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1、The committee comprises five persons.
 A.absorbs
 B.concerns
 C.excludes
 D.involves
     
2、We derive knowledge mainly from books
 A.deprive
 B.obtain
 C.descend
 D.trace
     
3、The room was furnished with the simplest essentials, a bed, a chair, and a table
 A.supplied
 B.gathered
 C.grasped
 D.made
     
4、The local government decided to merge the two firms into a big one.
 A.motivate
 B.combine
 C.compact
 D.nominate
     
5、He emphasized a feasible plan which can be accepted by the both sides.
 A.favorable
 B.possible
 C.formal
 D.genuine
     
6、When does the next train depart?
 A.pull up
 B.pull down
 C.pull out
 D.pull in
     
7、Because administering the whole company, he sometimes has to work around the clock.
 A.adjusting
 B.eva luating
 C.engaging
 D.managing
     
8、The town is notable for its beautiful scenery in winter.
 A.similar
 B.prompt
 C.profound
 D.famous
     
9、He is assigned to oversee the production of the assembly lines.
 A.supervise
 B.watch
 C.suspect
 D.predict
     
10、Soldiers have to obey orders.
 A.reply to
 B.apply for
 C.abide with
 D.comply with
     
11、The advertising company was surprised by the adverse public reaction to the poster.
 A.delayed
 B.quick
 C.positive
 D.unfavorable
     
12、It is said that the house along the street will soon be demolished.
 A.pulled down
 B.rebuilt
 C.renovated
 D.whitewashed
     
13、In his two-hour-long lecture he made an exhaustive (A)analysis of the issue.
 A.extremely thorough
 B.long and strong
 C.crazy
 D.unconvincing
     
14、These are our motive for doing it.
 A.reasons
 B.arguments
 C.targets
 D.stimulus
     
15、Do you think there is any likelihood of his agreeing to it?
 A.respect
 B.occasion
 C.prospect
 D.anticipation
     
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El Nino (厄尔尼诺现象)
    While some forecasting methods had limited SUCCESS predicting the 1997 E1 Nino a few months in advance，the Columbia University researchers say their method call predict large E1 Nino events up to two years in advance.That would be good news for governments，farmers and others seeking to plan for the droughts and heavy rainfall that El Nino can produce in various parts of the world.
    Using a computer the researchers matched sea-surface temperatures to later El Nino occurrences between 1980 and 2000 and were then able to anticipate E1 Nino events dating back to1857, using prior sea-surface temperatures.The results were reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature.
The researchers say their method is not perfect, but Bryan C.Weare.a meteorologist at the University of California, Davis，who was not involved in the work，said it“suggests‘E1 Nino is indeed predictable.”
    “This will probably convince others to search around more for even better methods.”said Weare.He added that the new method“makes it possible to predict El Nino at 1ong lead times.” Other models also use sea-surface temperatures, but they have not looked as far back because they need other data，which is only available for recent decades，Weare said.
     The ability to predict the warming and cooling of the Pacitic is of immense importance’.The 1997 El Nino，for example，caused an estimated$20 billion in damage worldwide，offset by beneficial effects in other areas，said David Anderson，of the European Centre for Medium.Range Weather Forecasts in Reading England.The 1877 El Nino，meanwhile，coincided with a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine that killed perhaps 40 million in India and China。prompting the development of seasonal forecasting，Anderson said.
　　When El Nino hit in 199 1 and 1997.200 million people were affected by flooding in China alone.according to a 2002 United Nations report.
　　While predicting smaller E1 Nino events remains tricky.the ability to predict larger ones should be increased to at least a year if the new method is confirmed.
　E1 Nino tends to develop between April and June and reaches its peak between December and February.The warming tends to last between 9 and 1 2 months and occurs every two to seven years·
     The new forecasting method does not predict any major El Nino events in the next two years, although a weak warming toward the end of this year is possible.
1The method used by the Columbia University researchers can predict E1 Nino a few months in advance.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
2The Columbia University researchers studied the relationship between the past EI Nino occurrences and sea—surface temperatures.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
3The Columbia University researchers are the first to use sea-surface temperatures to match the past EI Nino occurrences.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
4Weare’s contribution in predicting E1 Nino，was highly praised by other meteorologists.
 
