单选题I lose so many things that I was sure they just get up and walk. Perhaps I have never admitted it—even to myself, but I am extremely jealous of people who are so orderly that they never lose anything. Most of my friends always seem to have a place for everything and everything is in its place. I hate comparing myself with them. They have special cupboards for tools, hooks to hang things on and drawers to put things in. It is quite impossible for me to compete. Some things have a terrible habit of disappearing the moment I need them. Pencils and ballpoint pens are never anywhere near the telephone when it rings, no matter how much care I take. Screw-drivers and tin-openers always manage to walk into the garden and, as a result, screws remain loose, and tins remain unopened. Boxes of matches move under the radio, and needles disappear every time I want to sew a button on a shirt. The situation was getting so much out of control that I decided to organize myself. I had a large cupboard put into the kitchen. On the shelves I neatly arranged a number of boxes and tins, the contents of which I clearly printed in ink on the outside. I had one box for pins, another for nails, and a special place for screw-drivers. There was a new address book in one corner so that I could make a note of telephone numbers and addresses. Before this I had always written addresses on bits of paper—which I quickly lost. Soon everything was tidily arranged in its place, from pairs of scissors to cakes of soap and spare lamps. Having made such a sincere attempt to prevent things from running away, I felt very proud of myself. But it was not long before the matches disappeared and the hammer decided to hide itself in the waste-paper basket. I soon got my revenge, however. I had a lock fitted to the cupboard and thus made sure that nothing could escape. This was an admirable solution—until I lost the key to the cupboard.

单选题My company is House Furnishing Corporation, there is a ready market for kitchenware in our area.

单选题The term e-commerce refers to all commercial transactions conducted over the Internet, including transactions by consumers and business-to-business transactions. Conceptually, e-commerce does not (1) from well-known commercial offerings such as banking by phone, "mail order" catalogs, or sending a purchase order to supplier (2) fax. E-commerce follows the same model (3) in other business transactions; the difference (4) in the details. To a consumer, the most visible form of e-commerce consists (5) online ordering. A customer begins with a catalog of possible items, (6) an item, arranges a form of payment, and (7) an order. Instead of a physical catalog, e-commerce arranges for catalogs to be (8) on the Internet. Instead of sending an order on paper or by telephone, e-commerce arranges for orders to be sent (9) a computer network. Finally, instead of sending a paper representation of payment such as a check, e-commerce (10) one to send payment information electronically. In the decade (11) 1993, e-commerce grew from an (12) novelty to a mainstream business influence. In 1993, few (13) had a web page, and (14) a handful allowed one to order products or services online. Ten years (15) , both large and small businesses had web pages, and most (16) users with the opportunity to place an order. (17) , many banks added online access, (18) online banking and bill paying became (19) . More importantly, the value of goods and services (20) over the Internet grew dramatically after 1997.

单选题It's time that we ______ proper measures to protect the environment.

单选题Marriage therapists teach a skill called active listening. Each partner takes a turn listening then interprets what he/she has heard and validates(证实)it. There is, however, a problem. It rarely works. For 80 percent of couples, active listening is too hard. Even happy couples have screaming matches. Every time you raise a hot-button issue, such as — the in-laws or money, does your husband suddenly clam up？ More than 80 percent of the time, it is the wife who brings up tricky marital issues, while the husband tries to avoid discussing them. This isn't a symptom of a troubled marriage — it's true in most happy marriages. You'll often hear that staying in a bad marriage is worse, for everybody concerned — especially the children — than getting divorced. That may be true if your home is so full of hostility that it's like a war zone. But sociologist Linder J. Waite says she has found that 75 percent of couples who rated their marriages as miserable but stayed married were happy five years later. We usually think the strongest marriages are those that survive major traumas, such as bankruptcy or an extramarital affair. But frequently, dealing with the little things, those daily annoyances, eats away at a marriage. "Every couple experiences disappointment as initial romance and passion fade and they discover all their difference," says Wolin. "He doesn't do enough housework. She is too emotional. He watches too much TV. She's too lenient(宽容)with the kids. People think of these differences as problems, but they're actually opportunities to build marital muscles.

单选题This story is more interesting than ______ two.A. other B. the otherC. another D. others

单选题Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize Van Gogh"s ill health, modern critics see an artist deeply frustrated by the inactivity and incoherence brought about by his bouts of illness.

单选题-- The experiment is of particular importance. --I see. We won't carry on with it ______ we can get the good equipment. A. until B. unless C. whether D. after

单选题The ______family in Chinese cities now spends more money on housing than before.

单选题Have dinner with us, ______? A. will you B. are you C. would you D. aren't you

单选题Greeley's injunction "Go West, young man?" resulted in a massive migration of population, with people occupying land ______ no one held title of ownership and that had yet to be sold.

单选题The President______the public that taxes would not be increased after the election.

单选题Such an error ______ this can be avoided, if you pay close attention to it.

单选题Remember that the less you buy, _______ you are likely to waste.

单选题Man: I really enjoyed that TV special about spiders last night. Did you get home in time to see it? Woman: Oh, yes. But I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题Ann Curry is a famous news presenter of the NBC News "Today" show. When she was 15 she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if she'd like a job. She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes. Ann worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs: she served coffee in the students' union, was a hotel maid and even made maps for the US Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs. One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Ann for books on cancer (癌症). The woman seemed anxious. Ann showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Ann has always remembered the pride she felt in having helped her customer. Years later, as a television reporter in Los Angeles, Ann heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and his hand. His family could not afford a surgical(外科的) operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time. Ann persuaded her boss to let her do the story. After the stray was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the surgical operation for free. Ann visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you. " What a sweet sense of satisfaction Ann Curry felt! At McCarley's bookstore, Ann always sensed she was working for the customers, not the store. Today it' s the same. NBC News pays her, but she feels as if she works for the people who watch the programmers, helping them make sense of the world.

单选题The world's population continues to grow. There now are about 4 billion of us on earth. That could reach 6 billion by the end of the century and 11 billion in another 75 years. Experts long have been concerned about such growth Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people? A major new study shows that the situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world's birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing and industrial nations, Researchers said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married and are using birth control devices and methods to prevent or delay pregnancy. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from their homes instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth. China is one of the nations that has made great progress in reducing its population growth. China has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970. China now urges each family to have no more than one child. And it hopes to reach zero population growth, the number of births equaling the number of deaths, by the year 2000. Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future. And the persons who are working could face much higher taxes to help support the growing number of retired people.

单选题After a concert tour in Asia, Canada and the U.S., he will ______ work on a five-language opera.(2002年中国社会科学院考博试题)