pollution to the sea
B. setting a temporary gravity oil tank and enhanced the position properly
C. lubricating with the used lube oil
D. lubricating with the fresh water and navigation in a lower speed

[单项选择]How clever your little son is!（）
A. I don't think so
B. In fact he isn't 
C. Thank you 
D. You are not true

[单项选择]Little or no change in the barometric reading over a twelve hour period indicates（）.
A. stormy weather is imminent
B. that present weather conditions will continue
C. a defect in the barometer
D. increasing wind strength

[单项选择]What provides little or no indication that a vessel is dragging anchor? （）
A. Increasing radar range to a fixed object ahead
B. Drift lead with the line leading perpendicular to the centerline
C. Vibrations felt by placing a hand on the cable
D. Changing bearings to distant fixed objects abeam

[单项选择]When mother entered the bed room, little Shelly pretended（）asleep.
A. having fallen
B. to be falling
C. being fallen
D. to have fallen

[单项选择]Fog is likely to occur when there is little difference between the dew point and the（）.
A. relative humidity
B. air temperature
C. barometric pressure
D. absolute humidity

[单项选择]It should be apparent that little or nothing is gained by opening a drain at the same time as or after admitting steamThe above sentence probably means （）.
A. There is apparent condensate in piping
B. The steam is not discovered after admitting steam
C. The condensate should be fully loaded in the piping as admitting steam
D. The condensate should be fully drained from the piping while admitting steam

[单项选择]This big plush steamer dwarfed our little launch.（）
A. 豪华游艇边，小舟难看见。
B. 这艘豪华游艇在我们的小游艇边像个巨无霸。
C. 豪华巨轮驶向前，我们小船难入眼。
D. 这艘豪华大游轮使我们的小汽艇相形见绌。

[单项选择] Accounting is More Than Numbers Accounting could date back to about 7,000 years ago. People of that time relied on old accounting methods to record the growth of crops and herds. Accounting has greatly developed with the growth of joints tock companies . When you think of accounting， you may find pages of tables and numbers. That image doesn’t usually give you too much excitement. When you have your ownbusiness， though， those numbers come to mean the world to you because they give you the record of how much money you’ve earned or lost. Actually， accounting is not simply about strange dollar amounts or boring numbers； they’re your sales figures， your costs， and your profits. In other words， accounting is alanguage of business. Once you know how to work with those numbers， how to read those numbers and how to read the story they tell， you will be able to manage your business toward greater success. People in the old days relied on old accounting methods to record.（）
A.  how much money they had
B.  management of their business
C.  the growth of crops and herds