【C14】
A. because
B. though
C. as
D. where
【C16】
A. preserve
B. conserve
C. improve
D. protect
The failure of a large business to make bids for subcontracts yield orders might cause it
A. experience frustration but not serious financial harm.
B. face potentially crippling fixed expenses.
C. have to record its efforts on forms filed with the government.
D. increase its spending with minority subcontractors.
Anxious to capture the reader's attention, some journalists
A. attempt to add spice to writing with invented incidents.
B. utilize events and actions to compete with each other.
C. exploit the short attention span and sensationalize the story.
D. report only the unfamiliar incidents to seek short-term thrill.
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