In the United States today, coffee is a more popular drink (1) tea, but tea played (2) interesting part in the history of the United States. Before they won their (3) from Britain, the colonists were forced to (4) taxes on many goods imported into America. The tax money was (5) to support colonial governors and officials sent to the colonies by the British. In 1770 the British Prime Minister had repealed most of the taxes, but King George (6) on retaining the tax (7) tea. The King saw the tax as a (8) of the British right to tax the colonies. American merchants (9) smuggled nine-tenths of America’s tea into the country and (10) paying the taxes.
(11) the tax savings, the price of tea remained expensive due. to (12) shipping costs. When the British Parliament (13) a new law which would allow British companies to import tea more (14) than American shipping companies, the (15) were alarmed and they (16) a protest. In Boston citizens and merchants, who (17) disguised as Indians, boarded a British ship and (18) ＄15000 worth of tea into the harbor. This protest (19) Great Britain is known as the Boston Tea Party. It was one of the earliest acts of (20) against British rule.

14（）

A:expensive B:effectively C:diligently D:cheaply

A:expensive B:effectively C:diligently D:cheaply

A recent development is the local area network (LAN). (21) its name implies, it (22) a local area—possibly as small as a single room, typically an area like an university campus or the premises of a particular business. Local area networks were developed to (23) a need specific to microcomputers—the sharing of expensive resources. Microcomputers are cheap, (24) highcapacity disc stores, fast and/or good quality printers, etc. are expensive. The object of the LAN is to allow (25) microcomputers shared access to these expensive resources. Since the microcomputers are (26) , it is a necessary feature of a LAN that the method of connection to the network, and the network hardware (27) , must also be cheap.
A local area network links a number of computers and a number of sewers (28) provide communal facilities, e. g. file storage. (A server usually includes a small microprocessor for control purposes.) The computers and servers are known (29) stations. There are two methods of (30) in common use, tings and broadcast networks.
In the ring method( often called a Cambridge Ring)all the stations are linked in a ring, (31) includes one special station, the monitor station.
In broadcast networks, all the stations are (32) to a single linear cable (usually co-ax cable), and any transmission will be received by all stations.
(33) technology is used, local area networks are a development of the greatest importance. (34) as programming is simplified by an approach that thinks in terms of small procedures or programs, each doing a well-defined job, the computer system of tomorrow is likely to be (35) lots of small systems, each doing a specific job, linked by a local area network.

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A:cheap B:expensive C:dear D:good

To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’ s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes ( as long as you’ re not held up at the airport), but it’ s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft if you don’ t mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise you can go by boat, if you forget your sea-sickness ills. All these means of transport have their problems and the weary(不耐烦的) traveler often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. "Not possible", you say. Well, wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.
This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. (79) A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.
Why is this idea being discussed again Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC(欧共体) Well, perhaps. The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London’ s disused dockland(船坞地). A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize(使…各新有活力) the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. (80)With a link over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England, and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!
A tunnel would be______.

A:less expensive to be bulk than a bridge B:more expensive to be built than a bridge C:less expensive to be built than a rail D:more expensive to be built than a rail

A:cheap B:expensive C:dear D:good

To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes (as only as you’re not held up at the airport), but it’s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft if you don’t mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise you can go by boat, if you dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. "Not possible", you say. Well wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.
This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.
Why is this idea being discussed again Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC (欧共体) Well, perhaps. The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London’s disused dockland(船坞地). A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize(使…重新具有活力)the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. With a link over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!

A tunnel would be （　）.

A:less expensive to be built than a bridge B:more expensive to be built than a bridge C:less expensive to be built than a rail D:more expensive to be built than a rail

To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes (as only as you’re not held up at the airport), but it’s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft if you don’t mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise you can go by boat, if you dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. "Not possible", you say. Well wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.
This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.
Why is this idea being discussed again Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC (欧共体) Well, perhaps. The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London’s disused dockland(船坞地). A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize(使…重新具有活力)the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. With a link over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!
A tunnel would be ______.

A:less expensive to be built than a bridge B:more expensive to be built than a bridge C:less expensive to be built than a rail D:more expensive to be built than a rail

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Tunnel would be ______.

A:less expensive to be built than a bridge B:more expensive to be built than a bridge C:less expensive to be built than a rail D:more expensive to be built than a rail