单选题The sea is the common property of all nations. It belongs equally to all. None can appropriate it exclusively to themselves; nor is it "foreign" to any. This was the decision of John Marshall, chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835. It was stated as a fundamental rule of the sea that no one, and therefore everyone, owns the ocean. This means that outside territorial waters (the waters within three miles of a country"s coast), the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime and whatever the strongest naval powers can enforce in wartime. After the United States purchased Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadians who were hunting seals outside Alaskan territorial waters. The Americans claimed that the seals were American property because they often came in to the Alaskan shores owned by the United States. International arbitrators disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases, however, the special rights of a nation that makes use of an open-sea area are recognized. All of the sea"s rules of the road are established by international conferences and treaties.

单选题Anne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking test when she began college. "I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldn't think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher." Another student in microbiology had similar experiences. He said, "My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldn't even write them down." These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students. Special university counseling courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work easy. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test. An expert at the University of California explains, "With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great./

单选题Now, let' s not______ the job. The work must be finished by tomorrow morning.

单选题Greg sells gaskets. On three sales, Greg has received commissions of $385, $70, and $190, and he has one additional sale pending. If Greg is to receive an average (arithmetic mean) commission of exactly $220 on the four sales, then the fourth commission must be: A. $135 B. $155 C. $220 D. $235 E. $645

单选题In the early 20th century Americans believed science and technology could ______.

单选题John goes in for tennis while his wife goes in for painting and sculpture. A. outgrows B. dedicates herself to C. calls herself down D. rakes after

单选题The Jatakana culture encompasses every ______ of life from beliefs, superstitions, and practices to art, education and tourism.

单选题He is the rudest man I have ever met. Jane, his present secretary, is the only person who can ______ him. A. respect B. stand C. support D. dislike

单选题Wood furniture does not depreciate in value ______. A. if they are handle properly and protected properly B. unless handling and protecting properly C. if properly handled and protected D. unless for all its handling and protection

单选题In order to keep their mother living with them confidently, the couple______leave the washing-up for her after meals.

单选题______ is generally accepted, economic growth is determined by the smooth development of production.

单选题Before interviews, your ______ knows very little about you through your resume.

单选题Please be advised that Nairobi like any other large city has a security and crime problem. However, if you observe the following simple guidelines you will stay and have a trouble-free seminar (研讨会): 1. Do not wear a money belt. This makes you an instant target. 2. Cameras of all kinds are a favorite with snatchers. Feel free to use them within the Starehe Campus and the hotel grounds but not in the streets. 3. Ladies handbags are also a regular snatch. Avoid carrying one, and if you must, be alert and hold on to it tightly. 4. Jewellery and even glasses with valuable frames are also often targeted. Bear this in mind. 5. When in a vehicle keep the doors always locked, and the windows only slightly open --especially at traffic lights, junctions and in slow moving traffic. 6. Beware of street children, their begging often quickly transforms into something more unpleasant. 7. Stay with the main party all the time, and avoid wandering off on your own. 8. Finally, the best defence is to be alert at all times and conscious of your environment. Should you have any problem, query or need help at any hour of the day or night call any of the following and they will do their best for you: OFFICE FIXED HOME FIXED Mobile Phone 1 KENNEDY HONGO 763856/761221 763182 0733 761294 2 FRED OKONO 761221 764988 0733 604490 3 EDWIN OTIENO 761221 761642/763011 072 701279

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Speech, whether oral or written, is a used commodity. If we are to be heard, we must {{U}}(1) {{/U}} our words from those {{U}}(2) {{/U}} to us within families, peer groups, societal institutions, and political networks. Our utterances position us both in an immediate social dialogue {{U}}(3) {{/U}} our addressee and, simultaneously, in a larger ideological one {{U}}(4) {{/U}} by history and society. We speak as an individual and also, as a student or teacher, a husband or wife, a person of a particular discipline, social class, religion, race, or other socially constructed {{U}}(5) {{/U}}. Thus, to varying degrees, all speaking is a {{U}}(6) {{/U}} of others' words and all writing is rewriting. As language {{U}}(7) {{/U}}, we experience individual agency by infusing our own intentions {{U}}(8) {{/U}} other people's words, and this can be very hard. {{U}} (9) {{/U}}, schools, like into churches and courtrooms, are places {{U}}(10) {{/U}} people speak words that are more important than they are. The words of a particular discipline, like those of "God the father" or of "the law," are being articulated by spokespeople for the given authority. The {{U}}(11) {{/U}} of the addressed, the listener, is to acknowledge the words and their {{U}}(12) {{/U}}. In Bakhtin's {{U}}(13) {{/U}}, "the authoritative word is located in a distanced zone, organically connected with a {{U}}(14) {{/U}} that is felt to be hierarchally higher." {{U}} (15) {{/U}}, part of growing up in an ideological sense is becoming more "selective" about the words we appropriate and, {{U}}(16) {{/U}}, pass on to others. In Bakhtin's {{U}}(17) {{/U}}, responsible people do not treat {{U}}(18) {{/U}} as givens, they treat them as utterances, spoken by particular people located in specific ways in the social landscape. Becoming alive to the socio-ideological complexity of language use is {{U}}(19) {{/U}} to becoming a more responsive language user and, potentially, a more playful one too, able to use a {{U}}(20) {{/U}} of social voices, of perspectives, in articulating one's own ideas.

单选题The Euro's fiscal straitjacket is mentioned to show

单选题Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end—with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste. " "Drink Root Beer. "" Fill up with Pacific Gas. " Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!" The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you' ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have change—new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it' s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless or daring, the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you' ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops. The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there' s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat, of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you' ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests—even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at theright time. There are just no more ways to sit.

单选题House-price falls are gathering momentum and are spreading across the UK, according to a monthly poll of surveyors which on Monday delivered its gloomiest reading for nearly 12 years. Fifty-six per cent of surveyors contacted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported price falls in the three months to October. Only 3 per cent saw prices rise in their area, compared with 58 per cent as recently as May. There was further evidence of slowing activity in the property market as the number of sales per surveyor dived to a nine-year low. Unsold stock on agents' books has increased 10 per cent since the summer. Ian Perry, Rics' national housing spokesman, said it was now very clear that buyers were unsettled by higher interest rates. The Bank of England raised rates five times to 4. 75 per cent over the last year to cool the property boom. But he also blamed comments by Mervyn King, the Bank's governor, and misleading media headlines for "injecting additional uncertainty into the market by continued speculation over more serious price declines". "Mervyn King presumably felt that he had to be more explicit in the summer when people were still buying. His warnings of a drop in property prices then have had the desired effect. "But our concern now is that the pendulum is swinging too far," be said. Last week, the Bank's monetary policy committee predicted for the first time that "house prices may fall modestly for a period" in its November inflation report. The Nationwide and Halifax mortgage lenders both showed a modest monthly decline in house prices in their latest loan approval data. Although the majority of surveyors expect prices to fall further in the next three months, Mr. Perry stressed there were signs of stabilizing demand from buyers in London. "London tends to be ahead of the rest of the market. And agents are telling us that more people are looking to buy. It is much better than it was," Mr. Perry said. However, falling prices continued to spread from the South of England as surveyors reported the first clear decline in prices in Yorkshire and the Humber, the north and the north west. Scotland remained the only region with rising prices.

单选题I will need ______ about the climate before I make the final decision. A. a few informations B. a little informations C. a little information D. a few information

单选题A: What is all this glass doing on the floor? B: ______