单选题A：Would you like to order now? B：______

单选题What does "to zero out" mean?

单选题This policy gave ______ to private property and led to differences between the rich and the poor. A. fife B. birth C. way D. death

单选题The soldiers were______ from leaving the camp after dark.

单选题Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them; often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers. Of course sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed need for changes. Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore. At such times, there were inquiries into the causes of the disaster or the problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries; however, the new rule; came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously iii. Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers. In the U. S., for example, there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems. It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow. Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell. A third department looks at the places where people work, and then reports any companies that are breaking laws which protect the health and safety of workers. Of course, new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness, but they are having some good results. Our work places are safer and cleaner than before. The planes and Cars which we use for travel are better. Producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products.

单选题We human beings usually express our thoughts ______ words.

单选题If securities of a foreign corporation are sold in the US, the corporation is ______ to the US law.

单选题The picturesque scenery of his hometown has often ______ him to write poems. A. excited B. inspired C. stirred D. attracted

单选题A: Why don"t we go to see a baseball game? B: ______

单选题He's working hard for fear that he ______.A. should fall behindB. fell behindC. may fall behindD. would fallen behind

单选题A. creatureB. dictationC. curlD. incident

单选题The prizes will be ______ at the end of the school year. A. distributed B. attributed C. granted D. contributed

单选题Those (41) want to teach must study special subjects toward that goal. They work in public schools while being supervised (42) other teachers. They take state examinations. (43) they succeed, they are officially certified or approved to (44) public school teachers. The Bush Administration now (45) a new organization that seeks to expand certification. This group is (46) the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence. It says its new system will (47) good non-traditional teacher be certified if they (48) its requirements. The Department of Education (49) the board last year. The goal is to (50) barriers (障碍) to getting more good teachers. (51) just a few years, American public school will be educating three million (52) children. Recent college graduates can be considered (53) the new program. So can people in other jobs who (54) to become teachers. Others are retired people and currently uncertified public school teachers. (55) others are teachers working in (56) and special schools who seek official (57) of their skills. A number of long-established education groups object (58) the new system. They say it will devalue (贬低) the skills of teachers certified (59) the current system. Critics of the new system say teachers certified may lack important classroom (60) .

单选题A team of researchers ______ the problem of diseases connected with contaminated milk.

单选题Ask most people how they define the American Dream and chances are they"ll say, "Success. " The dream of individual opportunity has been home in American since Europeans discovered a "new world" in the Western Hemisphere. Early immigrants like Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur praised highly the freedom and opportunity to be found in this new land. His glowing descriptions of a classless society where anyone could attain success through honesty and hard work fired the imaginations of many European readers: in Letters from an American Farmer (1782) he wrote, "We are all excited at the spirit of an industry which is unfettered (无拘无束的) and unrestrained, because each person works for himself... We have no princes, for whom we toil (干苦力活), starve, and bleed; we are the most perfect society now existing in the world. " The promise of a land where "the rewards of a man"s industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor" drew poor immigrants from Europe and fueled national expansion into the western territories. Our national mythology (神话) is full of illustration of the American success story. There"s Benjamin Franklin, the very model of the self-educated, self-made man, who rose from modest origins to become a well-known scientist, philosopher, and statesman. In the nineteenth century, Horatio Alger, a writer of fiction for young boys, became American"s best-selling author with rags-to-riches tales. The notion of success haunts us: we spend million every year reading about the rich and famous, learning how to "make a fortune in real estate with no money down", and "dressing for success". The myth of success has even invaded our personal relationships: today it"s as important to be "successful" in marriage or parenthoods as it is to come out on top in business. But dreams easily turn into nightmares. Every American who hopes to "make it" also knows the fear of failure, because the myth of success inevitably implies comparison between the haves and the have-nots, the stars and the anonymous crowd. Under pressure of the myth, we become indulged in status symbols: we try to live in the "right" neighborhoods, wear the "right" clothes, and eat the "right" foods. These symbols of distinction assure us and others that we believe strongly in the fundamental equality of all, yet strive as hard as we can to separate ourselves from our fellow citizens. (403 words)

单选题The main idea of paragraph 3 is that ______ ．

单选题Because we had not booked a hotel, the first thing we did when we reached the Island was to look for ______.

单选题Oceanography has been defined as "The application of all sciences to the study of the sea". Before the nineteenth century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant (不愿意) to go to sea to further his work. For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travellers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question "What is at the bottom of the oceans?" had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile (起伏形状) of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured. It was to Maury of the U. S. Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853 for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea. The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea. Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895.