单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} As far back as he could remember, Larry had longed to go to Hollywood and become a film star. The young man’s hopes for success were broken again and again, however. Hollywood just did not seem interested. When he first came to California Larry had decided never to give up and return home without success. Therefore, he kept on trying. Someday, he told himself, his big opportunity would come. Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood’s big restaurants. His pay was basic, but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living. One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car. Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture. Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it. Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director. "Excuse me, sir, but I think it’s only fair to tell you that it’s now or never if you want me in Your next picture. A lot of big companies are after me." Instead of pushing away the boy, the director got interested in Larry’s words and stopped. "Yes? Which companies?" he asked. "Well," replied the boy, "there’s the telephone company, the gas company, and the electric company, to tell you only a few." The director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man. "Come and see me tomorrow." Larry got a small part in the director’s next film. He was on his way!

单选题To carry out the plan successfully, we have to get well prepared ______.

单选题The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject. Too close a relation, and the writer may lose objectivity. Not close enough, and the writer may lack the sympathy necessary to any effort to portray a mind, a soul — the quality of life. Who should write the biography of a family, for example? Because of their closeness to the subject, family members may have special information, but by the same token, they may not have the distance that would allow them to be fair. Similarly, a king's servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might not have the knowledge and sympathy necessary to write the king's biography — not for a readership from within the kingdom, at any rate. There is no ideal position for such a task. The biographer has to work with the position he or she in the world, adjusting that position as necessary to deal with the subject. Every position has strengths and weakness to thrive, a writer must try to become aware of these, evaluate them in terms of the subject, and select a position accordingly. When their subjects are heroes or famous figures, biographies often reveal a democratic motive: they attempt to show that their subjects are only human, no better than anyone else. Other biographies are meant to change us, to invite us to become better than we are. The biographies of Jesus found in the Bible are in this class. Biographers may claim that their account is the "authentic" one. In advancing this claim, they are helped if the biography is "authorized" by the subject; this presumably allows the biographer special access to private information. "Unauthorized" biographies also have their appeal, however, since they can suggest an independence of mind in the biographer. In book promotions, the "unauthorized" characterization usually suggests the prospect of juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress. A subject might have several biographies, even several "authentic" ones. We sense intuitively that no one is in a position to tell "the story of life, perhaps not even the subject", and this has been proved by the history of biography.

单选题______ fairly recently that this problem was solved, at least partially. A. Until B. Not until C. It was until D. It was not until

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单选题He had an ______ holiday in Hong Kong, for he got his pocket picked on the first day.A. pleasingB. unfortunateC. unfitD. unpleasant

单选题The doctor felt John's arm to ______ if the bone was broken;

单选题What he has done is not in ______ with your instructions.

单选题The crowd swelled in the evening until the noise made by the crowd could be heard for miles.

单选题Those vicious Hollywood reporters often______movie stars, forever damaging their public images.

单选题So many directors ______, the board meeting had to be put off. A. were absent B. been absent C. had been absent D. being absent

单选题Two days later he regained his consciousness, forgetful of what had happened in the______

单选题Thomas Edison's office was always disorganized with books and papers.

单选题When men get sick, they act like babies, say women. But maybe the fairer sex should learn something useful from these guys—it could save their lives, say researchers at the University of Michigan. When women have a heart attack, they' re more likely to put off seeking help than the men, and after an attack, they' re less likely to take steps to improve their health. What' s the reason for the different responses? The results of a survey suggest that women are too tough; they think heart problem are simply not a big deal. When Steven Erickson and his colleagues asked 348 men and 142 women who had been admitted to the hospital for a heart attack about their symptoms and medication(用药情况), they found that even though the women had more symptoms and were taking more medicine they rated their disease as being no more severe than the men did. For more on women and heart disease, go to www. americanheart. org.

单选题______, after long pondering, I arrived at the following conjecture. A. To date B. In case C. For sure D. At length

单选题Although this disease is incurable at present, they keep expecting ______.

单选题Congratulations John! I am really happy______you． A．about　 B．for　　　 C．to　 　　D．with

单选题She was standing outside in the snow,______with cold.(2007年中南大学考博试题)

单选题According to D.H.Hymes, communicative competence has some components. Which is NOT of them? A. Probability B. Feasibility C. Appropriateness D. Performance

单选题The negotiation______ when no agreement could be reached.