Predicting the trends of the future is very important for business. All of the world's major companies spend considerable amounts of time and money trying to work out what will (1) ____ necessary or popular in the future, and how they can (2) ____ their ideas and make them available to the public (3) _____ other companies do. They try to (4) ____ up with ideas for products or services that no one else can offer. In business, there is nothing better than being the market leader, and new products that sell well are what every company wants.
But there's a problem with predictions. If you get them right, you look like a genius. If you get them wrong, however, you look a bit ridiculous. (5) _____ the early 1990s, some people said that the motor car would never replace the horse; yet, here we are over 100 years (6) ____ with more than 600 million cars on roads around the world. In 1943, the chairman of IBM - today, one of (7) ______ world's biggest computer companies - said that there was a world market for only five computers! He had no idea that computers (8) _____ become smaller, more efficient and more affordable, or that they would be as widespread and popular as they are today.
1. a have b show c be d make
2. a development b developed c developing d develop
3. a before b when c while d until
4. a back b come c hook d set
5. a In b at c On d To
6. a later b earlier c sooner d better
7. a a b an c no d the
8. a shall b would c will d won't
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B.
1. The East End
2. The street
3. England's favourite food
1. False (In the West End we can see many historical places, parks, shops and theatres)
2. False (The East End is the district where working people live and work)
3. False (The “Odeon” is one of the most famous cinemas of the country)
4. True (Oxford street is London’s main shopping centre. People from all over the world buy clothes, shoes, toys and souvenirs there)
B. Fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the passage
1. The East End
2. The street
3. England's favourite food
There are least 2,000 different languages in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most (1) widely used. It is used by business people, airline pilots and sea captains all over the world. It is also the first language (2) of sports and science. So it is very (3) important to learn English. Chinese is also an important language because it has the (4) greatest numbers of speakers. There are not only one billion people living in China today, but also many Chinese people (5) living outside China. Chinese is widely (6) spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia. French is widely (7) used in Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia. From more than 2,000 languages, the United Nations has (8) chosen six of them for business. They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
There are least 2,000 different languages in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most (1) widely used. It is used by business people, airline pilots and sea captains all over the world. It is also the first language (2) of sports and science. So it is very (3) important to learn English. Chinese is also an important language because it has the (4).............................. numbers of speakers. There are not only one billion people living in China today, but also many Chinese people (5) living outside China. Chinese is widely (6) spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia. French is widely (7) used in Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia. From more than 2,000 languages, the United Nations has (8) chosen six of them for business. They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
1. English is the most important language in the world because ...
A. It is spoken and understood in all parts of the world
B. It is my favourite subject
C. it is used in meetings
D. it is used in all leading universities
2. The motor-engine has become the most important machine in the world today thanks to .....
A. the people all over the world
B. the scientists of England
C. the United Nations
D. The Americans
3. Thousands of books .....
A. have been sold by English scholars on almost every subject
B. were written in English
C. were read by English scholars
D. have been written by English scholarson almost every subject that one can think of
4. Because English is used so widely, ............
A. it has bacome a very rich language
B. it has bacome a very interesting language
C. it has indeed become a very poor language
D. it has become a very useless language
5. Why do people whose mother tongue is not English have learnt English with great interest ?
A. Beacause it is a means of doing rything for all human affairs
B. Because it is an international language
C. Because it is a means of acquiring knowledge of all human affairs
D. Because it is a means of practising what people have achived in their jobs.
Predicting the trends of the future is very important for business. All of the world's major companies spend considerable amounts of time and money trying to work out what will (1) ____ necessary or popular in the future, and how they can (2) ____ their ideas and make them available to the public (3) _____ other companies do. They try to (4) ____ up with ideas for products or services that no one else can offer. In business, there is nothing better than being the market leader, and new products that sell well are what every company wants. But there's a problem with predictions. If you get them right, you look like a genius. If you get them wrong, however, you look a bit ridiculous. (5) _____ the early 1990s, some people said that the motor car would never replace the horse; yet, here we are over 100 years (6) ____ with more than 600 million cars on roads around the world. In 1943, the chairman of IBM - today, one of (7) ______ world's biggest computer companies - said that there was a world market for only five computers! He had no idea that computers (8) _____ become smaller, more efficient and more affordable, or that they would be as widespread and popular as they are today. 1. a have b show c be d make 2. a development b developed c developing d develop 3. a before b when c while d until 4. a back b come c hook d set 5. a In b at c On d To 6. a later b earlier c sooner d better 7. a a b an c no d the 8. a shall b would c will d won't