The director decided to delegate some of the work to a subcontractor after his employees （） help with the project.

A:inquired B:requested C:asked D:insisted

The director decided to delegate some of the work to a subcontractor after his employees（）help with the project.
 

A:inquired B:requested C:asked D:insisted

Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. ( 10 Points) In some early attempts by psychologists to describe the basic learning process, the terms ’stimulus’, ’response’ and ’reinforcement’ were introduced. In an educational setting, these (1) could be defined as follows. When a teacher gives an (2) , or sets a problem, or asks a question, the pupil (3) in some way, and the teacher then tells the pupil if he has responded correctly. The teacher’s first action is called the (4) . The pupil’s action, carrying out the instruction, or solving the problem, or answering the question, is (5) the response. When the teacher tells the pupil his response is (6) , the bond between the stimulus and the response is strengthened and reinforcement is positive. If the response is incorrect, the bond is weakened, and reinforcement is (7) Some psychologists laid great (8) on the importance of reinforcement for continued learning. They (9) that if a learner is not given information about his responses (feedback) he may not continue to respond. (10) , if his homework is not marked regularly, he will stop doing it. If in class, the answers he gives to the teacher’s questions are (11) or brushed aside, he will stop trying to give any. Educational psychologists are, (12) , moving away from this simple, early (13) of the basic learning process. The effects of feedback, for example, are seen to be more (14) than this description suggests. Feedback does not merely positively or negatively (15) the stimulus-response bond. It may (16) confirm previously learned meanings and associations, correct mistakes, (17) misunderstandings and show how well or badly different parts of the material have been learned. Thus (18) may have the effect of increasing the learner’s confidence, backing up his previously (19) knowledge, and showing him which items he has not (20) grasped.

A:inquired B:acquired C:required D:requested

Just before taking off, the pilot once more (asked about) weather conditions.

A:inquired B:demanded C:requested D:required

He inquired whether it was possible to leave his suitcase at the railway station.（　）

A:insisted B:suggested C:asked D:called

He {{U}}inquired{{/U}} whether it was possible to leave his suitcase at the railway station.

A:insisted B:suggested C:asked D:called

Police officers working on the murder have {{U}}questioned{{/U}} hundreds of families.

A:asked B:demanded C:inquired D:requested

The young woman was visibly (51) and clearly wanted to get something off her chest.
"What’s up" I (52)
"I’ve just been defriended," she said.
Now "defriended" is a word (53) ! am not familiar. ! have been befriended (54) and befriended--many people since arriving in Beijing. But defriended
It turns (55) this is a new word created by the Interact-savvy younger generation specifically in relation to the worldwide social networking phenomenon, Facebook.
Those who join can invite friends to become members of the site, (56) . They can then share photographs, "chat", swap messages and observations and perform a host of other mutually accessible applications.
I’ve seen some people’s sites (57) hundreds of friends, all moments away down a fiber optic cable, providing they are logged on to their computers or hooked up to a high-spec cell phone,
It creates the possibility of "befriending" anyone in the world who has online access. Currently, Facebook has 150 million users. That means there’s a lot of "friends" out there.
The (58) is that you can be "defriended"--you can be denied access to the Face, book site someone who had previously invited to be his or her friend. And you can do it without the potential for instant recrimination.
Where once, in the school playground on child might have petulantly shouted (59) another, "I’m not going to be your fried any more" the same hurt and loss of face can be performed remotely with the chick of a button.
A (60) aspect of "defriending" is that, unlike with other applications such as the "what are you thinking about" posting a digital depository of the often dire, (61) , dull and desperate, no message is sent out alerting you or your contacts about the change m status. You only find out you have (62) when you try to visit a "friend’s" site, and you find you can no longer get in the delay of the discovery is all too often doubly hurtful.Just as bombs are dispatched impersonally (63) an unseen enemy in modem warfare, (64) relationships are blown out of the window with the same callous disregard, without the risk of any face-to-face comeback. One second you arc there, (65) you are deleted.

A:complained B:explained C:inquired D:argued