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
5According to a Chinese report，the flooding in China caused by E1 Nino in 1 99 1 and 1 997 affected 200 million Chinese people.
 A.right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
6It takes about eight months for El Nino to reach its peak.
 A.right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
7A special institute has been set up in America to study E1 Nino.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
2、　　Blasts from the past
　　1 Volcanoes were more destructive in ancient history.Not because they were bigger,　but　because the carbon dioxide they released wiped out 1ife with greater ease.
　　2 Paul Wignall from the University of Leeds was investigating the link between volcanic
　　eruptions and mass extinctions.Not a11 volcanic eruptions killed off large numbers of animals，but all the mass extinctions over the past 300 million years coincided with huge formations of volcanic rock.To his surprise，the older the massive volcanic eruptions were，the more damage they seemed to do.
　　3 Wignall calculated the“ killing efficiency ”for these volcanoes by comparing the
　　proportion .ion of life they killed off with the volume of lava that they produced.He found that size for size，older eruptions were at least 1 0 times as effective at wiping out life as their more recent rivals.
　　4 The Permian extinction，for example，which happened 250 million years ago，is marked
　　by floods of volcanic rock in Siberia that cover an area roughly the size of western Europe.Those volcanoes are thought to have pumped out about 10 gigatonnes of carbon as carbon dioxide.The global warming that followed wiped out 80 per cent of all marine genera at the time。And it took 5 million years for the planet to recover.
　　5 Yet 60 million years ago in the late Palaeocene there was another huge amount of
　　volcanic activity and global warming but}Io mass extinction.Some animals did disappear but things returned to normal within ten thousands of years，“The most recent ones hardly have an effect at all。” Wignall says.He ignored the extinction which wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous，。65 million years ago，because many scientists believe it was primarily caused by the impact of an asteroid. ’
　　6 Wignall thinks that older volcanoes had more killing power because more recent life
　　forms were better adapted to dealing with increased levels of C02 .Ocean chemistry may also have played a role.As the supercontinents broke up and exposed more coastline there may have been more weathering of silica rocks.This would have encouraged the growth of phytoplankton in the oceans。increasing me amount of C02 absorbed from the atmosphere.
　　7 Vincent Courtillot director of the Paris Geophysical Institute in France，says that
　　Wignall’s idea is provocative.But he says it is incredibly hard to do these sorts of calculations.He points out that the killing power of volcanic eruptions depends on how long they lasted.And it is impossible to tell whether the huge blasts lasted for thousands or millions of years。
　　8 Courtillot also adds t11at it is difficult to estimate how much 1ava prehistoric volcanoes produced , and that 1ava volume may not necessarily correspond to carbon dioxide or sulphur dioxide emissions.
　　A Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions
　　B Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic Eruptions
　　C Calculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
　　D A Mass Extinction
　　E V_0lcanic Eruptions That Caused no Mass Extinction
　　F Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
1Paragraph 2
 A.Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions
 B.Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic Eruptions
 C.Calculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
 D.A Mass Extinction
 E.V_0lcanic Eruptions That Caused no Mass Extinction
 F.Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
     
2Paragraph 3
 A.Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions
 B.Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic Eruptions
 C.Calculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
 D.A Mass Extinction
 E.V_0lcanic Eruptions That Caused no Mass Extinction
 F.Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
     
3Paragraph 4
 A.Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions
 B.Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic Eruptions
 C.Calculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
 D.A Mass Extinction
 E.V_0lcanic Eruptions That Caused no Mass Extinction
 F.Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
     
