单选题Football players are ______ males, though there are some females.

单选题You can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you"ll have to pay a ______.

单选题Another good title for the passage would be ______.

单选题 ______ is not a serious disadvantage in life.

单选题Furthermore, if I were to leave him, he would ______, for he cannot endure to be separated from me for more than one hour. A. prevail B. preside C. perish D. persecute

单选题Lane ______.

单选题New Zealanders colloquially refer to themselves as "Kiwis", ______ the country"s native bird.

单选题The two newspapers gave different ______ of what happened. A. versions B. editions C. productions D. texts

单选题7. Not all the new drugs have been sufficiently tested for safety.

单选题In fact the purchasing power of a single person's pension in Hong Kong was only 70 per cent of the value of the ______ Singapore pension.

单选题Her __________ tothejobleftherwithverylittlefreetime.

单选题Anything to do with old myths and legends ______ me.

单选题A: I'm anxious to get started on our project. Can we meet sometime before the weekend? B: ______

单选题Although the economy seemed, after a few tense months, to ______ the storm without serious long-term damage, the banks were hit hard. A. wipe out B. rub out C. sniff out D. ride out

单选题______ did I feel they were being unreasonable.

单选题You'll find that the community has ______ great changes since you were here last time.

单选题Some readers may find it ______ that a book arguing for greater literacy and intellectual discipline should lead to a call for less rather than more education.

单选题 Letting it out may be bad for your emotional health. Many people assume that sharing feelings openly and often is a positive ideal that promotes mental health. But some social critics and psychologists now conclude that repressing one's feelings may do more good than venting emotions. "A small number of researchers are taking an empirical look at the general assumption that speaking out and declaring one's feelings is better than holding them in," writes Christina Sommers, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. At Suffilk University, psychologist Jane Bybee classified high-school students on the basis of their self-awareness: "sensitizers" were extremely aware of their internal states, "repressors" focused little on themselves, and "intermediates" occupied the middle range. Bybee then collected student evaluations of themselves and each other, along with teacher evaluations of the students. On the whole, the repressors were more socially and academically successful than their more "sensitized" classmates. Bybee speculated that repressed people, not emoters, may have a better balance of moods. In a study at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., researcher George Bonarmo tested the assumption that, in order to recover mental health, people need to vent negative emotions by discussing their feelings openly. Bonanno and other researchers found that, among adolescent girls who had suffered sexual abuse, those who "showed emotional avoidance" were healthier than those who more openly expressed grief or anger. One study of Holocaust survivors supports Bonanno in suggesting that verbalizing strong emotions may not improve a person's mental health. Researchers found that Holocaust survivors who were encouraged to talk about their experiences in the war fared worse than repressors. They concluded that repression was not pathological response to Holocaust experience and that "talking through" the atrocities failed to being closure to the survivors. Sommers note that in many societies it has been considered normal to repress private feelings, and that "in most cultures stoicism and reticence are valued, while the free expression of emotions is deemed a personal shortcoming." She is concerned that pushing someone to be "sensitizers" may also create a preoccupation with self that excludes outside interests. Sommers is particularly critical of educational approaches that attempt to encourage self-discovery and self-esteem through excessive "openness". Healthy stoicism should not be confused with the emotional numbness that may be brought on by post-traumatic stress disorder. Most people experiencing such traumas as war, assault, or natural disaster can benefit from immediate counseling, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.