单选题Will the European Union make it? The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the project"s greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a "Bermuda triangle" of debt, population decline and lower growth. As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency. Markets have lost faith that the euro zone"s economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation. Yet the debate about how to save Europe"s single currency from disintegration is stuck. It is stuck because the euro zone"s dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonisation within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonise. Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrow spending and competitiveness, barked by quasi-automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey. These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a country"s voting rights in EU ministerial councils. It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigour; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference. A "southern" camp headed by French wants something different: "European economic government" within an inner core of euro-zone members. Translated, that means politicians intervening in monetary policy and a system of redistribution from richer to poorer members, via cheaper borrowing for governments through common Eurobonds or complete fiscal transfers. Finally, figures close to the France government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonisation: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs. It is too soon to write off the EU. It remains the world"s largest trading block. At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area. It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalization, and make capitalism benign.

单选题A: The wind will probably get up later. B: ______

单选题Speaker A: Are you Ms. Kelsey, the office manager? Speaker B: ______ A. Yes, I am. What can I do for you? B. Oh, yes. What's your name please? C. Yes. It's nice to have you here with us. D. Oh, yes. But I'm very busy now.

单选题I expect I shall go and see her ______, but no regularly. A. actually B. sincerely C. merely D. occasionally

单选题Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week． A．twice than B．twice as much as C．as much twice as D．as much twice

单选题Is there anying else______you want to get ready for the party this evening?

单选题In his usual ______ manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss. A. indifferent B. pensive C. cautious D. caustic

单选题The latest strategies employed by BBC1 have helped attract a large number of audience to its ______time TV show.

单选题Woman: Do you mind if I take a couple of hours off this afternoon? Man: OK, but for what? Question: What is the woman asking for?

单选题Katie, I've bought many ______. Now let's make the birthday cake for Harriet.A. frozen foodB. fresh eggsC. chocolate milkD. rice dumplings

单选题We tried to keep a ______, but he looked so ludicrous.

单选题The brain is organized into different regions, each responsible for different functions and in humans this organization is very marked. The largest parts of the brain are the cerebral hemispheres, which occupy most of the interior of the skull. They are layered structures, the most complex being the outer layer, known as the cerebral cortex, where the nerve cells are extremely densely packed to allow great intercon-nectivity. Its function is not fully understood, but we can get some indication of its purpose from studies of animals that have had it removed. A dog, for example, can still move in a coordinated manner, will eat and sleep, and even bark if it is disturbed. However, it also becomes blind and loses its sense smell— more significantly, perhaps, it loses all interest in its environment, not responding to people or to its name, nor to other dogs, even of the opposite sex. It also loses all ability to learn. In effect, it loses the characteristics that we generally refer to as indicating intelligence—awareness, interest and interaction with an environment, and an ability to adapt and learn. Thus the cerebral cortex seems to be the seat of the higher order functions of the brain, and the core of intelligence. The cerebral cortex has been the subject of investigation by researchers for many years, and is slowly revealing its secrets. It demonstrates a localization of functions, in that different areas of the cortex fulfill different functions, such as motion control, hearing, and vision. The visual part of the cortex is especially interesting. In the visual cortex, electrical stimulation of the cells can produce the sensation of light, and detailed analysis has shown that specific layers of neurons are sensitive to particular orientations of input stimuli, so that one layer responds maximally to horizontal lines, while another responds to vertical ones. Although much of this structure is genetically pre-determined, the orientation-specific layout of the cells appears to be learnt at an early stage. Animals brought up in an environment of purely horizontal lines do not develop neuron structures that respond to vertical orientations, showing that these structures are developed due to environmental input and not purely from genetic pre-determination. This is called self-organization of the visual cortex since there is no external teacher to guide the development of these structures.

单选题"I'm sorry. Were you speaking to me ?" "Yes, I was. Would you please ______ in this room?" A. not to smoke B. not smoke C. no smoking D. no smoke

单选题The manager stubbornly ______ the section director from reducing his staff despite the failing business of the company. A. hindered B. adapted C. imposed D. permitted

单选题When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn"t the first time I had been 1 . Like most English children I learned French at school and I had often 2 to France, so I was used 3 a foreign language to people who did not understand 4 . But when I went to America I was really looking forward to 5 a nice and easy holiday without any 6 problems. How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a 7 telephone to give my American friend Danny a 8 and tell her I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me 9 lost and asked 10 he could help me. "Yes," I said, "I want to give my friend a ring." "Well, that"s 11 ." he exclaimed. "Are you getting 12 ? But aren"t you a bit 13 ?" "Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I 14 want to give a ring to tell her I"ve arrived. Can you tell me where there"s a phone box?" "Oh!" he said. "There"s a phone downstairs." When at last we 15 meet up, Danny 16 the misunderstandings to me. "Don"t worry," she said to me, "I had so many 17 at first. There are lots of words which the Americans 18 differently in meaning from 19 . You"ll soon get used to 20 things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand each other!"

单选题Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a hook as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon bury yourself in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is the main attraction of a book shop. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart"s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting, "Can I help you?" You needn"t buy anything you don"t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing (浏览). Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Once, a medical student had to read a textbook which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn"t obtain it from the library and the only copy he could find was in a certain bookshop. Every afternoon, therefore, he would go along to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was disappointed to find the book missing from its usual place. He was about to leave, when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning(招呼) to him. Expecting to be told off, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book, which was put away in a corner. "I put it there in case anyone was tempted to buy it!" he said, and left the delighted student to continue his reading.

单选题A: Mind if I sit here? B: ______

单选题Have you ever thought of ______ the Public Speech Contest?