单选题In writing this passage, the author sounds very ______.

单选题Meteorologists are {{U}}at odds{{/U}} over the workings of tornadoes.

单选题He works too hard. That's ______ is wrong with him. A. how B. where C. why D. what

单选题By componential analysis, BECOME (x, (~ ALIVE(x))) is an explanation of______.(西安外国语学院2006研)

单选题{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}} Cirque du Soleil (say it: Serk du So-lay) is being accused of out-dated thinking about the dangers of AIDS. It is a modem acrobatic circus from Canada that tours in the United States and other countries. Last April, the company fired Matthew Cusick because he was HIV positive. This was after he spent four months learning his part in an act. A spokesman for the circus said Cusick was fired for safety reasons. They said he was a danger to others. He disagreed. Hundreds of people picketed a show in San Francisco. They said that firing him was not legal. Cusick says the company knew he was HIV positive when they hired him. It was not fair to let him put so much time into learning his act, and then fire him before he performed. He says he is not a danger to others. People can only get AIDS if infected blood contacts another person's blood, or open wound. The company says what their acrobats do is very, very dangerous. They perform tricks without nets. Someone might fall and get hurt, It could be bloody. They say it is too risky to let a person with HIV take part in an act. People who run the circus say it hurts to be accused of discrimination. Matthew Cusick says he feels hurt that he can't perform in the big blue and yellow tent. Dozens of artists, actors, writers and entertainers got involved in protesting the firing of Matthew Cusick. Some names you might know are: the Actors' Equity Union (45,000 members), Rosie O'Donnell, Rod McKuen, and Chad Allen. They also protested at a showing in Orange County. They said "HIV discrimination is unacceptable."

单选题She______ she didn't know me when I passed her in the street.

单选题Which ONE of the following is generally believed to be the main idea of American Transcendentalism ?

单选题An air of______ surrounded the events leading up to his resignation.

单选题Research shows that by using computers, students become better problem solvers and better communicators. Over a network, using (1) and sharing files, students have the chance to collaborate and work (2) with other classmates, peers, and teachers. Networking electronically can (3) learners create, analyze, and produce information and ideas more (4) and efficiently. Networking people "put the inspiring and usable set of tools (5) reach of the mass of computer (6) , empowering them to (7) beyond simply processing information to design, publish, and express" (Mello, 1996). Through this (8) electronic access to the world around them, students' social awareness and (9) increase. Networking (10) them from the limitations of (11) writing tools that often inhibit and restrict writing processes. Learning is then (12) from a traditional passive-listening exercise to an experience of discovery, exploration, and excitement. Students can begin to (13) their full potential when (14) are empowered to contribute and collaborate as a team to accomplish their writing tasks (15) effectively.

单选题According to the author, the cell-phone industry must adopt a mind-set in order to

单选题The poem admirably expresses complicated nuance of feeling. A. annoyance B. innocence C. slight difference D. great nuisance

单选题Only in this way ______ catch up with your brother. A．do you can B．can you C．you can D．you do can

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} Researchers have studied the poor as individuals, as families and households, as members of poor communities, neighborhoods and regions, as products of larger poverty-creating structures. They have been analyzed as victims of crime and criminals, as members of minority cultures, as passive consumers of mass culture and active producers of a "counterculture", as an economic burden and as a reserve army of labor - to mention just some of the preoccupations of poverty research. The elites, who occupy the small upper stratum within the category of the non-poor, and their functions in the emergence and reproduction of poverty are as interesting and important an object for poverty research as the poor themselves. The elites have images of the poor and of poverty which shape their decisions and actions. So far, little is known about those images, except as they are sketchily portrayed in popular stereotypes. The elites may well ignore or deny the external effects of their own actions (and omissions) upon the living conditions of the poor. Many social scientists may take a very different view. As poverty emerged and was reproduced, legal frameworks were created to contain the problems it caused with profound, and largely unknown, consequences for the poor themselves. In general, political, educational and social institutions tend to ignore or even damage the interests of the poor. In constructing a physical in frastructure for transport, industry, trade and tourism, the settlements of the poor are often the first to suffer or to be left standing and exposed to pollution, noise and crowding. Most important are the economic functions of poverty, as for lack of other options the Ix)or are forced to perform activities considered degrading or unclean. The poor are more likely to buy secondhand goods and leftover foodstuffs, thus prolonging their economic utility. They are likely to use the services of low-quality doctors, teachers and lawyers whom the non-poor shy away from. Poverty and the poor serve an important symbolic function, in reminding citizens of the lot that may befall those who do not heed the values of thrift, diligence and cleanliness, and of the constant threat that the rough, the immoral and the violent represent for the rest of society. Physically, the poor and the non-poor are kept apart, through differential land use and ghettoization. Socially, they are separated through differential participation in the labor market, the consumption economy, and in political, social and cultural institutions. Conceptually, they are divided through stereotyping and media cliche. This separation is even more pronounced between the elites and the poor.

单选题You have never read that book, ______ ?

单选题I was ______ when I learnt that your application for the post of secretary had been unsuccessful. A．regrettable B．regretted C．regretful D．regrettably

单选题The little girl wore a very thin coat. A sudeen gust of cold wind made her ______.

单选题"A MOMENT'S INATTENTION CAUSES ACCIDENTS" (Line 2, Par

单选题{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}} Nine-year-old Louis Pasteur rushed into the little house, his face white. "Mother!" he cried, "A mad dog has bitten my friend Henry, and now they are burning him with red-hot irons. It's terrible!" "Rabies(狂犬病), Louis. Burning the bites is the only hope of stopping Henry from catching the disease." Henry did get rabies and died, in great pain, some days later. Louis Pasteur never forgot that. "One day," he thought, "I must do something to help people like Henry." Sixteen years later Pasteur became a Doctor of Science. Arid he began making important discoveries in his special field. Pasteur achieved great success in his life. But during the years of research he lost the use of his left arm and leg. Yet he worked on and on, as hard as ever, as he was eager to find a way for curing rabies. He never forgot his friend Henry. After many dangerous experiments on mad dogs, he finally found the answer. Just then a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog arrived at his lab. A few days after Pasteur's treatment the boy got better. He did not catch rabies. The discovery gave new hope to people in many countries. People sent money to help build the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Today it is one the world's most famous centers for research.