Tom's colleagues threw ______ party for him the dau before he officially retired.
They wanted to show how much they would miss him.
(A) commencement (B) farewell (C) graduation (D) welcome
【題組】 The drug Ecstasy or “E” is an amphetamine, which comes in a pill or tablet form. If you take an E, you might experience a general state of euphoria, 43 increased sensitivity to touch, taste, and color and raised confidence. At higher doses, a user can also experience sudden feelings of panic, depression, confusion, and anxiety. Ecstasy is often termed the “love drug” or “hug drug” because it 44 feelings of heightened sensuality. Translation: you will be loving everyone you meet. This is dangerous 45 it may lead you to trust people you have only just met. Ecstasy users can suffer severe dehydration from dancing for hours and not noticing their fatigue. Other physical 46 of a pill include: sweating, teeth grinding, blurred vision, nausea and cramping. The street quality of Ecstasy can never be 47 . The reality is that you could have a deadly reaction. If you or one of your friends starts vomiting or loses consciousness after taking a pill, stay calm and call an ambulance or go to the hospital straight away.
The scientist ______ his speech to make it easier for children to understand the threat of global warming.
(A) estimated (B) documented (C) abolished (D) modified
The development of information technology—computers and electronic communication devices—is
another factor currently influencing organizational structures. Automatic data-processing systems have been
widely 41 in a range of settings. Anyone who draws money out of a bank, or buys an airline ticket, depends
on a computer-based communication system. Since data can be processed 42 in any part of the world
linked to such a system, there is no need for physical proximity between those involved. However, a
fully-fledged “electronic office,” in which the bulk of the work is carried out by machines rather than humans,
is still 43 , and there are many problems in the way of its realization. 44 , there is a strong trend
towards the transplant of many office activities to electronic machinery. Word-processors, computer networks,
teleprinter links, and other electronic systems have already 45 the nature of much office work. In some
leading American banks, the trust department, where stock transfers are made, has been completely automated.
【題組】45 (A) altered (B) mystified (C) diluted (D) offered