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B. Since C. Provided D. While
45. _____ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.
A. To give B. Given C. Giving D. Having given
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DC Hilton was one of the first American to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night. 42 years ago be bought a small __1___on US highway 69, in Oklahoma. His___2___customers were truck drivers and___3___salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheese-burgers when they stopped to___4___their journey.
It was they who first tried to____5____Hilton to remain open all night. He thought about it for a while, and then suddenly made up his___6____. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn't closed the door____7___.
Over the years his simple cafe expanded into a 24-hour roadside ____8___,with a 100-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a car ___9___for mobile homes and all-night selfhelp laundry(洗衣店).
Hilton was a ___10__in a 24-hour working trend which has now ___11___ around the world. Today not only restaurants but also hanks, supermarkets, mail-order ___12___and many other businesses are___13___to be open all night. But is this really a good thing?
A lot of ____14____has been done in America on the effect of 24-hour working and there is growing ___15____about the long term dangers of society that doesn't sleep.
Americans are said to be___16___20% less than they did 100 years ago, and 55% claim to __17___at least occasionally from overtiredness. ___18____of the worst man-made accidents happened in the last few hours before ___19___, when even the most experienced night-worker has difficult____20____awake.
(1)A.market |
B.business |
C.station |
D.restaurant |
(2)A.main |
B.common |
C.strange |
D.only |
(3)A.shopping |
B.clothing |
C.traveling |
D.cooking |
(4)A.start |
B.break |
C.enjoy |
D.continue |
(5)A.persuade |
B.suggest |
C.order |
D.warn |
(6)A.plan |
B.thought |
C.mind |
D.decision |
(7)A.then |
B.since |
C.later |
D.yet |
(8)A.cafe |
B.building |
C.workshop |
D.hotel |
(9)A.garage |
B.park |
C.repair |
D.rest |
(10)A.pioneer |
B.dealer |
C.master |
D.manager |
(11)A.caught in |
B.caught out |
C.caught on |
D.caught up |
(12)A.shops |
B.firms |
C.markets |
D.departments |
(13)A.ordered |
B.forced |
C.performing |
D.beginning |
(14)A.research |
B.effort |
C.work |
D.information |
(15)A.interest |
B.sense |
C.concern |
D.progress |
(16)A.working |
B.playing |
C.sleeping |
D.relaxing |
(17)A.recover |
B.suffer |
C.return |
D.prevent |
(18)A.Some |
B.Few |
C.None |
D.All |
(19)A.dust |
B.midnight |
C.darkness |
D.dawn |
(20)A.staying |
B.becoming |
C.continuing |
D.insisting |