单选题I'm sorry to have ______ you waiting for a long time. A. kept B. made C. got D. let

单选题Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction room to make offers, or "bids", for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called "knocking down" the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands. This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auctio, meaning "increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called sub basra, meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold "by the candle", a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight. Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hides, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art. The auction rooms at Christie's and Sotheby's in London and New York are world-famous. An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in numerical order, he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rivalries among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. It is largely on his advice that a seller will fix a "reserve" price, that is, a price below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult to stop a "knockout", whereby dealers illegally arrange beforehand not to bid against each other, but nominate one of themselves as the only bidder, in the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a "knockout" comes off, the real auction sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers.

单选题Of all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes.. emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most people. "The burnt child fears the fire" is one instance; another is the rise of despots like Hitler. Both these examples also point up the fact that attitudes come from experience. In the one case the experience was direct and impressive; in the other it was indirect and cumulative. The Nazis were influenced largely by the speeches they heard and the books they read. The classroom teacher in the elementary school is in a strategic position to influence attitudes. This is true partly because children acquire attitudes from those adults whose words are highly regarded by them. Another reason it is true is that pupils often devote their time to a subject in school that has only been touched upon at home or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a child who had previously acquired little knowledge of Mexico his teacher's method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans. The media through which the teacher can develop wholesome attitudes are innumerable. Social studies (with special reference to races, creeds and nationalities), science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom... these are a few of the fertile fields for the inculcation of proper emotional reactions. However, when children go to school with undesirable attitudes, it is unwise for the teacher to attempt to change their feelings by cajoling or scolding them. She can achieve the proper effect by helping them obtain constructive experiences. To illustrate, first-grade pupils afraid of policemen will probably alter their attitudes after a classroom chat with the neighborhood officer in which he explains how he protects them. In the same way, a class of older children can develop attitudes through discussion, research, outside reading and all-day trips. Finally, a teacher must constantly evaluate her own attitudes, because her influence can be negative if she has personal prejudices. This is especially true in respect to controversial issues and questions on which children should be encouraged to reach their own decision as a result of objective analysis of all the facts.

单选题What does "S. P. Q. R" suggest according to the text?

单选题His prose, while less______than some critics have maintained has no new note in it.

单选题My calculation was wrong because I Uoverlooked/U one tiny point.

单选题Beowulf, a typical example of______, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.

单选题Women often are swayed to buy a product for reasons far different than those that drive men. A. fluctuated B. shielded C. praised D. fulfilled

单选题The development of the event is influenced by many factors, ______ are beyond our control.

单选题{{B}} DirectiOns : For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices givenbelow. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar acrossthe corresponding letter in the brackets.{{/B}} The first and smallest unit that can be discussed in relation to language is the word. In speaking,the choice of words is{{U}} 31 {{/U}}the utmost importance. Proper selection will eliminate one source of{{U}} 32 {{/U}}breakdown in the communication cycle. Too often, careless use of words{{U}} 33 {{/U}}a meeting of the mindsof the speaker and listener. The words used by the speaker may{{U}} 34 {{/U}}unfavorable reactions in thelistener{{U}} 35 {{/U}}interfere with his comprehension; hence, the transmission-reception system breaksdown.{{U}} 36 {{/U}}, inaccurate or indefinite words may make{{U}} 37 {{/U}}difficult for thelistener to understandthe{{U}} 38 {{/U}}which is being transmitted to him. The speaker who does not have specific words in hisworking vocabulary may be{{U}} 39 {{/U}}to explain or describe in a{{U}} 40 {{/U}}that can be understood by hislisteners.

单选题A. How's everything going? B: ______.

单选题They were given nothing ______ dry bread and water for their evening meal. A. other than B. more than C. less than D. rather than

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} It is a fair bet that more than half of the PCs bought this Christmas in America for less than $1 000 will have AMD rather than Intel inside. Not content with this seasonal miracle, Advanced Micro Devices is bidding to loosen Intel's grip on the more profitable high end of the market too. It could well succeed. For most of its existence, AMD has lived in the shadow of the deal that it did with Intel in 1982. To power its PCs, IBM had decided to buy Intel's new x-86 chips, but wanted a second supplier to keep Intel under control. Under the terms of the agreement, Intel got the contract, but had to share its intellectual property with the smaller AMD. Intel broke the arrangement, AMD started a lawsuit, and thus began nearly a decade of bitter legal battles between the two companies. The conflict misrepresented AMD's business, absorbed management energy and weakened investor confidence. By selling cheap Intel clones(克隆产品), AMD staggered (蹒跚，摇晃) on, sometimes quite successfully, especially if Intel was late to market with a new product. But despite the support of computer makers complaining under Intel's dominance, trying to get a lift on the back of an ill-tempered 8001b gorilla(大猩猩) was proving a risky form of existence. Eventually, under a settlement in 1995, AMD gave up any rights to Intel microcode. It was confident that its home-grown k5 would give Intel's Pentium a run for its money, while a new $1.8 billion plant in Texas would meet demand and match Intel's manufacturing skills. It did not. Design faults put the k5 more than two years behind the Pentium, and the Austin plant lay largely idle.

单选题Henry Ford gave much credit to his wife for his car-making business because ______.

单选题The passage is mainly about ______. A. the advantages and disadvantages of economic growth B. the present debate on economic growth C. the importance of the debate on economic growth D. the contradiction between economists and the business community