单选题 In recent speeches at Republican fundraisers, President Bush has taken to criticizing the press for baring government secrets. The outgoing secretary of the Treasury, John Snow, in what may have been his last official act, wrote to The New York Times that in exposing the monitoring of bank transfers, it had undermined a successful counterterrorism program. A house resolution, passed by a party line vote, called on the media to safeguard classified programs. The government has discovered what governments have discovered before, that an undercurrent of hostility towards the news media runs through the country and that there could be political advantage in campaigning against the press in general. The champion press hater, of course, was President Nixon, who told his staff that the press is the enemy, and he proceeded to declare his own private war against the media. In 1969, he had a speech written by speechwriter Pat Buchanan denouncing the media as a "tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men". And he gave it to Vice President Spiro Agnew to deliver. That speech is best remembered today for the line contributed by another speechwriter, William Safire, about "nattering nabobs of negativism". It is not clear that the public hates the press as much as officialdom would like to think. A recent Pew Research report found that public attitudes towards the press have been on a downward track for years. Growing numbers of people questioned the news media's patriotism and fairness. And yet most Americans continue to say they like mainstream news outlets. And so, as The Christian Science Monitor headlined the other day: "Amid war on terror, a war with the press." You would not expect that I, as a journalist, would exhibit total neutrality in such a war. And so let me quote Justice Potter Stewart in his opinion in the Pentagon Papers ease in 1971: "In the absence of governmental checks and balances present in other areas of our national life, the only effective restraint upon executive policy and power in the area of national defense and international affairs may lie in an enlightened citizenry... Without an informed and free press, there cannot be an enlightened people;" That remains true, even when Mr. Bush proclaims a state of war with the terrorists.

单选题What is the most appropriate title of this passage?

单选题It takes______car to get there.

单选题Hetakesapart-timejobeverysummervacation,butmostofthemoneyheearns __________ playingcomputergamesinthenetbar.

单选题The man had a good disguise, but as soon as he spoke he______himself.

单选题A. mountain B. captain C. silver D. April

单选题Many people believe that the family is the ______ of the community. A. nucleus B. latitude C. swamp D. destiny

单选题Researchers are looking for new ways to ______ the problem. A. abridge B. approach C. condense D. dispose

单选题There is one thing I dislike about him: he will never admit to ______ a mistake.

单选题Man: Hi, Janet, I hear you've just returned from a tour of Australia．Did you get a chance to visit the Sydney Opera House? Woman: of course I did．It would be a shame for anyone visiting Australia not to see this unique creation in architecture. Its magnificent beauty is simply beyond description. Question: What do we learn from this conversation?

单选题Some companies might not let you rent a car _____ you have a credit card .

单选题(Unlike) Americans who seem (to prefer) coffee, the English (drinks) (a great deal) of tea. A. Unlike B. to prefer C. drinks D. a great deal

单选题This ticket ______ you to a free meal in our new restaurant.A. givesB. grantsC. entitles(授权)D. credits.

单选题There are about 70 people ______ in the accident.

单选题What can we say about the new global satellite communications systems?

单选题The study of language at one point in time is a______study.

单选题Even though strong evidence has proved the nicotine to be ________, the tobacco company still insists that its products are harmless.

单选题Wherever there is matter, there is energy; all changes of matter______changes in the form of the energy.

单选题It displeases my parents when Richard and I stay out late every night. My parents don't approve______.