单选题Many of the over-the-top costumes now on display were actually kept in storage though.

单选题{{B}}Text 4{{/B}} Come on, my fellow white folks, we have something to confess. Out with it, friends, the biggest secret known to whites since the invention of powdered rouge: welfare is a white program. The numbers go like this: 61% of the population receiving welfare, listed as "means-tested cash assistance" by the Census Bureau, is identified as white, while only 33% is identified as black. These numbers notwithstanding, the Republican version of "political correctness" has given us "welfare cheat" as a new term for African American since the early days of Ronald Reagan. Our confession surely stands: white folks have been gobbling up the welfare budget while blaming someone else. But it's worse than that. If we look at Social Security, which is another form of welfare, although it is often mistaken for an individual insurance program, then whites are the ones who are crowding the trough. We receive almost twice as much per capita, for an aggregate advantage to our race of $10 billion a year--much more than the $3. 9 billion advantage African American gain from their disproportionate share of welfare. One sad reason: whites live an average of six years longer than African Americans, meaning that young black workers help subsidize a huge and growing "over-class" of white retirees. I do not see our confession bringing much relief. There's a reason for resentment, though it has more to do with class than with race. White people are poor too, and in numbers far exceeding any of our more generously pigmented social groups. And poverty as defined by the government is a vast underestimation of the economic terror that persists at incomes--such as $ 20,000 or even $ 40,000 and above--that we like to think of as middle class. The problem is not that welfare is too generous to blacks but that social welfare in general is too stingy to all concerned. Naturally, whites in the swelling "near poor" category resent the notion of whole races supposedly frolicking at their expense. Whites, near poor and middle class, need help too--as do the many African Americans. So we white folks have a choice. We can keep pretending that welfare is black program and a scheme for transferring our earnings to the pockets of shiftless, dark-skinned people. Or we can clear our throats, blush prettily and admit that we are hurting too--for cash assistance when we're down and out, for health insurance, for college aid and all the rest. {{U}}Racial scapegoating{{/U}} has its charms, I will admit: the surge of righteous anger, even the fun--for those inclined--of wearing sheets and burning crosses. But there are better, nobler sources of white pride, it seems to me. Remember this: only we can truly, deeply blush.

单选题While the cities of China have undergone modernization evident in the rising towers and bright lights that have awakened the sleeping country, the countryside remains largely the same. Rectangular (长方形的) rows of rice fields litter the landscape separated by long lanes Of water designed to provide the constant supply of water that is vital to producing the crop. The experience is not unlike driving through the American Midwest, only rice not corn dominates the landscape. Four years ago, when I last took this trip, the roads were dusted and telephone wires did not run parallel to the highway. Bare roads had been replaced by sleek, newly paved highways running from Shanghai to Nanking, to my smaller home city, Wuhu. Unlike the changes I had heard of and expected in Shanghai, Wuhu was much more of a surprise. The small city where I was born had grown up as I have. There are large high-rise buildings, each ringed with smaller buildings around it, many of these apartment complexes. Little seemed familiar and I wonder what my grandparents" flat built of brick and mortar (灰泥) had become. Perhaps I shouldn"t have been surprised to find out that their home had been demolished (拆 除) and rebuilt as a six-story apartment complex as well. Walking up to the second floor I saw my grandfather"s face peering out of the screen door. He began to smile as he saw me, and so did I. Their home is now no different from a western apartment. Equipped with the modern amenities (便利设施) of a gas stove, a toilet, a shower—this was indeed different from four years ago.

单选题On what does the efficiency of a nation depend?

单选题We have no idea about when men first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout the history. For example, it is recorded in many history books the people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead. In some periods of history, a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for an example, if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. History also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during the 18th century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years ago, in the year 1553, if a man took more than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished. The offender"s ear was cut off. Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the king"s table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats farther away from it.

单选题Henry Ford"s introduction of the assembly line vastly reduced the time it took ______ a car.

单选题The author raises the issue of ethical consideration in cloning in paragraph 1 in order to

单选题Mauritius is the name of ______.A. an island kingdomB. a British colonyC. a province of IndiaD．a London printer

单选题The stout fellow over there is ______ the great magician, Charlie Williams, himself.

单选题In order to escape from the boring and heavy study tasks, many students choose to play video games to feel______.

单选题Man: Do you have any check-in luggage? Woman: ______. They"re heavy. I hope they"re not overweight. Man: They"re just under the maximum weight.

单选题It (is) a well-known proverb to all--All (which) (glitters) is not (gold).A. isB. whichC. glittersD. gold

单选题He is believed to have been shot by a rival gang in ______for the shootings last week. A.revenge B.reserve C.reverse D.remedial

单选题As usual, Singapore Airlines will reduce trans-pacific capacity in _________ seasons this year.

单选题Fast-food eaters may not absolutely be obese mainly because

单选题WeChat has seen monthly active users grow to 468 million worldwide since its 2011 introduction , Chinese students who adopted WeChat while in their home country are now set to be the foundation of the app"s US push.

单选题As marketers increase their communication through both print and electronic channels, the opportunity for ______is growing rapidly. A. fraud B. jargon C. pledge D. motivation