4Paragraph 5
 A.Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions
 B.Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic Eruptions
 C.Calculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
 D.A Mass Extinction
 E.V_0lcanic Eruptions That Caused no Mass Extinction
 F.Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions
     
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1、　　Cousteau remembered
　　Jacques-Ives Cousteau died in Paris on 26 June，1997 at the age of 87.His influence is great.Scientists respected his creative engineering;engineers praised his science.Cousteau，who claimed to be neither scientist nor engineer，contributed significantly to both disciplines—and to many more.
　　Throughout his adventure—filled life，Cousteau challenged definitions.Yes，he was a captain in the French Navy，and early on，a filmmaker and natural storyteller.Later，he became a famous ocean explorer，designer of underwater equipment，expedition leader，author，speaker, businessman，environmentalist，teacher and leader of an influential organization (the Cousteau Society).
　　A11 who care about the sea—and even those who don’t think much about the ocean one way or another一owe Cousteau a tremendous debt，The knowledge gained as a consequence of his direct contributions, and the strong others，have transformed the way the world thinks about the sea.His stories of encounters with sharks and other fish inspired many to go see themselves.Cousteau pioneered ventures in underwater living in the 1960’s：sub—sea labs where scientists submerged for days or weeks...——the underwater labs similar to Skylab or the space station.His films and television programmes won two Academy Rewards，three Emnies，and the hearts and minds of viewers worldwide for decades.
　　Showered with honours.Cousteau remarked recently that he thought his most important accomplishment was to make people aware of——and care about——the ocean.Thanks to him.we grew concerned about our growing population and the consequences of overfishing and ocean pollution that threaten the health of the sea，and we were inspired to do something to improve the way things are done.
　　We shared the sad feeling with Cousteau when Simone，his wife and partner for many years， died and when his son Phillippe was killed in a plane crash.We shared his joy when Jean—Michael，his eldest son.became an explorer and a spokesman for the sea in his own right.We were happy for Cousteau when he began a new family with his second wife，Fracine.And now that his voice of the ocean is silenced，we feel very sad.
1According to the passage，Cousteau’s influence is great because he
 A.was both a scientist and an engineer.
 B.invented Skylab.
 C.made contributions to science and engineering.
 D.was a captain in the French Navy.
     
2From the second paragraph，we know that
 A.Cousteau did not like any scientific definitions.
 B.Cousteau wrote many adventure—filled stories.
 C.Cousteau’s main job was protecting environment.
 D.Cousteau’s contributions were not limited to science and engineering.
     
3of all me careers he followed，his main concern was concentrated on
 A.building the sub-water labs.
 B.ocean and ocean pollution.
 C.making films and television programmes.
 D.writing encounters with sea animals，such as sharks.
     
4What debt do we owe Cousteau according to Paragraphs 3 and 47
 A.His work has made us realise we should improve the way things are done.
 B.His contributions have pushed science toward a higher stage of development.
 C.His invention of sub.sea labs has made ocean exploration easier.
 D.His adventures have made people go and see the sea.
     
5Which of the following statements about Cousteau’s family life is NOT true?
 A.His second wife died sometime ago。
 B.His son Phillippe was killed in a plane crash.
 C.His first wife died before Cousteau.
 D.His elder son became the spokesman for the sea
     
