All flights _________ because of the snowstorm,?
All flights _________ because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but take the train.
A) had been canceled B) have been canceled
C) were canceled D) having been canceled
All flights _________ because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but take the train.
A) had been canceled B) have been canceled
C) were canceled D) having been canceled
第1题
BENEFITS OF VIDEO CONFERENCING
Almost everyone is familiar with video conferencing today, and for good reasons.Video conferencing is convenient. Video conferencing saves money. Video conferencing makes money. And it is so much easier than it used to be.
Today, of course, video conferencing has become an important means for doing business.There is no longer a need to waste time and money traveling, and the advanced technology can offer what every conferencing needs.Audio, web and video together can provide good solutions for large conferences with Q&A sessionsand private chats.
Why is video conferencing so successful when other technologies have come and gone? It is because it’s convenient and cost-effective. In addition to saving time and money, video conferencing is a lot less stressful than a meeting after a day of airport security, delayed flights and hotel check-in, etc.
Best of all, video conferencing is not expensive nowadays. Web, video and audio conferencing service providers can quickly get you up and running, often without setup fees or high charges. With all that’s available today, the only question is whether a business can afford not to use user-friendly video conferencing.
1. It’s easy to use video conferencing in the past. {T; F}
2. Video conferencing is a convenient way for doing business. {T; F}
3. Only video can provide good solutions for large conferences with Q&A sessions.{T; F}
4. Compared to some other forms of meetings,video conferencing is muchmore stressful.{T; F}
5. Nowadays if you don’t use video conferencing in some cases, maybe your business will suffer losses to some degree. {T; F}
第2题
第二节 完型填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
In September, in Britain, you may see a lot of birds 【B1】 on roofs and telegraph wires. These birds are swallows. They are 【B2】 together because, Very soon, they will be flying 【B3】 to much warmer lands, where they will find 【B4】 small flying insects on which they 【B5】 . There are no such insects 【B6】 in Britain during the winter, as it is 【B7】 cold for them.
The swallows settle, fly off, swoop, and 【B8】 again. This they do many times, for they are making short 【B9】 flights in order to be fit for the long journey 【B10】 them.
【B11】 of these migrating birds leave Britain in the autumn. They fly 【B12】 for hundreds of miles 【B13】 they reach the warm lands of Africa. But not all the birds get there, for many of them perish in the stormy weather they meet with 【B14】 .
In the spring of the following year they 【B15】 the long and tiring journey back to Britain. They return to the identical barn or tree in the 【B16】 district which they had left the 【B17】 autumn. How do these birds find their 【B18】 there and back over such vast distances? Nobody knows exactly 【B19】 , but it has something to do 【B20】 winds and air currents.
【B1】
A.being perched
B.perching
C.being perching
D.be perched
第3题
A.On short haul flights lasting up to 2 hours
B.On flights lasting more than 2 hours
C.On international or long haul flights
D.On some special flights
第4题
Jonnie lives near an airport. As a result, the noise made by flights ()his health badly.
A.effects
B.harms
C.affects
D.pollutes
第5题
A.Because Curiosity costs too much money.
B.Because the economic situation is depressed.
C.Because the money should be spent on the people.
D.Because Curiosity is meaningless and impractical.
第6题
A.nuts
B.beef
C.pork
D.chicken
第7题
What is the best title for this passage?
A.The Future of Transportation
B.Argonne Develops Maglev Train
C.The Disadvantages of Commuting by Airplane
D.Commuting in the Future