单选题A quality education is the ultimate liberator. It can free people from poverty, giving them the power to greatly improve their lives and take a productive place in society. It can also free communities and countries, allowing them to leap forward into periods of wealth and social unity that otherwise would not be possible. For this reason, the international community has committed itself to getting all the world's children into primary school by 2015, a commitment known as Education for All. Can education for all be achieved by 2015? The answer is definitely "yes", although it is a difficult task. If we now measure the goal in terms of children successfully completing a minimum of five years of primary school, instead of just enrolling for classes, which used to be the measuring stick for education, then the challenge becomes even more difficult. Only 32 countries were formerly believed to be at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of enrollment rates. The number rises to 88 if completion rates are used as the criterion. Still, the goal is achievable with the right policies and the right support from the international community. 59 of the 88 countries at risk can reach universal primary completion by 2015 if they bring the efficiency and quality of their education systems into line with standards observed in higher-performing systems. They also need significant increases in external financing and technical support. The 29 countries lagging farthest behind will not reach the goal without unprecedented rates of progress. But this is attainable with creative solution, including use of information technologies, flexible and targeted foreign aid, and fewer people living in poverty. A key lesson of experience about what makes development effective is that a country's capacity to use aid well depends heavily on its policies, institutions and management. Where a country scores well on these criteria, foreign assistance can be highly effective.

单选题(2004)You don't need to introduce him to me. I____him several times.

单选题Which of the following words best illustrate LOANBLEND?

单选题Poetry Poetry is universal to all people, all places, and all times. The most【C1】______people have memorized poetry; the most cultured have nurtured it. Poetry knows no【C2】______, neither culture, age, gender, nor religion. We can even make a case that poetry captures the【C3】______of the universe, the ebb and flow of the tides, the beat of the seasons, and the rise and fall of our breath. Why is poetry the【C4】______thing humanity has to a universal language? Because poetry 【C5】______the ear, mind, and soul. It satisfies our【C6】______for beauty through the power of its language. But poetry【C7】______more than mere pleasure. It also communicates【C8】______Good poetry offers food for the【C9】______"Poetry, " wrote the Nobel Prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot, "may make us from time to time a little more【C10】______of the deeper, unnamed feelings to which we rarely【C11】______ Poetry reveals these "deeper, unnamed feelings" , and gives them【C12】______By calling attention to the aspects of life we might【C13】______in our hurry, poetry makes us understand not only their nature but also our own. As a result, poetry is not something special or【C14】______from our daily lives. Rather, it is an【C15】______part of everyone, an expression of our【C16】______hopes, wishes, and dreams. Although poetry satisfies a deep human appetite, many people fear and【C17】______it, claiming it is obscure, as it is written by men and women out of【C18】______with the realities of life. In fact, from the earliest times, most poets have been people of【C19】______, deeply involved with the rhythms of life. Ben Jonson was a bricklayer and Robert Bums a farmer. Nor are female poets【C20】______from the rigors of life. Phillis Wheatley was a former slave and Stevie Smith, a secretary.

单选题You may fall prey to a nonviolent but frightening and fast-growing crime: identity theft. It happens to at least 500, 000 new victims each year, according to government figures. And it happens very easily because every identification number you have Social Security, credit card, driver's license, telephone- "is a key that unlocks some storage of money or goods," says a fraud program manager of the US Postal Service. "So if you throw away your credit card receipt and I get it and use the number on it, I'm not becoming you, but to the credit card company I've become your account." One major problem, experts say, is that the Social Security Number (SSN) — originally meant only for retirement benefit and tax purposes — has become the universal way to identify people. It is used as identification by the military, colleges and in billions of commercial transactions. Yet a shrewd thief can easily snatch your SSN, not only by stealing your wallet, but also by taking mail from your box, going through your trash for discarded receipts and bills or asking for it over the phone on some pretext. Using your SSN, the thief applies for a credit card in your name, asking that it be sent to a different address than yours, and uses it for multiple purchases. A couple of months later the credit card company, or its debt collection agency, presses you for payment. You don't have to pay the debt, but you must clean up your damaged credit record. That means getting a police report and copy of the erroneous contract, and then using them to clear the fraud from your credit report, which is held by a credit bureau. Each step can require a huge amount of effort. In the Collins' case, the clearance of the erroneous charges from their record required three years of poring over records and ＄6, 000 in solicitor's fees. In the meantime, they were denied a loan to build a vacation home, forced to pay cash for a new heating and cooling system, hounded by debt collectors, and embarrassed by the spectacle of having their home watched by investigators looking for the missing car. Of course, thousands of people are caught and prosecuted for identity theft. But it was only last year that Congress made identity theft itself a federal crime. That law set up a special government office to help victims regain their lost credit and to streamline police efforts by tracking cases on a national scale. Consumer advocates say this may help but will not address the basic problems, which, they believe, are causing the outbreak in identity theft: industry's rush to attract more customers by issuing instant credit, inadequate checking of identity, and too few legal protections for consumers personal information.

单选题Twenty years of imprisonment has______him from the modern city life.

单选题Some social critics took a dim view of the industrialism of the nineteenth century, believing that it______a harsh, crude life-style.(2011年南京大学考博试题)

单选题She wants to know whether the measures have been agreed ______. A. to B. with C. about D. upon

单选题The development of female writers is hindered by the extreme conventionality of the other sex.

单选题{{B}}Text 4{{/B}} Though it is mere 1 to 3 percent of the population, the upper class possesses at least 25 percent of the nation's wealth. This class has two segments: upper-upper and lower-upper. Basically, the upper-upper class is the "old rich"—families that have been wealthy for several generations—an aristocracy of birth and wealth. Their names are in the Social Register, a listing of acceptable members of high society. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, Roosevelts, and Vanderbilts. Most are not visible to the general public. They live in grand seclusion, drawing their income from the investment of their inherited wealth. In contrast, the lower-upper class is the "new rich". Although they may be wealthier than some of the old rich; the new rich have hustled to make their money like everybody else beneath their class. Thus their prestige is generally lower than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who tend to look down upon the new rich. However its wealth is acquired, the upper class is very, very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to cultivate an interest in the arts and to collect rare books, painting, and sculpture. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind—all of which keeps them so distant from the masses that they have been called the out-of-sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be conscious of being members of a class. They also command an enormous amount of power and influence here and a broad, as they hold many top government positions, run the Council on Foreigh Relations, and control multinational corporations. The actions affect the lives of millions.

单选题All the following novels are written by the Bronte sisters except____.

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单选题The reason why he didn't take the exam was______he had an accident on his way to the school.

单选题The consumption of milk has______by 10 percent this year as compared to that in 2000.

单选题High grades are supposed to______academic ability, but John's actual performance did not confirm this.(中国矿业大学2008年试题)