2、　　Credit card only works when spoken to
　　A credit card that will not work unless it hears its owner’s voice could become an important weapon in the fight against fraud.
　　The card requires users to give a spoken password that it recognizes using a built—in
　　Voice-recognition chip.The idea is to prevent thieves using a stolen card or fraudsters using someone else’s credit card details to buy goods online.
　　A prototype built by engineers at Beepcard’s in Santa M0nica，California，represents the first attempt to pack a microphone，a loudspeaker, a battery and a voice-recognition chip into a standard-sized credit card. 、
　　They are not quite there yet：the card is the length and width of an ordinary credit card，but it is still about three times as thick.Alan Sege，Beepcard’s CEO，says the company now plans to use smaller chips to slim it down to normal thickness.
　　The voice card is based on all earlier Beepcard technology designed to prevent fraud in online transactions.This earlier card has no microphone.but has a built—in loudspeaker that it uses to “squawk’’ an acoustic ID signal via a computer’s microphone to an online server.
　　By verifying that the signal matches the card details.the server can establish that the user is not simply keying in a credit card number but actually has the card to hand.The ID code changes each time the card is used in a pre-ordered sequence that only the server knows.
　　This prevents fraudsters recording the beeps, noting the card details and then playing back the audible ID when they key in the details 1ater.But this earlier technology cannot prevent fraudulent use of stolen cards.The new one can.
　　The new voice card also identifies itself by its ID squawk，but it will not do this until it has verified the legitimate user’s spoken password.Thieves will be unable to use the card because even if they knew the password they would have to be able to copy the owner’s voice with a high degree of accuracy.
　　The challenge for Beepcard has been to develop voice-recognition and audio circuitry that can be powered by a mini battery embedded in a credit card.To maximize battery life, the electronics are only switched on when the card is being used.Pressing a button on the card’s surface prompts it to utter “Say your password” in female voice.If the voice-recognition software proves that the password is authentic.it sends its ID squawk which the server then identifies, allowing the transaction to proceed.
1How Can the credit card recognize the spoken password given by the user?
 A.By using a voice-recognition chip embedded in the card.
 B.By using a voice-recognition device built in the server.
 C.By fixing a microphone in the card.
 D.By fixing a loudspeaker in the card.
     
2Are the engineers at Beepcard satisfied with the model they have built? Why or why not?
 A.Yes，because the model they have built is a standardized credit card.
 B.No，because the model they have built is too heavy.
 C.No，because the model they have built is too thick.
 D.Yes，because the model they have built is used worldwide.
     
3What is the main difference between the earlier model and the new voice card?
 A.The new one can identify itself by its ID squawk.
 B.The new one Can produce beeps.
 C.The new one needs the user to key in ID details.
 D.The new one works only when it hears the password spoken by the user.
     
4What is the advantage of the voice card?
 A.It is safer because it requires more ID information.
 B.It is safer because the voice-recognition chip is built in.
 C.It.is safer because no one but the user can use the card.
 D.It is safer because it can hardly be cheated by fraudsters.
     
5According to the last paragraph，what is NOT involved in the process of using the voice card?
 A.Switching on the electronics to maximize the battery life.
 B.Pressing the “Say your password” button on the card’s surface.
 C.The password is verified.
 D.The ID squawk is sent to the server for it to identify.
     
3、　　A Phone that knows you’re busy
　　It’s a modem conundrum：you’re too busy to be disturbed by incessant phone calls so you turn your cellphone off.But if you don’t remember to turn it back on when you’re less busy，you could miss some important calls.If only the phone knew when it was wise to interrupt you。you wouldn’t have to turn it Off at a11.Instead.it could 1et calls through during spells of relative inactivity.
　　A bunch of behavior sensors and a clever piece of software could do just that，by analyzing your behavior to determine if it’s a good time to interrupt you.If built into a phone，the system may decide you’re too busy and ask the caller to 1eave a message or ring back later.In a desktop computer, the system could stop instant messages or spam annoying you when you’re busy.
　　James Fogarty and Scott Hudson at Camegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania based their system on tiny microphones，cameras and touch sensors that reveal body language and activity.First they had to study different behaviors to find out which ones strongly predict whether your mind is interrupted.The potential “busyness’’ signals they focused on included whether the office doors were left open or closed，the time of day, if other people were with the person in question.how close they were to each other，and whether or not the computer was in use.
　　The sensors monitored these and many other factors while four subjects were at work.At random intervals，the subjects rated how interruptible they were on a scale ranging from ‘‘highly interruptible’’ to “highly not—interruptible’”.Their ratings were then correlated with the various behaviors.“It is a shotgun approach’：we used all the indicators we could think of and then 1et statistics ferret out加which were important，”says Hudson.
　　The model showed that using the keyboard，and talking on a landline儿or to someone else in the office correlated most strongly with how interruptible the subjects judged themselves to be.
　　Interestingly，the computer was actually better than people at predicting‘。when someone was too busy to be interrupted.The computer got it right 82 per cent of the time，humans 77 per cent.
　　Fogarty speculates that this might be because people doing the interrupting are inevitably biased towards delivering their message，whereas computers don’t care.
　　The first application for Hudson and Fogarty’s system is likely to be in an instant messaging system，followed by office phones and cellphones.“There is no technological roadblock to it being deployed in a couple of years¨，”says Hudson.
1What is the modem conundrum the author has in mind?
 A.You turn off your cellphone but forget to turn it back and miss important calls.
 B.You are too busy to make phone calls and miss important information.
 C.Too many calls are annoying，affecting your work efficiency.
 D.Too many calls are disturbing，producing serious noise pollution.
     
