单选题The girl ______ an English song in the next room is Tom"s sister.

单选题Ships are ______ than planes that people take them mainly for pleasure. A．much more slower B．very much slower C．so much slower D．too much slower

单选题The idea of traveling forward into the future or back into the past has always fascinated science fiction writers. The " grandfather______" is the argument many people use to suggest that time travel is impossible.

单选题Vast herds of large game animals once roamed the plains of what is now the state of Kansas.

单选题2 Between 1833 and 1837, the publishers of a "penny press" proved that a low-priced paper, edited to interest ordinary people, could win what amounted to a mass circulation for the times and thereby attract an advertising volume that would make it independ- ent. These were papers for the common citizen and were not tied to the interests of the bus iness community, like the mercantile press, or dependent for financial support upon polit ical party allegiance. It did not necessarily follow that all the penny papers would be superi or in their handling of the news and opinion functions. But the door was open for some to make .important journalistic advances. The first offerings of a penny paper tended to be highly sensational; human interest stories overshadowed important news, and crime and sex stories were written in full de tail. But as the penny paper attracted readers from various social and economic brackets, its sensationalism was modified. The ordinary reader came to want a better product, too. A popularized style of writing and presentation of news remained, but the penny paper be came a respectable publication that offered significant information and editorial leader ship. Once the first of the successful penny papers had shown the way, later ventures could enter the competition at the higher level of journalistic responsibility the pioneering papers had reached. This was the pattern of American newspapers in the years following the founding of the New York Sun in 1833. The Sun, published by Benjamin Day, entered the lists against 11 other dailies. It was tiny in comparison; but it was bright and readable, and it preferred human interest features to important but dull political speech reports. It had a police re porter writing squibs of crime news in the style already proved successful by some other papers. And, most important, it sold for a penny, whereas its competitors sold for six cents. By 1837 the Sun was printing 30,000 copies a day, which was more than the total of all 11 New York daily newspapers combined when the Sun first appeared. In those same four years James Gordon Bennett brought out his New York Herald (1835), and a trio of New York printers who were imitating Day's success founded the Philadelphia Public Ledger (1836) and the Baltimore Sun (1837). The four penny sheets all became famed newspapers.

单选题This battery needs ______ before you use the little camera. A. to recharge B. being recharged C. recharge D. recharging

单选题You could become a good musician, but your lack of practice is ______ you ______. A. taking...over B. holding...back C. making...up D. leaving...out

单选题Gender contrast in English language can only be observed in a small number of nouns, and, they are mainly of the natural gender type.

单选题I shouldn't let it bother me. It really doesn't matter anyway. But it does bother me ! All those people are preparing to (21) a new century, a new millennium (千年) as well. And it just isn't (22) ! Most of us schedule our lives by the Gregorian (23) . Our years are measured from the (24) of Christ. The first year of the first century is 1, or 1 A.D. The last year of that century is the year 100. Simple? Yes! A century is 100 (25) long. A millennium is 1,000 years long, which is (26) ten centuries. Since the last year of the first century is the year 100, the first year of the (27) century is 101. Follow that pattern, century by century and you'll get my (28) . The year 2000 is the last year of the twentieth century. After all, (29) thousand means twenty hundreds. Twenty hundred years means twenty centuries. The year 2000 is the (30) , the final, the one that's still here, year of the twentieth century!!!! I know, I'm getting too (31) . But it isn't fair, While most people will really be enjoying this coming (32) celebration, those of us in the know will be yawning. Everyone else will be (33) for the new millennium and we'll be saying, "It's not until next year." I don't agree with the (34) , "Ignorance is bliss." But in this case, perhaps it's (35) .

单选题Many careers require a college degree; some jobs, ________, only require previous experience.

单选题Anyone who's ever taken a preschooler to the doctor knows they often cry more before the shot than afterward. Now researchers using brain scans to unravel the biology of dread have an explanation: For some people, anticipating pain is truly as bad as experiencing it. How bad? Among people who volunteered to receive electric shocks, almost a third opted for a stronger zap if they could just get it over with, instead of having to wait. More importantly, the research found that how much attention the brain pays to expected pain determines whether someone is an "extreme dreader" —suggesting that simple diversions could alleviate the misery. The research, published in the journal Science ,is part of a burgeoning new field called neu-ro-economics that uses brain imaging to try to understand how people make choices. Until now, most of that work has focused on reward, the things people will do for positive outcomes. "We were interested in the dark side of the equation," explained Dr. Gregory Berns of Emory University, who led the new study. "Dread often makes us make bad decisions.' Standard economic theory says that people should postpone bad outcomes for as long as possible, because something might happen in the interim to improve the outlook. In real life the "just get it over with" reaction is more likely, said Berns, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. He offers a personal example: he usually pays credit card bills as soon as they arrive instead of waiting until they're due,even though "it doesn't make any sense economically." So Berns designed a study to trace dread inside the brain. He put 32 volunteers into an MRI machine while giving them a series of 96 electric shocks to the foot. The shocks varied in intensity, from barely detectable to the pain of a needle jab. Participants were told one was coming, how strong it would be, and how long the wait for it would be, from 1 to 27 seconds. Later, participants were given choices: Would they prefer a medium jolt in 5 seconds or 27 seconds? What about a mild jolt in 20 seconds vs. a sharp one in 3 seconds? When the voltage was identical, the volunteers almost always chose the shortest wait. But those Berns dubbed "extreme dreaders" picked the worst shock if it meant not having to wait as long. The MRI scans showed that a brain network that governs how much pain people feel became active even before they were shocked, particularly the parts of this "pain matrix" that are linked to attention—but not brain regions involving fear and anxiety. The more dread bothered someone, the more attention the pain-sensing parts of the brain were paying to the wait. In other words, the mere information that you're about to feel pain "seems to be a source of misery," George Lowenstein,a specialist in economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, wrote in an accompanying review of the work. "These findings support the idea that the decision to delay or expedite an outcome depends critically on how a person feels while waiting," Lowenstein added. The National Institute on Drug Abuse funded the research. What's the link between dread and drug use? It's indirect, but now that scientists know how healthy people's brains anticipate unpleasant consequences, future studies can compare how drug abusers process such information.

