单选题James: Hi, there, Mike. Fancy meeting you here. It's... Allen: ______ James: Oh, I'm terribly sorry. A. Mind you, my name is Allen. B. Hi, nice to meet you. C. Sorry, but you must be mistaken. D. Who is Mike?

单选题According to the passage, global warming and climate change might cause

单选题I know nothing about him ______ he is a teacher.

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} One day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to New York and the girl in the ticket office said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell you a ticket. Our computer is down." "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket." "I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so." I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?' "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not." "So when it goes down, you go down with it." "That's good, sir. ' "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. There's no way we can find out without asking the computer." After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said. "Let's forget the computer. What about your planes? They're still flying, aren't they?" "I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT'knows. 'It'can't tell me. By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

单选题Manner of articulation is the only way by which we tell whether a sound is a consonant or not.

单选题He comes every Friday, ______ ?

单选题A: You are a college student. Tel1 me what you would like to do? B. ______ A. I like to take a taxi. B. I don't know, but I like to develop computer software. C. I will go and have fun with my classmates. D. I don't know. but I like to have a choice.

单选题Gold used in jewelry is mixed with harder metals to add strength and durability. The metals added can also be used to change gold's color, giving it a fashionable rose or white tint, or to lighten or darken the natural yellow tone of pure gold. Mixtures like these, of less costly metals with more valuable ones, are called alloys. Copper and silver are the most common metals mixed with gold to make yellow gold jewelry. White gold is usually made with an alloy of gold and nickel. The measure of gold's purity is called a karat. The higher the karat rating, the higher the amount of pure gold: 24 karat is pure gold, 18 karat is 75% pure gold, 14 karat is 58.5% pure gold, and 9 karat is 37.5% pure gold. All other things being equal, the higher the percentage of pure gold used in the alloy, the more valuable and expensive the jewelry will be. Gold jewelry pieces are usually stamped with a marking to identify the karat amount. While gold that is 24K is too soft for jewelry, 18K, 14K and 9K gold are all appropriate for jewelry, and they all make pieces that look great and wear beautifully.

单选题I hand been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes, waiting 1 . The trains from Littlebury never seemed to start 2 and I often thought that I could have 3 in bed a little longer or had 4 cup of tea before 5 . Suddenly I heard someone shouting 6 the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man 7 put out his hand to stop her but she ran past him and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle blew and the train started. "I nearly missed it, 8 ?" the girl said. "How long does it take to 9 London?" "It depends on the 10 ." I said. "Some days it"s 11 others." "I"ll have to have my watch mended, 12 late again tomorrow," she said. "It"s my first day 13 with a new firm today and they told me that the man 14 is very strict. I 15 him yet so I don"t know 16 but he sounds a bit frightening." She talked about her new job 17 the way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My 18 secretary had just left so I must be her new boss. 19 only fair to tell her. "Oh, dear," she said. " 20 mistake! I wish I had known." "Never mind," I said. "At least you"ll know when your train"s late that mine will be, too."

单选题Graham was not a little ______ because he drank too much last night.A. tiredB. tiringC. angryD. drunk

单选题Experiments in the photography of moving objects ______ in both the United States and Europe well before 1990. A. have been conducting B. were conducting C. had been conducted D. are conducted

单选题{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}} Seventy years ago, a film featuring a talking mouse appeared in the United States. The character was only a pencil drawing, but it began a fantasy that America and much of the wider world have yet to grow tired of. Predicting the future is always risky. But it's probably safe to say that at least a few historians will one day speak of the 20th century as America's "Disney era". The reasons for Disney's success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the credit belongs to one person -- the man who created the cartoon and build the company from nothing, Walt Disney. Ironically(讽刺地), he could not draw particularly well. But he was a genius in plenty of other respects. In business, his greatest skills were his insight and his management ability. But what really distinguished Disney was his ability to identify with his audiences. Disney always made sure his films championed the "little guy", and made him feel proud to be American. This he achieved by creating characters that reflected the hopes and fear of ordinary people. Disney's other great virtue was the fact that his company -- unlike other big corporations -- had a human face. His Hollywood studio -- the public heard -- operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on first-name terms and had a say in how things should be run. By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon(偶像) like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to the public at large, he was "Uncle Walt" -- the man who had entertained them all their lives, the man who represented all that was good about America.

单选题Woman: I'm looking forward to the long weekend, David. It's been such a hectic week! We've been running here, running there, always on the go.Man: Well, Anna, I don't think we need to think twice about how we'd like to spend our time off.Woman: That's for sure. After taking care of a few odds and ends, let's get away from the rat race of city life!Question: What are they probably looking forward to?

单选题______ visitors to the UK were asked by newspaper reporters what their impressions of the British people were.A. The number ofB. A number ofC. Numbers ofD. Any numbers of

单选题"The effect of this medicine ______ by midnight," the doctor told Emma "You had better not try to read tonight."

单选题I didn't sleep well last night because it was too ______ outside.A. noisyB. quietC. noiseD. loud

单选题There are increasingly fraught relationships that adults are having with children—in all walks of life, from the police and politicians, within the public sector and within communities themselves. The fear of young people has changed the way society is policed, how pupils are treated in schools and how insecure adults relate to children on their estates. Rather than children and young people becoming more violent and anti-social, it is adults who have changed, having fewer relationships with young people and becoming less confident in their dealings with them. We must explore the role that crime and safety initiatives have on the outlook of the public. The attempt by government, council departments, the police and many others to reduce the fear within communities by developing safety initiatives is having the opposite effect, resulting in the institutionalization of this fear. Curfews have increased adults" fear of young people and reduced the amount of time young children are allowed out to play. They have raised the level of insecurity amongst parents about the safety of their children and ultimately reduced the contact between generations within this community. It is not far from the troth to say that "youth" no longer exists—if by youth we mean the freedom loving rebelliousness. The outcome of this process is breeding a generation of young people who are if anything more fragile and fearful than their grandparents. Finally, as well as exploring the fear of young people, we must look at the insecurity that parents have for their children. There has been a reduction in play, and specifically in "free play", and the effect of this more regulated environment on children"s lives is yet to be determined and not something we can continually ignore in our rush to protect society from children.

单选题The sudden bankruptcy of these financial giants threw the investors ______ and caused them to ______.

单选题A. announce B. amaze C. advantage D. able