In general, people talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. (1) in psychology think that there are also two (2) of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. (3) there are warm colors and a lot of light, people usually want to be (4) . People think that red, (5) , is exciting. People who like to be with (6) like red. The cool colors are green, blue and violet. These colors, (7) warm colors, are relaxing. Where there are cool colors, people are usually (8) . People who like to spend time (9) often (10) cool colors. Red may he exciting, but one researcher says that time seems to pass (11) in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors. He thinks that a warm color, such as red (12) orange, is a good color for a (an) (13) or restaurant. People who are relaxing or eating do not want time to pass (14) . Cool colors are better for offices or factories if people who are working there want time to pass quickly. Researchers do not know (15) people think some colors are warm and others cool. (16) , almost everyone (17) that red, orange and yellow are warm and that green, blue and violet are cool. Perhaps warm colors (18) people of warm days and the cool colors remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is low in winter, the sunshine seems quite blue. Because the sun is (19) during summer, the hot sunshine (20) yellow.
A. lower
B. faster
C. higher
D. busier
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Tourism has become a very big (1) . For Spain, Italy and Greece, it is the largest (2) of foreign exchange, and (3) for Britain, it is the fourth. Faced (4) this huge income, no government can afford to look (5) on the business~ questions of hotel bath rooms, beach umbrellas and ice cream sales are now (6) by ministers of tourism with solemn expertise. Before the Second World War the tourist industry was widely (7) as being unmanly and stupid. But (8) has become a new industry, as trade business used (9) ; in Spain, Italy, Greece and much of Eastern Europe, new road (10) have opened up in the country, first to tourists, and (11) to industry and locals. (12) of tourism is a nationalized industry, a (13) part of national planning. In a place west of Marseilles, the French government is killing mosquitoes and (14) six big vacation places to (15) nearly a million tourists. In Eastern Europe, a whole new seaside (16) has sprung up (17) the last few years so that the governments have greatly (18) when tourist’s from the West (19) from half a million four years (20) to nearly two million last year.
A. be done
B. done
C. to do
D. to doing
What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation In one (1) there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. (2) two speakers speak in exactly the same (3) . We can always hear differences (4) them, and the pronunciation of English (5) a great deal in different geographical (6) . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a (7) This is not a question that can be (8) in the same way for all foreign learners of English. (9) you live in a part of the world (10) India or West Africa, where there is a long (11) of speaking English for general communication purpose, you should (12) to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be (13) in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or (14) of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country (15) there is no traditional use of English, you must take (16) your model some form of (17) English pronunciation. It does not (18) very much which form you choose. The most (19) way is to take as your model the sort of English you can (20) most often.
A. everything
B. nothing
C. anything
D. things
What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation In one (1) there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. (2) two speakers speak in exactly the same (3) . We can always hear differences (4) them, and the pronunciation of English (5) a great deal in different geographical (6) . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a (7) This is not a question that can be (8) in the same way for all foreign learners of English. (9) you live in a part of the world (10) India or West Africa, where there is a long (11) of speaking English for general communication purpose, you should (12) to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be (13) in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or (14) of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country (15) there is no traditional use of English, you must take (16) your model some form of (17) English pronunciation. It does not (18) very much which form you choose. The most (19) way is to take as your model the sort of English you can (20) most often.
A. native
B. domestic
C. practical
D. new
The number of Internet users in China has increased by 28 percent and (1) 87 million, according to a (2) released yesterday by China Internet Network Information Center. The Internet users now account for 6.72 percent of the (3) population of the world’s most populous country, 0.5 percent (4) over the end of last year. It is, (5) , still below the world’s average rate of 12.2 percent and is even lower (6) the rate in developed countries which range from 63 percent in Canada to 77 percent in Sweden. The report defines a Chinese citizen (7) uses Internet for at least an hour a week as an Internet user. "The figure didn’t (8) users in Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan," it said. The survey, which is (9) through online questionnaire and offline interview, said the error margin of the online population is 5 percent. The (10) of broadband users, totaling 31.1 million as at the end of June, soared 217 percent every year. The broadband (11) also maintained a 78.7 percent growth during the first six months of this year. The report by CNNIC also (12) that the percentage using E-mail slipped from 88.4 percent to 84. 3 percent but it still (13) top of the frequently used services provided on the Internet. (14) , the report, which is (15) every six months, also found out that (16) people placed online chatting, online gaming and online education into their oftenused services. The report also said the (17) of China’s e-commerce is improving as over half of the respondents plan to do online shopping within the next year. The percentage of those who use online banking (18) payment also continued to (19) and is now 13 percent more than for those paying (20) on delivery for the goods they bought online, the report said.
A. fall
B. grow
C. drop
D. growing