单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} Where is the second centre of Hollywood film making in Europe. after London*. Paris. or perhaps Berlin? Try Prague. Last year, Hollywood spent over $200m on shooting movies, commercials and pop videos in the Czech capital. This year. all the big studios will be in town. MGM has "Hart's War" starring Bruce Willis; Disney is shooting "Black Sheep" with Anthony Hopkins; and Fox has just finished filming "From Hell", a Jack the Ripper saga starring Johnny Depp. Praguers take Tinseltown in their stride. Old ladies looked only slightly confused last month when the cobbled streets of Mala Strana, Prague's old quarter, were cleared of real snow and sprayed with a more cinematically pleasing chemical alternative for Universal's "Bourne Identity", a $50m thriller starring Matt Damon. The film's producer, Pat Crowley, reckons a day filming in Prague costs him $100.000, against $250,000 in Paris. Czech crews, he says, are professional, English-speaking and numerous. They are also a bargain—40% cheaper than similar crews in London or Los Angeles, points out Matthew Stillman. the British boss of Stillking, a Prague-based production firm. Mr. Stillman founded Stillking in 1993 after arriving in Prague with $500 and a typewriter. Today, Hollywood producers come to the company for crews, catering, lights and much more. It claims to have about half of the local film-production business and this year hopes for revenues of over $50m. The biggest draw to Prague, however, is Barrandov—one of the largest film studios in Europe, with 11 sound-stages, onsite photo labs and top-notch technicians. It was founded during Czechoslovakia's pre-war first republic by Milos Havel, an uncle of the present Czech president, Vaclav Havel. The Nazis expanded it as a production centre for propaganda flicks—the sound-stages are courtesy of Joseph Goebbels. Then came the Communists with their own propaganda and, admittedly, a few impressive homegrown directors such as Milos Forman, who began Hollywood's march to Prague by filming "Amadeus" there. But it is partly thanks to Barrandov that Prague remains some way behind London as a film centre. The studio has suffered from doubtful management and is already stretched to capacity ("You can't even get an office there," moans one producer). Its present owner, a local steel company, is keen to sell but talks with a Canadian institution have been thorny, not least because the Czech government holds a golden share. Should the Canadian deal fall through, Stillking says it would consider a bid of its own.

单选题W: How long can I keep the book?M:______A. Yes. You can keep it.B. No. I' m afraid you should return it now.C. Three weeks. But you can renew it if you need it for a longer time.D. You can take it at any time you want.

单选题 The current French bestseller lists are wonderfully eclectic. In{{U}} (1) {{/U}}. there is everything{{U}} (2) {{/U}}blockbuster thrillers to Catherine Miller's La Vie Sexuelle de Catherine M., a novel which has been{{U}} (3) {{/U}}praised as high art and{{U}} (4) {{/U}}as upmarket porn. Then there are novels{{U}} (5) {{/U}}the sticky questions of good and{{U}} (6) {{/U}}(Le Demon et Mademoiselle Prym) and faith versus science m the modern world (L'apparition). Philosophical{{U}} (7) {{/U}}continue in the non-fiction list.{{U}} (8) {{/U}}this week by Michel Onfray's "Antimanuel de Philosophic". a witty talk{{U}} (9) {{/U}}some of philosophy's perennial debates. Those who like their big issues in small chunks are also enjoying Frederic Beigbeder's Dernier Inventaire avant Liquidation. a survey of France's{{U}} (10) {{/U}}20th-century books,{{U}} (11) {{/U}}with Mr. Beigbeder's{{U}} (12) {{/U}}humour from the title on (The 50 books of the Century Chosen by You and Critiqued by Me), In Britain. meanwhile, there is olive oil all over the non-fiction list. It's a major{{U}} (13) {{/U}}for Nigella Lawson, a domestic divinity and celebrity{{U}} (14) {{/U}}, whose latest{{U}} (15) {{/U}}of recipes tops the list. Annie Hawes, in second{{U}} (16) {{/U}}. took herself{{U}} (17) {{/U}}to the sun-drenched hills of Italy to grow her own olives and write a book about them as did Carol Drinkwater, just{{U}} (18) {{/U}}the border in France. Fiction-wise, it's business as{{U}} (19) {{/U}}, with the requisite holiday mix of thrillers, romance, fantasy and Harry Potter. with The Goblet of Fire still burning{{U}} (20) {{/U}}at number three.

单选题In spite of the strong opposition to new and strict environmental laws, however, it is still possible to attack the problem of chemical pollution; but we must attack it from three directions. First, we need more independent research into the effects of chemicals by scientists who are not paid by the government or by large industrial companies. Second, scientists need to educate the general public and inform them about the dangers of chemicals in the environment. If the public knows that a certain chemical threatens the health of their children, then it will put pressure on politicians, in local and national government. If the politician want to remain in office, they will take action to correct the long-term economic costs of chemicals. It will be extremely expensive to clean areas of land which are contaminated(污染) by chemicals; it will be even more costly to give medical treatment to people who are suffering from serious illnesses after exposure to dangerous chemicals. If governments realize this, the short-term economic benefits of chemicals will seem much less attractive to them. If we can put pressure on governments in these three ways, perhaps they will begin to behave more responsibly. They will perhaps pass new laws against pollution and enforce them strictly. Perhaps, then, the chemical producers will begin to behave more responsibly.

