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单选题You __________ ourbossinherofficelastFridayshehasalreadygonetoParis.

单选题"Earth would put on a little show" means: as it spins, ______.

单选题The end of the bidding is called "knocking down" because ______. A. the auctioneer knocks the buyer down B. the auctioneer knocks the rostrum down C. the goods are knocked down on to the table D. the auctioneer bangs the table with a hammer

单选题The main idea of the article is that ______.

单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. Bingo draws a crowd: low beds, high loos and handrails assist the weak. Only the glint of razor wire outside shows this is not a social club. Detmold, near the German city of Hanover, is a pioneer of future prisons: {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}a pen for the young and hardy, they are now housing the old and {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}, too. In most rich countries, the {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}are the fastest growing category of prisoner. Definitions of old age in jail {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}, but the trend is clear. In the decade after 2000 the over-55s grew by 181% in America (the total prison population by 17%); the over-60s {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}by 128% in England and Wales; {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}in Australia the over-65s {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}by 140%. By 2030 perhaps a third of American prisoners will be over 55. The main cause is not crime rates {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}harsher sentences and less parole—plus an ageing {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Another, says Azrini Wahidin of Belfast University, is that better forensic science has fuelled a "phenomenal" clear-up rate of long-ago crimes. That catches now-elderly {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}} Locking up old people is {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}. In 2012 Human Rights Watch, a campaigning and research outfit, {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}that jails {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}up to nine times more on an ageing convict than on a typical prisoner. In Britain more than 80% of convicts over 60 have a chronic {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}or disability. {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}only Norwich prison has a 16-bed end-of-life unit, in operation since 2005. Britain's only elderly prison wing, complete with stairlifts, is at Kingston, near Portsmouth. Deafness, osteoporosis and dementia need nursing-home {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}—and a handful of jails are starting to {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}it. In December 2012 Rimutaka prison, New Zealand's biggest, opened the country's first unit for vulnerable inmates. Fishkill prison in New York {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}a dementia unit in 2007. Japan's Onomichi prison has {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}cells with rubber floors for the ill and ramps for the {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}.

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} The crowd stirred and whispered in awe as, on the stage, the horse slowly tapped out the beat. Everyone became tense and quiet as the number of taps neared the correct answer to the horse trainer's question. After The final tap, the horse paused, seemed to look around and stopped. The crowd went wild ! The horse's name was Clever Hans, the Educated Horse, and was featured in a vaudeville(杂耍) act in the early 1900s, in Europe. When asked a complicated mathematical question by his owner, Clever Hans would tap out the correct answer with his hooves. For example, if the answer was sixty- eight, Hans would tap out six with his left hoof and eight with his right hoof. Even mere remarkable, the owner would leave the room after asking the question, so there could be no secret signal between owner and horse. A mere animal seemed to be accomplishing a highly technical skill of man's ! It wasn't until years later that the secret of the trick was revealed. The owner had trained Clever Hans to respond to slight signals. The horse became so sensitive that he learned when to stop from the crowd's reaction. Members of the audience would start involuntarily, or give some unconscious signal, when Hans reached the right answer. Modern scientists now warn against the Clever Hans syndrome (综合征), whereby researchers unconsciously give clues to their animal subjects about the actions they like to see performed!

单选题The best way for reading newspapers is to read ______.

单选题______ determines the value of the dollar.

单选题If you write a letter to complain,

单选题In ______ of the first season of the year, farmers in northern China just start another busy year. A. the later part B. the latest part C. the last part D. the latter part

单选题{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}} When a student, I was a member of the collegiate basketball team. It was mainly composed of bookish students. Only one could be counted as natural athlete, another half-qualified. That's why we were defeated nine out of ten games. Our spirits, however, had never dampened, for we were a cheerful team. None would strive to get into the spotlight when we were gaining the upper hand; nor would we blame each other when we were losing. Thus a cordial relationship between members prevailed in our team. Most recommendable of all was our morale which never lowered. Our sportsmanship also remained good. We persisted in carrying on to the last when suffering great loss. We knew we had done our best, showing no regret at failure. To the rest of the students our team was a good one though it lost the game. They kept encouraging us and none of them was disappointed. Recently I have avoided watching games, not even at a TV live coverage, still less to the match in person. That's because I know I couldn't control myself. When watching a match, I'll inevitably take sides and be emotionally involved, strongly wishing for the triumph of the side over its opponent. As I often side with the "weaker" in a match, watching it will only spell worry and misery for me. Not long ago when I accompanied my wife to a super world tennis match my horizons broadened as regards sports competition. It seemed to me that wins and losses were relative and transient. What mattered was the ever-higher level achieved through contest. Victory was a result of all the efforts made by both sides. As one of the audience, I should applaud the energetic performance of both to the neglect of the result. Why should I regard the contest as a life-and-death struggle, the winner as survival and the loser as dead?

单选题You can assume that if all the females in a large pack had pups, ______.

单选题If you don"t slow down and take a break, you"ll be burned out very quickly.

单选题Retirees looking to stretch their pensions might consider spending their golden years in Ecuador, Panama or Mexico, ______ cost of living is low and the weather is warm, according to a new index. A. which B. when C. where D. whose

单选题Hissuggestionsarebasedona/an_______thattheprisonsystemisoutofdateandworthless.

单选题The eye tends to see distance as ______. In painting, this is sometimes called "the vanishing point".

单选题Wastes should ______ in a proper way.