单选题It is implied in the last paragraph that some foundations are used by the rich to ______.

单选题______ urgent the situation may be, you will need to make one change at a time and then move on. A. As B. Whenever C. However D. Whateve

单选题For those who admire realism, Louis Malle's recent film succeeds because it consciously shuns the stuff of legend and tells______story as it might actually unfold with fallible people in earthly time.

单选题This sound doesn't ______ in Chinese, so it's difficult for the students to pronounce.

单选题Youre late for work again. You ______ have been here an hour earlier. A) should B) may C) must D) could

单选题The price was very reasonable; I would gladly have paid ______ he asked.

单选题How did Ruby paint at the very beginning?

单选题There are rumors of an economic menace from the dairy cooperatives.

单选题Passage Three If you had asked me then if I would accept a job as a restaurant critic for The New York Times, or any established publication, I would have replied, without a second thought, "Of course not!" And not just because I did not want to think of myself as an ambitious sort. Working in restaurants was honest labor; anyone could see that. Writing about them for the mainstream press was not; it felt like joining the enemy. But reviewing was fun, so much fun that when mainstream publishers started paying me for my opinions, I didn't do the decent thing. Before I knew it, I had stopped cooking professionally. Then I stopped cooking altogether. "She's joined the leisure class," my friends said. I disarmed my critics by inviting them along; nobody I knew could afford to eat out and nobody refuseD. We went with equal amounts of guilt and pleasure, with a feeling that we were trespassing on the playgrounds of the rich. We didn't belong in those starchy restaurants. We always got the worst table. And then, because I didn't own a credit card, I had to pay in cash. The year turned into two, and three, and more. I got a credit carD. I got good clothes. I was writing for increasingly prestigious publications. Meanwhile, a voice inside me kept whispering, "How could you?" When I receive weekly letters from people who think it is indecent to write about $100 meals while half the world is hungry, the voice yacks right along. "They're absolutely right," it whispers. And when it asks, "When are you going to grow up and get a real job?" it sounds a lot like my mother. And just about then is when I tell the voice to shut up. Because when my mother starts telling me that all I'm doing with my life is telling rich people where to eat, I realize how much the world has changed. Yes, there are still restaurants where rich people go to remind themselves that they are different from you and me. But there are fewer and fewer of them. As American food has come of age, American restaurants have changeD. Going out to eat used to be like going to the opera; today, it is more like going the movies.

单选题It looks like a terrible tiger but actually, ______ of pressed paper, it softens when damp and is washed away in a heavy rain. A. made B. having been made C. to be made D. being made

单选题A fence needs the support of three stakes, a(n) ______ fellow needs three other people.A. ableB. competentC. unableD. disable

单选题Why this otherwise excellent newspaper allows such an article to be printed is______me,

单选题British government often says that furnishing children with ______ to the information superhighway is a top priority.

单选题 Passage Three It is not unusual for chief executives to collect millions of dollars a year in pay, stock options, and bonuses. In the last fifteen years, while executive remuneration rose, taxes in the highest income bracket went down. Millionaires are now commonplace. Amiability is not a prerequisite for rising to the top, and there are a number of chief executive officers with legendary bad tempers. It is not the boss' job to worry about the wellbeing of his subordinates although the man with many enemies will be swept out more quickly in hard times; it is the company he worries about. His business savvy is supposed to be based on intimate knowledge of his company and the industry so he goes home nightly with a full briefcase. At the very top--and on the way up--executives are exceedingly dedicated. The American executive must be capable of enough small talk to get him through the social part of his schedule, but he is probably not a highly cultured individual or an intellectual.Although his wife may be on the board of the symphony or opera, he himself has little time for such pursuits. His reading may largely concern business and management, despite interests in other fields. Golf provides him with a sportive outlet that combines with some useful socializing. These days, he probably attempts some form of aerobic exercise to "keep the old heart in shape" and for the same reason goes easy on butter and alcohol, and substances are thought to contribute to taking highly stressed executives out of the running. But his doctor's admonition to "take it easy" falls on deaf eyes. He likes to work. He knows there are younger men nipping at his heels. Corporate head-hunting, carried on by "executive search firms", is a growing industry. America has great faith in individual talent, and dynamic and aggressive executives are so in demand that companies regularly raid each other's managerial ranks.

单选题During the United States Civil War, many people in the South were forced to flee their home.

单选题Many people believe that Americans love their cars almost more than anything else. They are (21) about cars. Not only is the car the (22) means of transportation in the States, it has (23) become a "plaything". (24) the time youngsters become fourteen years old or even (25) , they're likely to start (26) of having their own cars. In the USA, the (27) family, if the father is not (28) work, can afford to buy a new car every five years. However, many young people (29) after school in order to save money to buy a car. Learning to drive and getting a driver license may be one of the most exciting (30) of a young person's life. Driver (31) is one of the most popular courses. At the end of the course the student will (32) a driving test for a license. (33) many, that piece of paper means that they have grown up. In the United States, many men and women (34) to have cars. People use cars to go to work. (35) drive cars to go shopping, to take the children to school or for other activities.