47. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a ____ going around the office that Mr. Smith is leaving at the end of the month.

A. 　 It provides a practical experience for us to think about laziness.

B. 　 It offers us a good place to have a rest in our fast-paced societies.

C. 　 It teaches lazy people how to change their behavior and lifestyle.

D. 　 It shows how furniture changed to meet the needs of modern people.

A. 　 3,400 years ago.

B. 　 1345 B

C. 　 C. 1912

D. 　 1935

A. 　 It shows the reality of our life.

B. 　 It makes viewers feel superior.

C. 　 It’s a good way to show one's talent.

D. 　 It’s embarrassing for people to watch.

A. 　 How to be gracious winners.

B. 　 Extra effort is necessary for success.

C. 　 Losing at something doesn’t mean they are a failure.

D. 　 Failure is bad.

A. 　 She was used to carry troops.

B. 　 She was sunk in World War I.

C. 　 She was converted into a hospital ship.

D. 　 She was retired after her naval service.

I. 　

A. 　 The rising cost of drugs to the governments.

B. 　 The use of private finance initiatives to build hospitals.

C. 　 The breach of intellectual property rights.

D. 　 The health care reform.

A. 　 Lots of food.

B. 　 Warm clothes.

C. 　 A van with a fridge.

D. 　 Cooking equipment.

A. 　 haul

B. 　 transfer

C. 　 repel

D. 　 dispose

A. 　 in the long run

B. 　 in conclusion

C. 　 at long last

D. 　 at the end

A. 　 to meet

B. 　 meeting

C. 　 to have met

D. 　 having to be meeting