There are no more seats for the show.

A．a primary station

B．one or more primary stations

C．a secondary station

D．one or more secondary stations

The improvements the airlines attempt at include all the following EXCEPT

A．making their seats more comfortable.

B．providing better food during flights.

C．showing more movies during the long flights.

D．offering sleeperettes to first-class passengers.

It can be inferred from the text that______.

A．his second half of life is more marvelous

B．The Economist fired him

C．he was not se creditable in family life

D．John Midgley did his job excellently in The Economist

Which article has been downloaded more than 9,000 times？

A．Ask Jeeves.

B．Inside the Teoma Search Algorithm.

C．Search Engine Marketing.

D．Filthy Linking Rich.

The specialist is a man _______.

A．who has been trained in more than one field.

B．who can see the forest rather than the trees.

C．whose job is to train other people.

D．whose concern is mainly with technical or professional matter.

Why do animals of different species communicate with one another？

A.Because they like to set up their own communication systems．

B.Because they want to take advantage of the other species．

C.Because they tend to keep more food to themselves．

D.Because they benefit from using the information from other species．

How could the breakup potentially hurt the interest of consumers？

A．The breakup led to a setback: Windows 2000 won't be shipped to consumers until February, two years behind schedule.

B．The pay-per-minute model of the cell phone industry will meld with the free culture of the Internet.

C．The breakup could increase the operating costs and thus make their products more expensive.

What is the main idea of Paragraph 1？

A．The objections of death penalty have become less severe.

B．The death itself is considered inhumane and unacceptable.

C．Death penalty opponents only care about how one is put to death.

D．The "hygienic" way of execution is even more barbaric.

What is the speaker's opinion toward the group model of scientific activities？

A．In some sense the contribution made by the group model is even more lasting than that made by the individual model.

B．The "group model" onsisted of nonprofessionals and made little contribution to scientific development.

C．The "group model" conducted just as many scientific experiments as the individual model.

D．The "group model" made many standards to restrict the scientific practice of the individual model.

t, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently have to make a judgment as to their competitor's role when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitors are changing their products, then a marketer may .want to follow suit to remain competitive. Apple Computer, Inc, has introduced two new, faster personal computers, the Mackintosh II and Mackintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apple's major competitors.

Apple's new computers are much faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Mackintosh is able to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM-compatible programs. This compatibility feature illustrates computer manufacture's new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Making Apple computers capable of running IBM software is Apple's effort at making Mackintosh compatible with IBM computers and thus more popular in the office, where Apple hopes to increase sales. Users of the new Apple can also add accessories to make their machines specialize in specific uses, such as engineering and writing.

The new computers represent a big improvement over past models but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the higher price will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful computer. Apple wants to stay in the high-price end of the personal computer market to finance research for even faster, more sophisticated computers.

Even though Apple and IBM are major competitors, both companies realize that their competitor's computers have certain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated color graphics, whereas the IBM machines have always been favored in offices. In the future, there will probably be more compatibility between the two companies' products, which no doubt will require that both Apple and IBM change marketing strategies.

According to the passage, Apple computer, Inc, has introduced the Mackintosh II and the Mackintosh SE because

A．IBM is changing its computer models continuously.

B．it wants to make its machines specialize in specific users.

C．it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the competitive computer market.

D．it expects its major competitor IBM to follow its examples.

【T3】

A.ACCESS

B.WHETHER

C.ON A.GIVING REPORTERS【T1】______TO MORE INFORMATION AND THEIR READERS A CHANCE

B.IT PROVIDES PEOPLE FAST ACCESS TO NEWS AND A CHANCE TO COMMENT【T2】______IT

C.【T3】______IT"S RIGHT OR WRONG "BUT THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS STILL IN THE FUTURE," STEVEN CASE, CHAIRMAN OF AMERICA ONLINE, TOLD A RECENT MEETING ON JOURNALISM AND THE INTERNET SPONSORED BY THE FREEDOM FORUM (论坛).HOWEVER, SOME OTHER EXPERTS OFTEN SAY THE NEWTECHNOLOGY OF COMPUTERS IS CHANGING THE FACE OF JOURNALISM,【T4】_______TO ASK QUESTIONSAND TURN TO DIFFERENT SOURCES. "YOU DON"T HAVE TO BUY A NEWSPAPER AND BE CONFINED TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THAT PAPER ANY MORE," SAM MEDDIS, ONLINE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR AT USA TODAY, OBSERVED ABOUT THE VARIETY OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO COMPUTER USERS. BUT THE EXPERTS NOTED THE EASY ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ALSO MEANS ANYONE CAN POST INFORMATION FOR OTHERS TO SE

E."ANYONE CAN SAY ANYTHING THEY WANT,【T5】_______," SAIDCAS

E.READERS HAVE TO DETERMINE FOR THEMSELVES WHO TO TRUST."IN A WORLD OF ALMOST INFINITE VOICES, RESPECTED JOURNALISTS AND RESPECTED BRAND NAMES WILL PROBABLY BECOME MORE IMPORTANT, NOT LESS," CASE SAI

D. "THE INTERNET TODAY IS ABOUT WHERE RADIO WAS 80 YEARS AGO, OR TELEVISION 50 YEARS AGO OR CABLE 25 YEARS AGO," HE SAI

D.BUT IT IS GROWING RAPIDLY BECAUSE【T6】______.