单选题 承德避暑山庄 丞德避暑山庄(the Chengde Mountain Resort)是中国现存最大的皇家园林(imperial garden)，位于河北省东北部的承德市。整个工程开始于1703年，建设用了近九十年。避暑山庄原为清代皇帝避暑和从事各种政治活动的场所，见证了清朝二百多年的繁荣与衰败。山庄吸收了南北园林的精华，既有北方景色的壮观，又有南方景观的秀丽。由于存在众多的历史文化遗产，避暑山庄及周围寺庙成为了中国十大名胜之一。1994年，承德避暑山庄及周围寺庙被列入《世界遗产名录》(World Heritage List)。

单选题The boy fell in front of the car but fortunately the driver stopped ______ time.

单选题She has neither read the book nor ______ the film.

单选题I found seated at the table opposite to mine another guest. He was a decently unsociable man, anxious to ______ alone.

单选题These plastic flowers look so ______ that many people think they are real.

单选题People are waiting for ______ of whether the man is innocent or not. A. prediction B. perturbation C. expedition D. confirmation

单选题Speaker A: Paul, I'd like to have a talk with you at tea break. Speaker B: ______ Have what with me?

单选题 People receive their news from many sources these days—papers, television, web, mobiles. And now, rubbish bins. Renew, a company co-founded in 2002 by chief executive Kaveh Memari, has developed a newspaper recycling bin which doubles as an open-air information screen. It has placed nearly 100 of the hi-tech bins around the City of London under a 21-year contract with the authority. The bins—or techno-pods as Memari refers to them—are made of damage-resistant fibreglass with screens at either end which can relay anything from news to advertisements to information on London underground delays or the number of Boris bikes available in the vicinity. A team of journalists provide the news feed, with other content coming from magazines like The Economist. A group of software developers—what Memari calls the Geek Squad—operate from Athens. The initial impetus for the bins came from the City of London authorities, with the capital littered with discarded free newspapers and Brussels putting pressure on for it missing recycling targets. Memari said: 'We de-risked it for the City, they don't pay for the service and the only risk for them is reputational if things go wrong. ' The company had hoped to have 100 pods—200 screens—in place by the time of the Olympics, but that target slipped and was finally reached in November. But with the City getting the service for free, how does Renew propose to make money? Memari talks of several revenue streams: advertising, finding a major company to sponsor the pods, attracting publishers, talking to film studios, and even telecoms companies about using its wired connections to carry data services or conversations. 'We have killed the idea it's a grotty (肮脏的) place for advertisers and publishers to put their messages. We are also talking to seven major film studios and they are very interested in the possibilities.' Memari believes studios could film special scenes to be shown on the screens, linked to major movies in what is effectively a viral marketing campaign. The pods can also be used for emergency messages, with one recent test showing an alert reaching the system just three minutes after being received at the control room. Now the pods are in place. Renew has begun its real push to advertisers and media, with marketing campaigns under way for a number of businesses including CNBC, Qatari Islamic Bank, and Wallpaper, as well as a couple of charities which have been given free or heavily discounted airtime. Renew has raised ￡4 million in total from investors so far, mainly high net-worth individuals including one Premier League and England footballer. 'We went to all the high street banks, but nothing,' said Memari. It will need further funds as it expands overseas.

单选题(Phone call) Daughter: OK, Dad. Nice talking to you and glad everything's all right. ______. Dad: All right. Good-bye. Daughter: Good-bye, Dad.

单选题With which of the following will Bellesiles most probably agree?

单选题The vast ______ area of this country enabled us to welcome the hordes of immigrants that flocked to our shores.

单选题Tanya Schwedler is helping pack and sort books because ______.

单选题Australia began to assume its modern configuration by the Eocene Epoch, some 50 million years ago, when Antarctica broke away and drifted southward.

单选题Student A: May I use your computer this afternoon?Student B: I' m sorry, but I have to finish typing this term paper today.Student A:______

单选题There was a traffic jam, but she ______ get to the destination in time.

单选题This is the ______ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works. A. actual B. real C. original D. genuine

单选题The shorter growing seasons expected with climate change over the next 40 years will endanger hundreds of millions of already poor people in the global tropics, say researchers working with the world's leading agricultural organisations. The effects of climate change are likely to be seen across the entire tropical 25 but many areas previously considered to be 26 food secure are likely to become highly vulnerable to droughts, extreme weather and higher temperatures, say the researchers with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Intensively farmed areas like northeast Brazil and Mexico are likely to see their 27 growing seasons fall below 120 days, which is 28 for crops such as corn to mature. Many other places in Latin America are likely to 29 temperatures that are too hot for bean production, a staple in the region. The impact could be felt most in India and southeast Asia. More than 300 million people in south Asia are likely to be affected even with a 5% decrease in the 30 of the growing season. Higher peak temperatures are also expected to take a heavy 31 on food producers. Today there are 56 million crop-dependent people in parts of west Africa and India who live in areas where, in 40years, maximum daily temperatures could be higher than 30℃. This is close to the maximum temperature that beans can tolerate, while corn and rice yields suffer when temperatures 32 this level. 'We are starting to see much more clearly where the effects of climate change on agriculture could 33 hunger and poverty , 'said research leader Patti Kristjanson. 'Farmers already adapt to variable weather by changing their planting schedules. What this study suggests is that the speed of climate 34 and the magnitude of the changes required to adapt could be much greater.' A. shifts B. lessen C. width D. experience E. critical F. prime G. vulnerable H. zone I. intensify J. exceed K. toll L. length M. gradually N. immune O. relatively

单选题The research described in the passage is primarily concerned with answering which of the following questions?