单选题When we conduct foreign trade, the importance of understanding the language of a country cannot be underestimated. The successful marketer must achieve export communication which requires a thorough understanding of the language as well as the ability to speak it. Those who deal with advertising should be concerned less with obvious differences between languages and more with the exact meanings expressed. A dictionary translation is not the same as an idiomatic interpretation, and seldom will the dictionary translation meet the needs. A national producer of soft drinks had the company's brand name impressed in Chinese characters which were phonetically (按照发音的) accurate. It was discovered later, however, that the translation's literal meaning was "female horse fattened with wax," hardly the image the company sought to describe. So carelessly translated advertising statements not only lose their intended meaning but can suggest something very different including something offensive or ridiculous. Sometimes, what was translated was not an image the companies had in mind for their products. Many people believe that to fully appreciate the true meaning of a language it is necessary to live with the language for years. Whether or not this is the case, foreign marketers should never take it for granted that they are affectively communicating in another language.

单选题She ______ making tea for us as soon as she let us in. A. set out B. set up C. set off D. set about

单选题Four broadcasting organizations were ordered by a judge yesterday to give the police the untransmitted film of a riot in Whitechapel, East London, last month. In a separate move, police have asked 25 print and broadcasting organizations to hand over all photographic and video material of violence at Welling, Kent, 10 days ago, and to provide a full list of reporters and photographers attending. Media lawyers believe it is the first time that police have demanded such a list. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said yesterday that the Metropolitan Police"s action endangered the safety of those reporting outbreaks of disorder. Judge Gerald Butler ruled in the Whitechapel case at Southwark crown court that public interest demanded the BBC, ITN, Sky News and London News Network should surrender footage of violence. Establishing the guilt or innocence of those involved "for outweighed perceived loss of integrity" of the TV companies. The violence on September 10 involved 300 mainly Asian demonstrators outside the Royal London Hospital where a man was in a coma following a racist attack. Thirty-one police officers and five members of the public were injured. Judge Butler said: "This material is crucial to these matters. I do not see how the integrity and impartiality of these involved should be affected when it is an order of the courts." A spokeswoman for ITN declined to comment on the Southwark case, but said the BBC, ITN and Sky and agreed common guidelines for dealing with police requests for film. Under the guidelines broadcasters would require a signed statement from police, giving precise details of an alleged offence and the location where it was supposed to have occurred. The guidelines are designed to prevent a general fishing expedition by the police. INT said: "We do not want to impede or obstruct the course of justice, but we have our impartial reporting and reputation to maintain." Forty-one demonstrators and 19 police officers were injured in violence at Welting, which erupted when Anti-Nazi League protesters were prevented from marching on a British National Party bookshop. A letter from Detective Inspector Brian George warns editors that failure to hand over material will result in a crown court application under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. Tim Gopsill, spokesman for the NUJ, exposed surprise that the police were seeking material from Welling because they had used their own photographers and cameramen to record the march. He accused the police of carrying out a general trawl for material. At least five photographers had been attacked at Welling, Mr. Gopsill said. Photographers would be put in serious danger if demonstrators believed their pictures were going to be used to prosecute them. A number of demonstrators who took part in the Trafalgar Square toll tax riot of 1990 were jailed as a result of photographic evidence obtained by police form media organizations.

单选题The two astronauts ______ someday hope it is to fly the craft into earth orbit were flight testing.

单选题Many parents who welcome the idea of turning off the TV and spending more time with the family are still worried that without TV they would constantly be on call as entertainers for their children. They remember (1) of all sorts of things to do when they were kids, but their own kids seem different, less resourceful, (2) When there's nothing to do, these parents observe (3) , their kids seem unable to (4) any thing to do besides turning on the TV. One father, (5) , says "When I was a kid, we were always thinking up things to do, projects and (6) . We certainly never complained in an (7) way to our parents, 'I have nothing to do!'" He compares this with his own children today: "If someone doesn't entertain them, they'll happily sit there in front of the (8) all day." There is one word for this father's (9) : unfair. It is as if he were disappointed in them for not reading Greek though they have never studied the language. He deplores his children's (10) of inventiveness, as if the ability to play were something (11) that his children are missing. In fact, while the tendency to play is built into the human species, the actual ability to play—to imagine, to invent, to elaborate on (12) in a playful way—and the ability to gain (13) from it, these are skills that have to be learn ed and developed. Such disappointment, (14) , is not only (15) , it is also destructive. Sensing their parents' disappointment, children come to believe that they are, indeed, lacking something, and that this makes them less worthy of (16) and respect. Giving children the opportunity to develop new (17) , to enlarge their horizons and (18) he pleasures of doing things on their own is, on the other hand, a way to help children develop a (19) feeling about themselves as (20) and interesting people.

单选题In a conversation between friends, Americans regard it as sincere and truthful to______.