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A. Yes. isn’t it. 16. Does il rain very much here B. It is hot in summer and cold and dry in winter. 17. Wbet’s the weather report for tomorrow C. Good idea. 18. it is tt warm day. isn’t it’ D. It’s between 23℃ and 26℃. 19. How is the weather in Beijing E. The radio says it’s going to be cloudy and windy20. Wily don’t you have an umhrella with you F. No. it doesn’t.

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If by "suburb" is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidlythan it already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began 41______during the emergence of the industrial city in second quarter of 42______the nineteenth century. Before that period the city was a small highlycompact cluster which people moved about on foot and goods were 43______conveyed by horse and cart. But the early factories built in the 1840’swere locating along waterways and near railheads at the edges of cities, 44______and housing was needed for the thousands of people drawn by the prospectof employment. In time, the factories were surrounded by proliferatingmill towns of apartments and row houses that abutted the older, main cities.As a defense against this encroachment and to reduce their tax bases, 45______the cities appropriated their industrial neighbor. In 1854, for example, 46______the city of Philadelphia annexed most of Philadelphia County. Similarmunicipal maneuvers took place in Chicago and in New York.Indeed, most great cities of the United States achieve such status 47______only by incorporating the communities along their borders. With the accelerate of industrial growth came acute urban 48______crowding and accompanying social stress -- conditions that began to approachdisastrous proportions when, in 1888, the first commercially successful electrictraction line was developed. Within a few years the horse-drawn trolleysretired and electric streetcar networks crisscrossed and connected 49______every major urban area, fostering a wave of suburbanization that transformedthe compact industrial city into a dispersed metropolis. This first phaseof mass-scale suburbanization was reinforced by the simultaneous emergenceof the urban Middle Class, whose desires for homeownership in neighborhoodsfar from the aging outer city were satisfied by the developers of single-family 50______housing tracts.

On Mar. 14, when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced its first foray into Japan, the Bentonville (Ark.) retailing giant placed a big bet that it could succeed where countless other foreign companies have failed. In the past five years, a number of famous Western brands have been forced to close up shop after failing to Catch on in Japan, one of the world’s largest—but most variable—consumer markets.May Wal-Mart make a go of it where others have stumbled One good sign is that the mass marketer is not rushing in blindly. It has taken an initial 6.1% stake in ailing food-and-clothing chain Seiyu Ltd., which it can raise to a controlling 33.4% by yearend and to 66.7% by 2007. That gives Wal-Mart time to revise its strategy—or run for the exits.The question is whether Wal-Mart can apply the lessons it has learned in other parts of Asia to Japan. This, after all, is a nation of notoriously finicky consumers—who have become even more so since Japan slipped into a decade long slump. How will Wal-Mart bring to bear its legendary cost-cutting savvy in a market already affected by falling prices Analysts are understandably skeptical. "It is uncertain whether Wal-Mart’s business models will be effective in Japan," Standard & Poor’s said in a Mar. 18 report.Much depends on whether Seiyu turns out to be a good partner. The 39-year-old retailer is a member of the reputed Seibu Saison retail group that fell on hard times in the early ’90s. It also has deep ties to trading house Sumitomo Corp. , which will take a 15% stake in the venture with Wal-Mart. Perhaps the best thing that can be said of Seiyu’s 400-odd stores is that they’re not as deeply troubled as other local retailers. Still, there’s a gaping chasm between the two corporate cultures. "We’ve never been known for cheap everyday pricing," says a Seiyu spokesman. Another potential problem is Sumitomo, which may not want to lean on suppliers to the extent that Wal-Mart routinely does.The clock is ticking. Wal-Mart executives say they need several months to "study" the deal with Seiyu before acting on it, but in the meantime a new wave of hyper-competitive Japanese and foreign rivals are carving up the market. If Wal-Mart succeeds, it will reduce its reliance on its home market even further and—who knows—it may even revolutionize Japanese retailing in the same way it has in the U. S. We can learn from the beginning of the text that. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will()

A. revolutionize Japanese retailing.
B. tap consumer markets in Japan.
C. combine and become bigger.
D. withdraw from markets in Japan.

As thick-skinned elected officials go, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter is right up there with Bill Clinton. The chief of the Zurich based group that oversees World Cup soccer hasn’t been accused of groping any interns, but that’s about all he hasn’t been accused of. Vote buying, mismanagement, cronyism—and that’s just for starters. Yet the 66-year-old Swiss shows no sign of abandoning his campaign for a second four-year term.Blatter, a geek of dispensing FIFA’S hundreds of million in annual revenue to inspire loyalty, even stands a good chance of reelection. At least he did. Since mid-March, he has seen a credible challenger emerge in Issa Hayatou, president of the African Football Confederation. Hayatou, a 55-year-old from Cameroon, leads a group of FIFA reformers that also includes FIFA Vice-President Lennart Johansson, a Swede who lost the presidential election to Blatter in 1998. These contenders’ mission: to end what they call the culture of secrecy and lack of accountability that threatens FIFA with financial disaster.Representatives of the world’s 204 national soccer associations meet in Seoul on May 29, and the rebels are given a chance of unseating Blatter. But even they concede that the FIFA honcho won’t be easy to dislodge. Blatter’s staying power seems incredible, given the array of misdeeds attributed to him and his circle. However, there are signs that FIFA’S troubles are bigger than Blatter is saying.The insurgents have already won one victory: They persuaded the rest of the executive board to order an audit of FIFA finances. But Blatter who claims, through a spokesman, that the accusations are a smear campaign-should not be underestimated. At least publicly, sponsors and member associations remain remarkably silent with the controversy. For example, there is no outward sign of outrage from German sports equipment maker Adidas-Salomon, which is spending much of its $625 million marketing budget on the World Cup. "We don’t expect current developments within FIFA to have a negative impact on our expectations" for the World Cup, says Michael Riehl, Adidas head of global sports marketing.The conventional wisdom is that fans don’t care about FIFA politics. Says Bernd Schiphorst, president of Hertha BSC Berlin, a top ranked German team: "I’ve no fear that all these discussions are going to touch the event." Still, the Olympic bribery scandals and the doping affair in the Tour de France show that sleazy dealings can stain the most venerable athletic spectacle. "For the Good of the Game" is FIFA’S official motto. The next few months should show whether it rings true. The writer’s attitude toward FIFA President Blatter seems to be that of()

A. slight support.
B. high appreciation.
C. strong contempt.
D. reserved consent.

(on die campus) A: Lovely day. isn’t it B: Yes. it’s much betler than yesterday. A: I hope it will last(持续)the whole week. B: I hopeso. too. Buttheweatheristerdbly changeable al thistime of thcyear. A: What’s the weather forecast for tomorrow B: The weatherman predicts (预告)rain tomorrow. A: Oh God!Tbatissobad. I just want tovisit oneofmyold friends tonmerrow. B: You can take an umbrella wkll you. What will A do tomorrowAnd what will be need if it is bad weather ____________

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