单选题I knew a man, a very tall, gentle man who visited prisoners in our local prison week in and week out for decades. He would write letters for them, carry messages, fetch clothing or books. But mainly he just offered himself. He did not preach (说教) to them. and didn"t look for any return on his kindness. All that mattered was that they were in trouble. Why did he spend time with them when he could have been playing golf or watching TV? "I go in ease everyone else has lost hope for them," he told me once. "I never give up." Never giving up is a trait we honor in athletes, in soldiers, in survivors of disasters, in patients recovering from severe injuries. If you struggle bravely against overwhelming opponents, you"re likely to appear on the evening news. But in less flashy, less newsworthy forms, fidelity (忠诚) to a mission or a person or an occupation shows up in countless lives all around us. It shows up in parents who will not stop loving their daughter even after she dyes her hair purple and runs off with a rock band. It shows up in couples who choose to mend their marriages instead of end in divorce. It shows up in volunteers at the hospital or library or women"s refuge or soup kitchen for the hungry. It shows up in unsung people everywhere who do their jobs well, not because the leader is watching or because they are paid lots of money but because they know their work matters.

单选题The word" high" means ______.

单选题The only thing ______ matters is to make a lot of money.

单选题The underlined phrase work up in Quiz I means ______

单选题A knock at the door ______ his train of thought.

单选题People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to defend off the cold. In the United States, however, people wear less partly because the car is the primary mode of transportation. Cars take them straight to their workplaces,【C1】______ are heated well. The American diet is full of calories, so their bodies can afford to burn heat more quickly. Fewer layers of clothing give people the【C2】______ to stay fashionable. Lots of Yale girls wear skirts even when it's 10 degrees Centigrade outside. Some of them at least wear boots, tights, and legwarmers. Some, however, really just go for the look【C3】______ the risk of health. These girls have nothing to prevent their legs against the wind, and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pair of stilettos【C4】______ all that they wear. Typically, the ones【C5】______ fashion are skinny with little body fat. Just by the nature of their bodies, they are already at a disadvantage【C6】______ with normal people in cold weather. I have always wondered, whenever I pass these girls, how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring【C7】______ And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to sacrifice health for beauty. But why do guys wear so little? It is not like, 【C8】______ they shed some layers, they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly being fashionable when they only wear sporty shorts and shower slippers in the midst of winter. It's not cute. Of course, people have the freedom to look【C9】______ way they want. I am just surprised that, 【C10】______ the vast difference between winter and summer temperatures in Connecticut, they can still look like they are partying on the beach in the middle of February.

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. In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}half of the 19th century; most of {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S., the day nursery movement received great {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}during the First World War, when {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}in munitions plants, under direct government sponsorship. {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}the number of nurseries in the U. S. also rose {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}, Federal State and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}the day nurseries, chiefly by {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}them. The {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}called up on to replace men in the factories. On this {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}＄6,000,000 in July, 1942, for a nursery school program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}in daycare centers receiving Federal {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Soon afterward, the Federal government {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}at the end of the war was only partly fulfilled.

单选题From the last three paragraphs we know that ______.

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单选题The evolution of sex ratios has produced, in most plants and animals with separate sexes, approximately equal numbers of males and females. Why should this be so? Two main kinds of answers have been offered. One is couched in terms of advantage to population. It is argued that the sex ratio will evolve so as to maximize the number of meetings between individuals of the opposite sex. This is essentially a "group selection" argument. The other, and in my view correct, type of answer was first put forward by Fisher in 1930. This "genetic" argument starts from the assumption that genes can influence the relative numbers of male and female offspring produced by an individual carrying the genes. That sex ratio will be favored which maximizes the number of descendants an individual will have and hence the number of gene copies transmitted. Suppose that the population consisted mostly of females, then an individual who produced sons only would have more grandchildren. In contrast, if the population consisted mostly of males, it would pay to have daughters. If, however, the population consisted of equal numbers of males and females, sons and daughters would be equally valuable. Thus a one-to-one sex ratio is the only stable ratio; it is an "evolutionarily stable strategy". Although Fisher wrote before the mathematical theory of games had been developed, his theory incorporates the essential feature of a game that the best strategy to adopt depends on what others are doing. Since Fisher's time, it has been realized that genes can sometimes influence the chromosome or gamete in which they find themselves so that the gamete will be more likely to participate in fertilization. If such a gene occurs on a sex-determining(X or Y)chromo-some, then highly aberrant sex ratios can occur. But more immediately relevant to game theory are the sex ratios in certain parasitic wasp species that have a large excess of females. In these species, fertilized eggs develop into females and unfertilized eggs into males. A female stores sperm and can determine the sex of each egg she lays by fertilizing it or leaving it unfertilized. By Fisher's argument, it should still pay a female to produce equal numbers of sons and daughters. Hamilton, noting that the eggs develop within their host —the larva of another insect — and that the newly emerged adult wasps mate immediately and disperse, offered a remarkably cogent analysis. Since only one female usually eggs in a given larva, it would pay her to produce one male only, because this one could fertilize all his sisters on emergence. Like Fisher, Hamilton looked for an evolutionarily stable strategy, but he went a step further in recognizing that he was looking strategy.

单选题In many modem countries, children go to school ______.

单选题I would like to stay in the small town due to its______ weather.

单选题She told her little brother ______ her hand tightly while they were crossing the busy street. A. hold on to B. holding on to C. held on to D. to hold on to

单选题It was a case of emergency. The four-year-old girl awoke and smelled smoke. She couldn"t wake her mother, so she dialed "zero". An operator immediately called the fire department. Help was sent, and a tragedy avoided. Days before this emergency, the mother had taught her child how to telephone for help. Children as young as two and one-half years old can be taught to use the phone in emergency situations. Here are some points. Memorizing some facts is important. Teach your children their names, and the section of town where you live. Try to keep what they learn within their abilities. Simple information, learned well, is better than difficult information only partly learned. Be sure your children know how to use the telephone. They should be taught to dial "zero" for the operator, at the very least. And they should be taught to dial "911" if it is used in your town. Practise over a period of several days. Over-learning is necessary so the child can act automatically in case of emergency. If you would like a booklet giving instructions on calling for help, write Telephone for Help, Box 99, Bowling Green Station, New York, NY 10004.

单选题Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. Our planet is like a bit spaceship. Our atmosphere acts {{U}}(51) {{/U}} a shield against harmful radiation and space debris. {{U}}(52) {{/U}} holds the air and people on the spaceship, {{U}}(53) {{/U}} everything doesn't float away. Each of us is an astronaut and our spaceship, the earth, provides our food and water. The sun is our energy {{U}}(54) {{/U}} and without it we would not be able to survive. {{U}} (55) {{/U}} every spaceship, the earth is a closed system. The only thing we receive from the outside is energy from the sun. Everything else must be used {{U}}(56) {{/U}} again. We astronauts don't seem to realize that this spaceship is the {{U}}(57) {{/U}} one we've got. We {{U}}(58) {{/U}} its resources and waste the energy the plants have stored from the sun. If we {{U}}(59) {{/U}} our spaceship, we will destroy ourselves as well. Maybe if we look at the universe which surrounds us, we will appreciate our own spaceship more and take {{U}}(60) {{/U}} care of it.

单选题A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics and war. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books. In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective (主观的): it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly "political" artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May , 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its abuse(滥用) of power over people. In the same way, art can reflect a culture"s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art had been almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that described people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn"t read, they could still understand the Bible stories in the pictures on church walls. By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues(雕像) are not holy.