单项选择题


Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
World Expo is the largest theme exhibition where the organizer and participants can communicate and promote the specific concepts. Therefore, the concept a World Expo (62) must tally (吻合) with the international background and (63) trend of thought at that time, and the (64) theme must reflect the common (65) of the international society.
In May 1999, while (66) of bidding for World Expo 2010, Shanghai Municipal Government began to ponder (67) the theme selection and presentation and listed this item of work as its (68) .
Seemingly, the commonness and innovation of a theme is (69) The popular topics often lack (70) , while the original and never-discussed topics are likely to be strangely unfamiliar. Both of these two themes are short (71) competitiveness and mustn’t be adopted.
Through collecting the themes and their basic background introductions of the (72) World Expos since 1933 and (73) the development trend of the world and the development practices of China and Shanghai, the professional study group started to mine and compare the key words for the theme. After hearing (74) the opinions and proposals of the domestic and overseas experts, they recruited over 30 themes in six (75) such as "City", "Civilization and Culture", "Known and Unknown", "Exploration and Innovation", "Environment" and "Information". And after many rounds of selection and (76) and under the support of the Bureau of International Exhibition, the study group (77) such two elements as "City" and "Life Quality", which (78) into such three themes as "New City, New Life", "Better City, Better Life" and "Metropolis, Highquality Life". Then after having (79) with over 200 domestic and overseas experts, the theme study group decided to use "city" and "life" as the key words for the theme, (80) such theme is in accordance with the general development trend of the humankind and can (81) the extensive attention of the world.

A.consulted
B.acquired
C.inquired
D.surveyed