[单选题]They gave on-the-spot broadcast while the performance was in process on the stage.

正确答案 ：A

live

解析：【答案】A【解析】本题为词义辨析题。live“现场直播的，实况转播的”，5ving“活的，活着的”，lively“有生气的，活跃的，生动的，醒目的”，alive“活着的，活泼的，有活力的”。

[单选题]Besides cutting its cost，Unilever alsoabandoned its__________． A．their workforceB．huge portionsC．large quantitiesD．their moneyE．a good bargainF．minor brands

回答下面的题目：How Technology Pushes Down Price1 Prices have fallen in the foodbusiness heeause of advances in food production and distribution technology.Consumershave benefited greatly from those advances．People who predicted that the wold would run out of food were wron9．We are producing more and more food with less and less capital.Foodis therefore more plentiful and cheaper than it has ever been．Spending on food compared with other goods has fallen for many years，and continues to drop． 2 Supermarkets have helped pushdown prices mainly because of their scale．Like any big business’they can invest in IT systems that make themefficient．And their size allows them to buv in bulk．As supermarkets get bigger，the prices getlower． 3 Huge retail companies such asWal-Mart have tremendous power and they can put pressure on producers to cuttheir margins．As a result，some producers have had to make cuts．Inrecent years.Unilever has cut its workforce by33，000 to 245，000 anddropped lots of its minor brands as Dart of its“path to growth”strategy．Cadbury has shut nearly 20 percent of its 133 factories and cut 10Dercent of its 55，000 global workforce．These cuts help keep costs down，and theprice of food stays low． 4 Does cheap food make people unhealthy? Cheap food may encotlrage people toeat more．Good companies certainly think that givingpeople more food for their money makes them buy more．Givingpeople bigger portmns IS an easy way of making them feel they have got a betterdeal．That is why Dortions have got larger and larger．In America，soft drinks came in 80z(225g)cansin the past，then 120z(350g)，andnow come in 200z(550g)calls．If a company can sell youan 80z portion for$7，they can sell you a 120z portionfor$8．The only extra cost to the company is the food，which Drobably costs 25 cents． 5 Now companies are under pressureto stop selling bigger portions for less money．But it is hard to change the trend．Paragraph 1__________

正确答案 ：

解析：题意：除了降低成本，联合利华也放弃了……。根据文章第三段第三句后半句…dropped lots of its minor brands as part of its“path to growth” strategy可知，联合利华为了实现增长战略放弃了其旗下的一些小品牌。故本题选F。

[单选题]She seemed to have detected some anger in his voice.

正确答案 ：A

noticed

解析：【解析】句意为：她似乎在他的声音中已经察觉到些许愤怒。detect“察觉，发现”，四个选项：notice“注意，通知”；hear“听，听到”；realize“认识到，意识到”；get“得到，变得”。

[单选题]The committee was asked to render a report on the housing situation.

正确答案 ：D

summarize

解析：句意为：该委员会被要求呈现住房情况报告。render“提出”，四个选项：copy“复制”；publish“出版”：furnish“提供”；summarize“总结”。

[单选题]Recent studies have posed the question as to whether there is a link between film violence and real violence．

正确答案 ：D

raised

解析：句意为：近来的研究已经提出了这个问题，即电影暴力和现实暴力之间是否有联系。pose“提出，引起”，四个选项：suppose“料想，猜想”；poise“使平衡，均衡，保持……姿势”；arouse“唤醒，激发”；raise“提出，唤起”。

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