2According to paragraph 2，what could a bunch of behavior sensors and a clever piece of software do?
 A.They could help store messages.
 B.They could distinguish important calls from unimportant ones.
 C.They could interrupt you when you are not busy.
 D.They could send messages instantly.
     
3hich of the following is NOT included in paragraph 3 as a potential ‘''busyness” signal?
 A.Whether the office door is open or not.
 B.Whether there are people with the person in question or not.
 C.Whether the person is using the computer or not.
 D.Whether the person is bothered by a question or not.
     
4According to paragraph 4,what were the subjects required to do during the experiment?
 A.To control the sensors and many other factors.
 B.To rate the degrees to which they could be interrupted
 C.To read and analyze all the indicators
 D.To decide which indicators were important statistics.
     
5Which of the following is NOT mentioned as strongly correlated with how interruptible they were?
 A.Working at the computer.
 B.Talking over the telephone.
 C.Repairing the keyboard.
 D.Talking with people in the office.
     

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1、　　Robotic Highway Cones
　　A University of Nebraska professor has developed robotic cones and barrels.____1____ They can even be programmed to move on their own at any particular part of me day，said Shane Farritor, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Nebraska.
　　For example，if workers arrived at 6 a.m.，the cones could move from the side of the highway to block off the lane at that time.____2____ “It just seems like a very good application for robots，”Farritor said.“The robotic cones would also help remove people from hazardous jobs on the highway putting barrels and cones into place，”Farritor said in a report on his creation.
　　____3____ This fund allowed Farritor to work on the project with graduate students at Nebraska and his assistant Steve Goddard.
　　The robots are placed at the bottom of the cones and barrels and are small enough not to greatly change the appearance of the construction aides.“It would look exactly the same，”Farritor said.“Normally there’s a kind of rubbery, black base to them.____4____”
　　Farritor has talked with Officials from the Nebraska Department of Roads about how the robots would be most useful to what they might need.
　　The robots could come in handy following a slow.moving maintenance operation，like painting a stripe on a road or moving asphalt，where now the barrels have to be picked up and moved as the operation proceeds.“That way you don’t have to block off a 10-mile strip for the operation,”Farritor said.
　　While prototypes have been made.they are not in use anywhere.Farritor said he has applied for a patent and is considering what to do next.____5____He is also thinking about marketing the robots to roads departments and others across the country wh07 may benefit from them.
　　A.And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.
　　B.He is thinking about starting a small business.
　　C.Farritor was“Inventor of the Year”in 2003.
　　D.Work on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant.
　　E.We replace that with a robot.
　　F.These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way，or into place，from computer commands made miles away.
146____________
 A.And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.
 B.He is thinking about starting a small business.
 C.Farritor was“Inventor of the Year”in 2003.
 D.Work on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant.
 E.We replace that with a robot.
 F.These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way，or into place，from computer commands made miles away.
     
