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Some companies might not let you rent a car ______ you have a credit card.

A．where

B．because

C．since

D．unless

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A．there is little demand for their products.

B．the importation of certain goods is controlled.

C．they do not have good marketing techniques.

D．they are not able to compete with local businesses.

s that have not met their sales or profit forecasts, What are some reasons a company might not meet is forecasts？ What suggestions could you make improving the effectiveness of forecasting？

Neither can Chinese speakers, who have to rely on pinyin. But last Friday, ICANN, the Web’s governing body, approved the use of up to 16 languages for the new system. More will follow in the coming years.

The Internet is about to start using the 16 languages of the world. People will soon be able to use addresses in characters (字符) other than those of the Roman alphabet (字母表). The change will also allow the suffix (后缀) to be expressed in 16 other alphabets, including traditional and simplified Chinese characters.

But there are still some problems to work out. Experts have discussed what to do with characters that have several different meanings. This is particularly true of Chinese.

Most experts doubt the change will have a major effect on how the Internet is used. “There will be some competition between companies to obtain popular words for addresses.”

26. For Web addresses, Chinese speakers now have to use ________.

A) pinyin

B) signs

C) numbers

D) characters

27. The approval of the use of 16 languages by ICANN will allow web users to ________.

A) change their email address

B) email their messages in characters

C) have the chance to learn other languages

D) use addresses in their own language

28. The new system will allow the suffix of a Web address to be expressed by ________.

A) any native language

B) figures and numbers

C) Chinese characters

D) symbols and signs

29. Which of the following is one of the problems in using the new system？

A) Certain characters have several different meanings.

B) Chinese is a truly difficult language to learn.

C) People find it difficult to type their address in characters.

D) Some experts think it is impossible to use Chinese characters.

30. Many experts do not believe that ________.

A) there are still some problems to work out

B) there will be competition to get popular addresses

C) companies are willing to change their web addresses

D) the change will affect the use of the Internet greatly