in the sentence "it's relatively inexpensive." (Para. 2), "it" most probably refers ______.
A. the trip
B. the transportation
C. the accommodation
D. the food and wine
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The underlined word "Kombi" (Para. 1) most probably is ______.
A. the name of the trip
B. the friend going with you
C. the brand of the van
D. the name of a hotel
It implies that ______.
A. it sometimes looks stupid when lipreaders have to stop whatever they arc doing in order to understand what others say
B. a lipreader can do two things at the same time
C. you will be misunderstood if the sound is distorted by the hearing aid
D. deaf people can get frustrated in places where their hearing aids don't work so well
From the passage, what information can be inferred about the event in 1993?
A. The compound was blown up by the FBI agents.
B. The compound burst into flames at dawn.
C. The federal government besieged the compound for 51 days before the tragedy occurred.
D. About 80 people were killed in the event, but not the Davidians' leader, David Koresh.
Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problem before they became【79】to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet【80】, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were【81】. into a color-coded map showing【82】plants were running "fevers". Farmers could then spot spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they【83】would.
The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers【84】the new technology and long-term backers were hard【85】. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to【86】into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. "This technique can be used【87】75 percent of agricultural land in the United States," says George Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks【88】infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade, but【89】Paley finds the financial backing【90】he failed to obtain 10 years ago.
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A. as
B. with
C. like
D. unlike