247_____________
 A.And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.
 B.He is thinking about starting a small business.
 C.Farritor was“Inventor of the Year”in 2003.
 D.Work on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant.
 E.We replace that with a robot.
 F.These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way，or into place，from computer commands made miles away.
     
348__________
 A.And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.
 B.He is thinking about starting a small business.
 C.Farritor was“Inventor of the Year”in 2003.
 D.Work on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant.
 E.We replace that with a robot.
 F.These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way，or into place，from computer commands made miles away.
     
449____________
 A.And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.
 B.He is thinking about starting a small business.
 C.Farritor was“Inventor of the Year”in 2003.
 D.Work on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant.
 E.We replace that with a robot.
 F.These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way，or into place，from computer commands made miles away.
     
550___________
 A.And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.
 B.He is thinking about starting a small business.
 C.Farritor was“Inventor of the Year”in 2003.
 D.Work on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant.
 E.We replace that with a robot.
 F.These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way，or into place，from computer commands made miles away.
     
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1、　　Crashed Cars to Text Message for Help
　　There is no good place to have a car crash—but some places are worse than others.In a foreign country，for instance，__1__ to explain via cellphone that you are upside down in a ditch when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the emergency services.
　　But an answer may be at hand.Researchers funded by the European Commission0 are beginning tests of a system called E-merge that__2__ senses when a car has crashed and sends a text message’telling emergency services。in the 10cal language that the accident has taken place.
　　The system was __3__ by ERTICO，a transport research organization based in Brussels, Belgium.Cars are fitted with a cellphone-sized device attached__4__the underside of the dashboard which is activated by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash.The device __5__ a cellphone circuit，a GPS positioning unit and a microphone and loudspeaker.
　　It registers the severity of the crash by__6__the deceleration data from the airbag’s sensor. Using GPS information，it works out which country the Car is in, and from this it determines __7__ which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location of the accident.
　　The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services __8__.If the car’s occupants are conscious，they can communicate with the operator __9__ the speaker and microphone.
　　E-merge also transmits the vehicles make，model, color and license number, and its heading’ when it crashed，which in rum indicates 0n which side of a multi-1ane highway it ended up.
　　This __10__ the emergency services find the vehicle as soon as they arrive on the scene.“We can waste a large __11__ time searching for an incident，”says Jim Hammond，a(an) __12__ in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK.Tests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UK.Trials have already started in Germany, Sweden，Spain，the Netherlands and Italy.
　　In-car systems…that summon the emergency services after a crash have __1 3__ been fitted in some premium cars“.ERTICO says that __14__ EU states“are willing to fund the necessary infrastructure，E-merge could be working by 2008.
　　A study by French car maker Renault”concluded that the system could save up to 6000 of the 40，000 lives lost each year on Europe’s roads，and prevent a similar number of serious injuries.
　　The Renault study estimates that fitting E.merge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 1 50 billion per__15__in terms of reduced costs to health services and insurance companies， and fewer lost working days.
1
 A.try
 B.tried
 C.trying
 D.having tried
     
2
 A.automatically
 B.accidentally
 C.tremendously
 D.usually
     
3
 A.changed
 B.located
 C.developed
 D.copied
     
4
 A.by
 B.up
 C.about
 D.to
     
5
 A.forms
 B.is consisted
 C.composed of
 D.includes
     
6
 A.read
 B.reads
 C.reads
 D.being read
     
7
 A.on
 B.in
 C.of
 D.at
     
8
 A.car maker
 B.policeman
 C.doctor
 D.operator
     
9
 A.via
 B.near
 C.by
 D.besides
     
10
 A.assists
 B.causes
 C.makes
 D.helps
     
11
 A.number of
 B.deal of
 C.amount of
 D.volume of
     
12
 A.writer
 B.reporter
 C.expert
 D.leader
     
13
 A.already
 B.long ago
 C.long before
 D.shortly
     
14
 A.although
 B.nevertheless
 C.however
 D.if
     
15
 A.city
 B.year
 C.person
 D.country