The archaeologists all find_____ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet during the restoration.

A. worthy       B. it worthwhile   C. it worth    D. worthy it

With five hungry children seated round the table, the food disappeared_____________.

A. on time         B. in time    C. at no time     D. in no time

. ----Are you coming to Jeff’s party? 

----I’m not sure. I ____ go to the concert instead.

A must      B might      C would        D should

Ever wondered why some businesses fail and others seem to go from strength to strength（越來(lái)越興旺發(fā)達(dá)）? One of the major reasons for success or failure in any business is the choice of location. The ABS can be of great help in choosing the most likely place to set up your business. Whether it’s simple or a complex business.

Case study one

A Sydney doctor specializing pediatrics(小兒科) was hoping to set up a practice outside the metropolitan area, probably on the northern coast of New South Wales. He was unsure of the best place in this region and came to the ABS for help. The ABS was able to put together a report containing details of the proportion of the children in particular areas, along with information on regions with the highest birth rates. This enabled the doctor to work out where future demand for his services would be.

Case study two

A suburban retailer（零售商）in Perth owned a shoe store which stocked a wide range of shoes for men, women and children. There had been an increase in the number of similar shoe stores in the suburban shopping center and the owner wanted to assess the possibility of switching to selling imported shoes and handbags for women only. In order to ensure whether there was a market for these products, the retailer needed to obtain details of income by age, sex, and occupation for all the women in the city of Perth. Using information from the 1996 Census(普查)of Population and Housing, the ABS was able to provide this type of information in a detailed report. With the information, the retailer was able to believe that there were enough professional working women in the area with middle to high incomes, which makes his business possible.

1. What information did the Sydney doctor get from the ABS about the northern coast of New South Wales?

A. The number of medical practices there.

B. The detailed information about the children.

C. Its present and future economic situations.

D. The ideal place to start a practice there.

2. The retailer wanted to switch to selling imported shoes and handbags for women because________.

A. there were more and more working women

B. he wanted to enlarge the original store

C. there were more and more shoe stores

D. imported products were popular

3. What does the ABS do for its customers?

A. Doing research work in the fields.

B. Suggesting the most potential market.

C. Providing considerable amounts of data.

D. Predicting the possible consumer goods.

4. This passage is most probably a(n) _____________.

A. handout for management           B. income report

C. advertisement                    D. plan for a project

The energy crisis (危機(jī)) has made people aware of how the careless use of the earth’s energy has brought the whole world to the edge of disaster. The over – development of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more traveling, has contributed to the near – destruction of our cities and the pollution not only of local air but also of the earth’s atmosphere.

Our present situation is unlike natural disasters of the past. Worldwide energy use has brought us to a state where long – range planning is vital. What we need is not a continuation of our present serious state, which endangers the future of our country, our children, and our earth, but a movement forward in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems.

This country has been falling back under the continuing exposures of loss of morality and the revelation (揭露) that lawbreaking has reached into the highest place in the land. There is a strong demand for morality to turn for the better and for some devotion that is vast enough and yet personal enough to enlist the devotion of all. In the past it has been only in a way in defense of their own country and their own benefits that people have been able to devote themselves wholeheartedly.

This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in cooperation with all the other people of this planet, who share with us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans. There is a common need to reassess our present course, to change that course and to employ new methods through which the world can survive. This is a priceless opportunity.

To grasp it, we need a widespread understanding of nature if the crisis we and the world are facing is no passing inconvenience, no byproduct of the ambitions of the oil – producing countries, no environmentalists’ only fears, no byproduct of any present system of government. What we face is the result of the invention of the last four hundred years. What we need is transformed life style. This new life style can flow directly from science and technology, but its acceptance depends on a sincere devotion to finding a higher quality of life for the world’s children and future generation.

1．Which of the following has nearly destroyed our cities?

    A．The loss of beliefs and ideas.           B．More of law – breaking.

    C．Natural disasters in many areas.     D．The rapid growth of motors.

2．By comparing past problems with present ones, the author draws our attention to the__________.

    A．seriousness of this crisis               B．ineffectiveness of laws

    C．similarity of the past to the present        D．hopelessness of the situation

3．Which of the following is used as an example to show the loss of morality?

    A．Disregard for law.                   B．Lack of devotion.

    C．Lack of understanding.               D．Destruction of cities.

4．The author wrote the passage in order to_______

    A．make a recommendation for a transformed life style

    B．limit ambitions of the people of the whole world

    C．demand devotion to nature and future generation

    D．encourage awareness of the decline of morality     

The boss didn’t accept the reason for her being absent for the meeting_________ she didn’t know there was  a meeting and __________100yuan from her salary this month.

A. why;   kept back    B. that;  kept back

C. where;  keep out    D. because;  keep out

. If you have good eyesight, you will be able to see the church ___________ at the top of the mountain.

A. at distance                   B. from distance

C. in the distance                 D. from over the distance

 ----__________?

----It depends on what it is.

A. Will you buy me some stamps          B. Would you please do me a favour

C. How about going shopping with me     D. Remember me to your family, will you

He thought that painting copied by a modern artist was ______ great value and bought it ____ over a thousand dollars.

A. at; for                             B. of; for               C. of; at                              D. for; by

.The suggestion has been made _____the basketball game _____put off .

 A. for ;to       B. that ; be      C .which ; should be      D.to ;being