Generally speaking, the Democratic Party has a liberal ideology, while the Republican Party is more conservative.

听力原文： The Democratic Party has officially taken control of the United States Senate from the Republican Party. This is the first time since 1995 that the Democrats have controlled the Senate. The Democrats now control 50 Senate seats. The Republicans have 49 seats. Senator James Jeffords is the only Independent member of the Senate. He represents the state of Vermont. He officially left the Republican Party and is expected to support the Democrats. On Wednesday, the Senate will appoint a new Senate president. Senator Tom Daschle will become the new majority leader.

Q: When will the Senate appoint a new president?

(11)

A．On Tuesday.

B．On Wednesday.

C．On Friday.

What is the full name of Australia?

A．The Commonwealth of Australia.

B．The Republican of Australia.

C．The United States of Australia

D．Free States of Australia.

What can we infer from the passage?

A．The temple has a long history.

B．The renovation of the temple was easy with modern technology.

C．The bricks in the temple are not so valuable as those in the Forbidden city.

D．The renovation was done according to the orders of Emperor Qianlong.

The Republic of Ireland has the______original counties of the 32 of Ireland.

A．24

B．26

C．28

D．30

_____a teacher and some students in the classroom.

A.hotter

B.There has

C.There is

Generally speaking, the rewards the employees get in their job are in direct ______to the effort they put in.

A．rate

B．thickness

C．proportion

D．amount

听力原文：(A) The fork has been dropped on the floor.

(B) There is food on the plates.

(C) The food is being cooked in the oven.

(D) There is water in both glasses.

There ______two books and a bag on the desk.

A、has

B、have

C、is

D、are

______ the Charterer seeks to say that the contract has been frustrated or that there has been an anticipatory breach which entitles him to rescind，then he has such rights as are given him at common law．

A.Where

B.As a fact that

C.In so far as

D.In no case that