[单项选择]We are anxious to contact some Indian companies with a view （） business relations with them.
A. to build
B. to building
C. for building
D. building

[单项选择]The chief editor thought he took some liberties with the original in translation. So it was necessary that he make the ______ suggested.
A. alterations
B. alternatives
C. alternations
D. altercations

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When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandma’s generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday-best. But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware (粗陶) -and-stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times.
Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is eliminating 1,000 jobs-- one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery (陶瓷) region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.
Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shif
A. bankruptcy of fine china manufacturers
B. shrinking of the pottery industry
C. restructuring of large enterprises
D. economic recession in Great Britain

[单项选择]Everything we eat and drink contains some salt; we can meet the body''s need for it from natural sources without turning ______the salt bottle.
A. up
B. to
C. on
D. over

[单项选择]Since the matter was extremely ______, we dealt with it immediately.
A. tough
B. tense
C. urgent
D. instant

[单项选择]There are some things in the class the teachers will not put up with.
A. tolerate
B. contribute
C. resist
D. prohibit

[单项选择]The list of things we need to think about which will be ________by climate change is endless.
A. affiliated
B. affected
C. affirmed
D. effected