单选题Disabled people are now able to care for many of their own needs, ______ educational goals, and maintain jobs. A. attempt B. pursue C. realize D. perform

单选题Though ______ in New York, Dave had always preferred to live in a small town. A. grown B. raised C. developed D. entitled

单选题The people who lives in the far North are called Eskimos(爱斯基摩托车人). In the world of ice and snow it is (21) to grow plants for food. The Eskimos must hunt and fish during the whole year to (22) themselves and their families with food. In winter, they hunt the seal(海豹) (23) the polar(极地的) bear. When they hunt the seal, they (24) a hole in the ice and try to (25) the seal when it comes up to breathe. In summer, the Eskimos hunt (26) animals, and they also hunt birds and catch fish. (27) that is useful is saved. The Eskimos use the meat from animals for food. They melt(融化) the fat from their bodies and use the (28) as fuel(燃料). They make tools out of animals bones. The skin and furs of animals are used for making clothing. If an Eskimo is (29) lucky, he may kill a whale(鲤鱼), (30) a dead whale may wash up on the shore near his house. The whale is an especially useful animal, because it gives a great (31) of oil. There is (32) wood at all where the Eskimos live. Eskimos (33) all their wood from the sea. Sometimes floating wood from places farther south washes up on the shore. Most Eskimo houses are (34) of stones. Instead of a door, there is a long, low tunnel (地道) (35) into the house. People have to crawl(爬) through the tunnel in order to enter the house.

单选题She felt a bit ______ in the autumn air so she went in to fetch a coat.(2003年西南财经大学考博试题)

单选题Making energy use completely harmless to the environment ______ very difficult and usually economically expensive. A. is B. are C. have been D. shall be

单选题The writer of the article is ______ .

单选题He was so ______ by his work that he did not notice that other employees had already left.

单选题Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian , lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressing , stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted , now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common rain of the contending classes.

单选题A Since the nineteenth century became the twentieth, Black bands B were being heard more and more on the streets of New Orleans. C Included in the crowd of listeners who followed them D were black youngsters such as Louis Armstrong. Soon there were white bands trying to copy this Black style of playing.

单选题(The singer) and dancer (are) to (attend) our (evening).

单选题______ touching in Henry's stories is the gallantry with which ordinary people straggle to maintain their dignity. A. Most is B. It mostly is C. Is it most D. What is most

单选题Chomsky"s TG Grammar differs from the structural grammar in the following EXCEPT______

单选题Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-mom to make offers, or "bids", for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called "knocking down" the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands. This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auctio, meaning "increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called sub basra, meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold "by the candle": a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight. Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hides, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art. The auction roams at Christie's and Sotheby's in London and New York are world famous. An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers, If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer' s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rivalries among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. It is largely on his advice that a seller will fix a "reserve" price, that is, a price below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult to stop a "knock out", whereby dealers illegally arrange beforehand not to bid against each other, but nominate one of themselves as the only bidder, in the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a "knock-out" comes off, the real auction sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers.

单选题We cannot______ our influence unless we have an organ.

单选题Yawning can be a problem at the office for Lindsay Eierman, which makes her embarrassed. "I"ve explained, "I"m sorry, I didn"t get much sleep last night,"" says Ms Eierman, a 26-year-old social worker from Durham, North Carolina. But a lack of sleep may not be the problem. Researchers are starting to unravel the mystery surrounding the yawn, one of the most common and often embarrassing behaviours. Yawning, they have discovered, is much more complicated than previously thought. Although all yawns look the same, they appear to have many different causes and to serve a variety of functions. Yawning is believed to be a means to keep our brains alert in times of stress. Contagious yawning appears to have evolved in many animal species as a way to protect family and friends, by keeping everyone in the group vigilant. Changes in brain chemistry trigger yawns, which typically last about six seconds and often occur in clusters. To unravel the mystery of yawning, scientists built upon early, observed clues. Yawning tends to occur more in summer. Most people yawn upon seeing someone else do it, but infants and people with autism or schizophrenia aren"t so affected by this contagion effect. And certain people yawn at surprising times, like parachutists who are about to jump out of a plane or Olympic athletes getting ready to compete. A leading hypothesis is that yawning plays an important role in keeping the brain at its cool, optimal working temperature. The brain is particularly sensitive to overheating, according to Andrew Gallup, an assistant professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Oneonta. Reaction times slow and memory wanes when the brain"s temperature varies even less than a degree from the ideal 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. There are some practical applications. Dr. Gallup said managers might want to keep in mind the brain-cooling role of yawning when a meeting is long and boring. "One way to diminish yawning frequency in an office would be to keep it air-conditioned. If it"s very cold in the room, yawning rates are going to be quite low," Dr. Gallup said.